---STEERING COMMITTEE---

●Tom reported that the Narragansett Town Council and Jim Durkin want to see more structure, and that they want a steering committee.

●Tom proposed that the steering committee include:

§        Representative from the town council (John Hickey)

§        Representative from the neighborhood association

§        Tom Dougan or representative from his office

§        A tavern owner

§        A package store owner

§        A realtor

§        Representative from the EM grant – either Mark Wood or John Stevenson

§        A student

---AGENDA---

●The proposed meeting agenda at this time is as follows: 

I.                    Public Forum

II.                 Committee meetings, each chaired by a member of the steering committee

III.               Steering Committee meeting

●The issue of time commitment is addressed by this agenda, as the committee meetings will vary from month to month. The issue of attendance on subcommittees was discussed, with concerns raised about time spent reviewing past meetings with members who do not attend consistently.

●It was decided to leave this up to the discretion of the committee chairperson.

---COMMITTEES---

●The proposed committees at this time include:

1. Environmental Management Grant Committee – chaired by Mark Wood and John Stevenson
2. Communications Committee – chaired by Tom Dougank
3. Realtor Committee
4. Programming Committee – chaired by Dean of Students

●Each chairperson should have an alternate, or co-chair.

●Tom will draft the initial agenda and will ask each group to select a person to serve on the steering committee.

●The steering committee will make all decisions about what the coalition will do. However, the EM project team will not always work through the steering committee. EM will take separate actions, but will keep the steering committee informed.  The steering committee will not have veto power.

●The EM staff will provide assistance with minutes at least in the initial stages.

●An update on the EM grant will be added to the next agenda. At that time John will address the ways the grant will interface with the town.  John discussed the fact that Laura Bucklin will be working on ways to involve the community collaboratively in choosing strategies to move toward the objectives of the grant.