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By.' Hunter Key, GIS Manager
he Coastal Regional Commission GIS division recently completed an overhaul of the Tybee Island GIS
website. This site was designed to provide staff and citizens information both in the field and from
offices, as well as provide security for specific work flows such as utilities. The website represents a
culmination of a GIS strategy this past year that aimed to overhaul infrastructure platform and software to
provide communities with GIS capabilities both in the office and in the field.
A thumbnail icon of the gallery maps can be found at httn://www.crc.ga.gov/departments/planning/GIS.html
or by visiting the Coastal Regional Commission website and selecting the Geographic Information Services
hyperlink on the home page. The component style web design provides the City of Tybee Island
opportunities to expand or contract web maps as projects arise. With a "most popular" section, short-term
informational maps can be utilized such as special event maps that feature the most popular map listed at
the top of the search. A section for public works was created to provide security on workflows such as field
storm water inspections.
We invite you to take a moment and explore the site and see how Tybee Island has leveraged GIS through
cloud services. In addition to providing web access to viewing and editing their city's data, back up and
disaster resilience planning is provided with multi-tier redundancy and a mutual aid agreement with the
Middle Georgia Regional Commission hosts a complete backup of the GIS system.
This overhaul project of not just the Tybee Island website, but the database and software this past year now
provides communities the opportunity of a scalable GIS. Organizations might need a temporary project
investment app such as housing inventory app for a Georgia Initiative for Community Housing process, a fire
hydrant collection or inspection app, or a citizen service request app to report non-emergency incidents in
the community. The new Regional Commission Cloud GIS provides easily deployed solutions to aid local
governments' missions.
To see how this could benefit your county or city or for a demo, please contact Hunter Key at 91 2-437-0876
or hkey bcrc.ga.gov.
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Good evening Mayor, Council and citizens. For those who I
have not had the pleasure to meet yet my name is Ashley
Workman and I am a -moud citizen of ybee Island. I also
serve on the Tybee Island ®gin« un�� � resource committee
and the founder of the B is i w Your Own Bag Project. The
Byob Project bean as a campaign to raise awareness of the
dangers and unnecessary wastefulness of Single use plastic
bags as well as encourage restaurants to offer an alternative
to plastic bags for carryout but it has taken on a life much
greater. Throughout this project I have spoken with many
people and collected over 00 signatures from people who
seem to share my passion for change so I decided someone
needed to do something and hn-e we are.
5 1887 and we can
Tybee Island made history on October
do it again today. Taking action to protect our most
precious resource and all it's inhabitants 3y eliminating
single use plastic bags from our coastal community is not
only historic for Tybee but for our state and neighboring
communities. Introduced only 60 years <igo, single use
plastic bags have been a blight on our resources dind the
cause of ti eat environmental concern. We did not have
single use plastic bags when we were founded 127 years
ago and we don't need them today. They do not look good
in our picture.
Before I could come before you all with such a large
request I had to strongly consider both sides of the
argument. The pros list for single use plastic bags is uch
shorter than that of the reasons against them. I understand
all these needs to he valid but as with anything sometimes
solutions are bred out of necessity and could there not be
,41ts-n...tives for a single use plastic b:.ig in these areas?
The problem with single use plastic bags are that they use
precious resources, litter the landscape, kill animals .nd
defeat biodegradation.
An estimated 12 million barrels of oil are used in the
manufacturing of single use plastic bags a year,
appro'‘imately 380 billion plastic bags 90 % of which are
not recycled. --yen when the do mak:. it in the trash there
are costs to taxbay—'s associated with them befc--, they go
to a landfill. Ails this dram for a bag that's average time
span use is 20 minutes and here on Tybee even less due
to it's size, 12 miles.
Not only are we small but we also have a great interest in
see turtle protection among many of the amazing
organizations also working hard to protect our resources.
We are a popular nesting site for loggerhead sea turtles and
home to hundreds of dolphin pods whom are both highly
threatened by the ingestion of single use pl stic bags and
entanglement. All species of sea turtles are endangered,
how can we justify continuing to knowinty distribute their
known enemies, singe use plastic bagse which resemble
_ jellyfish, when
floating in water.
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Tybee Island has an important commercial and recreational
fishing industry which c.in be threatened by unhealthy
ecosystems due to pollutants such as single use plastic
bags. Due to our location we have a unique opportunity to
be the frontline for our part of the coast where people come
to visits us from all over the world. With growing tourism
comes an added strain on our resources. There are over 75
various businesses that primarily distribute plastic bags fir
car suts. The r..d ends here so therefore many of the
purchases made on the island will stay on the island and
pose a greater risk of improper disposal. Is that bags 5
minute ride around the island worth a lifetime of damage to
our ocean?
There are aT,tt----latives available which have survived since
befc-- single use plastic bags. 7- fact, Georgia is the
IT 'amber 2 paper supplier in the country nd T-usable bags
are available for less than a dollar and with increased
demand comes ecinomic potential. Win win fr-- businesses
and customers We must give our selvcs mere credit for
being adarateTle islanders too! If %\e could be brave w-
would not be alone in our efforts to stand up for the ocean,
many other states and count-4es have taken action. Ifet's put
our state on this list between Florida 'And Hawaii where it
belongs
Ty' ee Island has a diverse marine ecosystem that is
negatively impacted by single use plastic b.Ags and "---cause
of their light nat-r- they are often carried in the 7;Tind and
do met stop until they land in water which we are
surrounded by. Not only is it a hazard to ',Animals but also to
vorselves. By ingesting food that once ingested plastic
pF--icle9 enter into our food chain. The gETt age patch
discovered in the Atlar'c Ocean is in our backymd. We can
clean UlT3 our act by elimin4ing 7?-4 of the prieblem.
