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PART II: HOW TO DEVELOP A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN The Sustainability Planning Toolkit now shifts from providing background information and a general overview of sustainability planning, to specific how-to steps for individual local governments ready to begin their planning process. 5. PRE-MILESTONE PLANNING: MAKE r COMMITMENT AND ORGANIZE TEAM Before beginning the Five Milestones for Sustainability process, spend some time getting organized and building support for the planning process itself. First and foremost, the chief elected official needs to support the planning process and convey to the local government I " departments the strategic importance of the sustainability plan. Designating a sustainability * coordinator and forming the core team involved in developing the plan—an internal team of "--_= experts and an external advisory board—will help to kick off the process and make sure ev- eryone understands the process,the goals,and how to contribute to development of the plan. Before launching into the Five Milestone process, it is also important to develop a workplan for the planning process and to start thinking about the public outreach process, since this is a major component of the planning process.Also, begin to gather ideas for the scope of ' the plan from the advisory board, local experts, and the interdepartmental team. Finally, an- nounce the planning process to the public in order to generate excitement and communicate the strategic importance of the sustainability plan. This section lists the tasks that should be undertaken in the pre-planning stage. Although there is an order to the tasks, local governments can complete the tasks within this phase and for the subsequent milestones in whatever order is most appropriate. kotarati . TASKS: 1. Designate a sustainability coordinator to manage the planning process and the development of the plan. • Coordinate centrally: Manage the planning process out of the mayor or chief , \ elected official's office to facilitate cooperation between local government depart- ments and to provide executive level leadership throughout the planning process. • Define the expected time commitment of the coordinator based on available resources and timeline for developing the plan. • Refer to the sample job descriptions on ICLEI's website for ideas for the responsibilities and required qualifications for a sustainability coordinator. 2. Make a commitment: obtain chief elected official/mayoral buy-in for the plan. ‘ 1 • Get buy-in from the top: make sure the chief elected official supports the planning process. • Have the chief elected official announce to the local government staff that the sustainability plan is a priority.