Participants in Citizen Summit III were asked to consider programs and policies that address three of the most important challenges facing the city:

• Providing quality education
• Making neighborhoods safer
• Expanding opportunities for our residents

In small groups, citizens worked with trained facilitators to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the different options that had been presented to them, as well as identify other options.

Ideas generated in these discussions were collected through laptop computers at each table. Participants also used polling keypads to prioritize the options and shape how the city uses its resources to address the challenges.