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Experts in relevant topic areas (climate recovery, architecture, services <br />o <br />to low-income individuals, etc.) <br />Representatives of city commissions, including Planning, Human Rights, <br />o <br />and Sustainability <br />Representatives of other key stakeholders (for example, the University) <br />o <br />Representatives from the city- staff and council <br />o <br />All citizens <br /> will be able to provide input to members of the Team, staff, <br />Planning Commission, and Council, and a wide variety of tools will be used to <br />ensure that any interested citizen is able to have clear information and provide <br />feedback. <br />A facilitator <br />--a neutral expert in collaborative decision making and land use <br />processes without a specific interest in the outcome of the discussions--will <br />have a responsibility to ensure that a code of conduct and civility is being <br />followed by members of the Team, will assist with logistics (times and <br />locations for meeting, coordinating between Team and City Staff, ensuring that <br />requested data is gathered and presented clearly), will keep the conversation <br />stays on track towards achieving the goal, will ensure that all decisions reflect <br />the collaboration of the entire Team, and the Team's discussion is balanced so <br />that no particular interests or points of view are drowned out. <br />City Staff <br /> provide technical expertise, supply information/data and context, do <br />the technical work to translate of translating the decisions into official language <br />(including checking back with the Team to ensure the decision was captured <br />correctly), shepherd the recommendation through the official approval process, <br />and in conjunction with the Team, facilitator, and City Council, conducts public <br />outreach. <br />HOW IS THE TEAM SELECTED? <br />The specifics of how the team would be selected is an area that still needs substantial <br />discussion, to ensure that different interests and areas are represented fairly. Simply <br />selecting one representative from each of the potential interests above would not only <br />clearly create a team that is too large for productive discussion, but would also not <br />necessarily create a balanced team-- for example, just asking that each neighborhood <br />association appoint one member to the team would not take into account the fact that <br />the Bethel neighborhood includes a population similar in size to the FAN, SEN, <br />SHiNA, and Amazon neighborhoods combined, nor that not all neighborhoods have <br /> <br />