PSA -Design Srvs. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Dream Center Proj No. 121-066 - Meticulous Design Architecture, LLC.

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MDA Proposal: «ProjectNumber» PROPOSAL M21-0200 – MLK, JR. COMMUNITY CENTER PRELIMINARY D i S i MDA PROPOSAL We will assess suitability of the project for contributing to the following key criteria: 1. Energy Efficiency 2. Water Efficiency 3. Material Efficiency and Quality 4. Reduction of solar heat gain 5. Indoor Environmental Quality SITE SERVICES We will assess the availability of existing services on site. The major site services include: 1. Water Supply 2. Electricity Lines 3. Drainage Lines COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Before any design begins, a significant effort will be made to engender community trust and transparency. Our goal is to ensure the engagement process is inclusive, equitable, and the heart of MLK Center community is intently heard and documented. A series of public meetings will be conducted, including listening sessions soliciting comments from all stakeholders. This approach will assure our design process yields the highest and best use, and that community needs are addressed. The design team will utilize the provided aspirational feedback and incorporate in the development of the design solutions. The process will be iterative in nature to receive feedback from the community, develop initial ideas to share with the community based on their feedback, obtain additional feedback and response to the initial ideas, and further develop the conceptual ideas again based on the feedback. The process typically includes three (3) meetings to ensure the voices of the community have been heard and they have seen the development of their feedback in graphic form. In the current climate, public engagement will need to be flexible and adaptable, and incorporate innovative, creative solutions. By working collaboratively with local community leaders and project stakeholders, METICULOUS will coordinate with the Client team to identify and enlist several “Community Captains” as an advisory team to help bridge connections to the MLK Center neighborhood. METICULOUS Design + Architecture ("MDA Team'') will establish and confirm appropriate meeting objectives (including communication with stakeholders, strategy development and documentation of agreed meeting objectives). The MDA Team will work with the Client to develop overall community engagement timeline and strategies. The Community Engagement scope requires at least three (3) Advisory Committee meetings and at least three (3) Public Meetings. The MDA Team and the Client will develop meeting objectives into a productive plan for accomplishing them. The MDA Team and The Client will add additional engagement strategies as needed throughout the process to meet community engagement and process planning needs. The MDA Team will communicate effectively prior to meetings to encourage participant readiness (invitations, tracking RSVPs, advance distribution of meeting materials to include agenda, etc.). The MDA Team will include/copy the Client on these communications. The MDA Team will ensure identified presenters are prepared to accomplish the objectives by having presenter(s) prep session. The MDA Team will encourage people to engage for productive participation during the meetings to achieve meeting objectives (facilitating the meeting). The MDA Team will communicate meeting results, incorporate meeting outcomes and next steps to maintain project momentum (documentation/minutes/next steps).