Abstract:
The Vital Signs Indicators Project incorporates multiple goals, most particularly:
1. Provide a tool upon which to base statutory assessment of the effectiveness of the Management Plan in implementing the Scenic Area Act;
2. Increase performance accountability and tie Commission actions to the purposes of the Act;
3. Foster dialogue among counties, treaty tribes, business leaders, municipalities, ports, the public, and other stakeholders;
4. Facilitate adaptive management in future Commission decisions; and
5. Inform periodic and statutory reviews of the Management Plan.
Description:
1.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................4;
1.1 Project Goals.............................................................................................................4;
2.0 APPROACH................................................................................................................5;
2.1 Civic Science Framework .........................................................................................5;
2.2 Sequence of Events...................................................................................................5;
2.2.1 Creation of Technical and Community Advisory Teams................................5;
2.2.2 Nomination of INR to provide neutral observation of the process..................6;
2.2.3 Design and launch of the wiki.........................................................................6;
3.0 PROCESS ANALYSIS...............................................................................................7;
3.1 Final CAT/TAT Comments......................................................................................7;
3.2 Survey Results..........................................................................................................8;
3.2.1 Public Involvement…………...……………………………………………….8;
3.2.2 Public Process…………………...…………………………………………….8;
3.2.3 Provision of Information…………..…………………………………………..9;
3.2.4 Meeting Process…………………………………………………………….....9;
3.2.5 Summary………………………………...………………………………...…11;
4.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS....................................................12
