Agmt 2009 Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc

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EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF SERVICES 1. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT STRATEGY Through our vast experience in streetscape and urban design projects, we have found that multiple levels of community and stakeholder outreach, involvement, and input are essential. Several important types of involvement will be vital for the San Leandro Boulevard-BART Pedestrian Interface Plan, as outlined below. 11 Technical Advisory Committee There are several key stakeholders who will need to be involved throughout this process. Technical input will be required from local and regional agencies that have an interest in planning, funding, or implementing elements of the plan. This input can best be achieved through a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), convened by the City, which will meet at important milestones to review and confirm data, options, and conclusions. We propose that the City convene representatives from the same agencies that made up the TAC for the Downtown San Leandro Transit-Oriented Development Strategy (the Strategy). These agencies, and preferably the same representatives, are familiar with the Strategy, the study area, and its issues and challenges. We do not envision that the TAC's involvement will be as formal as it was in the Strategy, and anticipate it may be on an ad hoc or voluntary basis. 1.2 Stakeholder Outreach The local stakeholders include property and business owners, neighborhood associations and residents, and other concerned community members. These stakeholders will of course be encouraged to be involved in the community meetings, which are further described below. The process should, however, include individual or small group meetings with these stakeholders to understand their concerns. This should be accomplished at the direction of City staff, with technical support from the Kimley-Horn team. Stakeholder meetings will be conducted at the outset of the project to solicit issues, concerns, and input to the technical work of this study, particularly the design of San Leandro Boulevard and the BART station access and circulation concepts. 1.3 Community Workshops We will conduct two (2) community workshops during the planning and design process. It is envisioned that the key stakeholders-the City, BART, MTC and others-will be involved in helping to strategize the agendas and content for these workshops. As successfully implemented during the Strategy), stakeholder agencies can play an important role in community meetings to distribute information on ongoing projects and lend their perspective to the project in question. The workshops envisioned for this process will include: • Community Workshop 1: Project Area Issues and Opportunities San Leandro Blvd-BART Interface Plan June 2009 Page 18 of 38