Minutes - Council Work Session - 04/25/2017

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Acting Mayor John LeTourneau Councilmember Jill Johns Councilmember Mark Kuzma Councilmember Chris Riley Councilmember Melody Shryock Councilmember Kristine Williams Members Absent: Mayor Sarah Strommen Planning Commission Members Present: Chairperson Randy Bauer Commissioner Bruce Anderson Commissioner Cheri Gengler Commissioner Cindy Nosan Commissioner Patrick Surma Also Present: City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Mark Riverblood Public Works Superintendent Grant Riemer Community Development Director Timothy Gladhill City Engineer Bruce Westby Asst. City Administrator/Economic Development Manager Patrick Brama 1. CALL TO ORDER Acting Mayor LeTourneau called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:39 p.m. 2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 2.01: Review Planning Commission Recommendation for The COR Interim Development Plan Community Development Director Gladhill presented the staff report, noting the purpose of this case is to receive a final recommended policy framework for a document to be known as The COR Interim Development Plan, which will put into motion a more formal amendment to the Master Plan. He stated the Interim Development Plan will become the new format of the Master Plan, and outlined changes on the eastern half of the site that will introduce more medium density such as villas. He said the Interim Development Plan was intended to be flexible to recognize a vision instead of an exact site plan and contained sub quadrants with retail on one City Council Work Session/April 25, 2017 Page 1 of 8