Public Engagement Process

The public engagement process was developed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The public process will closely align with the original outline below but we modified as necessary to allow for virtual public engagement as an alternative to public meetings.
 

1. Create a Subcommittee to focus on designing, organizing, and implementing the public engagement and feedback process.  Bob White and Chad Magill will co-chair.  Include Communication Director Kim Womack.
    
2. Create a Speakers Bureau from Committee Members for presentation requests and include informational talking points for a consistent presentation on charter revision proposals.
    
3. Partner with the League of Women Voters and the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce to hold and televise a city-wide public hearing, including a presentation by the Committee.
    
4. Hold evening public hearings for citizen education and feedback in each of the five council districts with presentations by members of the Committee.
    
5. Hold background meetings with the Caller-Times Editorial Board and each of the local television stations.
    
6. Provide key public information in both Spanish and English.
    
7. Have the City of Corpus Christi’s Communication Department create a Charter Revision web page to provide public information and receive public feedback during the Charter revision process, which will include material such as:
   
   ◦ Copy of the City Charter
   ◦ Charter Revision Committee member roster
   ◦ Schedule of committee meetings and public hearings
   ◦ Committee objective and methodology
   ◦ Public engagement and feedback plan
   ◦ Tentative Agreements on each issue that receives a majority vote of the Committee and copies of Committee minority opinions.
    
8. Have the City of Corpus Christi’s Communication Department work with the Committee to create a social media presence that drives public engagement in the Charter revision process, as well as a connection to the City Charter Revision web page.
    
9. Create a robust youth engagement and feedback initiative to include outreach to both Del Mar Community College and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, as well as explore an engagement component for secondary education students.