"Guest Opinion: Improving Palo Alto's stakeholder group process
by John Guislin
Below are recommendations to strengthen and accelerate the impact of citizen-guided solutions.
Recommendation No. 1: Ensure that competent, independent group facilitation is offered to future groups.
Recommendation No. 2: Get opposing sides talking quickly and task them with proposing solutions that could be acceptable to the entire community.
Recommendation No. 3: The city needs to acquire expertise in survey design, implementation and analysis in order to more accurately understand resident opinions.
Recommendation No. 4: Encourage more dialogue, not less.
John Guislin is a resident of Palo Alto.
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