MEETINGS
 Regular meetings are scheduled for the third Monday of the month and are normally held at the Holiday Inn Express near Father Sheehan Park, in the conference room below Denny's and usually run from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Contact Cindy McIlveen, 406-497-6265 • cmcilveen@bsb.mt.gov, for scheduling confirmation.
- Dec. 11, 2006 - Charter Meeting
- Jan. 16, 2007 - Establish Guiding Principles, identify strategic community questions important to this process, establish criteria for prioritization (see below for drafts of these items)
- Feb. 6, 2007 • Minutes (DOC file)
- Subcommittee meetings during February and March
- April 3, 2007
Questions that should be considered in this Process
- How do we prioritize any list of projects (ranking)?
- How do we determine a project's sustainability?
- How are projects elected? By the whole group? By committees? By the outside? By the City/County?
- How does Butte/Silverbow acknowledge community input?
- What is the difference in the decision-making process for NRD dollars versus Butte/Silverbow "Restoration Trust" dollars (and other sources)?
- How do we honor the past and plan for the future?
- What "threshold" criteria should projects be required to meet in order to be considered?
- How do we get community buy-in and support for this group's process?
- What mechanisms can we build into the process to gain community buy-in and support along the way (getting and using feedback)?
- How do we know if we're accomplishing our goals (a way to measure)?
- How do we interact with and present our products to other governing groups (i.e., Council of Commissioners, etc.)?
- How do we interact with and present our products to the media with a clear, collaborative message?
- What are the geographic limits of potential projects?
- How are public versus private interests weighed in the process?
- How are private projects addressed in terms of public funds?
- How can we create a system that leverages private funds to maximize public funds?
Guiding Principles - Narrowing and Defining the Alliance's Decision Space
- We believe that Butte has a unique history and culture that should be valued and preserved.
- We believe that environmental responsibility must be a part of remediation, restoration and redevelopment projects.
- We believe that all projects must be sustainable with resources identified to maintain them into the future.
- We believe that projects should be accessible and available to the wide spectrum and diversity of Butte citizens.
- We believe that community consensus builds connectedness and "community".
- We believe in Butte's community spirit and sense of independence, and that involvement in remediation, restoration and redevelopment projects can further encourage that spirit.
Criteria that should be used to screen and evaluate the importance and prioritization of projects
- What are the short-term and/or long-term benefits?
- Can it be easily attained? Is it feasible?
- Are there matching funds?
- Are there other agencies/programs that should be funding this project?
- Is it environmentally sound? How do we know?
- Does it improve the community in terms of jobs, aesthetics and/or quality of life?
- Does it serve the greater good?
- Does it address a particular niche (e.g., underserved population; "historic preservation")?
- Does it honor our Butte heritage?
- Is it in the BPSOU or other approved Plan?
- Is there a plan? If not, how will a plan be completed and when?
- Is it cost effective?
- Is there liability and undue risk?
- Can it be maintained and sustained? Does the applicant have the skills, funding, and means to maintain the project?
- Are MTC and operations and maintenance needs in the budget?
- Does it make good sense?
Below: MainStreet Uptown Butte, which coordinates the lighting of Butte's headframes, has representation on the Butte Restoration Alliance.
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