Item 16 - Comprehensive Zoning Code Update

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■ Content -neutral sign regulations, nonconforming uses, and other controversial regulatory issues ■ Steps to faster, effective, and thorough development permit review procedures The MIG Team will be responsible for organizing the symposium. Up to six team members will attend, as we may include break-out sessions requiring facilitation and note -taking. Following the session, MIG will prepare a summary highlighting specific policy direction given by the Council and Commission. City staff will be responsible for securing the venue and providing required noticing for the meeting. Subtask 4.4: CBO Engagement 4.4.1. C80 Partner Strategy The intent of CBO and neighborhood organizational participation is to conduct grassroots outreach and engagement, thereby extending the reach of the City and the MIG Team. The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) has awarded the City a grant to provide resources that will enable neighborhood -based grassroots activities. While we will detail grassroots activities in the CBO Partner Strategy, examples of potential activities to be implemented by CBO partners and neighborhood organizations through the SCAG grant include but are not limited to: ■ Email/text messaging ■ Door-to-door canvassing ■ Community walks ■ Paid focus groups ■ Tabling at neighborhood events ■ Presentations at CBO and/or neighborhood meetings ■ Meetings -in -a -box ■ Volunteer appreciation gathering We will host one strategy session with City staff to discuss how best to coordinate and engage with trusted CBOs and neighborhood organizations across the City, with a focus on those along the five corridors. We will also review past approaches that have successfully engaged CBOs, neighborhood organizations, and community members so that we may best engage them in the project. During a second strategy session, the MIG Team, the City, and SCAG CBO partners will exchange information and detail the methods of grassroots engagement. These strategy sessions will enable us to identify themes, discussion topics, and methods for grassroots engagement. Our team will use this information to draft a CBO Partner Strategy, which is intended to elicit the needs, experiences, and ideas of CBOs and neighborhood organizations with respect to the Zoning Code Update. This strategy will include a timeline for engagement, tools, and resources to conduct and facilitate engagement with CBOs and neighborhood organizations, a CBO and Partner conversation guide, based on the themes and topics identified with City staff, and a CBO compensation plan. Team member Kearns & West will deliver a draft and final CBO Partner Strategy based on strategy sessions with City staff and SCAG CBO partners. MIG. Inc.