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II. III. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB) appreciates the support and participation of the Red Tape Round Table members. EDAB is also grateful to the cities for their cooperation in providing responses to the questionnaires and for their candid presentations to the Round Table. A special thanks goes to the businesses who partidpated by taking time from their busy schedules to make presentations to the Round Table and answer numerous questions regarding what works well and what needs improvement in the permitting processes they and others encounter. These participants are listed in Appendix A. Special recognition goes to Supervisor Mary King who brought the Red Tape Project home to Alameda County in an effort to facilitate change, and to David Berger, Assistant Regional Manager of CH2M HILL, who served as Chairman of the Red Tape Round Table and provided valuable leadership throughout the project. RED TAPE Red Tape is a negative term describing involved bureaucratic procedures that delay and complicate progress. Origins of this term are not dear. One story attributes Red Tape to a religious practice, many centuries ago, of attaching red ribbons to documents when reviewed and approved. The more levels of handling, thus red ribbons, the more important the document. VISION AND MISSION STA'I'EMENT OF THE RED TAPE ROUND TABLE In discussing a plan of action, a central theme &veloped; Round Table members wanted to look for ways to assist Alameda County and its local permitting agencies with cutting red tape. In doing this, the intent is to make the regulatory system work for all. Vision and mission statements were developed from these discussions. VISION: To help make the regulatory system work for all. MISSION STATEMENT: To propose a clearer, easier, and fairer regulatory process to reduce the complexity of doing business within Alameda County. - 1