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Monday, January 22, 2018
DRI Watch: Happening Tomorrow
Tomorrow, January 23, from 6 to 8 p.m., the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) Local Planning Committee (LPC) meets again at John L. Edwards Primary School. This is the penultimate meeting of the LPC. One more--on February 20--and the planning process will be all over. It is expected that tomorrow the LPC will be reviewing all the projects that have been proposed for DRI funding and making decisions about which projects will be presented for consideration at the final public meeting, which takes place on February 8.
New proposals for DRI funding were due on January 3, and in the time since, those proposals were presumably evaluated for their potential to attract additional funding. It is hoped that on Tuesday night those who show up to observe the committee at work will learn more about the new projects proposed and their likelihood for success.
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Here's the problem, magnified in our digital age: why can't the DRI release the project proposals in advance of the meeting so that the public can study them before the public meeting. The process by which proposals are delivered to the public at public meetings and the public is expected to voice it's opinions on the spot -- well, can we put that kind of public comment process to rest? For one, it's unfair to those who can't make the meeting. For two, it makes no sense. Get the project proposals out there and open wide the gates to public comment.
ReplyDelete"proposals were presumably evaluated for their potential to attract additional funding."
ReplyDeleteWouldn't proposals that required zero funding be more desirable?
"proposals were presumably evaluated for their potential to attract additional funding."
ReplyDeleteWouldn't proposals that required zero funding be more desirable?