R2022-93 Resolution Authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Teska Associates, Inc. for Jasper Street Great Streets, Great Neighborhoods Plan

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Exhibit 1 A-3 PHASE 3 Community Engagement 3.1 Task Force & Public Meetings , We will Work With 3.2 Survey materials , We will work with TAB and the TAB and City staff=to outline a community engagement City to design two surveys. First, a resident, business plan at the very beginning of the project and discuss and organization survey focused on current strengths during the project Kick-Off in Phase 1.Our approach will and weaknesses of the corridor. We will ask where be to build ownership of the Task Force as "ambassa- people currently shop, eat, recreate, work, and what dors" to the larger Jasper St. Corridor community, We transportation issues they have. The second survey will will ask them to think from the very beginning of the be an online Visual Preference Survey that seeks input on project,what they want to get out of the plan and what specific design elements,such as lighting,sidewalks,bike they can contribute to the planning process and imple- infrastructure, park features,signage,and street furniture. mentation effort. We suggest a series of six Task Force meetings in order to focus their time and participation in 33 Project Website , Teska will design an interactive the process, as we outline in the attached Timeline.We project website to serve as a central resource and will also involve the Task Force in community meetings engagement portal for the project and include and additional outreach activities. background information, meeting materials, surveys, and interactive mapping and idea sharing tools. We suggest a number of additional outreach and en- gagement techniques to engage the community. This 4 includes: Task Force engagement, partner pop ups, Goals +Vision Framework community conversations, outdoor activations, local partnerships, team-building experiences, indoor Developing a common set of goals and vision frame- partnerships, and community summits. work is fundamental to the planning process. Our ap- proach is to build that up from four primary sources: CAPACITY BUILDING; Teska will work with the City of Data collected in the Existing Conditions analysis Decatur to identify neighborhood champions. This may that provides a baseline of where we are now; be existing organizations such as Boys and Girls Club or a school, or could be a group of neighbors that would is Common values and understanding of the like to come together for a more permanent community that arise through engagement efforts; neighborhood leadership role. Over the course of the N An ability to create actionable items that can be project,Teska will work with the City to identify the best implemented; and organization to be the "backbone" organization to IN Alignment with City goals, policies and capacities. champion implementation of the Jasper St. Plan, or a subsection of the Plan. We will work with the City and Task Force to develop a The Implementation Plan in Phase 7 will include a draft set of goals and vision framework.This framework section on capacity building of the backbone will be presented to City Council for comment and organization and its partners to champion the refinement before moving forward with the plan. implementation of specific projects identified in the plan. PHASES Alternatives Analysis Based on the goals and vision developed in Phase 4, the Consultant Team will develop an Alternatives Anal- ysis composed of different levels of intervention along the Corridor. It is envisioned that the public realm will focus on improvements to the public right-of-way-the street cross section, elements of multi-modal transpor- tation improvements, landscaping and beautification. In addition,the alternatives will focus on concept plans for three priority sites along the Corridor that will present typologies for new investments that could take place in other locations along the Corridor.These sites will be identified with input of staff and the Task Force. DECATUR GREAT STREETS,GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN PG 4 SUBMITTED BY TESKA ASSOCIATES