SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF A SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL, FRIDAY,

MAY 31 AND JUNE 1, 1996 AT AQUEDUCT CONFERENCE CENTER

Mayor Waldorf called Friday's session to order at 2:28 p.m. Council Members in attendance were Julie Andresen, Joyce Brown, Joe Capowski, Mark Chilton, Pat Evans, Richard Franck and Lee Pavao. Council Member Barbara Powell was absent excused. Also in attendance were facilitators Peg Carlson and Ann Davidson (arrived later in the afternoon), Town Manager Cal Horton, Assistant Town Managers Sonna Loewenthal and Florentine Miller and Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos.

At the request of facilitator Peg Carlson, Council Members outlined their expectations for the workshop. Following this, Ms. Carlson presented an overview of the workshop's format and general guidelines and guided the Council through a number of exercises pertaining to effective group processes and testing of assumptions and inferences. She also presented an overview of ground rules for conducting effective meetings.

Friday's session concluded at 5:30 p.m.

The meeting reconvened at 8:36 a.m., with the parties noted above in attendance. Ms. Davidson and Ms. Carlson facilitated training and dialogue with the Mayor and Council about focusing on interests, not positions and other ground rules for making meetings more effective. The Council briefly reviewed possible discussion topics for the afternoon session. A lunch break occurred between 12:04 p.m. and 12:46 p.m. During the afternoon session, the Mayor and Council focused on two topic areas: "Lack of trust, personal animosity and communication problems among Council Members" and "Mechanisms for prioritizing the Council's work load". The workshop concluded at 3:19 p.m.