Sandy Creeks EBM Demonstration Project

Core Team Meetings: Fall, 2008

Three meetings:

- Wednesday, October 22

- Thursday, November 20

- Wednesday, December 10

Meeting 1: Existing Information and Gaps; Priority Actions; Vision (10/22/08)

Time: 6 pm – 8 pm at the Sandy Creek Town Hall

Core Team Meeting #1: The first Core Team meeting will examine various stakeholder, constituent, and agency priorities (including synergies and commonalities among them). This discussion is based on the following, summarized, questions: 1) What are the economic and natural resource challenges facing the watershed; 2) What specific actions should/can be taken; and 3) Who would be responsible for taking these actions? The group will also draft a vision statement for the Sandy Creeks EBM Demonstration Project. EcoLogic staff will provide an overview of stakeholder comments to-date, provide background information on the plans and reports researched for this effort, and facilitate the group discussions.

Location: Sandy Creek Town Hall

Meeting 2: Priorities Actions Ranked (11/20/08)

Time: 6 pm – 8 pm; Location TBD

Core Team Meeting #2: The second meeting of the Core Team—working from specific issues identified during the first meeting and the survey questions shared with constituents—will identify priority actions through consensus. Discussion will acknowledge discrepancies between existing and desired states and identify projects and initiatives that are already being planned or recommended (consistent with the vision).

Meeting 3: Implementation Outline (12/10/08)

Time: 6 pm – 8 pm; Location TBD

Core Team Meeting #3: This final meeting will lay out specific implementation steps for as many of the priority actions as possible. Roles and responsibilities of EBM partner agencies and stakeholders in implementation of priority actions will be identified. Finally, core team members will outline ways to measure success; that is, recommendations to track improvements as priority actions are implemented.

Expectations for the Core Team:

· Actively participate at meetings and attend all three (or find an alternate to represent the perspectives of your agency/stakeholder group)

· Represent your respective constituency

· Read material distributed in advance