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16 Great Neck Road North <br />Mashpee, ..7►2assachusetts 02649 <br />Goals are desired outcomes that are high reaching and broad. <br />Policies are guiding statements for municipal decision makers that move towards said goals. <br />Actions are specific, measurable, and implementable. You take the action, write a plan, and <br />draft an ordinance. Actions are designed to move the community forward. <br />Example: <br />Goal: Protect terrestrial and aquatic habitats for long-term environmental and social benefits. <br />Policy: Identify areas for coastal and habitat restoration to enhance water quality and improve <br />overall habitat conditions. <br />Actions: Continue to maintain navigational channels for not only navigation but for adequate <br />stream and tidal flow. <br />Responsible Part : DCR, Select Board, Conservation Commission (Primary responsible party <br />labeled in bold) <br />Timeframe: Ongoing <br />Ms. Sweet likes to list the goals, policies, and then actions. A lot of policies might apply to <br />different goals, or an action item might achieve two different policies at the same time. You <br />want to eliminate redundancies. She stated acronyms will be used for responsible parties with <br />a key of what they represent. <br />Ms. Waygan noted once everything is collected they will be able to identify what the priorities <br />are. <br />Ms. Sweet is here to ensure this document does not get shelved. A good way to ensure it <br />remains a working document is to establish an implementation table in the comprehensive <br />plan. It can be extracted and updated as it is an evolving document. There should be an <br />Implementation Committee established that sits down quarterly and goes through these items <br />and prioritizes them based on funding or political will. There will need to be ongoing efforts to <br />keep this document living. If the town ensures the Implementation Committee is the Planning <br />Board, then that is on the Planning Board to strategize and change priorities as needed. <br />Ms. Faulkner noted whenever the Planning Board has an ongoing project it remains an agenda <br />item. <br />Mr. Lehrer commented that Department Heads are boots on the ground in making sure action <br />items get done. <br />