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<br />City Planner Anderson confirmed the consensus of the Board to keep the erosion item as number <br />one and then make the changes as previously discussed. He stated that the City Council will begin <br />its strategic planning the following evening and once that is finalized, the Board can cross reference <br />that document to ensure there are no conflicts or omissions on the EPB work plan. He stated that <br />after that is done, the work plan will be added to a work session agenda of the City Council for <br />review and discussion. <br /> <br />5.04: Review Content Calendar for Ramsey Resident and Ramsey Recycler <br /> <br /> <br />City Planner Anderson presented the staff report. He stated that as part of the discussion from the <br />previous month, the Board asked staff to develop a list of potential topics that may be used to guide <br />seasonally relevant articles for the Ramsey Resident and Ramsey Recycler newsletters. <br />Additionally, staff was directed to prepare a calendar to assist with task management; both were <br />included in the case. The purpose of the case is to provide the Board an opportunity to review the <br />potential topics, make any recommended adjustments and possibly event identify and/or assign <br />authors. <br /> <br />Board Member Little asked for the desired length of the articles. <br /> <br />City Planner Anderson stated that the article space would be about half a page, therefore if a picture <br />is included the article should be about 150 to 200 words in length. He stated that without an image <br />perhaps 300 words. He stated that if the Board feels that is not enough space as things move on, <br />he could determine if more space would be available. He noted that an article could provide <br />highlights and additional details could be provided through a website link. <br /> <br />Board Member Hiatt stated that sometimes there are great articles already available and asked if <br />perhaps that author could be approached to determine if they would be willing to republish in this <br />format. <br /> <br />City Planner Anderson confirmed that is an option, noting that staff works with the Lower Rum <br />River Water Management Organization, which shares newsletter articles for the City to use. He <br />stated that the desire would be to reinvigorate this column in the publications and advised that does <br />not necessarily mean it would be the only environmentally focused article within the publication. <br /> <br />Board Member Moore stated that if a Board Member is interested in a topic, could staff make the <br />Board aware to ensure members are not writing on the same topic. <br /> <br />City Planner Anderson stated that theoretically it would be nice to have a working document that <br />everyone would have access to in order to sign up for certain topics and avoid duplicative efforts. <br /> <br />Chairperson Covart confirmed the consensus of the Board to use the shared document to allow the <br />Board to sign up for articles. <br /> <br />Board Member Valentine stated that historically the problem has not been too many authors, but <br />rather a lack of interest in writing articles. <br /> <br /> <br />Environmental Policy Board / May 17, 2021 <br />Page 7 of 9 <br />