The Stakeholder Forum is the principal public advisory body to the Restoration Project. It is comprised of stakeholders with long-term, ongoing interest in the restoration plan and South Bay shoreline. The Forum meets when there is new information to discuss, ideally every year or two, and most often in the fall. The Project's three geographic working groups, which advised on pond complex-specific design, construction and science during Phase 1, are now invited to continue to participate via Stakeholder Forum meetings.
The Stakeholder Forum includes a broad coalition of organizations and members of the public who are interested in the restoration project. The Forum played a critical role in developing the current restoration plan. Forum members now meet in geographically based Working Groups and come together as a larger group roughly once a year.
The purpose of the Stakeholder Forum is to provide ongoing, high level, publicly derived input to the Project Management Team on the restoration plan. Managers use this input as the basis to provide feasible and substantive design and plan management direction to the Consultant Design Team. The Forum also assists managers in gaining a broader understanding of public and interest group perspectives.
The Stakeholder Forum is comprised of core stakeholders representing the following categories:
Central to the selection process was the effort to obtain broad geographic and interest-based diversity, as well as participants with a demonstrated commitment to inclusive, collaborative solutions.
In the early years of the Project, the Stakeholder Forum provided focused review, discussion and consensus-seeking on several key issues in the development of the Long-Term Restoration Plan. Now that the Project is in its implementation phase, the Stakeholder Forum provides focused review, discussion and input on the following key restoration and planning issues:
The Restoration Project Management Team may periodically assign specific tasks or directives to be undertaken by the Forum.
Read the entire charter of the Stakeholder Forum.
More than 70 members of the Stakeholder Forum and the public participated in this periodic public meeting to inform and dialogue about the Restoration Project's latest construction work and science.
The event began with a half-hour pre-meeting mixer for casual conversation. The formal portion of the meeting took place from 9:30 a.m. to Noon, ending with an optional open house to allow time for remaining questions and comments.
This November virtual public meeting of the Stakeholder Forum provided an opportunity for members of the Forum and the public to learn and dialogue about Project progress, science, funding, and other restoration-related topics.
Here you can access records from Stakeholder Forum and early Project planning meetings, from 2003 to 2017. The Stakeholder Forum is the principal public advisory body to the Restoration Project.