And so part of our task, as it was um in the prior uh strict uh comprehensive plan was is to think about how can we diversify the economy.

And so we've been mapping where are the um the key employers and understanding the density of jobs as distributed throughout your city.

And one of the things that we're you know thinking about is the fact that the city's almost completely built out and there's really limited opportunities for new development.

And so we'll be working with you all and working with staff and working with um the members of the public to understand and reflect where and how uh new development should occur.

So I showed this graphic last time I was here, but this is just a reminder that um the plan has these 10 elements, they're all really interrelated, and so um we will be thinking through um all of these topics and working together to think about how we can strike a balance between development and preservation, between growth and sustainability, between pressing current needs and long-term resilience.

And so um like I said, this this trip is really about listening for us and uh reporting out what as I just did, some of what we're uh understanding about your city.

And we will be back before you in February, uh having um done our part to analyze the information that we learn from people tomorrow at the event and all of the um activities that will be at tomorrow's event will also be replicated online so people who are not in town or not able to attend um can participate uh asynchronously and um we look forward to sharing with you what we hear uh next time we're in town.

So just one last plug about tomorrow.

Um we'll be there, like I said, in the student commons uh the big atrium at Rogers High School for three hours.

There's no formal presentation, it's really uh intended for people to stop by as they're able and do as many or as few of the activities as they feel uh inspired to do.

Um there'll be a raffle and um like I said, uh photo booth and um food and drink and cookie decorating and a whole bunch of questions and interactive activities for people to um engage with, whether they are um five years old or you know, much older than that.

So um happy to take any questions you may have tonight and uh otherwise if you're able tomorrow, stop by.

Thanks, Mindy.

Questions for Mindy.

Do you have a sense already how many people may be there tomorrow?

I have no idea.

That's always it's like if you um field of dreams, if you build it, will they come?

I don't know.

We're hoping for a big crowd.

Yeah.

Right.

So I have a couple of questions about some of these data.

The um population, is that year-round population?

Does it include students?

What what is the composition of that number population?

The um 25,000 would be the year-round population and it does generally include students.

Um so I think um we've done some math that we're not it's not quite ready for prime time to understand like exactly um how many do we think you know, include um part-time residents and then the visitors.

So I think we're still um refining our numbers.

We'll be interesting to learn more about that.

And and it's certainly an issue that comes up a lot when we're talking about planning uh questions about short-term rentals and things like that.

Um the other question I had uh had to do with um, will your economic analysis take a look at the varying utilization?

So if you have revenues coming from specific sources, will you also look at who are the greatest consumers of like infrastructure and other kinds of city services?

Um I think that will depend on the data that's available.

So um, but I think that's a a good question.

Um are you talking about um like utilities or are you thinking about like services or yeah, the infrastructure basic infrastructure services and are we in other ways, in other words, uh one hypothesis would be that tourism and um dark how non non-full-time residents, people who who do not who only live here part-time, they might be subsidizing uh people who do live here full-time.

Yes.

Or maybe not.

I don't know.

Yes, I know the economist has um thoughts on that particular question.

Yes.

That'll be interesting.

That for some of the other um inquiries, it will depend on, yeah, if we're able to attach data to sure particular parcels of land use.

But I I think so far the data's been really good.

And so um we're happy to um follow a lot of inquiry inquiring threads.

Okay.

Um anybody else?

Yeah, the um uh there's a lot more use of things like carbor, harbor facilities.

And will you be incorporating more of that and looking at the transportation, the housing side, the water, the um because it is a focal point of tourism and and people coming and going um because when you sort of measure housing, um, a lot of the boats on the water are technically second homes.

Yes.

Um that's a very good point.

I when I was just talking to the economists last week and we were trying to think about all of the inputs that would need to go into our understanding of like what actually is the daily capacity of Newport.

And so it's not just it it is a different um mix because we have to think about the moorings and the slips and really like how many people can be accommodated um uh in the in the harbor, as you say.

So yes, I think that um that piece of the analysis uh is important just as like we would count you know parking spots.

It's like we need to understand how are people getting here and and um um coming to land and and you know moving moving through you know, accessing the city from other from other from the water.

So yes.

Yeah, and whether you have the I I assume the transportation plans in there, but also the the harbor management plan should be sort of tied in as well.

Yes.

So I didn't include that slide, but um our office has done a really deep dive of all of the prior plans and that have been produced by the city, um, by the island, by you know, the state, and so and we've made a record of all of the different recommendations and so the harbor management plan is part of that mix, and um we have not yet had the opportunity to um explore the the city by water yet, but and it's on our list.

And um I think the the transportation master plan, the team that wrote that uh tool design group is part of our team.

And so they've got a real good handle on um certainly the land-based transportation.