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The COR Development Plan <br />Clarification/Audit of Current Vision <br />Outcome of Planning Commission Work Session - July 9, 2015 <br />Reviewed by City Council — July 28, 2015 <br />Overview of this document <br />1. Exercise 1: Comparison of Current and Previous Master Plan for The COR. <br />2. Exercise 2: What is the market reality of the Master Plan? (Future Step) <br />3. Exercise 3: Do we need to make any changes? If so, where do we go from here? (Future Step) <br />Exercise 1: Comparison of Current and Previous Master Plan for The COR <br />(Current Step) <br />Overview of Exercise 1 <br />1. Quick Summary/History of The COR <br />2. Comparison of Master Plan Versions <br />3. Future Policy Questions <br />Section 1.1: Quick Summary of The COR <br />• 2020 Comprehensive Plan <br />• City of Ramsey Ballot Advisory Question <br />• Ramsey Town Center Design Charrette <br />2020 Comprehensive Plan <br />The 2020 Comprehensive Plan was developed/amended between 1998 and 2001. The 2020 Plan called for a <br />mixed use development. Part of the primary reason was to identify an opportunity to address forecasted <br />household growth while protecting the rural character of much of the existing community. The 2020 Plan called <br />to concentrate more of the growth forecasts in a smaller area of the community. <br />City of Ramsey Ballot Advisory Question <br />In 2001, the City of Ramsey included several Ballot Questions pertaining to the City Charter as well as multiple <br />Advisory Ballot Questions. Of note to this discussion, a question asked was the following: <br />"Do you want a Town Center with restaurants, shopping and other amenities along the Highway 10 <br />Corridor?" <br />In the general election in 2001, 61.20 responded yes to the above question; 38.20 voted no. <br />Ramsey Town Center Design Charrette <br />Between 2002-2003, with amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and results from the Advisory Ballot <br />Question, the City embarked on an in-depth public process to assist in the planning for the Ramsey Town <br />Center. Step No. 1 of the current exercise is to develop a summary of the output of this process (previous <br />vision). <br />1 <br />