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Y" = and Advisory Group on the best method to tour these corridors, either by bicycling, walking or bus. With the pre-charrette visit already having been conducted by this time, this event could be used to tour the connectors if pre -selected by the Advisory Group. The KTU+A team has conducted area -wide tours in the past to highlight areas of city. Most recently, KTU+A provided a bicycle tour of Coronado during the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) national conference highlighting the unique history, architecture, land use and transportation systems of Coro- nado. SAAS has conducted walking tours in Santa Ana and will be integral in the research and logistics of these tours since they have intimate knowledge of the city and may provide additional resources to assist on these tours. The team is experienced with the logistics and safety Issues associated with directing 20 plus people through different areas of city, either on bikes or walking. Hold 2-3 stakeholder group meetings The intent of these meetings will be to discuss the project and listen to the stakeholders about their issues and concerns for the five corroors.These 2-3 meetings can combine 1-2 corridors to expedite the discussion since some of these corridors connect with each other. Specific questions will be developed In advance and distributed to the participants prior to the meeting, so review and further detailed discussions can take place within these meet- ings.This will allow the project team to get focused input from key Individuals, active organizations and other interested parties. KPA will document the stakeholder meetings and prepare a summary. Conduct walking and biking audits KTU+A will also conduct walking and biking audits which will focus on walkablllty and blkability assessments to identify the existing conditions and potential improvements based on specific locations of concern identified by the community as part of the previous days efforts. KTU+A has experience conducting bike - ability assessments and will lead a group on bikes around the broader outskirts of the study area and proposed con nec- tions. Central Santa Ana Complete Streets Plan RFP No.:15-067 An option is to rent wheelchairs to experience some of the cor- ridor challenges from a disabled person's point -of -view. Specific locations can be identified prior to the walk audits to utilize this approach. Opening Community Workshop The first day of the charrette will be an opening community workshop in the evening with visioning and values exercises. The intent of this workshop is to introduce the project and gather input from residents that can't attend the following charrette days. The following are examples that can be explored for this event: Project overview presentation which will include how other cities and Downtown Santa Ana have implemented complete street changes. An effort will be made to identify streets that have similar characteristics and challenges as those identified in this project. Table exercises to gather general issues, concerns and oppor- tunities will also be available.These exercises will be simple, yet interactive and will focus on the issues and opportunities for each corridor and potential connecting corridors. Since this opening workshop may have an open house feel, and participants may have only a short amount of time to spend at the workshop, the KTU+A team will provide every opportunity to provide materials and an overview of topics discussed prior to their attendance. Options include stations showing a series of videos about complete streets; a running overview of the pre- sentation; Infographlcs; online survey; static informative boards and digital maps; as well as child care and kids activities. Community Design Charrette In the following days, the KTU+A team will hold a series of com- munity workshop activities with table and Interactive exercises identifying preferred complete street treatments and designs. Ini- tially the exercises will identify overall Issues and concerns along the corridors. The discussion will then focus on more specific lo- cations of concern, and finally on design treatments and improve- ments. Consensus on the priorities and designs will be imperative to garner public support for these improvements for the team to refine the designs and produce cost estimates. Continuing with the theme of interactive large table maps from the previous evening workshop, new table maps, possibly more than one for each corridor, will be available for issues and con- cerns and design recommendations. While the Downtown Complete Streets Plan was successful with Interactive exercises, wrap-ups and recaps, there was a lack of technology that participants of all ages could relate too. KTU+A will bring a new set of interactive tools for both summarizing comments, previous days efforts, and stimulating Ideas and de- signs for the recommendations phases.