HomeMy Public PortalAbout20160216 Public Meeting Issues and Priorities.pdfSMALL GROUP DISCUSSION: IDENTIFIED ISSUES PRIORITY VOTES
PUBLIC/STAKEHOLDER EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION 3
• Education on the planning process and its importance to the community to
encourage investment of the public in the plan (3)2
• Identify better methods for educating and informing the public
• Education on specific planning elements, ie character areas vs. zoning
• Improve the city website for better information sharing 1
PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 13
• Political will for plan implementation (4)13
• Need an implementation oversight structure
• Develop an inclusive short term work program supporting the goals and with
teeth to implement (3)
INFRASTRUCTURE: WATER AND WASTEWATER 0
• Water supply and the need for public education (2)
• Wasterwater plant upgrades
INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION 7
• Improved and increased bicycle and pedestrian routes and trail connections (3)5
• General transportation and traffic, including seasonal traffic
• Highway 80 improvements 2
COMMUNITY AMENITIES/SERVICES 13
• Litter Control and trash removal (3)5
• Parking 1
• 14th Street to Tybrisa Investments with planning; walkability; sun shades 3
• Lack of public amenities (bathrooms, showers, changing rooms, trash receptacle,
boardwalk) (2)
• Evaluation of city schedules with holiday closure of city hall and trash collection 3
• Pet friendly policies and infrastructure (dog park; dogs on beach)1
• Lack of a bank on Tybee
COMMUNITY VISION/GROWTH MANAGEMENT 10
• Need for a Growth Management vision to determine what Tybee wants to be 5
• Ability to plan rather than operating in a crisis management mode 3
• Need for community goals outside of monetary ones
• Limit growth: don't build it and people won't come
• Emergency/disaster preparedness; recovery and rebuilding planning 2
HISTORIC PRESERVATION 7
• Historic preservation and historic zones (2)7
• Identifying and protecting historic structures (2)
COMMUNITY BALANCE 12
• Protecting the interests of full time residents and a balance with tourism (3)9
• Need businesses serving year round residents and tourism (2)3
February 16, 2016
TYBEE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE: PUBLIC MEETING RESULTS
Participants worked in small groups to identify issues facing Tybee Island. Each issue was recorded
and participants then identified their top five issues. Numbers in parenthesis (X) denote the
number of times the issues was identified in the group discussions.
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION: IDENTIFIED ISSUES PRIORITY VOTES
HOUSING 8
• Loss of year round residents and local families with children due to the high cost
of living/expenses 4
• Smaller rental properties are disappearing or going to short term rentals
increasing the lack of housing options 2
• Affordable workforce/rental housing (2)2
LAND USE/DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS 17
• Impacts from downzoning
• Overdevelopment/Development Patterns (2)1
• Sustainable development and not oupacing resources and infrastructure 2
• Zoning ordinance update (7)9
• Redevelopment (tearing down cottages and buiding McMansions (2)2
• Height limit - keep it 3
• Commercial intrusion into residential areas
REGULATORY STRUCTURE 0
• Regulation enforcement and updating methods (code, traffic, etc) (2)
• Limit zoning variances (2)
COMMUNITY/ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION 3
• Maintaining the unique Tybee sense of place (3)3
• Beach/shoreline protection
FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3
• Revenue for projects
• Lack of diversity in city revenue (parking)
• Penny sales tax reclaimed: how to use and for Tybee
• Need economic development/tourism with an authority to promote Tybee and
be a liaison for buisnesses 3
Land Use/Development Patterns 17
Plan Implementation 13
Community Amenities/Services 13
Community Balance 12
Community Vision/Growth Management 10
Housing 8
Infrastructure: Transportation 7
Historic Preservation 7
Public/Stakeholder Education and Communication 3
Community/Environmental Preservation 3
Financial/Economic Development 3
Infrastructure: Water and Wastewater 0
Regulatory Structure 0
SMALL GROUP ISSUES AND PRIORITY VOTES