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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 22, 2017 Page 8 Mayor Roe agreed that the lack of responses may be due to a lack of follow-up advertising. On the walkabouts, Councilmember Laliberte noted the identification of some ar- eas and topics, and asked how each would function (e.g. pre-determined ques- tions) or how each agenda would be established. Ms. Purdu advised that some conversations starters in each area would be used depending on their specific demographics and physical characterizes, with a rough list of questions to initiate discussions, and the idea for people to inform about their neighborhood for the city's relevancy in the future; and allowing for flexibility depending on what was important to them and who showed up. Ms. Purdu and staff provided post card examples created by the consultants and dis- tributed by staff, with walking maps available at the start of the events with starter questions to get people thinking. Ms. Purdu also noted that walking routes were flexible if people wanted to show something not on the prescribed route. Recognizing that typically 80% of the information will come from 20% of the population, Councilmember Laliberte asked how staff would avoid specific inter- est groups from trying to skew feedback and results. Ms. Purdu responded that there was no formal process involved, but reviewed several ways they could verify participation through sign-in sheets from in-person activities; and other techniques with the online surveys; with the only unknowns coming through the intercept boards. Councilmember Willmus concurred with the comments of his colleagues so far, and agreed with the request for more detail from the "other" category as well. Councilmember Willmus also strongly agreed with Councilmember Etten's sug- gestion for staff to facilitate"meetings in a box" efforts. City Manager Trudgeon duly noted those comments. Councilmember Willmus also agreed with the comments and suggestions by Councilmembers McGehee and Laliberte to parse data for review and to pay at- tention to the Roseville-specific nature of the comprehensive plan update going forward. Specific to the "other" category, Mayor Roe noted that similar to the city's budget it covered many things, but also suggested keeping in focus those items with broader support as long as they were vetted and it was ensured that the pump wasn't being primed by repeated comments of community activists in gathering that information. Mayor Roe expressed appreciation for the way the walkabouts were being publicized, and the coordination efforts with the SE Roseville efforts at Rice Street and Larpenteur Avenue.