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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 6, 2019 Page 26 at in aggregate, it might give a better understanding of what the right number is and where to focus efforts of trying to achieve growth, so she was not sure a number needed to be chosen now. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the second Economic Development Strategic Initiative bullet point"Facilitate City-wide Economic Development"with the Council. Mayor Roe questioned if the target for ambassador visits was accurate, he did not know if that was too low at two per year. He thought staff should think about set- ting the bar a little higher on ambassador visits. He asked how the City measures "no net loss of business." Mr. Trudgeon stated under the fourth quarter there is an annual update to the business list through Resources USA, which gives a listing of all of the City's businesses. So, year by year, the City will be able to track how many businesses are in the City and what the trends are. Mr. Trudgeon stated the next item is in regard to the Rice/Larpenteur Alliance Plan and some items are already in place. He reviewed future items with the Council. Councilmember Laliberte thought one measure of success might be measuring the City's engagement level with the landowners. She thought the goal would be to increase City interaction and engagement with those who can make change. Mayor Roe stated staffing through the St. Paul Chamber is tracking their connec- tions with both business owners and property owners, so he thought there was a way to actually quantify that and demonstrate success and achievement in that ar- ea. He was thinking another measure of success is to have in place framework for the long-term alliance with the short-term contract with the Chamber. Councilmember Etten stated he did not know how involved the International In- stitute of Minnesota is right now working with resettlement groups because reset- tlements have been reduced significantly in the last year or so. He thought the City needed to look at some of the other community partners so the City is keep- ing them on the radar along with the Alliance. Councilmember Etten stated under the list of Commissions, the EDA should be included. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the Inclusive Community and Governance Strategic Initi- atives with the City Council. He stated the second bullet point "Implement Racial Equity Plan" follows on the GARE initiative. He also reviewed the Community Engagement Toolkit with the Council.