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The Todd Groundwater Team, led by MIG, will meet with GSA staff early in the planning process (project
kickoff meeting) to clarify expectations and desired outcomes. Information generated from this meeting
(as well as carefully selected stakeholder interviews) will help to identify specific community
characteristics that will be used to tailor the public outreach plan. This will allow the outreach to be
carried out in a way that is accessible and convenient for the intended participants, ensuring they are
engaged by the process and their input available to inform the development of the GSP.

For example, some who live in hard‐to‐reach disadvantaged communities may not have consistent
access or time to access information shared only digitally. One way to reach these communities is to
leverage local‐community based organizations whose representatives can serve as liaisons for outreach
into the community. Another is to post flyers in public places such as parks and libraries where people
may gather during off‐work times. Working with “promotoras” – community health care workers – who
have the trust of the community, as well as with local churches, are effective ways to get out the word
in Hispanic/Latino communities. If there is a need to engage Native American tribes, then it will be
important to get approval from the Tribal government and not assume that the enthusiasm of a Tribal
program manager/department head by itself is sufficient for their participation and subsequent support.
MIG will work with the YGSA to apply a combination of these methods to ensure effective and efficient
public outreach.
The heart of the outreach will be a series of three (3) public workshops to increase awareness of and
provide an opportunity for interested stakeholders to participate in the GSP development process.
Outreach strategies such as those described above and targeted collateral materials for both the website
and community distribution will be used to promote awareness of the public workshops, the GSP TAC
meetings, and the overall GSP process. The first public workshop will take place in the early months of
GSP development process and will encourage participants to attend the first and subsequent TAC
meetings. The second public workshop will take place in late 2019 to review the in time to inform TAC
discussions for establishing sustainability goals. The third and final public workshop will be an
opportunity to present the administrative draft GSP for public review.
A community questionnaire, both a hard‐copy and online versions, will be used to further extend the
outreach effort and generate input from a larger number of community members. All collateral
materials and the questionnaire will include a Spanish language version and be distributed through
multiple communication channels. Still, the final form of the outreach plan will be determined based on
what we learn about local communities during the early stages of the planning process.

Task 9 – Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meetings
The Yucaipa GSP Work Plan includes thirteen (13) Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meetings
covering each of the core technical elements of the GSP. The TAC meetings are intended to provide a
forum to encourage technical input from local stakeholders during GSP development. We will support
the YGSA in facilitating these meetings through the preparation of meeting agendas and presentation of
findings and recommendations for scheduled topics of discussion.

For budgeting purposes, we assume that the Todd Groundwater Team will be represented in‐person by
the Project Manager at all TAC meetings. Public outreach team members will attend in‐person five (5)
meetings expected to attract the most interest from interested parties. We assume this would be the
GSP kickoff meeting, the first sustainability criteria meeting, and first actions to achieve sustainability
meeting, administrative draft GSP, and draft GSP meeting. Otherwise, MIG staff can participate in

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