css classes 11 13 superceded - stakeholder involvement 111909
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Lessons 11-13 (superceded) for Grad Course on CSS (from UTCM Report #08-14-03 "Making Mobility Improvements a Community Asset: Transportation Improvements Using Context-Sensitive Solutions")TRANSCRIPT
Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
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Classes 11-13
CSS and Constructive Involvement
of Stakeholders and Public
Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and DesignWhy involve the public?
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…Then what happens?
Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
“It is possible to influence a project outcome from the start. It is more difficult when you join the process in the latter stages.”
Reality
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and DesignCharacterization example
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
Necessary steps
Effective participation
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Gain public acceptance and ownership– Project approval– Project funding– Avoid delays, controversy– Satisfy public, stakeholders– Avoid rework and costs
Why public involvement
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Better understand needs and issues• Develop partnerships with stakeholders and
interested parties– Public, stakeholder support– “Ownership”– Possible funding– Auxiliary or support projects
• Coordination• Mutual support, benefit
– Facilitate decision process
Why public involvement
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Show desire to cooperate• Do things right (transparently)• It’s required for most projects
– Any project with environmental requirement• Federal projects• Federal funding
– Most agency project development processes
• Basic principle of CSS
Why public involvement
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and DesignPublic input
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Identify Context
Identify Stakeholders
Needs Problems
OpportunitiesIssues
Vision
Values Criteria
Alternatives
Benefits Impacts Evaluation Preferred
Alternative
Public Input
Human and Natural Environment
Technical Analysis and Design
Documentation
Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Inform the public• Receive suggestions, opportunities• Hear issues, concerns• Receive feedback
– Context Preferred alternative
• Work out challenges• OPEN DISCUSSION
What happens in PI?
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Project Development
Environmental Process
Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Continuous information flow…• In all directions…• Easily, comfortably, conveniently…• Comprehensibly…• Addressing timely topics…• Enabling exchange of ideas…• and focused toward incremental decisions
Goals
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
AASHTO Guide for Achieving Flexibility in Highway Design, Section 2.
Read for next class
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Analysis and Design
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I-30/I-35W Interchange Reconstruction
Downtown Ft. Worth
Example
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Analysis and Design
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• Existing elevated freeway over Lancaster Avenue
• Project– Reconstruction– Capacity and safety improvements
Project
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Analysis and Design
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• Initial plan – west leg– Widened elevated structure
• Community reaction– Opposition
– Lawsuit
– Leadership interest to find better solution
Initial plan
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Analysis and Design
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• Objectives/concerns– Replace aging structure– Increase interchange capacity– Increase safety
• Merges, weaves• Design speed • Sight distances
– Improve aesthetics• Freeway• Barrier
– Historic preservation– Permit T&P building revitalization– Redevelopment
Stakeholder goals
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Analysis and Design
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Initial alternatives• Existing alignment
– Elevated
– At-grade
– Depressed
• New alignments
Visualization of preferred alternative (SDH&PT, FHWA, 1991)
Approach
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Analysis and Design
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Relocated west leg
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Analysis and Design
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Improved ramps
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Analysis and Design
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Lancaster Avenue
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Analysis and Design
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Former state highway route modified to support business district revitalization, Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA
Example
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Analysis and Design
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Former state highway route modified to support business district revitalization, Culver Blvd., Culver City, California
Example
Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Informing
• Placation
• Consultation
• Partnership
• Delegated power
Levels of PI
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Public Involvement
GoalsAchieving?
Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Educate public• Build credibility• Decisions reflect community values• Promote community ownership• More interaction between decision-makers and
constituents• Decision-makers understand corridor values and
concerns• Focus on solutions rather than problems• Reduce controversy• Avoid delays
Benefits of effective PI
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
1. Set objectives for PI program
2. Identify stakeholders and others to be involved
3. Establish basic strategy and approach
4. Select/adapt techniques and tools
5. Continuously evaluate results
6. Adjust approach to improve effectiveness
7. Keep focus on aiding decision-making
Basic steps
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
Present
Listen
Exchange
Essential components
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
Public• Facility users• Adjacent property
owners• Local, area residents• Developers
Interest groups• Community groups• Business operators• Advocacy groups
Typical stakeholders
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Agencies• Elected, appointed officials• Federal, state, local agency
staff• Transportation• Corridor• Other
• MPO, RPO staff• Environmental
regulatory/resource agencies
Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
Who would be stakeholders for a project in College Station along University Drive between FM 2818 and SH 6?
