2006 NS Contract - Process and Facilitation Consultant Contract for Comprehensive Plan

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50 (set its agenda, stay focused, make decisions, resolve conflict, and link with groups and individuals outside of the Team), To consider how well individuals and groups holding leadership roles in the Update Process other than the members of the Project Management Team (e.g., staff from County departments other than Planning and Inspections; the Board of County Commissioners; and advisory boards, members and liaisons) are informed and aligned on the important aspects of the process, and what interventions if any are needed by the Team or process consultant to explore or address any problems. • To consider what if anything will be needed from the municipalities, other jurisdictions in the region, regional organizations, and the State. To set goals for a successful Update Process, including consideration of how the process overall and key events within it (e.g., Joint Advisory Board meetings, Public Hearings, Outreach efforts, -and substantive reviews by the Planning Board and the Board of County Commissioners) will be coordinated, planned, managed and facilitated to ensure that they are: • Inclusive — Effectively involving the voices of all affected interests. • Practical - Having a concrete and important purpose. • Self- organizing - Allowing participants to set their own purposes, objectives, procedures, tasks, and topics. • Civil - Supporting discourse in which all participants are respected, listened to, have equal access to information, and learn about each other's interests. • Informative - Adapting and incorporating high - quality information. • Creative - Allowing participants to challenge assumptions. • Engaging - Keeping participants at the table, interested, and learning. • Open - Seeking closure only after discussions have fully explored the issues, interests, and opportunities for resolving differences. • The point immediately above might include consideration, as Mr. Benedict suggested, of the development of a "Compact" that communicates the Project Management Team's values for the Update Process, and invites others (Planning staff, advisory boards, other Department heads and their staff, the BOCC, the public at large) to "sign onto" working consistently with those values. Decisions regarding the Update Process that are made during Sachs's meetings with the Project Management Team will be documented by Sachs (and reviewed/corrected by the Team) and used by Sachs in the development of written plans for each event that DSC facilitates. The record of the Project Management Team might also be used by the Team itself or others to plan events that DSC does not facilitate (e.g., Planning Board meetings, Board of County Commissioner meetings).