HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE - PURCHASE ORDER - 9162339Workshop on Regional Collaboration for Water Supply Provision
Proposal for Facilitation Services
(revised 4-11-16)
Todd Bryan, Ph.D.
CDR Associates
The City of Fort Collins is in need of facilitation and collaboration services to help the City and
water providers in the City’s Growth Management Area (GMA) explore opportunities for creating
a more collaborative structure (such as a regional water authority) for the delivery of water and
municipal water supply services to residents and businesses in the GMA. The City recommends a
regional water collaboration workshop of water providers serving the GMA including Fort Collins
Utilities, the East Larimer County Water District (ELCO), the North Weld County Water District
(NWCWD), and the Fort Collins-Loveland Water District (FCLWD). The City anticipates
approximately 30 attendees including Fort Collins City Council, professional staff from Fort
Collins Utilities, and board members and professional staff from ELCO, NWCWD, and FCLWD.
The workshop is planned for May 31, 2016.
Todd Bryan, Senior Program Manager at CDR Associates has been asked to provide a brief
proposal for facilitation and collaboration services for the workshop. Dr. Bryan has 25 years of
progressive experience helping local, state and federal agencies find more collaborative and
sustainable solutions to challenging problems in the areas of water, energy, land use and natural
resources. He holds a Ph.D. from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the
University of Michigan and MS degrees in water resource management and landscape
architecture from the University of Wisconsin. Todd is also a lecturer in the School of Public
Affairs at CU Denver where he teaches popular courses in negotiation and conflict resolution.
Workshop
CDR recommends a 4-5 hour facilitated workshop with approximately 30 representatives that
will address the following core questions posed by City of Fort Collins staff:
1. What specific goals do you have as a municipal water provider that could be better
addressed through regional water collaboration?
2. What mutual benefits do you believe could be realized through regional water
collaboration?
3. What considerations and potential barriers exist related to regional water collaboration?
4. What questions remain that need to be addressed?
5. What actionable next steps are municipal water providers willing to commit to regarding
exploration of potential collaboration scenarios?
The workshop will begin with an overview of what the objectives of the workshop, introductions
by the host, participants and facilitator, a brief description of procedures for facilitating the
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workshop, and a more detailed presentation on the history and context leading up to the
current situation. Dr. Bryan will then facilitate a discussion to address the core questions with a
focus on identifying actionable recommendations for next steps.
Assessment
Prior to the workshop, it is recommended that Dr. Bryan conduct an impartial assessment of the
core issues and interests at stake for key participants in the regional water supply collaboration.
An assessment involves confidential interviews with some or all of the participants who will
attend the workshop and, perhaps, other stakeholders that have a vested interested in a
regional water supply collaboration. Assessments are common practice in helping the facilitator
and participants:
Understand the issues, concerns and interests of participants
Build rapport
Prepare the facilitation process to address key issues and achieve goals
Help the public better understand the challenges and opportunities presented by the
prospect of a regional water supply collaboration
Identify potential solutions
The assessment can be turned into a report for workshop participants, decision makers, and the
broader public to frame the issues and the prospects for satisfying multiple interests and
achieving common goals.
Estimated Budget
Task Hours Cost @ $175/hr.
Initial meeting and orientation with Ft.
Collins Utility staff
2 hrs $350
Assessment preparation, interviews and
documentation (~ 15 interviews)
30 hrs 5,250
Preparation for workshop 4 hrs 700
Facilitate workshop 6 hrs 1,050
Prepare document summarizing
workshop and next steps
8 hrs 1,400
Travel 2 hrs 350
Total Estimate 52 hrs $9,100
Contact
Todd Bryan, Ph.D.
CDR Associates
tbryan@mediate.org
303-442-7367 x 204