tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post8307053350069654211..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Economic Opportunities and Housing Needs Analysis Meets TodaySalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-54238886720612056362014-09-26T07:11:03.895-07:002014-09-26T07:11:03.895-07:00Agree with you about the access for information. i...Agree with you about the access for information. i have been trying to follow this group from the beginning and it is very difficult. Not only do the materials come out late, but the meeting noes are brief so as to make it hard to follow the thought processes. <br /><br />If you want to attend the meetings it is a bit hard too, as the e-mails about the meetings in the past have come with short notice. The first one came the night before, then we got a couple days notice on each, but notes always come right before the meeting, so you can't do any follow up with staff before you might go to the next meeting.<br /><br />I found out that if you check the webpage, you can see the day of the next meeting sooner, but still the notes are not possed ahead. Makes it hard all round.<br /><br />I submitted a very lengthy e-mail to Lisa Anderson who is in charge of the process and to a few of the committee members who I know, but not sure any notice was taken or not.<br /><br />I was sharing my insights as a person who was on the committee that di this same task back in the mid-1990;s and who wrote the multifamily housing design codes. <br /><br />I thought it would be helpful for them to know how we arrived at the decisions on what was required and how some have worked and others have not.<br /><br />I also shared some of the problems we encountered when it came time to have Council to adopt and implement our recommendations. At that time we had little input from people outside the committee and we paid the price when it came time to implement. I fear that this error will be repeated.<br /><br />It is very frustrating for a committee to do a lot of work that they consider to be good and then find that it is tossed during the public hearing and deliberation process, because you have not brought along the general public and the business owners of the community.Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.com