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We provide day-to-day planning/economic development services for 13 communities within <br />the state of Minnesota. Day-to-day planning services vary among clients, but include: review of <br />land use applications, building permit review, zoning administration, preparing packets, <br />staffing, and presenting at Planning Commissions and Economic Development Authorities, and <br />code enforcement. We prepare marketing materials in the form of Community Profiles, which <br />highlight properties for sale and the community's assets. Our community planners also <br />undertake special projects for cities including small area planning, community engagement <br />efforts, downtown planning, housing studies, and comprehensive planning. Our staff members <br />work collaboratively to prepare industrial park expansion plans as well. We are currently <br />working on two for the cities of Savage and Princeton to help them identify business needs, <br />prioritize investment, and interview businesses about their future expansion needs. <br />Based on the request for quotes submitted, we propose the below staff from our team to assist <br />with your Community Development needs, however, our full team will be available to assist as <br />needs arise in their respective areas of expertise. Based on anticipated allocation of hours, we <br />anticipate the average billing rate to be $86 per hour. <br />Breanne Rothstein, AICP, Project Manager, Community Planner ($114) <br />Role: Primary point of contact, major subdivision review, comprehensive plan amendment <br />submittals, COR Development Plan Support. <br />Breanne is a community planner with over ten years' experience in municipal and consulting <br />planning. She worked for seven years as staff planner with the cities of Ramsey and Minnetrista <br />and has reviewed over 2,000 residential lots and at least 20 commercial/multi-family site plans <br />in her tenure. Since becoming a consultant, Breanne has worked in a variety of urban, <br />suburban, and rural settings and has a deep understanding and passion for the integration of <br />key planning and economic development principles. In the past three years, she has both <br />served as support and led a number of community engagement and small area planning <br />processes. Breanne has a close working relationship with the Metropolitan Council local <br />planning assistance staff, as she has completed and submitted several complicated <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment requests, including projects in Minnetrista, Prior Lake, and <br />Afton. <br />Addison Lewis, Community Planner ($72) <br />Role: Secondary point of contact — building permit review, variance, conditional use permit <br />review. <br />As the consultant city planner for the cities of Long Lake and Falcon Heights, Addison's <br />responsibilities include zoning administration, building permit review, processing land use <br />applications, meeting with residents and developers and making presentations before the <br />Planning Commission and City Council. In addition, Addison serves as code enforcement officer <br />for the City of South St. Paul where he is regularly engaging with residents and business owners <br />regarding zoning issues. Addison's depth of experience working in a wide variety of cities makes <br />him well suited for his proposed role to provide the City of Ramsey with the type of service it <br />seeks. <br />