Finalizing the Blueprint

Jennifer and Peter are sitting in a local Seattle coffee shop late on a Thursday afternoon, reviewing the final draft of their neighborhood plan before submission.

Finalizing the Blueprint

Listen and choose the right answer

What is Peter's main concern about the neighborhood plan?

• Whether local residents will vote for it
• Whether the coffee shop will close early
• Whether the mayor will resign

What unexpected item do they find in the community survey mail?

• An angry letter from the residents' association
• A ten-year-old child's crayon drawing of a rainbow crosswalk
• A check for local park maintenance

What is slated to happen next Tuesday morning?

• A neighborhood barbecue
• The presentation of the draft plan to the city council
• A protest against parking fines

What rule do they playfully establish near the end of their meeting?

• No speaking about traffic anymore
• No phone at the table
• No ordering more coffee

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Jennifer: Peter, we've got to finalize this ____ tonight or the planning committee won't look at it.
• Jennifer: Frankly, the ____ section is still quite weak because nobody agreed on the speed limits.
• Peter: Technically speaking, from a legal standpoint, we can't enforce pedestrianization without a proper public ____ first.
• Jennifer: That's true, but we've already gathered hundreds of ____ forms and a stack of objection letters.
• Peter: Tellingly, most complaints aren't about the ____ or affordable housing at all; they're about parking spaces.

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