Tips for Providing Effective Testimony

The City of Silverton encourages, promotes, and uses citizen input in its decision making. An important way that you can influence land use matters in the City of Silverton is to provide comments on a proposed land use action.

Your participation in the land use decision making process does not guarantee that the final decision will be the one that you favor. However, by providing input you ensure that your opinion is heard and considered by decision makers.

Different land use decisions allow for different types of input. Some decisions permit only written comments, while public hearings allow both written and oral comments. Comments about a land use decision are considered testimony.