Citizens Resource Group

Roles and Responsibilities
The role of the Citizens Resource Group (CRG) is to provide input into the planning process and to help develop and assess recommendations throughout the study. Although not a formal decision-making body, the Citizens Resource Group will have a significant input into the outcomes of the East-West Mobility Study. Specific roles and responsibilities include:

· Provide community-based input into the planning process

· Ensure that all ideas and concerns are being considered throughout the process

· Help disseminate project information to neighbors, community organizations, businesses and affected interests

Membership
The Citizens Resource Group will be made up of representatives from neighborhood/ homeowners associations, businesses, community groups and the general public. The consultant team will work with interested parties to ensure that all issues and interests are adequately represented in the group. There is no specific number of Citizens Resource Group members. The study team will design the specific format of the Citizens Resource Group meetings to achieve the specific meeting outcomes given the actual number of participants. These meetings will be highly interactive workshops, focused on the topics outlined below. Members of the study team will facilitate the Citizens Resource Group process.

While the CRG meetings will be open to the public and anyone can attend any of the meetings, the process will work best if the members commit the time to attend the majority of the meetings. Each meeting will build on information presented at the previous meetings. The nature of the study will require a high level of commitment from the members.

Schedule
The Citizens Resource Group will meet three times during Phases I and II and three to five times during Phase III. The meetings will normally occur in the evening.

The following is a list of the anticipated meeting topics and schedule for the Citizens Resource Group meetings:

Phase I: Identify Study area Issues (July - September 2000)

Phase II: Define Study Goals and Priorities and Identify Evaluation Criteria (August - December 2000)

Phase III: Brainstorm Alternatives and Evaluate Alternatives (Start in January 2001)

For further information, or to join, please contact studyteam@eastwestmobility.com