MINUTES
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
JANUARY 25, 2011
POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING ROOM
519 NORTH GOOSE CREEK BLVD.

I. Attendance:

Committee Members Present: Joel Arenson, Kristen Bowden, Rick Buckner, Jerry Glass, Doug Quinn, Jeffrey Smith, Tom Volkmar, and Allen Wall
Committee Members Absent: Paul Connerty, Gayla McSwain, Jerry Tekac, and Barry Washington
BCD COG Staff Present: Jessica Gillis
City Staff Present: Daniel Ben-Yisrael and Sarah Hanson

Mr. Wall called the meeting to order at 5:37 p.m.

II. Review of Minutes from September 21, 2010

Mr. Arenson suggested a change regarding the reference to the action item list.

Motion: Mr. Smith made a motion to accept the minutes. Mr. Arenson seconded.
Discussion: There was none.
Vote: All voted in favor; none opposed.

III. Issues, Goals, and Implementation Strategies

Ms. Gillis introduced Michelle Cannon with the COG. Ms. Cannon has been working with Berkeley County in completing their Comprehensive Plan and gave a summary of their Plan now that the final draft has been almost completed. Their first hearing is to be February 24.

Ms. Cannon reviewed the Berkeley County Plan and its format. There was discussion about how the Plan coordinated with the Goose Creek Plan.

Ms. Gillis explained the formatting for the Goose Creek Plan to make it more user friendly. She stated it would be divided into sections. She explained she felt it important to have a more useable Plan that can be more easily referred to on an ongoing basis, and having a format that provided the meat of the Plan in a concise format with the other information attached as Appendixes accomplishes this. She stated she wanted this to complement the Strategic Plan created by Council. She feels the Plan can provide the implementation strategies for the Strategic Plan as time goes on.

There was discussion about the draft of the Goals, Issues, and Implementation Strategies. Ms. Gillis detailed the table created for identifying the responsible parties, the time line, and the collaborators, and discussion followed. There was specific discussion regarding the need for accountability and the challenges of specifying just one party as responsible for the implementation because of the broadness of the goals and strategies. Planning Commission's task of bringing concerns to City Council concerning the progress and implementation of the Comp Plan was discussed. It was discussed that, though there may be several entities collaborating on an issue, City Council is the entity ultimately responsible for any accountability management. The Committee approved of the proposed format.

Ms. Gillis asked the Committee to review the draft and provide comments to her no later than February 8 so the Committee's input could be included in a new document prior to the next meeting. She asked for the Committee's comments about the Berkeley County Plan as well.

IV. Adjournment

Mr. Smith made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Volkmar seconded. All voted in favor. The meeting was adjourned at or about 6:50 p.m.