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City Council Work Session Meeting Monday, March 19, 2018 Page 8 Chapter 3 Ms. Perdu introduced the Community Profile chapter. She pointed out the new elements of the chapter, which are additional pieces on the development history of Roseville. She pointed out the Planning Commission recommended deletion of a paragraph on page 2. Mr. Lloyd noted the beginning of this chapter starts by discussing the historical and development context of the community and the intent of the chapter here is to recognize that in previous Comp Plan efforts, attention was paid to the mid-1850s forward. But not much detail has been given to who was here earlier, which does inform the "How We Got Here"topic that this chapter is addressing. That was the purpose of having this paragraph, but the Planning Commission suggested its de- letion. Recently, City Manager Trudgeon presented staff with demographic in- formation of Roseville over time, showing the 1960-1970 breakdown of"white or not white" as a demographic piece of information in the census. In the earliest example, .4 percent were "not white," and then 1 percent were "not white" in 1970, followed by a slow gradual build to close to 20 percent of"not white" to- day. That seemed to correspond interestingly with the notion of native communi- ties being removed during the white settlement of this area. Later in the chapter is a discussion of racially restricted covenants in Roseville and other areas. Since that is an artificial,man-made condition, that is why it was mentioned here. Councilmember McGehee commented she is indifferent to whether the paragraph is included or not. The history of Roseville is similar to the history of the United States, with the white people coming in, removing the native people from their land, and taking the land. She noted this is a reference document for planning, and she is having a hard time understanding why the glacial terrain is included. This should be a clean, crisp document with ideas and strategies. Councilmember Willmus stated the Planning Commission was correct to remove the paragraph. This is a forward-looking guide and vision of where Roseville can be. Councilmember Etten commented that this type of information, at the very least, was included in the wrong spot. It seems odd to be talking about glacial history 500 million years ago. If he were to reference Native Americans, he would in- clude that on page 7 under Population History, with maybe a 2-sentence para- graph about the Native Americans specifically in this area of Minnesota. Councilmember Laliberte mentioned the 2002 Comp Plan update was very histor- ical and that would have been a great document for this information. This Comp Plan update is different, so she agreed with the Planning Commission's decision to remove the paragraph.