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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Donna Baker <br />Clerk to the Board <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Orange County <br /> <br />March 15, 2019 <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Baker, <br /> <br />Thank you for the opportunity to present a possible approach for the potential local government <br />collaborative for Orange County and its municipalities including Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and <br />perhaps Mebane. This collaborative would be modeled on the successful Orange County Schools <br />Collaborative, which has been facilitated by the Dispute Settlement Center (DSC) since the group was <br />founded in 2004. I joined the DSC in January 2019 as their director of group facilitation after 15 years <br />consulting with teams in the public and private sectors to improve collaboration and communication. <br />Please see my enclosed bio for more information about my background. <br /> <br />The overarching purpose for this group would be to strengthen collaboration among the county and <br />municipalities in Orange County. Stronger collaboration among local government entities would benefit <br />residents of Orange County. The recommendation is for a one-year pilot for this group, meeting 3-4 <br />times. At the end of the pilot phase, we would assess the collaboration to identify outcomes, successes, <br />other benefits, as well as what didn’t work and what to change. <br /> <br />As facilitator of the initiative, I would be responsible for: <br />• Coordinating meetings and agendas <br />• Facilitating meetings <br />• Summarizing meetings via notes <br />• Leading the evaluation of the meetings and pilot phase <br /> <br />Design and facilitation with the group would begin be establishing the framework for work together, <br />including: <br />• Establishing the group’s role <br />• Clarifying how members will work together <br />• Defining what collaboration means to them <br />• Identifying what success looks like and the metrics that will be used to determine if it is reaching <br />its success <br />• Agreeing to the scope <br />