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2008 Mounds View Comprehensive Plan <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Chapter 8: Intergovernmental Coordination <br /> <br />8-4 <br />Among the goals of the Ramsey County GIS group are: <br /> <br />• Providing better information to elected officials and management to make informed <br />decisions, <br />• Provide cities and the county with access to up-to-date and accurate information in a cost <br />effective manner, <br />• Introduce users to GIS technology and get them up and running quickly and <br />economically. <br />The Ramsey County GIS User Group is a leader in the nation for exemplifying the cooperation <br />between a county, municipalities and other agencies. <br /> <br />Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View Fire Department <br /> <br />The cities of Spring Lake Park, Blaine, and Mounds View have jointly contracted with a non-profit <br />corporation known as the Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View Fire Department, Inc. for fire <br />protection and related services. The volunteer Spring Lake Park Fire Department was started in <br />1944 and eventually incorporated Mounds View and Blaine into its name. This collaboration allows <br />the three cities to provide the necessary fire services in a cost effective manner. Many of the SBM <br />Fire Department firefighters are also employees of these cities and are able to respond to fire calls <br />during daytime working hours. <br /> <br />Metro I-Net <br /> <br />Mounds View is a member of the Metro I-Net, a consortium that includes 14 cities, the Centennial <br />Fire District and the Ramsey-Washington-Metro Watershed District. This diverse group shares <br />network services, e-mail, IP phone support, anti-virus and spam prevention, and several other <br />software and hardware applications. The City of Roseville provides staffing and houses many of the <br />hardware devices that are shared by the group. The group began in 1998 when Mounds View and <br />Roseville formed a partnership to share services. <br /> <br />North Metro 35W Corridor Coalition <br /> <br />The original member cities established the North Metro 35W Corridor Coalition in December 1996 <br />to provide a collaborative means of jointly shaping the future of their cities within the larger <br />metropolitan region. The members started this group in anticipation of adding significant numbers <br />of new residents and businesses to the I-35W Corridor in the next 20 years. It is the goal of the <br />Coalition to accommodate the anticipated and desired growth in a manner that will enable all <br />neighborhoods within the member cities to emerge from this expansion with a more livable sub-