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Again, it should be noted that the SOR Team recommends that these decisionmaking processes 

 be followed in all Forum alternatives. These generic processes do not represents a significant 

 departure from the existing decisionmaking process, except that these processes vxmld be visible 

 to the public. 



3.3 MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF FORUM ALTERNATIVES 



During the formulation of alternatives the SOR agencies cxinsulted with stakeholder 

 groups and conducted a workshop of these groups to discuss possible alternatives. In 

 these discussions it became clear that there were two principle dimensions that 

 distinguished alternatives. The workshop participants defined these dimensions as 

 "control" and "sunshine." In the discussion of objectives at the beginning of this report, 

 the "control" objective was labeled "decisionmaking" and the "sunshine" objective was 

 labeled "visibility." 



Decisionmaking has to do with who makes the actual decisions, how the decision are 

 reached, for what purposes and the mechanisnis by which the concerns of the public are 

 incorporated into the decision. Visibility has to do with such issues as whether the 

 public is fully informed of the issue and what opportunities are provided for the public 

 to participate in the decisionmaking process. 



As Figure 6 shows, they may actually be viewed as part of the same continuum of 

 alternatives:^ 



' Adapted from Creighton, James L Involving Citizens in Community Decision Making: A Guidebook, 

 Program for Conununity Problem Solving, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600, Washington D.C 20004, 

 1992. 



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