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City Council Work Session Meeting Monday, March 19, 2018 Page 3 Councilmember McGehee also expressed that she is not sure she agrees with the implementation strategy. She prefers the smaller version of that in the chapters. She pointed out a document like Chapter 13 would be good for the Council and for staff as an internal document, but it is not needed for the Met Council. She sees that as a starting point as a discussion on strategic planning and an ongoing working document for staff and Council. Councilmember Willmus expressed concern about the color yellow being used on maps, as it might get difficult to see the yellow when the document is reproduced. Councilmember Laliberte noted she would like consistency throughout the docu- ment. Mayor Roe noted one idea is to pull the number off the pie chart itself, to help with readability. He also noted several places where, like the 5th page of the transportation chapter, there is dark text on dark colors, and it became a meaning- less piece of information as a result of the colors. He also pointed out that unusu- al acronyms were used in the transportation chapter that would only be meaning- ful to engineers, so clarification is needed. Also, he would like cross references between County State Aid Highway numbers and County Road names that eve- ryone uses. Councilmember McGehee also commented that the use of blue for the standard on the map, when it is in the body of text, barely stands out. Where it is not bolded, it is very difficult to see. Chapter 1 Ms. Perdu noted this chapter includes discussion of Comprehensive Planning lenses, specifically public safety and Thrive MSP 2040 Outcomes. Also dis- cussed is equity, which was reviewed extensively by the Planning Commission. She pointed to an image to help describe equity. City Planner Lloyd noted that if it the graphic is helpful, it can be tweaked to be- come more visually appealing. Councilmember Willmus asked about the importance of equity within the Comp Plan. Mr. Lloyd recalled equity was part of the RFP as a lens of this Comp Plan update. As it has been in the plan so far, the description of what is meant by equity is in the first chapter. The main goal for the equity lens was to create a wide range of choices for individuals and groups who had few, if any, choice and engaging a full cross-section of the community in decision-making. That was the operational definition of equity used in the Comp Plan. It showed up in a few different ways. One primary way is bringing in information that prior Comp Plans did not previ-