COMMUNITY SOUNDING BOARD

The project team is convening a Community Sounding Board representing a diverse range of interests. This group will meet up to once per quarter until the Draft EIS is issued to provide feedback on various EIS elements. If you or someone you know would be interested in participating as a member of this board, please complete the online application.

Purpose

  1. Enable a diverse group of people to engage in focused discussions, and individually or collectively provide input, feedback, perspectives and recommendations relevant to the EIS analysis.
  2. Use Community Sounding Board (CSB) outcomes to inform subsequent discussions by the project team, Enterprise Services, and work groups during the EIS process.
  3. Participants in the CSB will provide information, exchange ideas, and provide individual or collective perspectives around substantive topics. Areas of agreement will be identified should they emerge, though there is no requirement to reach consensus. Information from CSB meetings will be shared with the project work groups and considered as decisions are made, but the CSB will not make decisions for Enterprise Services.

Candidate criteria

Applicants will be screened and selected to fulfill the demographics and interests represented below.

  • Adults, 18+
  • Resident of affected communities, tribal member or other Washington State resident
  • Non-agency / non-elected
  • Not a work group member
  • One representative from any single organization
  • Contributes to diversity of interests
  • Contributes to demographic diversity
  • Interest-based perspective, open to learning from others

Recruitment timeline

  1. Recruitment (Feb. 4 – 25, 2019) – application published on website and announced to public
  2. Applicant review and selection (Feb. 18 – 28, 2019) – project team will review applications and identify stakeholders that meet candidate criteria
  3. Applicant notification (early March 2019) – all applicants who provide a valid email address will be notified of selection/non-selection
  4. First meeting (April 8, 2019)

Anyone who is interested should contact Carrie Martin directly at carrie.martin@des.wa.gov.  The deadline is 25 Feb. More information is available at https://capitollakedeschutesestuaryeis.org/