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Adeline Community Outreach Team (ACOT)

Meeting #1

May 16, 2015

Today’s Agenda

I. Welcome

II. Introductions & Agenda Overview

III. Reflections & Insights from Community Engagement

IV. Youth Spirit Artworks Collaboration

V. Design of Pop-Up Event #1 and Site Tours

VI. Next Steps

Community Engagement

Community IDEA Center Firehouse Art Collective (3192 Adeline)

Timing • Monday (3-6) • Thurs (11-3) • Mobile on 1st &

3rd Sat. (2-4)

Community IDEA Center • Visited by over 175 community members

Community IDEA Center • Visited by over 150 community members

Community IDEA Center •What do you like about the corridor?

•What would you like to improve about the corridor?

Community Input from IDEA Center

•Add more retail variety (shops, restaurants, cafes) •Make the corridor more family-friendly •Provide services for the homeless and low-income •Improve street sanitation •More recreation options for youth •Fill empty pockets/ storefronts along Adeline •Improve safety for bicycles and pedestrians •Improve the use of the ROW •Create more parks and open space

Community IDEA Center

ACOT’s role: IDEA Center

Spread the word…

Community Surveys

• Collected over 450 surveys • Intercept surveys • IDEA Center • ACOT outreach • Online (website)

Key Survey Locations • Everywhere! • Ashby BART • Ashby Flea Market • Berkeley Bowl • Ed Roberts Campus • South Berkeley

Library • South Berkeley

Farmers’ Market

Preliminary Survey Findings • Insert summary of Questions 1-4

•Discuss course-corrections for outreach

ACOT’s role: Surveys

Spread the word… Collect 50 surveys Tell your friends/ neighbors…

Community Focus Groups • Residents • Local businesses • Cultural and performing arts • Planners and designers • Community- and faith-based

organizations

Community Focus Groups • List specific orgs….. • Ed Roberts Campus • Friends of Adeline • Local residents • NAACP • Youth Spirit Artworks • Y-PLAN • Local businesses • Local artists/ Cultural and

performing arts • Planners and designers • Community- and faith-based

organizations

ACOT’s role: Focus Groups

Recommend organizations/ neighborhood associations/ businesses, etc..

Youth Spirit Artworks Collaboration

Engaging Local Youth Photovoice Surveys

PhotoVOICE Project Provide local youth with an opportunity to tell their stories of the Adeline Corridor in their own words

Photovoice Outcomes: • Empower students and local youth by

providing a space to explore issues, voice ideas and identify opportunities for the future of Adeline

• Build a portfolio of artwork to share with

the community to share at the Juneteenth Festival on June 21st!

Photovoice The PhotoVoice project has three steps: Step 1: PhotoHUNT Step 2: PhotoSelfie Step 3: PhotoCollage

Step 1: PhotoHUNT

Step 1: PhotoHUNT Each youth participant will be given a disposable camera and asked to take pictures on Adeline/ South Shattuck that responds to a series of questions

Step 1: PhotoHUNT Present-Day Adeline / South Shattuck Corridor • What do you like about Adeline / South Shattuck? • What is the most beautiful thing on Adeline /

South Shattuck? • Where do you like to socialize or hang out along

Adeline / South Shattuck? • What don’t you like about Adeline / South

Shattuck?

Step 1: PhotoHUNT

Step 1: PhotoHUNT Future Adeline / South Shattuck Corridor •What would you like Adeline / South Shattuck to look like in the future?

•What do you want more of along Adeline / South Shattuck (e.g., public art, parks, retail stores, entertainment options)?

*More than one photo can be taken for any one of these prompts.

Step 3: PhotoCOLLAGE With the photos gathered from Steps 1 & 2,

students will develop a two-part digital poster that represents:

• What do you like about Adeline/South

Shattuck? • What would you like Adeline/ South

Shattuck to look like in the future?

Step 3: PhotoCOLLAGE

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Step 1 Step 2

Step 3: PhotoCOLLAGE

Design of Walk & Bike Audits

Walk & Bike Audits

Purpose • Find ways to make corridor safer and

more inviting.

• Target: bicyclists and pedestrians, including people with disabilities

• Explore the roadway and sidewalk together

Walk & Bike Audits

Audit times • 10-10:30am

Round trip bike audit to preview route as a bicyclist

• 11am-12:30pm Walk audit focused on improvements for bicycling

• 1:30-3pm Walk audit focused on improvements for walking, including for persons with disabilities

Walk & Bike Audits

Insert walk/bike audit map

Ideas for Site Audits

• Prompt question?

• Prompt question?

ACOT’s role: Site Audits?

Volunteer at the audits Tell people..spread the word…

Design of Pop-Up Event

Pop-Up Event #1 Purpose

• Program underutilized sidewalks and open spaces

• Create cleaner and safer streets

• Enhance community pride and ownership

Pop-Up Event #1

Pop-Up Event #1

Pop-Up Event #1 Location

• North-east corner of Adeline and Fairview

• In front of Berkeley Design Center

Date & Time • Saturday, June 13th • 10am – 5pm

Pop-Up Event #1 Location

• North-east corner of Adeline and Fairview

• In front of Berkeley Design Center

Date & Time • Saturday, June 13th • 10am – 5pm

Berkeley Design Center

Post Office

BART

Ed Roberts Greg

Brown Park

BART

Firehouse Rasa

Black Repertory Theater

LACIS Houses

Pop-Up Event #1

Adeline St

Berkeley Design Center

Post Office

BART

Firehouse Rasa

Black Repertory Theater

LACIS

Pop-Up Event #1

Adeline St

Berkeley Design Center

Post Office

BART

Firehouse Rasa

Black Repertory Theater

LACIS

Bus Stop

Parking

Pop-Up Event #1

Adeline St

Berkeley Design Center

Post Office

BART

Firehouse Rasa

Black Repertory Theater

LACIS

Pop-Up Event #1 Potential Activities

• Gathering • Sitting • Outdoor Eating • Street Play • Other

Potential Program Elements

• Visioning Area • Destination for walking

and bike tours • Bike Corral • Areas for sitting, eating,

dining, etc • Music & Performing

area • Play Area • Other

Pop-Up Event #1 Potential Activities

• Gathering • Sitting • Outdoor Eating • Street Play

Potential Program Elements

• Destination for walking and bike tours

• Areas for sitting, eating, dining, etc

• Music & Performing area

• Play Area • Visioning Area • Bike Corral

Pop-Up Event #1 Next Steps

• Design Pop-Up • Programs • Site Activities

• Coordinate with City for Permits (Sidewalks, Bike Coral, etc)

• Coordinate with Stakeholders for Different Elements including Furniture (Tables and Chairs, Umbrellas, etc)

• Coordinate with Stakeholders with • Reach out to Adjoining Businesses • Reach to Advertise Pop-Up

Group Brainstorming

Ideas for Pop-Up Event #1

• Prompt question?

• Prompt question?

ACOT’s role: Pop Up #1?

Volunteer at the pop-ups Tell people..spread the word…

Next Steps

Next Steps

• Pop-Up Event #1 & Site Audits: June 13, 2015

• Juneteenth Festival: June 21, 2015

• Next ACOT meeting: July 11, 2015

• Visioning Workshop: August 8, 2015

Questions

Alisa Shen, Principal Planner

Email: ashen@cityofberkeley.info

Jamillah Jordan, Community Engagement Coordinator Email: jamillahj@migcom.com