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Encourage Public Welcome and Honor

Involvement our Similarities and

Encourage and welcome active public participation Differences
in our work.
Acknowledge, accept, and adapt to the increasingly diverse
Office of the Director nature of our workforce and our community.

• Continue to encourage public involvement in the Office of the Director
Washington County Transportation Futures Study through
committees, presentations, surveys, and online forums • Continue to develop partnerships with community
organizations to connect with populations that have
to ensure that the study reflects diverse viewpoints.
been historically underrepresented.

Planning and Development Services
Administrative Services
• Regularly ask members of the public and staff to review
and weigh-in on long-term planning efforts, such as • Support the TEAM initiative and participation in
the Bonny Slope West Community Plan, Rightsizing the TEAM activities.
Parking Code, MSTIP 3e, and Rural Tourism Study. • Initiate “What’s Your Job” series of lunchtime talks.

• Continue to increase opportunities for the public to • Continue SummerWorks program partnership to provide
provide verbal, electronic, and written input. professional opportunities to high school students.

• Actively participate in transitioning to the new
Community Involvement Program for County residents. Planning and Development Services

• Work to identify resources to communicate effectively to
our increasingly diverse community by putting tools in
place to communicate and engage with the community.

Engineering and Construction Services

• Continue to use our cultural, gender, personality, age,
and other differences to create synergies to increase
our division’s strengths, address our weaknesses,
Engineering and Construction Services and foster a culture of innovation and collaborative

problem solving.
• Continue to provide online and in-person informational
venues to share information, and increase overall
awareness of transportation projects, issues and Operations and Maintenance
activities in Washington County.
• Continue to lead by example by demonstrating respect
for all.
Operations and Maintenance
• Seek diverse perspectives in employee recruitment
• Promote opportunities for the public to participate and selection processes.
in selection of Minor Betterment and URMD Safety
28 Improvement projects.