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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />Topic Report: City Council and Planning <br />Commission Communication <br />By: Patrick Trudgeon, AICP, <br />Community Development Director <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />As the City Council is aware, during the past couple of years, there have been struggles <br />with the Comprehensive Plan Update and dealing with the high pace of growth within the <br />City. Staff feels that it is worthwhile to discuss the current issues facing Ramsey and <br />look at ways to foster better communications amongst the City Council, Planning <br />Commission, and Staffand look at ways to improve the decision making process. <br /> <br />Therefore, City Staff has arranged to bring in a trained facilitator, Larry Bakken, to <br />discuss matters relating to the communication and interaction with the City Council and <br />Staff. Mr. Bakken is a trained facilitator and was previously a Golden Valley City <br />Councilor. <br /> <br />Mr. Bakken met with the Planning Commission on February 23, 2006 to discuss their <br />perspective on how City Council decisions and direction can better be communicated <br />with the Planning Commission. Mr. Bakken will discuss the comments raised by the <br />Planning Commission and ask the City Council for ideas on how to better communicate <br />with the Planning Commission. <br /> <br />Attachments: <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />Action Statement: <br /> <br />The City Council should discuss methods that will better communicate City Council decisions with <br />the Planning Commission. A joint meeting with the Plmming Commission will be scheduled in the <br />future to review the issues raised at both meetings. <br /> <br />CCWS: 4/18/06 <br /> <br /> <br />