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Minnesota Department of Transportation, Tier 1 EIS Community Engagement and Sustainable Design: Working with MnDOT project leadership and a team of key stakeholders to design and implement an innovative and collaborative approach to reach consensus on a highly contentious Minnesota River crossing as part of a Tier I EIS. Active participants include FHWA and USFWS/Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, MnDOT, DNR, SHPO; Metropolitan Council; Cities of Chaska, Shakopee, Carver, and Chanhassen; and Scott and Carver Counties. Critical issues include environmental justice for people in poverty, of color, and immigrants; Section 4(f) for protected lands and historic properties; noise and visual impacts on historic and other properties; public safety; ecosystem and Refuge user impacts; and others. Comprehensively exploring corridor options and local impacts, developing common goals and strategies to address impacts for all key stakeholders, identifying innovative mitigation recommendations, and creating a sustainable structure for authentic and ongoing collaboration and engagement over the next 30 years. Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Southwest LRT CAC/Draft EIS Comments Decision Support and Stakeholder Engagement: Supporting Community Advisory Committee to prepare MPRB's formal comments on the SW LRT Draft Environmental Impact Statement to help protect Minneapolis park and trail users, lands, flora/fauna, and historic structures. Developed prep and framing materials for CAC including project overview and timeline, DEIS regulatory and legal process, sample DEIS content on park impacts and comment letters, and robust and authentic public engagement options. Prior to and through the 45-day DEIS comment period, facilitating CAC meetings, designing and implementing community engagement and input, and supporting the CAC to prepare a robust, appropriate, and valuable comment letter. Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board,Lake Harriet CAC Stakeholder Engagement and Decision Support: Worked with staff and members of the first Community Advisory Council created within the Enterprise Division to design and implement a robust yet practical public engagement process for the Council. Their objective was to gather authentic and valuable input to inform the Council's recommendation to the Park Board on potential improvements to the concession area around a high-profile and heavily used city/regional park. Successfully engaged and gathered input from thousands of stakeholders, then facilitated Council's informed decision making to reach consensus on a defensible and sustainable solution. City of Minneapolis, Neighborhood and Community Relations Design and Governance: Worked with staff and newly elected members of the citywide Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission to ground this new public engagement work in best practices, clear principles and values, and effective governance. Helped establish leadership and decision-making structures as well as group norms and expectations, fostered and modeled a participative and inclusive environment,provided guidance with materials and background information, and helped design processes to authentically engage stakeholders.