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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 18, 2019 Page 13 maybe it is because those categories are so different that the categories cannot re- ally be grouped as was done in the previous priority plan. She wanted to make sure the things that are on the list are really things that can be measured and put focus on. The other point is there was also a conversation about public safety, staffing, and public resources are not included because it is going to be something the Council is dealing with. Yet that is clearly a priority and to not put it in here is also saying something. For the Rice/Larpenteur Alliance plan, she was struck by how the City can guarantee the plan will be implemented. She asked what part of it does the City want to accomplish or does the Council want to talk more about the partnerships or the working and the process versus saying the City is going to implement this and to check it off the list. She thought the City was reliant on the other partners for that. Councilmember Laliberte thought there was also a comment, she thought from the Mayor, about engagement because a lot of things on the list rely a lot on outreach to other people, outreach to the community, and the City has a Commission that has struggled a bit on bringing the Council advise on how to do engagement that the City is really looking for. She did not know if the Council wanted to jump in on that or make it a priority for the HRIEC. Councilmember Willmus thought the idea of getting at and putting metrics to some things was a good and interesting approach and something that the Council can measure themselves against. One that really jumps out to him with respect to that is housing and meeting the housing needs of all. He wondered if that was a priority and asked, when looking at housing within the community, is there a type of housing the City has ample supply of, which might be single-family homes. He thought there was something missing and over the course of the last couple of weeks, he has been talking with Ms. Gundlach to get some information with re- spect to overall acreage throughout the community that is zoned for certain types of housing. He thought this was something that could be shared with the rest of the Council at some point. Within that, he thought it becomes very clear the cer- tain styles of housing that the City might be missing and across all styles of hous- ing, there can be incorporated affordability and availability. Those are some things he might want to get a little more in detail on. Mayor Roe thought the City should not be prioritizing the stuff that is done every day. Councilmember Etten asked Councilmember Willmus on the housing thing in- stead of the bullet that states "Meets the housing needs of all," should it point out one or two specific types of housing the Council might agree are missing based on the data presented and/or feedback from the community to focus in on specific needs.