Persons wishing to submit testimony to the Transportation System Plan Policy Advisory Committee, may send written comment to [email protected]. The written comments must be received four hours prior to a scheduled meeting. For example, if a meeting is to be held at 3:00 P.M., the deadline to submit written comment is 11 :00 A.M. if a meeting is scheduled to occur before noon, the written comment must be submitted by 5:00 P.M. the previous day.

Written comments received by the above noted deadlines will be included in the meeting materials, i.e. agenda packet. These comments will be acknowledged by the committee at the appropriate time. These comments will not be read aloud during the meetings.

If you wish to make a "real time" comment during a meeting, a request to speak must be received four hours prior to a scheduled meeting. For example, if a meeting is to be held at 3:00 P.M., the deadline to submit written comment is 11:00 A.M. if a meeting is scheduled to occur before noon, the written comment must be submitted by 5:00 P.M. the previous day. The request to speak should include the agenda item on which the requestor wishes to speak. If the comments are not related to a particular agenda item, the request to speak should include a notation that the request is for general public comment, and the general topic. The request should be e-mailed to [email protected]. Once a request to speak has been received, staff will send the requestor the Zoom meeting link. This link will allow a requestor to participate via video or telephone.

All public meetings of the City of Newport are livestreamed and televised on Charter Channel 190. To access the livestream, an "in progress" note will appear if the meeting is underway; click on the "in progress" link to watch the livestream. It is not possible to get into a meeting that will be livestreamed before the meeting starts.