Question
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
1. Contact lists• Start with local agencies
– Mailing lists– Previously active interests– Key persons and organizations– Normal contact methods
• Public and special interest groups– Neighborhood, business associations, groups– Service groups– Advocacy, interest groups
• Resource agencies– Environmental regulatory/resource agencies
Obtaining participation
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Analysis and Design
2. Additional• Announcements
– Public meetings, events, schools, religious services– Service organizations– Posters in public places– Flyers – Local media – TV, radio, newspapers – Websites
• Press releases• Mailings - postal, electronic• Networking
Obtaining participation
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
For a project to build a trolley system running the length of Research Parkway, Kimbrough, and Joe Rout to connect east and west campus, how would you obtain stakeholders for your public involvement program?
Question
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
Most frequent stakeholder desires• Lead agencies
– Low cost– Safety– Efficient use of resources– Low maintenance
• Public– Safety– Environmental compatibility– Low cost– Low disruption
Source: North Carolina State University
Stakeholder desires
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Brainstorming*• Briefings• Charrettes*• Citizens advisory committees• Delphi exercises*• Dialog facilitation• Drop-in centers• E-mail• Electronic town meeting• Electronic bulletin board• Fact sheets• Fliers • Focus groups
Some PI techniques
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• Hotlines• Information bureau (phone)• Key person interviews*• Newsletters• Open houses• Public opinion surveys*• Public meetings• Public hearings• Site visits• Speakers bureaus• Visioning*• Workshops* • Websites*
Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
Read about techniques (at least those listed) before next class:
• Public Involvement Toolboxhttp://transportation.ky.gov/envanalysis/pi/pitoolbox.html
• Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-makinghttp://www.fhwa.dot.gov/REPORTS/PITTD/cover.htm
Reading assignment
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• One-on-one discussion on specific topics– To obtain information– Use early in process or before decision-making
• Expert or community leader• Rapidly identifies
• Quick way to gain broad perspective• Helps to establish working relationship, trust• Be careful to get interviewees representing all
perspectives
Key person interview
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• Histories• Issues• Opportunities• Sensitivities
• Potential obstacles• Resources• Stakeholders• Approaches
Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Fine way to:– Engage people– Obtain information and ideas– Break down communications barriers
• Exercise in free thinking led by facilitator• Small groups (up to about 15)• Address specific topics• The more suggestions the better• Must have facilitator participants trust• Usable at any point in process
Brainstorming
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Assess samples of population to learn stakeholder attitudes on certain questions
• Identify issues, opposition before becoming public controversy
• Personal, phone, mail, e-mail/website• Know how responses will be used to properly design
survey• Requires specific questions that can be answered
directly• Be brief• Requires trained professionals
Surveys
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and DesignSurvey
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Analysis and Design
• Vision – describes the ideal outcome• Great way to start a constructive PI process• Work cooperatively to establish a direction• Requires broad participant diversity for success• Vision must be based in reality• Requires
– Stakeholders– Interest groups– Resource experts– Constructive participants– Focus
Visioning
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Use “experts” to develop ideas for a project– Use where extensive thinking is needed– Any level of detail– Early or to address specific details– Requires a lot of careful preparation– Start with a vision, clear statement of
needs, and desired outcomes
• Can create strong partnerships• Can energize a constituency• Requires sufficient experts and
volunteers• Don’t use if you will not use results
Charrette
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Representative group of stakeholders– Diverse– Working – Should be bellwether of community
• Meets regularly to discuss issues, ideas• Reports to sponsoring agency• Consensus sought but not required• Usually has important role in or influencing
decision-making process• A working group
Citizen advisory comm.
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and DesignCitizens advisory comm.
