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The consensus of the Council was to make the following additional amendment: Goal 3, bullet point 5: Develop policies and ordinances that implement an orderly transition of land to facilitate the Goal. Councihnember Elvig withdrew the motion on the floor. The consensus of the Council was to amend the City of Ramsey Five Year Plan of Strategic Planning High-Priority Goals with the amendments listed above. Assistant Public Works Director Olson noted it would be beneficial to have this plan in place for the joint Planning Commission/Council meeting next week. Councilmember Strommen suggested staff type the corrected document and send it to the Planning Commission prior to the joint meeting. City Attorney Goodrich indicated the corrected document will be included in the weekly update. Case #9: Report from the Public Works Councihnember Zimmerman reported the Public Works Committee met on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 and discussed the following cases: Case #1) 2004 Capital Equipment Update Councilmember Zimmerman reviewed the 2004 Capital Equipment Update. He explained no action was necessary. Case #2) Consider Assessment Policy Regarding Townhomes Councilmember Zimmerman reported staff had previously been directed to survey other communities and report on the methods they employed in their assessment policy regarding townhomes. The committee voted unanimously to accept staff's recommendation of utilizing a frontage basis for assessment. Assistant Public Works Director Olson explained the following motion was made by the committee: "Whenever possible, townhomes shall be aggregated into individual projects having a single land use. In instances where townhouse units must be combined with single family units, it shall be the policy to assess the townhouse units a number of assessment units equal to the frontage of the townhouse units divided by the average frontage of the single City Council/March 9, 2004 Page 16 of 22