Work is continuing on the plan - on Thursday, August 27th, the Thurston Climate Mitigation Plan Steering Committee will be reviewing the first draft of the full plan and appendices ahead of releasing the plan for public review.
Hello,
Thank you for your interest in the Thurston Climate Mitigation Plan and for signing up for climate plan updates. We are excited to inform you about progress on developing a strategy for Thurston County, Lacey, Olympia, and Tumwater to reduce local contributions to climate change.
On Thursday, August 27 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Thurston Regional Planning Council will be holding its 12th Steering Committee meeting for the Thurston Climate Mitigation Plan.
The Steering Committee will be reviewing the first draft of the full plan and appendices and will be asked to provide feedback before releasing the draft for public review and comment. The committee will also discuss the steps for officially adopting the plan once the public comment period is completed. Information on attending the meeting remotely, as well as the agenda and materials are posted online on the project website.
This meeting is open to the public, but is accessible by remote-access only in cooperation with Governor Inslee’s Stay Home – Stay Healthy order. Members of the public are invited to view and listen to the meeting. Public comment is limited to the public comment section of the agenda. Members of the public may also send written comment via email in advance of the meeting to climate@trpc.org; emailed comments will be distributed to Steering Committee members one day prior to the meeting. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we try to find the best ways to enable public participation in this process under the current circumstances.
Instructions for remote access:
When you first access the Zoom website for the meeting you will be prompted to download a small executable file. Follow the onscreen instructions to install the Zoom application. There is no need to have a video camera to participate in the meeting. You also have the option to call by phone into the meeting. The meeting room will be open from 11:40 a.m. on, so feel free to join a little early to test out your settings and get used to the tools. Because Zoom is experiencing a large volume of users, we have found that it’s better if you are calling into the meeting to try calling in 5 - 10 minutes before the meeting start time. If you get a busy signal please keep trying, you will eventually get in. We also encourage people to use audio through their computer speakers if possible, and to wear a headset.
NOTE ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION VIA ONLINE MEETING:
TRPC reserves the right to limit public participation to the public comment section of the agenda. A participant may be removed from the meeting if they engage in disruptive behavior which may include the following:
- Promoting or advertising commercial services, entities or products.
- Supporting or opposing political candidates or ballot propositions.
- Distributing obscene content.
- Engaging in illegal activity or encouragement of illegal activity.
- Promoting, fostering or perpetuating discrimination on the basis of creed, color, age, religion, gender, gender identification, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.
- Threatening or intimidating language, containing cyber bullying.
- Otherwise engaging in disruptive behavior that is unrelated to the content of the meeting.
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