This is not a cumes-Lion of if single use plastic bags are a
detriment to o ecosystem and or- community but -7,ther
when are we !.,oinR to do something about it? Eow —any
mere plastic bags : re acceptable as litter in our ME:31'S
and on our beaches? We must protect our most precious
resource and all of it's inhabitants. Thank you for your ti—e
and please consider adopting this ordinance to reduce
single use plAstic bags in our in.jestic coastal community.
Thank you
Why ',Are we being forced to use pListic bags in our coastal
community knowing the damage they cau&,7,.? Here is a list of
reasons we should take action against them.
1.Tybee island has an interest in protecting sea turtles and single use plastic bags are a
major threat to their health.
2. Single use plastic bags are made from a non-renewable resource, petroleum
3. Georgia is the number one manufacturer of paper, support local!
4. Tybee Island is a destination rather than a transient city so therefore most purchases on
the island stay within the community.
5. Tybee Island does not provide plastic bag recycling increasing the chance for them to
end up on our beach, in marshes and rivers.
6. Tybee Island is only 3.2 miles long so single use plastic bags may only be used for a
few minutes but take a life time to degrade in a landfill if they don't end up in the ocean
first.
7. A large garbage patch has been discovered off of our coast in the Atlantic.
8. When thrown a way, single use plastic bags notoriously cause problems in garbage
streaming which can cost time and money for the city.
9. There is economic potential gain for businesses to not distribute single use plastic bags
for free.
10. Tybee Island is surrounded by water so therefore plastic bags are more likely to enter
our waterways.
11. Single use Plastic bags litter the landscape.
12. Toxic particles enter our food chain when digested by fish and other seafood.
13. Fishing and eco tours are an important part of our local economy.
14. Tybee Island can make history for our city, state and country by pioneering a stand
against single use plastic bags in our coastal community and lead by example.
GEORGIA"CHAP ER
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georgia.surfrider.org SU R FR I D E R
FOUNDATION
October 23,2014
Re: Plastic Bag Ordinance for Tybee Island,Georgia
Dear Mayor and Tybee City Council,
I write today to support the passage of a plastic bag ordinance on Tybee Island to
eventually ban the use of plastic bags in the island.Tybee Island's greatest resource,
economic engine and attraction is its marine environment, and that environment is
being destroyed every day by the degradation of plastics in the ocean.
The island's tourism economy, based on turtle advocacy, dolphin tours, recreational and
commercial fishing(both boat and pier based),seafood restaurant going,and ocean and
marsh based recreation (surfing,stand up paddleboarding, kayaking, birding, and
general beach going)all drive secondary purchases on island (hotel,food,clothing,
souvenir, home rentals).This marine based economy is directly threatened by these
plastic bags.They kill turtles, dolphins,fish, and marsh birds,and make beaches and
marshes unsightly.
The solution to replacing these plastic bags is not only readily attained, but beneficial to
Georgia as a whole. Georgia is the number two paper producing state in the union and
switching to paper bags is within the state's best interest. The pulp and paper products
industries in Georgia result on$11,428,140,048 of economic output and 21,788
employed throughout the state.All the money spent buying paper bags, instead of
plastic ones,will strengthen the state's economy by contributing to its payroll and sales
tax base,as well as the wages paid to Georgia workers who spend their money within
their home communities.
Multinational petroleum companies who make these plastic bags pay no taxes in
Georgia, and some pay none at all in the United States. Using oil for these bags drives
prices up at the pump. The three to seven cent difference between paper and plastic
bags can easily be passed to the consumer with no effect, since tourists will not leave
the island to buy consumer goods.
Additionally, consumers today are increasingly considering environmental stewardship
when deciding where to spend vacation dollars.Tybee Island competes with coastal
South Carolina and north Florida for these vital tourist dollars.Adopting a plastic bag
ban would immediately increase the national and regional news coverage,and
awareness and reputation of the island.All of this would drive more visitors and enable
the city to capture even more tourist dollars.
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Tybee's Pool— Let's Make a Splash Tybee's Pool
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
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Tybee's Pool WHO? Tybee's Pool WHAT?
• Tybee Island Community Pool Board of • Our goals continue to be:
Directors&Members — to seek Tybee City Council's firm commitment to
—Active now for almost three years building a municipal swimming pool on Tybee and
• Volunteers of all ages overseeing the management of that pool
o Tybee Island Property Managers —to build a zero entry Junior Olympic Size Pool to
• City Council Study Committee(recent projects accommodate 192 swimmers at one time
like the new Public Safety building show that —fundraising to support pool
when committed,Council gets things done)
• Local Business owners
10/23/14
Tybee's Pool WHEN? Tybee's Pool WHERE
• It is the goal of the Board to begin • Although other locations have been
construction sometime during 2015 considered,at this time we feel that the pool
can best be placed in the area of the volleyball
• For Details on progress and Feasibility Report courts in Municipal Park
visit:www.tybeeislandcommunitypool.org • Changing areas and pool equipment building
would fit in this area
Tybee's Pool WHY Tybee's Pool HOW
—Many Health Benefits of lap swimming&water • How to build
aerobics for all&especially for older citizens —Construction estimates range from$500,000 to
—Safe supervised swimming and swimming lessons— $750,000
• First option—use SPLOST funds—other cities(including
no riptides in the pool Columbus,Ga)—have done this successfully-SPLOST funds
—Great family activity and gathering area come from sales taxes to Island visitors and locals
—(Last approved SPLOST funding earmarks funds for recreation)
—Makes Tybee even more family friendly for those • Second option--Chatham Recreation Bond
who vacation and live on the Island •Third option—General Obligation Bond(requires a
referendum)
• Fourth option—millage increase for 1 year only(least
desirable and requires a referendum)
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