we have created a set of principles to set the direction and godard program. this is a process that involves staff and senior management. after a lot of debate and rewriting, we were able to boil it down to six key principles. the first one is being inclusive. identified and involve all of the community members. especially in a city like ours, we know it is important to reach out to businesses and neighborhoods. community groups, seniors, students, families. been thoughtful, -- been thoughtful, figuring out to in our community would be impacted by this project, who would be interested. the translation required, at best methods. our second principle is transparency. we conduct a clear and honest and open public process. members of the public are aware of their levels of involvement and decisions that affect them. insuring that the public is informed. they are made aware of the process and how their impact will be used. keeping in touch, checking into what the length of the project. that also speaks to the public participation. depending on any type of project,