8.0 Public Input, DCISC 17th Annual Report - July 1, 2006 thru June 30, 2007
The DCISC has welcomed and encouraged input from the public since its inception in 1990. As part of its Public Outreach Program, the Committee has established a number of channels of communication opportunities in an effort to foster public outreach. These are mainly in the form of three public meetings and plant tours per year in the local community. The Committee’s public meetings are webcast in real time, available for subsequent viewing on the web through archived, streaming video and cablecast for subsequent broadcasts on the San Luis Obispo Public Education and Government television channel. The Committee also maintains a toll-free telephone line, a newer and expanded website and e-mail and mailing addresses. The DCISC also issues public notices, press releases and advertisements. Input from the public has been received from many of these channels as described in this section of the report. Over several years the DCISC had held advertised public open houses in San Luis Obispo in the evenings following Fact-finding meetings; however, so few members of the public attended, that the open houses were discontinued.