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City Council Work Session Meeting Monday, March 19, 2018 Page 2 WSB Consultant Erin Perdu noted the goal is not to review the Comp Plan page- by-page tonight, as the Council has had the draft and has had a chance to review it. First, she would like to review changes made to the document in the last month, based upon Planning Commission feedback and initial Council feedback. Next will be a brief chapter-by-chapter overview, pausing to hear comments and feedback. Finally, there will be a brief discussion on suggested formatting chang- es, and an overview of the updated schedule. Ms. Perdu began highlighting changes to the document since it was last reviewed, beginning with readability. Councilmember McGehee noted many of the pages still have dark print on gray background. Ms. Perdu noted the comment. She also highlighted the changed color palette and pointed out the color blocks at the top of each chapter to notify the reader. A lot of unnecessary shading was removed from tables, and the housing matrix was al- so reformatted. Additional changes include a scrubbing of repetitive language, incorporating feedback from the Planning Commission (PC) at its February 28th meeting; and additional proofreading for grammar. Councilmember Etten expressed appreciation for color changes throughout most of the document. In the transportation chapter, he liked the table of contents and suggested that would be helpful for other chapters as well. Mayor Roe concurred with Councilmember Etten's comments. Councilmember McGehee expressed agreement with the comments thus far. Al- so, she noted that a couple of the chapters have goals sections. Every chapter should include that and should also have a specific location within the chapter. Readers should be looking for that, along with a table of contents. She noted some chapters do begin with a goals section, but in other places they are called strategies or policies. Whatever the term is,just stay consistent. She appreciated the color changes. However, chapter 7 and chapter 5 are very similar in color and she cannot see the difference. Perhaps if it was larger or changed the type, it would be easier to read. She also pointed out the importance of white let- ters/numbers on a dark background. In some places, a white box was used that made the text blurry. Councilmember Etten found Chapter 13 to be really great in terms of the goals formatting. Mayor Roe concurred that formatting should be consistent from chapter to chap- ter, so people can locate goals in the same place in each chapter.