Public Engagement Services

The vendor required to provide to design and implement a comprehensive public engagement approach for both area plans.
- Required components of the approach
•    Incorporate the area planning and community engagement workbook and citywide engagement strategy.
•    Include a statistically valid survey at the beginning of the process to capture baseline community input.
•    Outline engagement phases and methods (online and in-person).
•    Identify and track metrics for outreach, participation and engagement.
- Community outreach and engagement
•    Facilitation of community workshops, stakeholder interviews, and focus groups.
•    Design and administration of surveys (including statistically valid survey at project start).
•    Use of social media and digital platforms for outreach.
•    Development of electronic communications (email, newsletters).
•    Multi-lingual translation services for all engagement activities.
•    Coordination of logistics (venue reservations, A/V setup, notifications, printing).
•    Up to four engagement phases, including: 
o    Community aspirations – education, findings, perceptions, and goals.
o    Exploratory – alternative approaches and preliminary preferred direction.
o    Area plan development – refinement of preferred direction.
o    Final area plan – implementation strategies.