Urban and Regional
Studies Institute
URBS 409: Urban Analysis
Discussion Outline
Week 2
Topic: Power Point and Graphics
Course Business
Discussion Outline
 Find out who has used Power Point before and who has not.
 FOR THOSE WHO FEEL EXPERIENCED, let them come up and show how.
Then show alternative ways of doing it.:
Take 1 hour, and create a power point presentation for the following:
Eagan City Council meeting (attached)
Staff will be making an oral presentation, with PPt accompaniment.
Reminders
Urban and Regional
Studies Institute
URBS 409: Urban Analysis
Activity Sheet
Graphics
September 5, 2006
Activity
Purpose
Whether giving a presentation to a City Council or to a citizen group, it is rare to
find a straight lecture without some sort of visual aid to accompany the
information. In many instances, presenters are bucking the cumbersome
foamcore exhibits in favor of electronic presentations; they are able to be projected
on a screen for easier viewing, they are easily transferred into the public realm via
Internet or TV, and provide viewers a strong supplement to the material being
presented.
Power Point and graphics should, however, be just that – a supplement. The
speaker is still responsible for knowing the material they are presenting, and
turning that material into a clear, well-structured presentation.
Task
Remember: One lost art in public presentation is the skill of brevity. Make sure
you are clear, that you get to the point right away, and that you avoid jargon and
buzzwords. Don’t over-explain.
Create a power point presentation that includes the following:
 Text: Agenda information from the Eagan City Council memo. Be sure to
include custom animation for each text level
 Graphic: Bar, column, or line graph using the attached data from the
ANES study. All data sets must appear in the graph.
 Graphic: Pie chart using the attached data. Use data labels rather than a
traditional legend. Put the text boxes IN each pie piece.
 Graphic: Custom animated pictures
If you have time, produce 2 or 3 alternative presentation formats for each of these
items:
 Text: Try different animation schemes, timing (using mouse vs. automatic
timing)

Expected
Format
You Will
Need
Graphic: Try a different chart format for the ANES data – bar, column, or
line graph.
 Graphic: Pie Chart. Try tipping the degree of the face, changing the colors
of the pie wedges, and resizing the chart.
 Graphic: Custom animated pictures. Try “morphing” one picture into
another – take 2 similar pictures and change them. As you animate, fade
one into another.
 Power Point
Access to computer lab or personal computer
Additional Data
Agenda Information Memo
July 6, 2006 Eagan City Council
VII. NEW BUSINESS
A.
PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION (GOPHER COMMONS) GOPHER
RESOURCES
ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED:
To approve (OR direct findings of fact for denial) a Preliminary Subdivision of 21 acres to
create 3 Lots and one Outlot on property located in the southwest corner of Yankee Doodle Road
and Highway 149 in the NW ¼ of Section 13; subject to conditions in the January 24, 2006 APC
minutes.
REQUIRED VOTE FOR APPROVAL: Majority of members present
FACTS:
 The site consists of a single unplatted parcel. The property is vacant. For several years, a
concrete recycling facility operated on this site.
 The proposal consists of three office/warehouse buildings, users are not identified and
should be consistent with Limited Industrial uses, Final Planned Development approval
will be required for each parcel.
 A private easement exists across the site to provide the property to the south (Thomson)
access to Yankee Doodle Road.
 As a Planned Development parking will be shared, the overall parking is exceeded by 41
parking stalls.
 Outdoor storage is not proposed at this time and would require a Planned Development
Amendment if future outdoor storage is needed.
 A public hearing was held on January 24, 2006 at the Advisory Planning Commission,
the Commission recommended approval.
ISSUES:
 The Dakota County Plat Commission did not approve the preliminary plat in January
because the proposed full access location does not meet County spacing guidelines from
Highway 149.
 The city requested a Variance to the county spacing guidelines; the Plat Commission
indicated approval if the Preliminary Subdivision on June 26, 2006, with a minor
modification to boundaries of Outlot A.
120 DAY AGENCY ACTION DEADLINE: July 18, 2006
ATTACHMENTS: (2)
January 24, 2006 APC Minutes, pages _____ through _____.
Staff report, pages _____ through ______.