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Hilton Head staff outline six‑month progress on strategic action plan, put LMO rewrite at top of list
Summary
Town manager presented a six‑month update on the town’s three‑year strategic action plan, highlighting the Land Management Ordinance rewrite, district plans and a new public dashboard. Council urged sequencing work to match staff capacity and flagged funding needs for capital projects.
The town manager presented a six‑month progress report on Hilton Head Island’s three‑year strategic action plan, saying staff have launched a public performance dashboard and are sequencing the next rounds of work. "If it's in the strategic plan, we should work to budget it," Mark said, describing the dashboard and a plan to provide updates every six months.
Why it matters: The LMO rewrite, district plans and a future land‑use map are tightly linked and — by staff account — the single largest set of planning tasks now underway. Council members urged staff to prioritize the LMO items that carry the highest risk (sliding‑scale zoning, setbacks, impervious coverage) and to align those changes with the comprehensive plan review.
Details: Mark told the council a new draft of the land management ordinance is expected this month and that staff aim to bring district plans and a future land‑use map to a June workshop. He said the town has acquired roughly 79.6 acres across 23 properties since 2020, largely for conservation, and used those acquisitions as a data point for growth‑management work. Councilors pressed that the land‑use chapter of the comprehensive plan needs a deeper review and recommended tying any definition of “island character” to the comprehensive plan and the design guide rather than inserting a stand‑alone code provision.
What comes next: Staff will host a CIP workshop in February and a William Hilton Parkway corridor workshop in March. The manager said the dashboard will be refined and staff will issue a press release noting accomplishments and priorities. Council asked staff to present probable costs and sequencing for major initiatives before advancing new policy votes.
Attribution: Town Manager Mark (presentation) and multiple council members during discussion. The public dashboard demonstration was led by the town’s IT and GIS staff.
Ending: Council expects the LMO draft and companion district plans to return for committee review and a June workshop; staff will use the dashboard and the upcoming CIP workshop to align sequencing, cost estimates and funding strategies.
