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<br />Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing City of Pleasanton | F-9 <br /> Email distribution list sent out prior to all community engagement opportunities, public <br />hearings, and key project milestones throughout the project <br />F.3.2 Fair Housing Public Participation <br />In addition to the broad community wide public participation opportunities, the City has conducted <br />intentional AFFH outreach making a proactive effort to connect with all segments of the community. <br />Attachment 1, Section 1.2 of this Appendix includes detail about the specific fair housing outreach <br />methodology but included focus groups, in-person events, passive in-person outreach, mailings, <br />and digital communication including: <br /> One additional survey, conducted in multiple languages and with focused distribution to <br />target traditionally underrepresented populations. <br /> Four Zoom focus groups (La Familia, St. Clare’s Episcopal Church and St. Bart’s Episcopal <br />Church, Downtown Restaurant Association, and Association of Pleasanton Teachers and <br />Association of Pleasanton staff) <br /> Three in-person events (Muslim Community Center, restaurant staff, and Día del Niño) <br /> Participated in one community-based organizations forum organized by the Alameda <br />County Collaborative, and Alameda County AI outreach <br /> Mailings and hard copy distribution of the survey to below-market-rate housing <br />communities (this included 61 respondents completing the paper copy of the survey) <br /> In-person distribution of information at the Senior Center, Library, and Open Heart Kitchen <br />meals <br /> Digital distribution of information to over 20 organizations (including housing providers, <br />advocacy groups, and service agencies among others) <br />F.3.3 Continued Public Participation <br />To ensure the success of Pleasanton’s housing policies and programs moving forward, it will be <br />important for the City to continue to engage the community to receive ongoing feedback. The <br />following summarizes some of the outreach to be conducted during the planning period, as <br />presented in Programs 2.6 and 7.4 which include developing a comprehensive marketing program <br />to intentionally outreach with all segments of the community including lower-income households, <br />special needs groups, disabled, people experiencing homelessness, and non-English speaking <br />households. The programs also include building improved partnerships with community service <br />organizations. <br />