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- Review current policies and economics, including fees, taxes, contracts, ordinances and
permits.
- Identify two to three of the best ideas from the above menu and convene a meeting of key
stakeholders in your community to get their input and suggestions about those ideas.
- Review proposed policies with the CIWMB Local assistance staff to get the latest
examples of other communities who have implemented those tools.
- Contact other communities who have implemented the two to three tools and ask them
detailed questions about how those were designed, implemented, and are working today.
- Reconvene meeting of your local stakeholders to review your research. Brainstorm ways to
address concerns identified.
- Work with your attorneys to draft language.
- Circulate draft language widely for review and comment by stakeholders, residents and
businesses. Involve the media to solicit input from the public at large. Meet with the
editorial board of local paper before bringing the policy forward for adoption.
- Arrange for elected officials to consider the policy in the most open of forums, either
a public hearing, informal committee meeting, or other method to avoid surprising anyone.
- Revise your proposal based on input from these forums, redraft, and
re-circulate for
review and comment.
- Go slow to build the greatest consensus possible. Keep your goals in mind and be
flexible when implementing these tools in your community
- Draft your final proposal, identify any concerns remaining for elected officials, and
then submit for consideration and adoption.
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