NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

Feb. 5, 2009
Vol. 39, No. 36

Contact: James Brunswick, Community Ombudsman, phone: (302) 739-9040; Vicki Ward, Office of the Secretary, phone: (302) 739-9007; Melanie Rapp, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.

                    Community Involvement Advisory Council Meeting Set for February 10

The next meeting of the Community Involvement Advisory Council (CIAC) will be held 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10 at the Kent County Administration Building, 555 Bay Road in Dover.

The agenda will include:

     • Meeting Protocol Review

     • Review of the Nov. 13 Meeting Notes

     • Community Environmental Project Fund Applicants
        -Claymont Community Monitoring – Phase II
        -Clean Air Council
        -Community Ecumenical Air Quality Promotion
        -Sussex County Community Corrections Center Recycling
        -Dewey Beach Recycling
        -North St. George’s Phase II Engineering Studies
        -Delaware Ornithological Society
        -Friends of Wilmington Park Sugar Bowl Pavilion

     • Open Forum/Public Comments

The CIAC and the Community Ombudsman work to increase the flow of information between communities and the department, increase community participation and facilitate dialogue among all stakeholders during the decision-making process.

The CIAC was established by Senate Bill 33 and signed into law by Governor Ruth Ann Minner in July 2001 as a permanent council serving in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of DNREC. The legislation charged the CIAC to deal with interactions between the Department and local communities. The Community Ombudsman position was also authorized by the same legislation.