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EXHIBIT A the plan alternatives. This assessment will broadly gauge financial feasibility of new housing products by examining local costs and revenues, and by interviewing housing and mixed-use developers with experience in the region. Up to ten non-profit and for-profit developers will be interviewed in order to understand market, financial, and regulatory factors that encourage or discourage development in the plan area. Task 1.7: Community Involvement Strategy. With input from staff, R+A will prepare a community involvement Community July 2015 strategy outlining key steps of the process and identifying stakeholders who should be involved. R+A will Involvement work with City staff to identify residents, business, property owners, relevant public agencies, community Strategy/Plan groups, neighborhood associations, nonprofits, and faith-based organizations to outreach to. R+A will also work on the TOD Specific Plan process and implementing Specific Plan strategies. The strategy will include special attention to involve community groups and minority, low income, youth, renter and non-English speaking populations within or near the planning area. The Community Involvement effort will include: Website • Creation of a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). R+A will advise City staff on creating a CAC including the make-up of and the process for selecting a broad-ranging group of local stakeholders to serve on the CAC. City staff will take the lead in establishing and coordinating the CAC, identifying specific members, and reaching out to potential members. • Creation of a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). R+A will advise City staff to determine which relevant public agencies or stakeholders shall serve on the TAC. City staff will take the lead in establishing and coordinating the TAC, identifying specific members, and reaching out to potential members. R+A will identify strategies to partner with and engage local community stakeholders and organizations. This includes an identification of meeting formats such as town hall meetings, focus groups, workshops, open houses, or interviews which the consultant intends to use. Also, this section shall include a description of the types of outreach that will be used such as the Internet/websites, social media, fact sheets, posters, maps, surveys, photo-simulations, visual massing studies, local media contacts, etc. R+A will maintain and provide content and information at key junctures for a project web page linked to the City's website. R+A shall use its subscription to My Mainstreet (formerly called Mind-Mixer) for this purpose, (or can work with another provider such as Peak Democracy if the City prefers). RAIMI + ASSOCIATES: BAY FAIR BART TRANSIT VILLAGE TOD SPECIFIC PLAN MAY 18, 2015 I PAGE A-5