What are the current in-house communications staffing levels among the partnership?
Staffing levels vary from agency to agency, but the Partnership feels these resources need to be augmented by an outside consulting firm for this project. 12 – Do you place greater importance on securing overall public acceptance to this program, or with securing acceptance from other water agencies that rely on the groundwater basin? The Partnership is looking to the consultant to identify and work with all stakeholder groups that are determined to be vital to the successful completion of this project. 13 – Do you anticipate that among the GRIP options there would be significant construction involved, particularly along streets for the pipeline projects? The project is currently in the conceptual design phase and there is the possibility that there could be significant design changes between now and construction. 14 – Do you anticipate this outreach effort to extend beyond the designated basin in the RFP? No 15 – Would the GRIP program continue even if MWD became a more reliable partn
