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<br />communities. <br /> <br />Now in the third year, the Housing Resource Center (a contract with the Coalition) <br />continued implementation of a housing policy to: preserve the existing housing <br />stock as the "most affordable housing" available in the near future; match jobs with <br />existing housing; and encourage re-investment in the housing stock and <br />neighborhoods. <br /> <br />During 2003, the Coalition continued study of policies and strategies on existing <br />land use, future land use, zoning, environmental and recreation com1ections, <br />especially as part of the Design Center's study of pedestrian! active residents <br />opportunities and health; population and housing census; transportation issues <br />analysis, capacity and finance studies; an economic development profile of <br />employers, labor shed analysis, and contamination clean up. These analysis, policies <br />and strategies will be compared and coordinated with Metropolitan Council and <br />State projections and 2004-2005 Systems Plans for expansion and redevelopment of <br />regional infrastructure. <br /> <br />The Ramsey County GIS Users Group is a joint powers alliance of current and <br />future users of Geographic Information Systems. The foundation database that is <br />used was been created and is maintained by Ramsey County. The users within the <br />group consist of municipalities including their police and fire departments, school <br />districts, soil and water conservation districts, and the St Paul Community <br />Consortium. The group was formed in May 1995 and has since grown to include <br />some twenty organizations that individually perform a wide variety of functions <br />throughout our communities. Five of the cities within the group are also members <br />cities in the I-35W Corridor Coalition. The User Group is able to operate <br />autonomously from the County but relies strongly on their cooperation. <br /> <br />The goals and objectives of the group are as follows: <br />. To provide a better service to the public by enabling elected officials and <br />management the ability to make more informed decisions based on a wealth of <br />public information which can be processed and displayed by GIS technology <br />. To give users the opportunity to access data and knowledge much cheaper <br />through the User Group than could be otherwise possible by individual <br />negotiation <br />. To contribute to the ongoing development of the GIS data base being maintained <br />by Ramsey County through almual contributions for cost-sharing and by <br />providing input of ideas from a users perspective <br />. To enable newcomers to theteclmology to getup and running as quickly and as <br />inexpensively as possible <br />. To promote data and knowledge-sharing between organizations through the <br />development of group training programs and establishment of GIS pilot projects <br /> <br />Roseville Comprehensive Plan - 2003 Update <br /> <br />Implementation Program - Page 10 of 11 <br />