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• An open, visible, and responsive means to enable the best possible 

 decisions regarding project operations. 



• Ready access to the planning process. 



• Flexibility to respond to changing needs. 



• Procedures that are dear and easy to understand. 



• A means to develop consei«us on methods for evaluating system 

 operations. 



• A means to resolve conflicts among all parties. 



• A way to integrate feedback from single-resource management 

 mechanisms (such as the Pacific Northwest Coordination Agreement and 

 the Coordinated Plan of Operatioi\s), so these can operate effectively 

 within a set of balanced system priorities (a Strategy). 



• A means to improve the efficiency of water and energy use and to 

 optimize management of the system for all of its purposes. 



1.4.2 Objectives 



The attributes discussed above form the basis for several objectives established by the 

 SOR lead agencies for the Foruim: 



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