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Newport News Program for Public Information
STEP 1: ESTABLISH A PPI COMMITTEE
I. MEMBERSHIP
1) An effective Program for
Public Information is Figure 1. Call for committee members
developed by a committee announcement distributed to Newport News
consisting of members residents.
representative of the
community. The number of
participants and their
identities are determined by
the community, but the
committee’s membership
must meet the following CRS
criteria: There must be at least five people on the committee.
2) There must be representation from the community’s floodplain management
office.
3) There must be representation from the community’s public information office
if there is one.
4) At least half of the members must be from outside the local government
(“stakeholders”).
5) The total number of government employees, contractors, and consultants
cannot exceed 20% of the committee’s stakeholder members.
6) There must be representation from the insurance industry, such as a local
insurance agency (for Activity 370 credit only).
To aid in identifying stakeholder committee members, a public announcement was
developed and shared via the City’s Stormwater Master Planning and Newport News
Now web pages and advertised through local media for interested community
members.
The City received 38 responses, from which the seven individuals shown in Table 1
were selected.
Table 1. External Committee Members
Name Background/Relation to City
Mariners' Park Director/Mariners' Lake Program
Erica Deale/ Kelly Garner Manager. Mariners' Park is a private non-profit
park and museum located within the City.
City resident with Emergency Management
experience from past employment. Also has ties
George Colley
to the local military community through his
current employer.
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