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City Council Work Session Meeting Monday, March 19, 2018 Page 4 ously have. For example, in the Community Context chapter, there are maps that show where household income is distributed across the community instead of an average household income across the community. In the Economic Development chapter, instead of an average unemployment rate, the reader learns how it breaks down among white residents and non-white residents. Race is the primary focus of equity in those data points. Councilmember McGehee expressed concern that the equity discussion was quite extensive, and yet quite narrow. She believes there is a lot of inequity across many, many areas of society and this community in particular. She suggested that to take a narrow focus that has been addressed in this document is a little bit in- sulting to other areas of the community and also some of the large areas of inequi- ty. She stated there is absolute confusion between Imagine Roseville 2025 and Imagine Roseville. Imagine Roseville 2025 should not be included, as the materi- als are more than ten years old. If Imagine Roseville is used, that is fine, but it needs to be clear and consistent. Also, under community survey, the City con- ducted a large Leisure Vision survey which is not listed. Councilmember Willmus commented on the opening chapter. He agreed the City is quite removed from the visioning document entitled Imagine Roseville 2025. There is certainly still some correlation or some desire to have some of that back- ground material. He also agrees there could be some confusion between Imagine Roseville 2025 and the Imagine Roseville discussions that have occurred. He ex- pressed concern with the Imagine Roseville discussions being included in the Comp Plan, as they may not have had a broad community outreach or vetting. He recalled there was a lot of discussion around the (Philando) Castile shooting. He does not know how broadly, however, that was conveyed throughout the City of Roseville within the context of the Imagine Roseville discussion series. Further- more, the Council has talked about updating multifamily housing study, and it is concerning that this Comp Plan update is referencing the old study. Councilmember Laliberte noted she watched the Planning Commission discussion around equity. She expressed agreement with Councilmember McGhee that there are many other avenues of equity to explore. She asked staff whether race was the focus of equity because of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) program. That is a one-year program and something the City wants to aspire to and address going forward, but this is a document that will live for a long time. The whole idea of the broader scope of equity does not seem to be ad- equately addressed. She concurred there is confusion over Imagine Roseville 2025 and Imagine Roseville in the document. In the section on research and community engagement, each of those items was officially tasked or ordered or paid for and requested by the Council. Imagine Roseville conducted discussions over time, but it was never an action or group appointed by the Council. In the Comp Plan document, it is referred to as if it has the same formal action behind it.