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Presenters tell Rockwall commissioners CSC grew to 72 members and process yielded thousands of data points
Summary
At the special meeting presenters described the Community Steering Committee's work, saying the CSC grew to 72 participants, the process produced an estimated 3,500 engagement hours and nearly 12,000 data points, and that the discovery report was delivered "yesterday late, in final."
Presenters told the Rockwall County commissioner's court that the county's strategic-planning effort has generated broad community involvement and a substantive data set to inform the final vision and goals.
Mark Kippett told the court the Community Steering Committee (CSC) began around 40 members and had grown to 72 participants, and that the project team estimated roughly 3,500 community engagement hours across meetings and outreach. "I would say a conservative estimate would be about 3,500 invested across the community," Kippett said. He also told commissioners that the team "got almost to 12,000 data points" through interviews and online participation.
Kippett said the discovery report had been received "yesterday late, in final," and that, once accepted, the discovery report and Friesen Nichols public survey comments would be posted for public review. He requested that the court approve the proposed vision, mission, values and goals so staff and consultants (Baker Tilly and others) could move to operational objectives and the next project phases.
Commissioner Mackler and other court members repeatedly noted that operational objectives, timelines and any budget implications would be developed at a follow-up workshop scheduled for October.
