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• <br />• <br />Q9: What do you think should by the City of Ramsey's Top 5 strategic priorities over <br />the next 3 years? <br />1. Develop a new business park, grow population through new housing development, plan efficiently for <br />road reconstruction projects by creating a sustainable plan for funding, market the property in the <br />COR for near term development, secure funding for highway I 0 projects. <br />2. Control Spending; Taxes; Slow Growth; Roads; Quality of Life <br />3. Business development, maintain services, Blending "rural and city ", Taking a stronger position in the <br />NW metro, working with neighboring cities on common issues. <br />4. I. Achieve and maintain resident collaboration 2. Financial growth and efficiency 3. Provide a secure <br />and safe community 4. Continue to build the city for the people, listen to their needs 5. Stay <br />connected with the community <br />5. I. Maintenance of public infrastructure 2.Sustainable growth in commercial /industrial business 3. Mixed <br />housing development 4. Preservation of natural resources <br />6. Train /traffic issues. Funding for infrastructure. Talent - other ideas (cement vs. asphalt, durability vs. <br />cost). Grants for innovation. Do something with blighted areas North of City Hall. Any new projects <br />must look at green options, up front. NOT as add -ons. <br />7. I. Continue to seek economic growth; 2. Develop a long -range plan to improve the movement of <br />vehicle and bike traffic through the city; 3. Perform a comprehensive gaps analysis to determine what <br />the local government needs to do in order to support the needs of the city 5, 10, 15+ years from now <br />to avoid issues like the current issue of how to pay for fixing worn -out streets; 4. create more <br />opportunities through venues like town meetings by council members within their districts to involve <br />city residents in the governance and decision - making process to achieve goals that affect residents; 5. <br />find a way to involve YOUTH in the governance process, engaging younger people within a process or <br />project to cultivate support of the city and its leadership looking to the horizon <br />8. Continue to promote the places to work in the city, the residential will follow as demand increases. <br />9. I. Fix the roads. 2. Get more sit -down restaurants in Ramsey. 3. We could use a Fleet Farm or <br />equivalent retailer. 4. Establishing a 'sports mecca' presence. 5. Addressing Highway 10 safety issues. <br />Strategic Planning • Organization Development • Board and Team Development <br />6385 Old Shady Oak Road, Suite 260, Minneapolis, MN 55344 <br />° > <br />Tel 952.942.2922 Toll 800.747.7469 Fax 952.942.2927 <br />p ro u ty v project <br />