PRIORITY TASK FORCE FOR
WINDHAM'S FUTURE

The PRIORITY Task Force is comprised of members of the Town Council, Planning Board, Comprehensive Master Plan Implementation Committee, Ordinance Review Committee, and staff. Its purpose is:

To develop a strategy for addressing recommendations of the comprehensive master plan.

To identify the major issue areas contained in the comprehensive master plan which require policy development work. To have the entire team (Council, Planning Board, Comprehensive Master Plan Implementation Committee, Ordinance Review Committee, and staff), along with consultants and other outside resources as needed, study each of these major issue areas, identify policy options, choose a policy direction, and have the necessary ordinance language drafted around that direction.

All members of the boards comprising the task force are eligible to participate. Staff include the town manager, Code Enforcement director, economic development director, and planning director.

Ground Rules

- Everyone's perspective is valid and should be treated with respect.
- One person talks at a time.
- Discussion will be limited to the topic under consideration.
- Side conversations should be limited.
- The facilitator will recognize a speaker and may specifically ask for a participants perspective to assure that everyone gets a chance to provide his or her perspective.
- Decisions will be made by consensus. It is not necessary for everyone to agree on the details; but general agreement by all involved is desired.
- To keep us on schedule, the facilitator may need to redirect or cut off discussion at some point to move onto another topic.
- The meeting and breaks will start and end at the times established on the agenda, unless changes are agreed to by the group.
- A parking lot of issues that arise, but are not part of today's agenda, will be generated for future deliberation.


Process for Decisions Making
(personal and committee responsibility to put any conflict of interest on table)

- Consensus of members of the Team in the room wherever possible
- Require 2/3 of people in attendance to make decision to go to majority decision
- Everyone be honest - especially around deal breakers.
- Respect the consensus of group if unable to attend a meeting. Responsibility of member who misses a meeting to get caught up.


Role of Council/Committees

- All members have equal footing in the room - check your position at the door
- Council keep policy authority/responsibility
- Staff are part of the Team in the room