Common use of Collaborative Planning Clause in Contracts

Collaborative Planning. Stakeholder collaboration efforts shall be primarily coordinated through the ongoing collaboration efforts of the COPWRR CROP initiative. CROP initiative collaboration efforts encourage achieving a consensus. It is the intent of the Parties that recommendations made to the USFS and BLM by collaboration planning stakeholders could be adopted as the decision by the USFS and BLM. To be most helpful to the USFS and BLM for decisions under this MOU, recommendations from collaborative planning efforts should be based on the good faith participation of the stakeholders to reach a consensus, on the best information available (as described in Section V.E) and must take into consideration the MOU’s Purpose and Objectives (Section I) and relevant Management Considerations (defined in Section V.D). Recommendations from the collaborative planning efforts shall not abrogate or limit the approval authority of USFS or BLM as relevant to their management responsibilities and requirements to comply with federal law or to the terms of this MOU. Stakeholder participation shall be open to all appropriate stakeholders and may vary depending on the projects being contemplated and the zone of interests each project impacts. For stakeholder involvement in projects developed under this MOU, it is anticipated that CTWS, USFS and BLM will plan annual meetings with participating stakeholders, produce annual reports with stakeholder input, and consult with interested stakeholders respecting project planning and environmental monitoring: