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Committee plans targeted outreach and staged options to test voter tolerance
Summary
Members recommended a robust community-engagement program—surveys, phone banks and civic-group briefings—and discussed narrowing options so messaging is consistent across venues before returning to the board.
Committee members stressed that public-engagement work should precede a formal board ask and emphasized consistent, rehearsed presentations for different venues. A participant recommended preparing a canned presentation so answers to common questions are consistent across meetings, and another member suggested mailing per-household cost examples to residents to reduce confusion.
Members recommended testing multiple packaged options with surveys and phone outreach to measure community tolerance for tax rates and to identify undecided voters. The group discussed phasing (e.g., doing elementary improvements first or offering two packaged choices) so the board would have clear, community-informed options to take to the ballot.
