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• Determine the most appropriate method for tracking implementation progress and the best methods for communicating progress to the key stakeholders and the broader Kittitas County community o Develop a detailed set of recommendations for the proposed monitoring process and governance structure that the Plan Implementation Monitoring Task Group will present to each of the key organizations to review, provide feedback and formally adopt. o Make any appropriate changes based on the feedback from the organizations and finalize the adopted monitoring process and governance structure and Committee membership 1.3 IDM will assist the Plan Implementation Monitoring Task Group with getting the new Implementation Monitoring Committee launched and its members oriented to their roles and responsibilities. Once the Committee is operational the Plan Implementation Monitoring Task Group will cease to exist. 1.4 IDM will assist the Implementation Monitoring Committee with the planning, design and facilitation of a Plan Status Update Event where each of the goal areas of the Plan are reviewed and each lead organization provides a status report on implementation progress. Timeline: 6-8 months: January 2024 to August 2024 Phase 2: Developing Consensus for a Structure for Regional Economic Development IDM will assist Central Washington University, Kittitas County, the City of Ellensburg, Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce, CenterFuse, and their partners with developing a recommended organizational structure that elevates economic development capacities in Kittitas County and fosters greater collaboration regionally. IDM will work with a Regional Economic Development Task Group to complete an assessment of the community and economic development activities and organizations in Kittitas County to gain a clear understanding of current fields of activities being addressed and existing gaps. Based on the assessment findings, IDM will work with the Task Group to develop a recommended organizational structure designed to leverage existing efforts and organizations and appropriately address the identified gaps. Task 2 will include the following activities: 2.1. The key organizations (Central Washington University, Kittitas County, the City of Ellensburg, Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce, CenterFuse, and others) will establish a Regional Economic Development Task Group that will work with IDM to complete the assessment and develop a recommended organizational structure. The Regional Economic Development Task Group membership should include leaders from the organizations that are currently engaged in community and economic development efforts in Kittitas County or would likely be engaged moving forward. 2.2. IDM will work with the Task Group to get organized and help orient its members to community and economic development processes, typical organizational participants in the processes and the common fields of activity undertaken in community and economic development. This orientation will include a "community and economic development 101" session for the Task Group members. 2.3. IDM will work with the Task Group to undertake the assessment. The assessment will examine the strengths and weaknesses of the current community and economic development efforts in Kittitas County. The Task Group's key role in the assessment process is helping to identify the community and economic development organizations in Kittitas County and their key contacts, taking the lead with Page 12