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pertaining to these cities is only from the viewpoint of the businesses who made presentations. With the plan being to hear from the public and private sectors, an egost was made to include businesses from throughout Alameda County. In some cases a business worked with more than one local permitting agency and thus could provide substantial comparisons between agencies. The Round Table also wanted' to have both large and small businesses, minority businesses including those run by women, and a variety of types of businesses. Referrals on presemers came from many sources, such as members from specific titles, EDAB members, and others who had heard about the project. Since there were 15 local permitting agehales invited, (14 cities ned the Unlncorporated Area), it was decided to hear from a similar number of businesses working in various parts of the County. Six Round Table meetings were scheduled with five, 30 minute presentations for each meeting. Except for one meeting, businesses did not make presentations on the same day that their local permitting agency was making a presentation (to avoid getting into one-on-one discussions of particular issues). In concern for keeping on track in a very large regulasory arena, businesses were asked to focus on the following: t) Local permitting issues. 2) The process and not the regularfobs themselves. If they wanted to touch on other ragulasory issues not covered by the Round Table, they could do so to provide a clearer picture. Presentations were held every three weeks beginning July 15 and ending October 28. Each meeting combined both business and local permitting agency presentations. At the end of each meeting, Round Table members discussed the key points from that day's presentations. Afzer more than half of the presentations were made, it became dear there were several common threads, but also some new and unique issues. In some eases, what appeared to be a common thread on the surface was really something slightly different than what had been presented ea~ier. Refinement of the key points continued throughout the series of presentations. As the presentations neared completion, the Round Table dixFxded into public and private sector working groups. The intent in dividing iuso these groups was to allow for different interpretations of the presentations, should they exist. Findings and conclusions were developed by each group. The two groups met and merged their products. A third group devdoped the model program based on the consolidated findings and conclusions.