City Council appointed 13 members to the committee including the families and survivor liaisons, and have hired Kearns & West will serve as the family and survivor liaison, facilitate the Memorial Committee, and create multiple opportunities for the families, survivors, and community to provide input in the memorial planning process.
The goals of the 5/31 Memorial Committee include:
- creating firm protocols for meeting structure and consensus-building
- creating a vision for the memorial
- setting project priorities goals, and building consensus on the design
- leading a transparent process open to any interested members of the public or stakeholders
- advocating for the families, survivors and community
- soliciting input from the stakeholders and public
- developing design goals and recommendations on the memorial site, and funding for the memorial using collected input
- determining a preferred location for the memorial
- providing project budgets and mobilizing funding
- soliciting design proposals reviewing proposals, conducting selection process, and making a final recommendation to City Council
- overseeing the installation and dedication of memorial
Live Streaming & Committee Recordings
The meetings will be available on VBgov.com and Facebook.com/CityofVaBeach.