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C I T Y O F SAN LEANDRO SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND HR R E X H I B I T A: S C O P E O F WORK AND COSTS 2.6 Focused Outreach to Stakeholder Groups Based on our prior experience with the 2002 General Plan and the 2011 Housing Element, it is recommended that the outreach strategy include direct meetings with existing community organizations in San Leandro. These organizations include various Homeowners Associations, the Chamber of Commerce, neighborhood groups, and others, such as the South Area Business Association Council, Friends of San Leandro Creek, and Building Futures. Utilizing the City's existing "civic infrastructure" may ultimately be a more cost-effective way of reaching the community than holding large General Plan workshops. Surlene Grant of CCP will assist in identifying and reaching out to specific groups. Barry \filler will be the primary team member attending these meetings, as he was during the 1999-2002 Update. The communication strategy developed in Task 2.1 might identify additional tasks to be performed as part of this task. 2.7 Resident Outreach Meetings Some residents will be very interested in what is going on in their community but will not necessarily be a member of any of the organized stakeholder interest groups targeted in Task 2.6. In order to bring a broad spectrum of new voices into the process, Barry Miller and CCP will organize up to six strategically timed informational meetings where people can learn about the process and how to get involved, whether through face-to-face meetings or online engagement. Preliminarily, these meetings could include meetings at the Senior Community Center or meetings in language- specific formats (such as a Spanish-only meeting held immediately after mass at St. Leander or St. Feicitas). We also recommend one to two Youth Roundtables, incorporating the Youth Advisory Council and middle- or high-school students, contacting teachers to encourage them to incorporate the process into a civic curriculum or offer extra credit for students who participate. Task 3. Policy and Plan "Audit' Barry Miller and Strategic Economics will conduct an "audit"of the City's existing planning policies and planning documents. This task has three components • First,it will include a systematic review of all policies and programs in the 2002 General Plan to determine which should be carried forward,edited,or deleted. It is our understanding that the City's primary objective is to "fine tune" its existing Plan and move the time horizon forward, rather than to start from scratch. Thus, it is important to systematically review the existing Plan to THE PLANNING CENTER I DC&E MARCH 3,2014