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Staff summarizes comprehensive‑plan outreach; surveys, advisory groups and schedule planned
Summary
Planning staff reported four community meetings with 88 attendees total, plans to issue a citizen survey in April and to convene advisory groups on rural preservation, historic preservation, housing and economic development; staff seeks commission review of the survey draft before April and aims to keep the plan on a mid‑next‑year timetable.
Planning staff updated the commission on the county’s comprehensive‑plan outreach and timeline, reporting that four community meetings in late February and early March drew a combined 88 attendees (an average of about 22 per meeting). Staff said it will compile meeting input into a summary and will circulate a draft citizen survey for commissioner review prior to the April meeting; staff aims to distribute the survey in April and conduct advisory‑group kickoff meetings shortly afterward.
The four community meetings and attendance figures staff reported were: Fork Union Community Center (25 attendees), Lake Monticello Fire Department (23), Antioch Baptist Church (16) and Kline Baptist Church (24). Staff said the next step is a countywide survey to gather broader input; staff asked commissioners to provide informal review of the draft survey rather than a formal vote.
Nut graf: Staff is moving from small‑group listening sessions to a wider citizen survey and advisory committees so public input will inform a draft comprehensive plan the commission expects to refine over the coming year, with an internal target to complete plan development by mid‑next year.
Staff also outlined four advisory groups aligned to plan goals: rural preservation, historic preservation (existing committees), and new housing and economic development groups. Committee membership and chair appointments were made under commission bylaws; staff intends to hold kickoff meetings in late March and asked commissioners to suggest distribution points for hard‑copy surveys.
Ending: Staff will compile the community‑meeting summaries, distribute the draft survey to commissioners for review and return a schedule for plan development at a future meeting.
