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<br />. Jl. ~. a~'" <br /> <br />Cre~ti"t Solucit\l\$ Cor Land Planning and DesigD <br /> <br />Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. <br /> <br />(;]13 <br />(gU <br /> <br />June 9, 1997 <br /> <br />Ryan Schroeder <br />City Manager <br />15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br /> <br />Re: Addendum. to Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc. Comprehensive Plan Pr.oposal <br /> <br />Dear:Mr. Schroeder: <br /> <br />Per your request I include the attached list of references for your review. These current clients <br />can attest to our experience and proficiency at dealing with the public even under the most <br />difficult of circumstances. <br /> <br />I have also amended our proposal to include a series of three focus group sessions and up to <br />twelve neighborhood meetings. Attached is a list of the outreach opportunities that will help <br />residents and businesspersons participate productively in the planning process. <br /> <br />While we typically like to include many more public meetings in our proposals, we were <br />concerned that this project may be price sensitive. We wanted to be as competitive as possible <br />without compromising the public's opportunities to participate. The public involvement <br />proposed by our firm always produces excellent results even where neighborhood and special <br />interest involvement is not included. <br /> <br />Neighborhood involvement needs to fit into our unique approach, an approach which builds the <br />plan around a whole community. This lets the community vision be the driving imperative rather <br />than neighborhood issues. <br /> <br />Our public participation enriched approach now includes our originally proposed public <br />information meeting, visioning session, telephone survey, mail survey, community-wide meeting <br />and the formal public hearing. We have supplemented that with six neighborhood or special <br />interest issues meetings that would follow the visioning session. This will allow issues of <br />neighborhood interest to be discussed in the context of an overall community-wide vision. <br /> <br />We have also enriched our proposal with three issues focus group sessions as discussed at the <br />interview. These sessions will be specifically designed to build public consent regarding how <br />issues such as open space/rural area preservation might be accomplished, how to deal with <br />MUS A, growth management and utility assessments. <br /> <br />7300 MetrO Boulevard, Suite 525, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55439 5 I <br />(612) 835-9960 Fax (612) 835-3160 <br />