Partnership Steering Committee
NEXT MEETING: TBD Late spring 2012, 1-5pm, 90346 Guano Rock Ln, Charleston. Click to see MAP
The Goals of the Partnership Steering Committee are:
- To effectively anticipate and respond as needed to local changes in the South Slough and Coastal Frontal watersheds
- To establish a public forum that facilitates community collaboration and decision making
The Objectives of the Partnership for Coastal Watersheds are:
- Develop a vision for the South Slough and Coastal Frontal watersheds that defines long-term (i.e., 20 years) economic, environmental, and community goals
- Develop a shared understanding of the current quality of life and environmental conditions in the project area
- Develop a shared understanding of the issues facing the project area which may impede progress towards realizing the vision
- Identify voluntary actions for the project area that will help ensure progress towards the vision
- Prioritize those actions based on collectively agreed upon criteria
- Contribute to implementing prioritized community and resource management actions for the project area
- Contribute to the development of a program to evaluate progress towards meeting the vision in light of changing conditions
- Contribute to the first State of the Watersheds assessment for the South Slough and Coastal Frontal watersheds
Members are asked to:
- Engage in civil, constructive dialogue
- Listen to others’ ideas and views
- Work within the group rather than going outside or around
- Participate in ~9 meetings over ~1 yr.
- Engage in a Collaborative Learning Process
- Participate in sub-committees, as necessary
- Be a part of broader outreach and community involvement efforts, as appropriate
- Consider participating in future meetings to review watershed health information and consider additional voluntary watershed projects
To learn more about what Collaborative Learning is see:
- The Basics of Collaborative Learning
- From the Forest to the River: Citizens’ Views of Stakeholder Engagement
To see how the PCW Steering Committee has agreed to operate see:
Past Steering Committee Meetings:
Meeting 1 (Jan. 20, 2011): Introductions Who are Steering Committee participants?
- What issues are of most concern? See Survey results.
- What is the Partnership Project?
- What are the Steering Committee goals
- What is Collaborative Learning?
- See meeting products: Meeting Notes, Headlines Activity
Meeting 2 (Feb. 24, 2011): Establishing the group process
- How does using the Collaborative Learning process help communities with polarized interests find common ground?
- What procedural principles and practices are important? Meeting Notes
Meeting 3 (March 31, 2011): Watershed Assessment Review: Begin developing a shared understanding of current conditions in the project area Meeting Notes
- Review, complete and discuss collaboration compact Presentation Slides
- Presentation: Summary of Salmonid Population Monitoring in the South Slough and Coastal Streams Watersheds, Bruce Miller, ODFW Presentation Slides
- Presentations: Preliminary watershed assessment data summaries Presentation Slides
- Discussion: What can we say about the status of the project area? What information is missing? How are watershed conditions connected to our quality of life?
Meeting 4 (April 28th): Developing our identity: Foundation and priorities Meeting Notes
- ‘Finalizing’ the Collaboration Compact – a living document
- Defining our Mission
- Cultural Resources
- Discovering shared priorities – reflecting on 3/31 worksheet results
Meeting 5 (May 25th, 2011): Community Vision: Looking forward, constructing the future Meeting Notes
- What do we want our community to look and feel like in 20 years?
- What are our community’s economic, environmental and quality of life goals? Jon’s Socio economic presentation
Volunteer Leadership Sub-committee: Meeting to finalize collaboration compact Meeting Notes
Meeting 6 (June 23rd, 2011): Continued Mission, Compact and Visioning Meeting Notes
- Final agreement on Mission and Compact
- What Vision elements are missing or contradictory?
Volunteer Leadership Sub-committee: Meeting to review vision and process to develop actions Meeting Notes
Meeting 7 (September 22nd, 2011): Community Vision and Action Planning Meeting Notes
- Roadmap to Attaining Our Goals Presentation
- Community Vision and Actions Presentation
- Using Census Data, and a Look at Stream Habitat, Temperature and Road Sediment Assessment Presentation
- Using a Wikispace for Collaboration Presentation
Meeting 8 (January 26th, 2012): Summary Analysis and Action Planning Meeting Notes
- Evaluating current conditions: the broad overview Summary Analysis
- Potential recommended actions
Meeting location 90346 Guano Rock Ln, Charleston, OR
