Proposed Framework for the Lane Regional Resiliency Collaborative
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Date
2020
Authors
Rhodeland, Amelia
Boone, Jake
Fields, Katie
Mason, Kelly
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Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon
Abstract
In the fall of 2019, the Oregon Policy Lab and the Wayne Morse Center (both part of the University of Oregon) worked with the Lane County government to plan and facilitate two meetings to discuss the need for resiliency and collaboration across Lane County. These meetings brought together stakeholders from a range of local, state and federal governments, utilities, hospitals, and others operating in the county to collaborate on developing a local collaborative to foster resilience. At these workshop-style meetings, attendees learned from the expertise of Dr. Lucy Jones, a USGS seismologist and founder/chief scientist at the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society. The outcomes of these meetings functioned as a foundation for the MPA Capstone team project—the development of a framework for the Lane Regional Resilience Collaborative (LRRC). This process spanned from January to mid-June 2020, and resulted in the creation of this report.
The research team worked closely with a “Core Team” of stakeholder-advisors from Lane County, the Lane Council of Governments (LCOG), the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB), the Cities of Eugene and Veneta, and the US Forest Service to design an operational framework for the Lane Regional Resilience Collaborative. The team conducted a literature review, case studies of similar organizations, and interviews with personnel affiliated with those organizations. Throughout this process the team sought advice from a larger Steering Committee and the Full Group of currently-engaged and future members of the LRRC (full list in appendix). This work resulted in the framework and next steps presented in this report.
The Lane Regional Resiliency Collaborative (LRRC), a regional cross-agency, cross-jurisdictional collaborative is focused on pre-event hazard mitigation and risk reduction. We have conducted research to help tailor this regional partnership to the unique strengths, assets, and threats in Lane County.
This report outlines our recommendations for what we believe is the best option for the Lane Regional Resiliency Collaborative to be successful. The comprehensive, evidence-based research presented in this report can be used to adjust the proposed framework as necessary. While the proposed framework in this report is what we believe is the most preferable, some of the finer details are flexible and could be slightly adjusted.
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46 pages
Keywords
resilience, emergency, collaboration, Lane County