Task force agrees facilitation plan to build mock $750M package; working groups to send 15/20/25% scenarios

The Bond Election Advisory Task Force on March 23 adopted a facilitation approach to convert working‑group recommendations into a draft bond package for committee review. Frances (task force member) walked members through a three‑step plan: collect small/medium/large scenarios (15%, 20%, 25% of a hypothetical $750,000,000 total — $112.5M / $150M / $187.5M), ask each BTIF member to nominate one or two priority projects from their working groups, and assemble a mock $750M package that the committee will review through facilitated, informal temperature votes to surface majority support and tradeoffs.

Frances said the process would begin with a 20% mock package as a starting point and would include a review of the selection criteria before formalizing recommendations. "We're gonna take that 20% package while also people will be able to look at the 25% package," she said, describing a walkthrough that would identify projects with clear majority support and those deserving further discussion or placement in a "parking lot."

Members raised procedural and analytical questions: how to treat named, standalone projects (for example, the Carver Museum) versus programmatic buckets (for example, "pools" under aquatics), how to avoid duplication in public input, whether the spreadsheet should include staff recommendations alongside working‑group numbers, and whether to add columns for carbon impacts. Frances and staff agreed to circulate the facilitation plan and to collect working‑group 15/20/25% scenarios by the deadline specified at the meeting.

Next steps: Working groups will finalize and submit their 15/20/25% scenarios to staff (Nicole or Mary) so the chair and staff can assemble the mock package; the committee scheduled continued facilitated discussions in April (April 13 noted) and left open the possibility of a May meeting if more time is needed.