Key SEWRPC Meeting Postponed - - But Read On...

Weather forces the postponement of the joint meeting of two SEWRPC bodies: the advisory committee on housing and the Environmental Justice Task Force.

Details below.

This will give people more time to read the early chapters of the housing plan being drafted - - ending a 34-year drought in housing planning for the region.

Note that the new plan references the 1975 plan as it were relevant - - pages 47-51 are illuminating - - but does anyone even remember it, and that it fell through the cracks or gathered dust on shelves, or wherever ignored plans go to die?

Here is the meeting cancellation notice:

Parties interested in SEWRPC’s Environmental Justice Task Force:

In light of the weather forecast, Chair Adelene Greene and Commission staff have conferred, and decided to postpone tomorrow’s Task Force meeting which was scheduled for 4:00 PM at IndependenceFirst in Milwaukee. The National Weather Service for Milwaukee/Sullivan predicts a winter storm with heaviest snow Thursday into Thursday evening, and 7-10” accumulating over much of the Region. Our meeting location and travel routes for most attendees are centered in problem area due to predicted Lake-effect intensification.

Though no one can know the snowfall outcome at this time, we would not want to expose our many valued volunteers in the Task Force’s efforts to undue inconvenience or hazard.

We would like to reschedule the meeting for Thursday, February 4, 2010, 4-6 PM, hoping that the lead time will find calendars clear.

Thank you,

Gary

Gary Korb

Regional Planning Educator

UW-Extension working with SEWRPC

262-547-6721

gkorb@sewrpc.org