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From Old English Wæter; Akin to Old High German Wazzar Water, Greek Hydōr, Latin Unda Wave water noun: from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar water, Greek hydōr, Latin unda wave ... the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter ... An Oklahoma Academy Town Hall, May 2010, Norman Oklahoma Water Resources Board - Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute © 2010 The Oklahoma Academy 1 A Town Hall About Water The Oklahoma Academy is a statewide nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization founded by Governor Henry Bellmon in 1967, and revitalized by him in 1985, to bring public attention to policy issues, provide objective, thorough research and act as a catalyst for positive change. The Mission of the Oklahoma Academy is to identify issues facing Oklahoma, provide well-researched, objective information, foster nonpartisan collaboration, develop responsible recommendations, and encourage community and legislative action. The Vision of the Oklahoma Academy is to empower Oklahomans to improve their quality of life through effective public policy development and implementation. The Academy Process identifies areas of need and problems facing Oklahoma, conducts research on identified critical issues, and develops long range goals, consensus recommendations, and agendas for action. Through the Town Hall conference process, forums and summits, the Academy increases citizen awareness, encourages civic engagement and sets the stage for thoughtfully improving Oklahoma. “Moving Ideas Into Action” The Oklahoma Academy 120 E. Sheridan, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-2427 405.232.5828 (phone) 405.236.5268 (fax) Email: [email protected] www.okacademy.org A Town Hall About Water 2 © 2010 The Oklahoma Academy Welcome to the Oklahoma Academy Town Hall “... in May 2010, the Oklahoma Academy for State Goals will sponsor a Town Hall meeting where 185 Oklahoma citizens will determine which management strategies should be included in the updated Water Plan ...” © 2010 The Oklahoma Academy 3 A Town Hall About Water The Oklahoma Academy Neal A. McCaleb, Chairman, The Oklahoma Academy he Oklahoma Academy for State The “tincture of time” is an important Goals was founded in 1967 at the ingredient in any policy development Tencouragement of the late Henry period, and it is absolutely so in this Bellmon. Mr. Bellmon served Oklahoma Town Hall discussion. as State Representative, twice as Governor and as United States Senator. It will be necessary to fully participate The Academy was reorganized in 1985 in all three days of these discussions, as by his vision to assemble a group of I have found from my own experience Oklahomans with a wide range of that my opinions and conclusions interests and perspectives to deliberate, evolve in the process of these group discuss and recommend actions for the Neal McCaleb, Chairman deliberations as revelations of new greater good of Oklahomans and their Oklahoma Academy facts and perspectives are introduced. prosperity. The majority of the participants here have We will gather at this Town Hall to review, analyze been involved in the development of a set of and make recommendations on the work product of approaches at the local and regional levels. A the Oklahoma State Water Plan. substantial minority come to this event without that experience. However, the purpose and the unique This is neither an easy nor unimportant task and chemistry of personal interaction and communal we each bring to these discussions our own biases deliberation should put us all on equal footing and perspectives formed and authority on this most by our experience and our The “tincture of time” is an important important subject. vision of what Oklahoma ingredient in any policy development can be. Inevitably period, and it is absolutely so in this This process has proven discussions on Oklahoma’s Town Hall discussion. very useful for the Academy water resources can become over the years. We have contentious. We are not devoted Town Halls to all agreed on who owns the water -- the State, criminal justice reform, improvement of education, the individual or the several Sovereign Tribal health of our citizenry, environmental sustainability nations pre-existing statehood. These will be and economic viability, Tribal Sovereignty and topics for deliberation viewed through the lens of State relationships to name a few. Oklahoma’s future. In the end, we seek not just talk but action that can The Academy has found that the most effective tool improve the quality of life and prosperity of all for coming to grips with important and difficult Oklahomans. Our Town Halls don’t end with our issues is a “Town Hall” conference. There we recommendations; they begin the arduous process collectively research the subject, organize the issue of implementation. In your case - active and into manageable discussion groups, thoroughly powerful inputs into the Oklahoma Comprehensive deliberate and collaboratively discuss the topic, Water Plan. and