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8. Launch and publicly announce the planning process. • Publicly announce the goal to develop a sustainability plan and the vision and purpose of the plan. Announce the planning process and the new positions and boards charged with the plan develop- ment—the sustainability coordinator, sustainability advisory board. and interdepartmental team. • Create a website (or webpage) to publicly announce the plan and the opportunities for the public to participate in the planning process. • Build on past successes: Identify past achievements and recognize the work done already as part of the announcement of the plan. TOOLS/TEMPLATES • Example Timeline(in your toolkit folder) • Sustainability Team Formation Checklist(to help with the formation of the interdepartmental team, sustainability advisory board, and working groups). • Outreach Planning Template • Sustainability Strdtegies Matrix BEST-PRACTICE EXAMPLES City of New York, NY: Forming the Team To coordinate the development of PIaNYC, Mayor Bloomberg formed the Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability in September 2006. Prior to forming this office, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development coordinated the process. Initially, the Deputy Mayor tasked over 20 • City agencies with analyzing the impacts of population growth on the city's infrastructure and developing recommendations to address these impacts for what was originally going to be a strategic land use plan. It was not until after the City agencies had performed a significant amount of research and analysis over the course of a year that the City decided it was necessary to form a distinct office to coordinate the planning process. The City hired new staff with expertise in the various planning areas and moved key City agency staff into the newly formed Mayor's Office. e Y. r H. Ot fli ,-----_-_,-_. . 4 -- .1.- -- ,::: ''' 7 '4 .:ii;;;;;77'...r .'„. . '' \\ \\\\ \ 4 es I t i ' s