Give Your Voice Member Christine Huhn Details of Meeting with John Whitehead

John Whitehead discussed the following points:

·         Speed of cleanup – they are up to 6 floors underground, 5/31 is the expected completion date

·         There is a larger number of visitors then he envisioned

·         There is “Further progress and restoration towards normal”

·         They expect to hire a staff of 10 to 20

·         There will be a 4 advisory councils of 15 people. One of these councils will represent the families.  The other 3 will represent the arts, education and tourism; residents; and small businesses.

·         This is a listening versus decision making period.  There will be hearings and consultations.  A report will made to the board on March 15th.  Any decisions will reflect the views of the constituencies.

·         January 29, 2002 6PM Stuyessant High School- Lower Manhattan Community Board meeting facilitated by the Municipal Arts Society.  Agenda: land use, memorial and transportation.

Lou Thompson said there is unanimity in vision with Speaker Silver, Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg.

Roland Betts and Deborah Wright will work the families advisory board.  They just visited the Oklahoma City Memorial and reported back the following:

·         The Memorial was inclusive and open.

·         It reflected the scale and range of constituents.

·         It was a 6.5 year process.