Comprehensive Plan Update Framework - 10-29-2023Comprehensive Plan Update Framework
Rebekah Roth & Rachel LaCoe
Director of Planning & Land Use and Community Planning Supervisor
95,000
100,000
105,000
110,000
115,000
120,000
125,000
2015 2022
Housing Units
Housing
Type
Current Gap
(2022-2032)
Change
Since 2020
Rental 12,147 +1,371
For-Sale 16,875 +3,858
August 29, 2023 Slide 2
Current & Past Activities
Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Stormwater Services Program
Stormwater Watershed Planning
Updated Stormwater Ordinance
New Flood Maps adopted
Floodplain management program,
including Community Rating System
(CRS) program activities
Coastal Storm Damage Reduction
(CSDR) and Masons Inlet Relocation
projects
Development standards that reduce
structural risk in flood prone areas,
protect trees & incentivize canopy
retention
Flood studies of areas with less detailed
flood risk data
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What is a Comprehensive Plan?
•Broad, long-term vision for future land uses and the built environment
•Policy guidance for development approvals and changes
to regulatory standards
•Blueprint for community investments and programming
•Incorporates the County’s other plans, including the newly adopted Strategic Plan
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Why are we updating it?
•Comprehensive Plans are required to be updated.
•Plan should align with new Strategic Plan.
•Many changes since the current plan’s adoption in 2016.
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What are our key planning rules of thumb?
•Our community will continue to attract new residents, and those residents may be different from who lives here now.
•Private property will be used or developed in some way to benefit the owner.
•Natural features will impact how land is developed and the
community’s quality of life.
•The form & function of development impacts quality of life and the health of residents.
•Land use planning should be coordinated with infrastructure planning.
•Land use policy choices impact economic sustainability.
•Decisions don’t affect all stakeholders equally.
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Move Quickly
•Provide guidance for decisions around ongoing development requests
•Refine past policies and recommendations that may be getting out of date
•Inform upcoming planning efforts
What are the goals for the update?
Move Deliberately
•Coordinate with infrastructure planning
•Carefully consider implications of policy options
•Involve the community
•Vet concepts with key stakeholders
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How do we do this?
•Projects already prioritized
•Components needed for other planning efforts
Track 1 –
Immediate
Impact
•Spatial areas future transportation projects may impact
•Components where additional coordination,
consideration of impacts & vetting may be necessary
•Analyses requiring additional technical support
Track 2 –
Comprehensive
Updates
August 29, 2023 Slide 9
Framework for Track 1 –Immediate Impact Updates
Step 1
•Western
Bank
Step 2
•Bike/Ped
Trail Plan
Fall 2023
Winter
2023-2024
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Framework for Track 2 –Comprehensive Updates
Step 1: Assess
•Initial Studies &
Reports
•Public Engagement
•Establish
overarching vision
& goals
Step 2: Deliberate
& Decide
•Staff Analysis
•Work Sessions &
Decisions Points
•Public Review/
Stakeholder Vetting
Step 3: Design,
Review, & Adopt
•Update Drafts
•Adoption
Process/Public
Hearings
Fall 2023 –
Summer 2024
Summer 2024 –
Spring 2025
Summer &
Fall 2025
August 29, 2023 Slide 11
How do we do this?
Fall 2023
Winter
2023-
2024
Spring
2024
Summer
2024 Fall 2024
Winter
2024-
2025
Spring
2025
Summer
2025 Fall 2025
Track 1
Western Bank
Report &
Amendments
Bike/Ped
Trail Plan
Track 2
Initial Studies & Reports
Public Engagement
*Goals & Vision
Staff Analysis
Work Sessions
*Draft Plan Documents
Public Review & Stakeholder
Vetting of Drafts
Update Drafts
*Final Plan
Documents
Adoption Process
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Role of Update in Continuous Planning Process
Refine
•Deliberate,
Decide, &
Design
Reset
•Develop & Deliver
Review
•Monitor,
Maintain,
Assess
Comprehensive
Plan Update
Key Implementation Projects & Programs
Plan Maintenance
Updates
Strategic Plan Update
Adoption of Plan Update
Trigger Point –Change in
Condition or New Information
August 29, 2023 Slide 13
Public Engagement Approach
•Different stakeholders = different input needed and at different
stages in the process
•Engagement methods are as easy and convenient as possible
•Elicit the best information to help the Commissioners make policy
decisions
•Eye on confidence in the credibility of the process
August 29, 2023 Slide 14
Draft Public Engagement Framework
•Immediate Impact
•Review and incorporate public comment over past several years
•Focus Groups and Interviews for Key Stakeholders & Partners
•Public Hearing Process
•Comprehensive Update
•One General Survey w/targeted outreach
•Informational & Educational Opportunities
•Focus Groups and Interviews for Key Stakeholders & Partners
•Public Comment Period
•Public Hearing Process
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Public Engagement Process Overview
Community Feedback
•Review public comments
since 2016
•Public Survey
•Identify missing voices
Focus Groups
•Facilitated group discussion
regarding specific
communities or topics
Stakeholder Interviews
•Refine topical discussion
•Ensure broadest and most
representative voices heard
Public Comment
Period
•Opportunity for larger
community feedback
Public Comment Portal, Media Roundtables, & Email List/Website/Social Media
Input to Inform Board Policy Direction Review of Drafts
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Communications Plan with Boards
•Monthly Planning Project Update
•Presentations at Meetings for Key Project Milestones
•Joint Work Sessions (annually at a minimum)
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Next Steps –Summer & Fall 2023
•Track 1 –Immediate Impact Updates
•Present Western Bank Study Report
•Public Hearings on Western Bank Plan Update and UDO Amendment
•Prepare for Bike/Ped Trail Plan
•Track 2 –Comprehensive Updates
•Identify Contracted Analysis Needs for FY25 Budget Process
•Develop Public Survey
August 29, 2023 Slide 18
Fall 2023
Winter
2023-
2024
Spring
2024
Summer
2024 Fall 2024
Winter
2024-
2025
Spring
2025
Summer
2025 Fall 2025
Track 1
Western Bank
Report &
Amendments
Bike/Ped
Trail Plan
Track 2
Initial Studies & Reports
Public Engagement
*Goals & Vision
Staff Analysis
Work Sessions
*Draft Plan Documents
Public Review & Stakeholder
Vetting of Drafts
Update Drafts
*Final Plan
Documents
Adoption Process
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