Ramsey Resident - 2001 - March/April

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1aINwUUQTa c'TILI Building Qua(tt Communities In January, the City adopted a resolution to support an initiative put forward by the League of Minnesota Cities to support and build quality cities. The purpose ofthis program is to promote what cities are doing on an ongoing basis for its residents. For the City of Ramsey, as with other Minnesota communities, building quality communities means espousing and supporting the top ideals that provide for the quality of life in our community, such as safety, family, jobs, schools, health care, recreation, and a strong sense of community. Over the next several issues of the Ramsey Resident, we will be focusing on these ideals and how they translate to the quality of life in the City of Ramsey. It is hoped that by communicating our efforts in providing a quality community, we give you, the residents, information about what we are doing and how we are doing it. The first of the ideals listed in this article is Safety. How do we as a City create the sense of safety that is so valuable to our residents and so important in our building Ramsey into a quality community? Basically, the City of Ramsey provides safety through the Police, Fire and to some extent, Public Works departments. The protection that is provided for all residents through the Police and Fire personnel is evident but a little less so with the Public Works department. Most folks, when asked what they think Public Works does for the City would hopefully answer any one of the following: maintain the roads, provide water and sanitary sewer service, and maintain the parks. The maintenance of roads also includes sanding and snowplowing in the winter. Without constant attention to roads in the winter by the public works department, travelling these roads in the winter would certainly be difficult if not dangerous. Snowplowing also keeps roads open for other emergency vehicles, such as fire truck, police cars, and ambulances that depend on clear roads in order to respond quickly to all emergencies. The lower the response time to the emergency, the greater the success in resolving the emergency. The Police Department is involved in passive policing activities as well as the more traditional policing activities. As part of their passive policing efforts, the Police Department is constantly out in our community through the Neighborhood Watch program; being involved in youth activities at the elementary school; and attending National Night Out neighborhood parties. In addition to the sworn police officers, the City also uses volunteers as Public Safety Aids, who are also out in the community, connecting with residents and insuring that police officers are available to answer emergency calls. The City's Copy from one, its plagiarism; copy from two, its research. — Anonymous Police Department has also recently established a police bike patrol to further extend their presence in the City's parks. While the City's Fire Department is a "paid on call" department and not a full -time department, they are able to respond to any fire emergency within establish response times. The City's Fire Department has 30 members that are prepared to respond to any emergency at any time of day — 24/7. In addition to putting out fires, the firefighters also provide many public safety services, such as fire prevention education. Despite being an on -call force, each and every firefigher is required to pass standard fire fighting classes, become a medical first responder and in some instances, firefighters become Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). Additional training often includes training in handling hazardous materials (HAZMAT) and water rescue training. The residents ofthis community receive all this fire /medical service without the expense of supporting a full -time Fire Department. The City takes the issue of Safety very seriously. Having a safe community is key to building and having a quality community. ANOKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT BOARD OF SUPERVISOR'S 2001 MEETING SCHEDULE The Anoka Conservation District's regular Board Meeting is held at 16015 Central Avenue Northeast, Suite 103, Ham Lake, Minnesota on the third Monday of every month except when it falls on a holiday. The meetings start at 5:30 p.m. The dates for the 2001 meetings are as follows: April 16th May 21st June 18th July 16th August 20th September 17th October 15th November 19th December 17th 13