9.19.080 Development of basic operating plan.
A. Process.
1. If within 10 days of conclusion of the community meeting a resident of the group home’s neighborhood makes a request to the city to meet and confer with the provider to resolve issues regarding the basic operating plan which remain unresolved following the community meeting, the following process will be utilized. The city will act as facilitator of the process. Participants in this process will be the city facilitator, the provider and such other police, human services, support service agency, funding agency, school district and DSHS representatives as may be appropriate, and up to seven persons from the group home’s neighborhood to represent the neighborhood residents. The city facilitator will assist the neighborhood residents in selecting representatives who will fairly represent the neighborhood on all issues remaining to be resolved at the conclusion of the community meeting.
2. If no request to meet and confer is made to the city within 10 days of conclusion of the community meeting, the provider may file with the city a final basic operating plan containing the elements set forth in BCC 9.19.070.
3. If a request to meet and confer is made to the city within such 10-day period, the provider will meet and confer for a period of up to 60 days from the conclusion of the community meeting with the representatives chosen by the neighborhood residents, to resolve any remaining unresolved issues regarding the proposed basic operating plan. If the remaining unresolved issues are resolved during the 60-day period, or, if at the end of that period there remain issues which are still not resolved, the provider may file with the city a preliminary basic operating plan that addresses all of the elements set out in BCC 9.19.070.
4. The city will give notice of the filing of the preliminary basic operating plan to the participants in the community meeting.
5. Within 10 days after the filing of the preliminary basic operating plan, any neighborhood representative who participated in the meet and confer process may request review by the group home advisory board of any unresolved issues in the preliminary basic operating plan. The board must complete its review and issue its recommendation on the unresolved issues within 30 days after the request for review. The provider must consider, but is not bound by, any board recommendation in preparing the final basic operating plan.
B. If no neighborhood representative files a timely request for review with the group home advisory board, then the provider may file the final basic operating plan. If a timely request for review is filed, the provider may file its final basic operating plan after the group home advisory board issues its recommendations, or after 30 days following the group home advisory board’s receipt of the request for review, whichever occurs first. The final basic operating plan will be filed with the city prior to the group home opening.
C. The final basic operating plan will govern the relationship between the provider and the neighborhood regarding the operation of the group home, and will serve as the basis for resolving any complaints about the group home operation.
D. The provider must utilize this process to modify the final basic operating plan before substantially modifying or expanding the program or the facility. (Ord. 5002 § 1, 1997.)