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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, January 10, <br />2017, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br />Members Present: <br />Members Absent: <br />Also Present: <br />Mayor Sarah Strommen <br />Councilmember Jill Johns <br />Councilmember Mark Kuzma <br />Councilmember Chris Riley <br />Councilmember Melody Shryock <br />Councilmember Kristine Williams <br />Councilmember John LeTourneau <br />City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich <br />Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Mark Riverblood <br />City Clerk Jo Ann Thieling <br />Community Development Director Timothy Gladhill <br />City Engineer Bruce Westby <br />City Planner Chris Anderson <br />Asst. City Administrator/Economic Development Manager Patrick Brama <br />City Attorney Joe Langel <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Strommen called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:32 p.m. <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br />2.01: Receive Presentation on Resilient Communities Partnership <br />City Planner Anderson reviewed the staff report. <br />Mike Greco, AICP, Director of Resilient Communities Project, reviewed the mission and <br />program objectives of the Resilient Communities Project. He explained that city staff is busy <br />and this allows cities to complete projects that they do not have enough staff time to complete <br />and also provides students with real world training in the field they are studying. He noted that <br />this also provides an opportunity for the program to use the experience and knowledge they <br />gather from one community to develop tools that can be shared with other communities and on <br />other projects. He explained the process and the model that is followed for communities that are <br />asked to submit a full application. He noted that cities identify 10 to 30 potential projects, with <br />project leads identified and RCP matches each project with one or more University of Minnesota <br />courses. He explained that the project leads, faulty, and RCP staff collaboratively clarify and <br />City Council Work Session / January 10, 2017 <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />