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DocuSign Envelope ID:09FB8A3C-9304-40E2-8033-A5FF7CBA6067 <br /> periphery of the neighborhood. Orange County Commissioners, in ceding its <br /> joint planning decision power, expressed concern about community influence in <br /> planning decisions, wanting to ensure that neighbors had some power in future <br /> decisions. Carrboro Alderman have more clear guidance in their zoning area but <br /> have also wanted to ensure that equity work truly benefits the historic residents <br /> and does not lead to gentrification and displacement. As sewer design moves <br /> forward, we can design and implement a community-first planning process that <br /> engages the Historic Rogers Road neighborhood broadly and specifically. Much <br /> historic work has been done (including our partnership outreach work last year), <br /> and our model builds on the power of the historic work. This process will result <br /> in three clear deliverables: a set of guiding principles/priorities developed by <br /> the community (that can be helpful for future planning decisions), a map (or set <br /> of maps) of general recommendations for place-specific hopes, and a set of <br /> neighborhood strategies that can be implemented by ongoing resident leadership <br /> to help pursue community aspirations. These strategies will include tools and <br /> resources that allow for neighbors to give guidance for future neighborhood <br /> development and to help combat gentrification. We believe that prior work <br /> requires preparation and execution of a thoughtfully focused series of <br /> conversations that will simultaneously contribute to community development <br /> and sewer implementation. <br /> The scope of work will include the following: <br /> • Meet with community leadership and each municipal partner to engage <br /> previous plans (small area, zoning designations, task force <br /> recommendations) and the principles/aspirations behind them. <br /> • Work with RENA leaders, additional community leaders, and a team of <br /> consultants (sub-contractors) to establish an initial draft of guiding <br /> principles/priorities given historic efforts, plans, and recent surveys and <br /> engagement. <br /> • Develop, organize, and help convene a key stakeholder group, made up <br /> primarily of residents from different parts of the Rogers Road <br /> neighborhood, to include the various subsections of the neighborhood <br /> between Homestead and Eubanks. <br /> • Convene and facilitate at least three (likely 4) meetings with this <br /> stakeholder group to set guiding principles/priorities given three months <br /> of input, to design a community-based map that gives general municipal <br /> direction on community hopes, and to create a set of strategies for <br /> neighbors to implement as sewer implementation begins. <br /> • Host a final larger community forum for input on the draft of the plan and <br /> its implementation. <br />