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Brad Scheib <br />�fnr�PA Distinguished Leadership .-��tiard <br />Page 2 <br />imaginable, three other ercellent planners to learn from. and the chance to really tackle <br />this skill. He was so right - it has served me ���ell. I am so lucky to have �i�orked with <br />someone who cared enough to push me. to point out ���hat I needed to learn and give me <br />the specific. straightforward feedback from an experienced position. <br />Many of Dennis' ideas have been credited to others. He doesn't mind, because he <br />genuinely has the good of community in mind. He operates with that overarching <br />philosophy, and it is truly noble. He sho«•ed us how to tackle a thorny planning issue in <br />the Pennock Avenue Study. He suggested we write a"Zoning Workbook" for the public. <br />which turned out to be a tremendous time saver for our staff while making zoning very <br />accessible to the public. He suggested we create a"Citizen's Guide to the <br />Comprehensive Plan." This too, was a very useful product for the public. Dennis led the <br />city through a planning process for Apple Valley's downtown streetscape that was not <br />necessatily complex, yet resulted in a clear consensus among the decision-makers. <br />Through all of these projects, which he provided the genesis for, he gave credit to others. <br />Dennis works very hard. He takes on all kinds of planning projects, big and small. One <br />important thing he taught me was that even the very small projects in planning are <br />important to the overall planning program. I remember not being too interested in <br />learning how to write a simple ordinance or conduct code enforcement. Dennis could <br />explain and convince me (and others) that although these types of things may seem small, <br />they are vitally important steps to you completing the circle of the planning process and <br />carrying out overall goals and strategies of the city. We all learned to be proud of every <br />aspect of our work, and the small things became less laborious as they now had meaning. <br />In the continuum of planning projects, Dennis has worked all of the way up and down it. <br />He has completed many big picture plans, conducted intermediate studies and done all of <br />the implementation work associated with planning. He has a way of "connecting the <br />dots" on proj ects, thoroughly thinking through all aspects, and then creating new <br />connections. <br />One demonstration of this was his ability to connect planners. Everywhere he has <br />worked, he started a new group of planners meeting to share common ideas, stories and <br />comiserations. In Red Wing he began the "River City Planners" group that included <br />Faribault, Northf�ield, Hastings, Red Wing, Stillwater and any other city who wanted to <br />j oin. The group continued past Dennis' time and I was a part of it when I was a planner <br />in Northfield. We wold visit other cities, take tours and share solutions to problems. It is <br />part of Dennis' legacy that this program he began continued long after he had moved to <br />another city. Dennis played a leadership role in other similar groups such as the Dakota <br />County Planners, Metro East Planners, Dakota County Economic Partnership, and Metro <br />East Development Board. <br />Certainly his crowning achievement in this regard is his initiation of the I��W Corridor <br />Coalition. This group has not only acquired far more official status than any other group, <br />
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