Receive Presentation on Resilient Communities Partnership

In September of 2016, Staff introduced to City Council an innovative program opportunity through the University of Minnesota's Resilient Communities Project (RCP).  That case report and minutes are attached for background information.  With the majority consensus of the City Council, Staff did prepare and submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the RCP.  Based on the LOI, the City of Ramsey was invited to submit a full application to the RCP for the 2017-2018 partnership (one of only two [2] communities that were invited to this next step).

The purpose of this case is to update and inform the City Council that Ramsey has been invited to submit a full application to the RCP.  However, based on the discussion with the City Council last September, in which several City Councilmembers were interested in more information on this program, Staff invited the Director of the Resilient Communities Project to provide an overview of the program and address any questions the Council may have.
 
Should the City ultimately proceed with submitting a formal application, the deadline is February 15, 2017.  Staff wanted to provide the City Council an opportunity to get a better understanding of the program and the potential benefits the City could realize if Ramsey were selected as the Partner Community.  

45 minutes

If selected as the Partner Community, the required financial contribution would be paid through the Community Development Department's professional services budget or, depending on the project focus, potentially from a more appropriate Department's professional services budget.

Community Development Director
City Planner

Provide direction to Staff to submit/not submit a full application to the Resilient Communities Project for consideration as the 2017-2018 Partner Community.