Env Info Document
1. Proposed action
2. Natural resources
3. Human resources
4. Alternatives
5. Resource commitments

6. Public participation
7. References
Appendices

Facilities plan

Harbor Brook Environmental Information Document (Aug 2005)
by Brown and Caldwell and EcoLogic
for Onondaga County Dept of Water Environment Protection

6. Community and public participation

Since fall 2000, County staff and design engineers have made contact and held meetings with groups and individuals in the area. These meetings range from large public meetings to small group informal talks. To date, the following groups have been targeted for information exchanges on project status and community needs:

- Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today (TNT)-Sector 2-Westside
- Westside CSO Advisory Committee
- Neighborhood Watch Groups
- Principals and staff from area schools
- Parent-Teacher Organizations
- Churches in the area
- Neighborhood associations
- Knights of Columbus
- Director and staff Rosamond Gifford Zoo
- Catholic Charities
- Community Centers and organizations
- Residents of Senior Living apartments
- Organizations and businesses in State-owned Syracuse Developmental Center Facilities
- Owners of businesses in the project area
- Private property owners along conveyance routes and facility sites

In addition to public meetings, County staff released a series of publications, newsletters, and advertisements intended to disseminate information and solicit feedback. The draft "Facilities Plan" was posted on the County's web site along with other project-related information.

With completion of the Facilities Plan, which provides the data on the CSO abatement needs and proposes possible alternative solutions, the County will expand its public participation activities to solicit and receive further input from the community. Public participation activities will include working with the advisory committee, direct mailings to area residents, holding availability sessions in the neighborhoods near Harbor Brook, presentations to local groups and organizations, public information meetings and other activities.