HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990 03 05 Letter Re: Inter-Local Agreement regarding Mediation
Central Florida Office
University of Central Florida
.~ Phillips Hall - Suite 102
Orlando, Florida 32816-0001
361 Bellamy Building
March 5, 1990
David Mealor, Councilman
City of Lake Mary
Educational Services 313
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida 32816-0001
Dear Councilman Mealor:
As agreed at the February 13 meeting of CALNO, the Consortium will
be happy to recommend wording to enhance CALNO's interlocal
agreement regarding mediation. As you and I discussed, however, we
think it might be beneficial to do this with the participation of
CALNO members themselves. A half-day workshop would be a useful
way to structure this participation.
The workshop would involve representatives from all CALNO member
jurisdictions. It would include city' and county managers, city and
county attorneys, those in equivalent positions in the school board,
planning directors, elected officials, and any others who might
participate in the decision to use mediation.
The workshop would consist of two parts. I n the first part,
Consortium facilitators would lead participants in planning several
hypothetical. growth management-related mediations, following
guidelines for effective mediation ~s well as the steps outlined in
the interlocal agreement. The second part would consist of a
facilitated idea-generating session followed by discussion to gather
participants' suggested enhan<:ements to the agreement and to the
procedures for implementing it. It is probable that the workshop
could be wrapped up with a consensus on the new wording of the
interlocal.
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The workshop would be facilitated by the Consortium's director, Bob
Jones, and assistant director, Tom Taylor, both of whom work from
our Tallahassee office, and myself. As I believe I mentioned, the
Consortium does not charge for the time of its staff. In this case, it
would be possible for us to package this trip with other business in
this area, so we would also not need reimbursement for travel
expenses. I f a CALNO member jurisdiction (or CALNO collectively)
can provide adequate meeting facilities and materials, and perhaps
lunch for the participants, it should be pOSSible to do the workshop
at little or no direct expense.
We hope that by offering participants themselves the opportunity to
shape the refinements to the interlocal, and by providing experience
with growth-management mediation, (albeit in hypothetical cases),
such a workshop would build additional ownership of the agreement
and commitment to mediation among those who will be responsible
for using and implementing it.
The CALNO interlocal agreement on mediation is a potentially path-
breaking development in Florida, and the Consortium is happy to have
the opportunity to contribute in whatever way we can to its success.
I look forward to discussing this further with you soon.
Sincerely,
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R~el A. Montalvo
Coordinator, Central Florida Office