Public Involvement Activities Sample Clauses

Public Involvement Activities. Please refer to Section 3.3 in the 2004 Draft EIS Appendix I, Social Resources Technical Memorandum. Since March 2004, additional public involvement activities have been conducted for the AWV Project. The additional activities represent two very distinct efforts. In the spring of 2004, the project team held several public meetings and community briefings to allow the public to review and comment on the Draft EIS. In early spring, business outreach meetings were held with special efforts (e.g., direct mailing, emails, and phone calls) to ensure participation by minority‐owned businesses. The project team considered the comments provided on the document and subsequently worked with the project proponents to update and refine the alternatives and construction plans. The Tunnel (Preferred) and Rebuild (now called Elevated Structure) Alternatives and the construction plans evaluated in this technical memorandum are the results of the updating and refining process. Three public meetings were held in June 2005. The project team also hosted a workshop (on June 21, 2005) for businesses located outside of the project area. The purpose of these meetings was to present the updated Tunnel and Rebuild (now called Elevated Structure) Alternatives and two new construction plans: the shorter plan and the intermediate plan. To reduce construction effects, the two new construction plans would either periodically or fully close SR 99 during the construction period. These changes address the public’s concern that if traffic is going to be severely affected during the construction period, then the construction period should be as short as possible. The new construction plans address this concern by reducing the construction period from 7.5 to 11 years (excluding utilities relocation) to 7 to 10 years (including 30 months of utilities relocation). The comments received at the June 2005 meetings provided additional details regarding the public’s concerns. The nature of the comments, however, greatly depended on the public interests represented at the meetings, which included (1) downtown residents, workers, or business owners; (2) residents or business owners from north of downtown; and (3) residents and business owners from south of downtown, including West Seattle. The major comments included the following: • Most attendees favored construction plans with shorter durations, even if it meant intense traffic disruptions. • Most attendees supported the use of expanded transit serv...

Public Involvement Activities. City shall conduct five public involvement activities through the duration of the Project, including but not limited to physical open houses, online open houses, focus groups, walking/biking tours, surveys, and charrettes. City shall plan, coordinate and produce a one- to two-page summary memo for each activity or event. In this case, each scheduled event counts as one event. In-person events are anticipated to be 3 to 4 hours in length.

Public Involvement Activities. The City will use a variety of ways to encourage public participation in the assessment of these sites. The following sections describe public involvement activities that the City will use, their purposes, and descriptions of how the activities will be used during the assessment activities. The public involvement activities and their schedules are discussed in more detail within the Community-Wide Petroleum Brownfields Project Work Plan (under Task 2, Activities 1, 2, 3, and 4), which is attached as Appendix B. 6.1 Public Meetings & Engagement Opportunities