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Item No: 1 <br />Meeting Date: March 3, 2014 <br />M® S VIEW Type of Business: Work Session <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: "Building Our Future" Presentation by Ryan O'Conner, <br />Ramsey County, a Discussion about Cultivating Economic <br />Prosperity and Combating Concentrated Areas of Poverty <br />Introduction: <br />At the direction of the County Board of Commissioners and the County Manager, Ryan <br />O'Conner, Director of Policy and Planning for Ramsey County, has put together a <br />presentation entitled "Building Our Future". The presentation promotes the idea of <br />cultivating economic prosperity and combating concentrated areas of financial poverty. <br />Discussion: <br />Mr. O'Conner reports that Ramsey County's newest goal and associated efforts <br />surround cultivating economic prosperity and combating concentrated areas of financial <br />poverty. The purpose of the presentation is to highlight areas of current and future <br />strategic importance within the community so that we may work collaboratively on the <br />most important issues that we collectively face. Attached for Council review is the <br />presentation from the initial Board workshop in September 2013 along with the <br />accompanying letter to the Board that previewed this effort and its importance to our <br />broader community. The County intends to present this information to each of the <br />communities within Ramsey County. <br />Recommendation: <br />Please review the attached information prepared and presented by Ryan O'Conner, <br />Director of Policy and Planning with Ramsey County. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />J6d <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator <br />