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a. Conduct focused interviews with key stakeholders in and affected by each target area to obtain first-hand insights into strengths, challenges, opportunities, and capabilities to initiate change. b. Evaluate business growth potential for the key economic sectors both in the target areas (represented by current businesses) and in the Decatur region as a whole. The market and growth potentiaf for rental housing will also be considered. This will lead to recommendations about conversion of the economic mix in each area to better reflect the needs of the community and growth sectors. c. Evaluate current land use configurations and urban design to recommend necessary changes to best capture the economic opportunities possible for each target area. d. Recommend a set of strategic actions that could be taken within and external to each area in order to achieve better physical, economic, and tax base potential. Task 1.5 Issues Review/Goal Settin�Workshop - Based on the preliminary review and analysis of the information collected in the previous Tasks, HOK will review both the current and future significant issues which affect The Urban Corridors and The Three Target Areas and the deve►opment of the Plan with the General Public, City Staff and other representatives in a public participation workshop format. The results of this workshop will be to confirm and solicit additional input on the analysis, identification of issues and establish the goals and objectives for the direction for the development of Plan. • Solicit input on the significant issues, goals and objedives. • Review the collected data, analysis and issues identified in the previous Tasks. • Confirm the goals, objectives and direction for the development of altematives. • Confirm action plan for performing and coordinating the next portion of the work effort. Task 2.0-Atternative Conceptual Urban Corridors Plan From the information gained and developed during the previous Tasks, HOK and DSI will develop and prepare a program for the development of the improvement of the visual and functional environment of The Urban Corridors and the Three Target Areas. Applicable strategies and planning studies will be identified to prepare Alternative Conceptual Urban Corridor Plans and the Three Target Areas for review to develop a single Conceptual Urban Corridor Plan and a single plan for the Three Target Areas. 7his task will last approximately eight(8) weeks. Task 2.1 Identification of A�plicable Strategies - Prepare Altemative Conceptual Plans - HOK and DSI will develop the elements of the Conceptual Urban Corridor Plans and the Three Target Areas based on The City approved direction. Project preliminary funding sources, i.e. State, city, foundations, use of special districts, service clubs, etc.will be reviewed and evaluated to begin to establish the range of the applicable improvement strategies that would be possible. • Identification of applicable design strategies. • Identification of applicable design program and design strategies from the Market Research for the Three Target Areas. • Identification of applicable traffic and roadway strategies. • Identification of applicable phasing strategies. • Identification of applicable implementation strategies. page 3 of 10