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� N E S <br /> O A Citizen's Guide:Community Decision-Making Basics <br /> Becoming involved <br /> This list of provides some ways to become involved with your local government: <br /> ■ Start regularly attending local government council/board meetings and planning commission meetings. <br /> ■ Find out if communities have a regular newsletter or e-mail distribution list,or if they have a bulletin board on <br /> their website that is updated on a regular basis <br /> ■ Join local committees or citizen groups in order to advocate more effectively(i.e.Becoming a member of your <br /> local park board or planning commission or councilfboard) <br /> The best time to have input and discussion in a community's land use decisions is when a comprehensive plan is being <br /> prepared or updated or when new ordinances are being considered for approval. Before a project proposal is presented <br /> and environmental review documents are prepared,the stage is often already set for how a community will grow and <br /> develop.Through regular,cooperative work with local government officials it is possible to be able to design <br /> procedures and ordinances that can accomplish more for a community's environmental protection than the <br /> information/analysis that is a part of the environmental review process. <br /> 5 <br />