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Attachment A Make a Communications and Community Relations Plan. Identify an immediate improvement project that can be accomplished within the first six months. Plan a community event. Create an Annual Event Calendar, targeting quarterly events. Create a Strategic Fundraising Plan. Develop infrastructure for (Charter), and recruit members to, the Long-Term Alliance. With the support of the SPACC team and partner agencies (approved by the Alliance), the Executive Director will serve as Project Manager for each of the above deliverables. Expectations of Alliance members include: 1) participating in meetings, 2) assisting fundraising efforts and at events, 3) identifying potential Long-Term Alliance members, and 4) connecting to resources and opportunities to achieve goals. The Executive Director will be responsible for communication to the community through the website, social media channels, and via a quarterly newsletter to stakeholders. The Gateway Alliance will have a permanent phone number, email address, and mailing address at the SPACC headquarters in downtown Saint Paul and staff will respond in a timely fashion to inquiries from Alliance members, community members, and the media. The Short-Term Alliance will kick-off the implementation phase of the Rice and Larpenteur Gateway initiative and help set-up the Long-Term Alliance for success in managing ongoing improvements and collaboration in the Rice and Larpenteur area. We envision the Long-Term Alliance to replace the Short-Term Alliance within the first year of the project. Build the Long-Term Alliance A key task of the Short-Term Alliance is to build a sustainable Long-Term Alliance to become the permanent voice of the Rice and Larpenteur community. The Long-Term Alliance will be stewards of the Vision Plan, guiding redevelopment, and sustaining placemaking events and initiatives. To begin, we will define membership goals (ensuring a diverse array of interests and skill sets are represented) and an appropriate size of the body. Using agreed upon guidelines, we will develop a list of potential Long-Term Alliance members that represent each geography in the Rice and Larpenteur area. We recommend that Maplewood, Roseville, Saint Paul, and Ramsey County continue to have a presence in the Long-Term Alliance, and that the body also includes diverse stakeholders including representatives of local businesses, residents, community institutions (schools and churches), commercial and residential developers, nonprofits, and foundations. We will schedule meetings with each prospective member and bring recommendations for membership to the Alliance. The Long-Term Alliance may function as an independent advisory commission, and while the Short-Term Alliance will consider different organizing models, we recommend that SPACC continue to staff and support the Alliance with back-of-house infrastructure, eliminating the immediate need to file for independent tax status. SPACC is a 501c6 Nonprofit agent to apply for and administer grant funding. SPACC has comparable arrangements with East Metro Strong and the Saint Paul Downtown Alliance, for example. Please note this recommendation has evolved since our July proposal to most efficiently utilize resources available. 5