Implementation Headlines from our Future Workshop

FUTURE WORKSHOP: Oil Drilling and Processing in Adrian

Weber Center/Campus of Adrian Dominican Sisters

March 5, 2013

Upstairs Workshop

• New City Boards/CouncilsEnvironmental
  Human Development

• Snowball Effect with Letters - writing more letters so commissioners care to be re-elected
• Petitioning City
• Larger Forum in a school gymnasium
• Speakers Pool to speak for groups/institutions, e.g. Rotary Club
• Information of the public
• Broadcast / Stream previous Forum
• Email Information to mailing list
• Participation in City Hall
• Meet Commissioners
• Raising Awareness
• Gathering in larger groups
• Support/Standup for Victims
• Investigate possibilities for law suits
• Freedom of Information: Follow Money
• Signatures / information about how people were tricked into leases

Downstairs Workshop

• Create a citizens group to engage in variety of activities around this issue.
• Find a way to hire an environmental lawyer to review leases, etc.
• Call on Commission to designate proceeds of oil to monitor air, water, soil
• Call on City Commission to sponsor a Town Hall meeting on the issue.
• Take advantage of opportunities for baseline testing, e.g., Sierra Club offers training.
• Create a nonprofit group to raise money for testing, hiring an attorney.
• Continue to participate in City Commission meetings.
• Press City Commission for publication of a more comprehensive (“extended”) Agenda so citizens know what they’re voting on.
• Become better educated on local government – it’s powers and procedures
• Support Rep. Irwin’s legislation requiring oil companies to disclose chemicals they’re using – and urge others to support it.
• Find larger space to hold additional forums to educate public on these issues.
• Hold oil companies accountable for pre-testing before drilling by an independent company paid for by oil companies.
• Call on City Commission to earmark oil revenues for scholarships for Adrian high school graduates to get higher education. (Some concerns expressed that this might imply acceptance of oil drilling within city.)