Community Engagement Implementation. As San Antonio begins to implement the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan through Regional Center and Community Area Plans, each plan process must include a robust community engagement process that allows for a broad range of stakeholders and community members to get involved at the level that is most appropriate for them. If these area plans are to truly help establish a new vision and implementation strategies for inclusive, healthy, safe, sustainable, and dynamic Regional Centers and Community Plan Areas, the community must be involved in discussing the vision, priorities, trade-offs, and recommended strategies throughout the entire planning process. The Consultant Team will develop and deploy a multifaceted and meaningful community engagement process that is marked by both high touch and high tech tools.
B.1. Baseline Tools Include: • Stakeholder Focus Groups – The Consultant Team will conduct a series of focus groups throughout the planning process as a means of engaging key stakeholders, organizations and interest groups as the need and opportunity presents itself. Consultant will begin outreach to the focus groups in the first month of each area plan process and then follow up with these and other stakeholders as deemed appropriate and necessary throughout the remainder of the effort. The Consultant Team will conduct a number of focus groups commensurate with the budget allocated to the task. It is assumed that this task will include approximately six to eight focus groups throughout the process for each area plan. A key outcome will be to understand what each group sees as a successful plan process and outcome. • Planning Team Meetings – The Consultant Team will facilitate five or six Planning Team meeting windows per Area Plan depending on the complexity of each plan. Consultant will work with City staff to align meeting windows among the six plans as often as possible. Topics covered during meeting windows include: preliminary plan vision, values, and goals; base concept development and strategies; multimodal and corridor development and alignment with the Multimodal Transportation Plan and Sustainability Plan; etc. • Community Meetings and Open Houses – The Consultant Team and City staff will hold three community meetings for each Area Plan with a combination of interactive workshops and an open house. Consultant will plan, facilitate and summarize the community meetings. City staff will be expected to secure a location and promote the meetings. ▪ C...
