Online Public Hearings Resource Guide

The feature article in the Winter 2010 issue of the Planning Commissioners Journal is Dealing With Contentious Public Hearings (available to order & download); it is also included in our new publication: Come to Order! Getting Organized for Business. Planning Commissioners Journal subscribers will be receiving this article as part of our Winter 2010 issue, scheduled for mailing the last week of January. Brief excerpts from the article are included on the left-hand side of each of the resource pages listed below. We encourage you to leave any comments or resource suggestions you have at the bottom of any resource page -- you'll help make this an even more useful online resource. 1. Consider Conducting Preliminary Project Reviews 2. Hold a Meeting in the Neighborhood 3. Have a Plan for Citizen Participation 4. Conduct a Site Visit 5. Make Your Meeting Noticeable 6. Review the Agenda 7. Make Your Introductions Count 8. Stay on Target 9. Have Visible Information 10. Allocate Time to Foster Useful Input 11. Stay Cool: Recesses, Continuances, and Multi-Session Hearings 12. Show Respect