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She said they can ask people how they feel about these things; however, they are not working <br />towards any of this in any of their plans and goals in the City. She noted that people come to <br />Ramsey from all walks of life. She reiterated that she does not like to single things out like this <br />just in order to get data points. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell asked who the people are that the City would attract that are not from <br />diverse backgrounds. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen asked if the Council would like to remove the words ‘from diverse <br />backgrounds’ from the third question. <br /> <br />Councilmember Olson recommended changing this to ‘all backgrounds.’ <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff said if they remove those words from this then they would be starting <br />over with historical data for this question. He noted that they should add something to it, like <br />Councilmember Olson’s suggestion. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell said she does not have a problem with this question if they truly mean <br />diverse. She noted that if diverse just means not white then she does have a problem with it as this <br />would value some people less than others. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley said that the residents may have different opinions than what the Council <br />thinks. He noted that he thinks they would rate highly on being welcoming to diverse people; <br />however, he does not know how the residents feel unless this question is asked. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht noted that if by diverse they mean non-white then they should just say <br />that. <br /> <br />Councilmemebr Howell agreed and said this would be extremely racist. She added that there is no <br />way that they would get clean data out of this and would recommend changing this question or <br />removing it altogether. <br /> <br />Councilmember Olson reiterated that he thinks they should change this question to say all <br />backgrounds, not just diverse backgrounds. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell shared that the reason she would like this question to be changed is <br />because the word ‘diverse’ can have many different definitions and they would not be able to get <br />clean data off of this as everyone has a different definition of ‘diverse.’ <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove noted that the questions under question 6 are good to get an idea of <br />how the residents feel about things in the City. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen asked about the custom questions, 13, 14, and 15. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if the newspaper scores low if they will change anything. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / March 19, 2024 <br />Page 7 of 17 <br /> <br />