Agenda Item 13A AGENDA ITEM # 13A
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
November 3, 2011
RE: Scheduling Town Hall Meetings —January 2012
Dear Mayor and Fellow Commissioners:
This is a brief explanation of my desire to schedule town hall meetings in January 2012. My
reason is two -fold:
1. I believe this will assist all of us when we begin the strategic planning workshops
tentatively scheduled to begin in Feb /March timeframe. Particularly given us new commissioners, I
am hopeful that getting citizen input regarding their community and the needs they express will help
us in formulating our goals and objectives during the strategic planning process.
2. The overarching benefit from holding these town hall meetings will also hopefully serve as
a starting point from which to begin the community master planning process that I plan to
introduce at the Nov. 28 commission meeting. I will speak to that in more detail at that commission
meeting and will provide additional information prior to that meeting as well.
If the town hall meetings prove to be successful, I would like to hold them possibly
quarterly, but that can be further discussed after these initial meetings.
The dates planned are the four Saturdays in January from 10:00 a.m. —12:00 p.m. I would
hope that all of us attend all the meetings. They will be held in the community centers at Donner,
Jordan, Adele and the Chamber. This gives ample opportunities for citizens to attend.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I hope this background information has been
helpful.
Sincerely,
Maria