Edgewater board pushes for timelines, yearly reviews to make comprehensive plan actionable

Chair (speaker 1) told the board that the comp-plan implementation table in the back of the document currently lists many items as "ongoing" with no timelines or accountability and urged an update to provide clear deliverables and review cadence. "There's no accountability. There's no timelines for deliverables," the Chair said, pressing staff to replace vague "ongoing" entries with an annual reporting schedule.

Staff and board members agreed that a yearly report tied to the implementation chart would improve oversight and make it possible to track what has been completed and what remains. The Chair and other members said the city currently relies on Ryan (economic-development staff) who is "wearing several hats" and that a dedicated economic-development director or consultant will be necessary to sustain progress.

Board members asked staff to prioritize updates on items that can produce visible near-term wins (trails and medical services, members said) and to bring a revised timeline and a recommended reporting schedule back to the board for review. The board voted to direct staff to change the "ongoing" status entries to include a yearly-review column and to update the timeline that currently stops at 2020.