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Members Present: Absent: Also Present: Ramsey Town Center Task Force Minutes January 9, 2003 Chair Alena Hunter Vice-Chair Bonnie Thompson Eric Watson Councilmember A1 Pearson Chris Riley Councihnember David Elvig City Administrator James Norman Principal Planner Patrick Trudgeon HKGi Consultant Loren Gordon Community Development Intern Amy Geisler Tammy Sakry Mary Jo Olson Steve Sis Will Thompsen Chair l luntcr opened the meeting. Motion by Bonnie Thompson to approve the meeting minutes from 12/19/02, A1 Pearson seconded, motion passed. Review of meeting times and dates. There was a discussion of whether the cun'ent meeting time and day worked for all Task Force members; the consensus was to continue the current meeting schedule. Chair Hunter said the Task Force might consider lneeting once per month instead of twice per month in the future. 2) Town Center environmental review. Principal Planner Trudgeon explained the Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) environmental review process for the Town Center and the need for a general concept plan for the AUAR authorization. Trudgcon will be presenting this concept plan at the 1/14/03 City Council meeting, 3) Review of Town Center Master Plan ("Bubble Plan"). HKGi's Loren Gordon presented two alternative Bubble Plans for the Town Center. Gordon said the Task Force needed to review the alternatives and recommend one to the City Council for inclusion in the AUAR authorization. He said the Bubble Plans were more general than the regulating map contained in the Calthorpe proposal. City Administrator Norman said the two Bubble Plans represented a good blend of Calthorpe's work and Ramsey Town Center LLC's work.