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Great opportunity for diverse group to– Generate ideas– Share information– Address issues– Build consensus
• Requires– Strong facilitator– Clear purpose and tasks– Breakout groups of about 15 or less– Participant respect for others’ perspectives– Effective planning
Workshop
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and DesignMeeting comments
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Used to help – Weight importance or priority– Supports
• Evaluations of alternatives• Prioritizing implementation
• Generates consensus through convergence from detailed work process
• Iterative process of weighting compared importance• Requires
– Expert facilitator– Detailed plan– Diverse constructive participants
Delphi exercise
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Use to disseminate or obtain information– Detailed project information– Upcoming events– Frequent updates– Input on specific topics
• Requires creative team of– Writers– Web designers– Subject experts
• Does not obtain random sample of feedback
Website
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Analysis and Design
• Very influential resource • Can use to
– Disseminate information– Generate interest
• Best strategy– Be proactive
• Provide press releases• Provide interviews on media’s own schedule
– Provide responses to all requests• Answer all questions honestly• Be helpful
Working with media
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and DesignBrochure
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Select technique that fits– Need– Type of information to be exchanged– Desired end results– The point in the project development process
where to be used• No technique meets all needs• PI program must meet all segments
– Stakeholders– Public
For success
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Elderly• Handicapped• Ethnic groups• Economically disadvantaged• Lesser educated
• Need specific directed efforts to engage them– Through their community leaders– In their own environment
Hard-to-reach public
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
(an entire class in conflict resolution)
• Opposition, controversy often occur• Talk to opposing, concerned people, groups
– Informally– Identify concerns– Determine actual reasons for concerns– Solicit suggestions for solutions– Commit to considering suggestions– Respond with solidly supported answers
• Involve constructive people in process
Overcoming opposition
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
Ingredients for success• Listen• Be honest and complete• Show respect everyone• Believe in PI• Speak their language• View from their perspective• Find the influencers• Build ownership in PI process
Effective PI
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
Underlying qualities of effective PI
• Equity – access to decision-making
• Information – early, clear, continuous
• Methods – diverse to involve and engage public
• Responsive – consider input in making decisions
Measuring effectiveness
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
• Establish clear PI objectives• Use quantifiable measures to assess success• A few examples
– Meeting attendance– Number of people providing comments– Geographic dispersion of involvement
opportunities– Percentage of interest groups represented– Percentage of study area non-English languages
for which information is produced
Measuring effectiveness
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Analysis and Design
• Public concerns not reflected in project design• Lack of understanding of benefits• Public and media scrutiny and mistrust• Controversy• Hesitant decision-makers• Delays• Litigation• Rework• Added costs
Ineffective PI results
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
1. You are an engineer or planner for the state DOT. You are to develop a grade separation at the intersection of Wellborn and George Bush. You widely advertise a public information meeting. The meeting is attended by a small group of people, but they include the mayor, city engineer, city manager, president of the chamber of commerce, and all city council members. Every elected official from this community attended. The unanimous response by those at the meeting is that the project is good for the community.
• Is the public involvement process effective so far for this project? Please explain in ½ - 1 page (single spaced). Due by start of class one week from today.
Exercise
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Analysis and Design
2. You are an engineer or planner for a consulting firm. You are to develop a street extension (collector) that will connect the east College Station Emerald Forest and Windwood neighborhoods by extending Appomattox Drive south about 6,000 feet from Switch Station Road to North Forest Parkway. You widely advertise that preliminary ideas will be presented at the next city council meeting. The meeting is packed and after much questioning of you by the council, the council response to your ideas are favorable. The meeting was broadcast on the city’s cable channel, and the news article and an editorial in the next day’s Eagle sound like your idea was not opposed.
• What public input (if any) do you still need to seek? Please explain why in ½ - 1 page (single spaced). Due by start of class one week from today.
Exercise
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
Read• Public Involvement Toolbox
http://transportation.ky.gov/envanalysis/pi/pitoolbox.html
Resource• Public Involvement Techniques for
Transportation Decision-makinghttp://www.fhwa.dot.gov/REPORTS/PITTD/cover.htm
Reading assignment
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Context Sensitive Solutions in Transportation Planning, Environmental
Analysis and Design
1. Read about PI techniques
2. Before leaving, sign up to report on one PI technique
3. For Class 13, write and present 1-2 pages on how you would use that technique in a PI program for the Wellborn-Bush grade separation Specify stakeholder types to be involved. Describe your plan.
For Class 13
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