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Shore Protection Ad Hoc Committee
NOW COMES the Mayor and Council of the City of Tybee Island; and
WHEREAS the Mayor and City Council recognizes the continued and increasing need to
maximize shore protection efforts for both environmental and recreational purposes;
WHEREAS the Mayor and City Council recognizes that time is always of the essence in
terms of protecting the coastline of Tybee Island;
WHEREAS an Ad Hoc committee is to be formed by this resolution;
WHEREAS the City of Tybee needs a comprehensive planning effort to address all of
these current and potential future needs when handling matters of shore protection
through the establishment of committee objectives; and
WHEREAS the committee will review the Shore Protection Ordinance that was in place
until August of 2008;
WHEREAS the committee will review the current Shore Protection Ordinance;
WHEREAS the committee will review a previously proposed Shore Protection
Ordinance;
WHEREAS the committee will provide a comprehensive review, including an overview
of the Georgia Shore Protection Act, stating whether each of the versions of the Shore
Protection Ordinance previously mentioned fails or meets the objectives of a Shore
Protection Ordinance as defined by this committee;
WHEREAS if the committee finds during its review that revisions are needed to the
Shore Protection Ordinance, provide an ordinance to Planning Commission and Mayor
and Council for review and vote through the public hearing process;
WHEREAS the Shore Protection Ordinance will be known as Article 17 of the Land
Development Code;
WHEREAS the City of Tybee Island recognizes the value of citizen participation and
input into planning projects:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Tybee Island that the City Council does hereby authorizes the City Manager to form a
voluntary citizen’s panel to be known as the Ad Hoc Committee for review of the Shore
Protection Ordinance, subject to the following conditions and to function under the
following directive:
1. The panel shall serve for an initial term of three (3) months from date of
appointment of members, which term may be extended at the discretion of the
City Council.
2. Members of the panel shall be considered volunteers, and shall serve without
pay or other consideration. The panel shall consist of Tybee Island residents
and whereas only members of this committee that are residents of Tybee
Island and not staff members or city council members are to be voting
members of this committee. Membership shall consist of two (2) members of
the Planning Commission and the Planning Commission Chairperson, two (2)
members of the Beach Task Force Committee, three (3) affected citizens
appointed by the city council and two (2) members of the City Council who
will serve as ex-officio members of this committee. The Planning
Commission Chairperson will serve as chairperson of this Ad Hoc Committee.
3. The panel shall prepare a written report; to be submitted prior to the
termination date initially established addressing a path for the City of Tybee
Island to follow in regards to the Shore Protection Ordinance:
4. In preparing its report, the panel shall interact with the City Council, City
Manager, Planning and Zoning, Georgia Department of Natural Resources,
Beach Task Force, and any other source of input deemed appropriate.
5. The panel shall submit, as appropriate, interim reports on progress.
Passed and adopted the _____ day of ____________, 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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