report the consensus findings to the Town Hall plenary sessions for integration into an overall set Thank you for your time and devotion to the future of recommendations. of our great State. A Town Hall About Water 4 © 2010 The Oklahoma Academy The Town Hall Team The Oklahoma Academy Leadership Team ou have volunteered to participate in an John Feaver Oklahoma Academy Town Hall leading John is the President of the University of Science Yto extensive input into the Oklahoma and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha and a Past Comprehensive Water Plan. It is likely that you Chairman of the Oklahoma Academy. He is the have never participated in a process quite like this. Academy’s most experienced and successful Town Some introduction and explanation is in order. Hall facilitator. John will preside over your Town Hall proceedings. He knows his stuff. A considerate, informed and helpful discussion requires discipline, structure, and civility - Julie Knutson while not inhibiting creative thought and frank Julie is the President and CEO of the Oklahoma discussion. This is not easy. The Academy has Academy. She has organized ten significant developed a process to optimize this public policy statewide Town Halls plus many forums and debate. We ask you to trust that process. conferences. She is the most experienced public policy CEO in Oklahoma. Julie is the principal The Oklahoma Academy has developed significant organizer of this Town Hall. She knows her stuff. expertise at organizing and conducting successful Town Halls. Therefore the OWRB and OWRRI Mike Lapolla and Craig Knutson have requested the Academy to create a Water Mike and Craig are the co-chairs of the Academy’s Town Hall for you. It is via this Town Hall that Research Design and Production Committee. They your State Water Plan inputs will be organized. have organized and produced this book for you. The purpose of this book is to serve as a resource Read, learn, listen ... make friends and chat ... and and reference to help you prepare yourself for most of all ... enthusiastically share your informed the Town Hall discussions. This is the tenth such opinions within YOUR Town Hall process. This is major research book they have produced for the your individual responsibility and commitment. Academy. They know their stuff too. John Feaver Julie Knutson Craig Knutson Michael Lapolla Town Hall Chairman Town Hall CEO Town Hall Research Town Hall Research © 2010 The Oklahoma Academy 5 A Town Hall About Water Why This Special Town Hall? Will Focht, PhD, Director, Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute at OSU, Stillwater n 2006, the Oklahoma Water plan. The results of these studies are Resources Research Institute reported elsewhere in this document. I(“Water Research Institute”) entered The public involvement process was into discussions with the Oklahoma designed to produce the right plan Water Resources Board (“Water by rigorously involving the public Board”) and the Oklahoma Secretary in informed discussions about what of Environment concerning the update provisions should be included in of Oklahoma’s Comprehensive Water it. A properly designed process will Plan. not only produce good and right recommendations but also build trust According to state law, the plan must and improve political efficacy to enable be revised and updated every 10 years; participants to be more productive and it was time to get busy. The Water Will Focht, PhD, Director involved citizens. Board envisioned a two-pronged process: OWRRI a technical study that would evaluate Coupling the Good and the Right water supply needs over the next 50 years and a The challenge for us was to find a way to couple grassroots public involvement process that would the best science with a robust participation process. produce recommendations on how water resources To accomplish this, we designed a process that should be managed to assure that adequate supplies would not only involve the public in learning about of clean water would be available to meet these water resources and their management but also needs. We were given four and a half years to in asking questions and designing management finish our jobs, which meant that we needed to start strategies that experts would then analyze. It was in January 2007 in order to finish by July 2011. adapted from an “analysis-deliberation” (A&D) framework published in 1996 by the National The Water Research Institute proposed a five-phase Research Council. public participation process, which was approved by the Water Board in late 2006. This special In the first two phases of our process (local and Town Hall meeting is part of that process. In this regional input meetings), we engaged citizens in article, I briefly summarize the process and explain setting an agenda for what the water plan should why it was designed the way it was. consider. We asked citizens to tell us what their water concerns were, what issues they wanted Our Goal: A Good and Right Plan addressed, and how they wanted them addressed.
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