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Work Program ._.. Staff and Agency Meetings Meet with the City staff and representatives of outside agencies(e.g., county -- Department of Transportation)to obtain information,review draft plan elements, etc. Neighborhood and Interest Group Meetings The McCombs Frank Roos team would assist the City staff if they wished to meet with neighborhood or local interest groups by providing PowerPoint shows ., at various stages of the project. Web Site Provide written and graphic materials describing the project for the City to use on a page in its Web site. -^ Newsletters We encourage the City to publicize the planning process,participants and products in the Ramsey municipal newsletter. Newspaper Coverage We would assist the City staff with interviews with a reporter from the Ramsey local newspaper in order to publicize the planning process,participants and products. (We have used local newspapers successfully on most of our other projects. The Green Bay Herald received a national APA award for their coverage of that City's comprehensive plan.) _ 5.2 Participation Elements for Major Task 3.0— Plan Elements -- Meetings with the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee Facilitate five evening meetings to review and refine the draft plan elements. Community Forum #2 '— Facilitate Community Forum#2 to present and explain the draft plan and receive comments. Meetings with the Planning Commission and City Council Help the City staff brief the members of the Planning Commission and City Council the progress of the project, and solicit their comments. Participate in one public hearing with the Planning Commission and one with the City Council. The City Council should consider the updated plan, give it preliminary approval subject to Metropolitan Council review,and authorize the submittal of the plan to the Metropolitan Council. Final approval and adoption must occur within nine McCombs Frank Roos 7-16 City of Ramsey