Johnson Creek: Stakeholders and Public Inluence
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Guest speaker Mayor Brian Turnbull will cover:
1) identification of stakeholders that have an interest or expectations of Johnson Creek
2) Leveraging influence via appeal with public opinion, voting blocks, and legal remedies.
Stakeholders: How many can Mayor Turnbull identify, from streamside ownership to citizens demanding green space? How many different stakeholders have approached him over the years, and from what angle or agendas? Are they useful for affecting change? How?
Public Influence: how to affect change. What helps Mayor Turnbull and importantly, what hinders progress?
How to create the “court of public opinion”
When are legal remedies most effective?
How to use voting blocks to achieve the desired outcome. What are the “A, B, Cs” of getting votes together?
Case study: what can a citizen do about reviving the Johnson Creel Restoration Project
Case study: what can citizens do to halt the Second GFL site expansion/ looking at the threat of PFAS pollution