Greenbelt Advisory Board Gives Initial Review to Draft Comprehensive Greenbelt Plan

View draft plan at www.smallchangeforbigchange.org, next GAB meeting April 11

 

Charleston County’s Greenbelt Advisory Board members (http://www.smallchangeforbigchange.org/greenbelt_members.html) were presented with the Draft Comprehensive Greenbelt Plan during their March 28 meeting.

 

The Greenbelt Advisory Board (GAB) members then went through a page-by-page review of the draft plan, and provided the County’s consultant, Chuck Flink with Greenways Incorporated, initial comments on the plan.

 

A revised version of the draft plan, which will include GAB members’ comments, will be reviewed at the next GAB meeting. The meeting will be held on April 11 at 2:00 p.m. in Charleston County Council’s Committee Room at the Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building (4045 Bridge View Drive, off Leeds Avenue in North Charleston). The meeting is open to the public.

 

During public meetings held March 6-9 throughout the county, citizens were given a presentation on the Draft Comprehensive Greenbelt Plan, and were asked to provide comments. A total of 145 comment forms were collected. The majority of those who responded support the recommendations of the draft plan, which includes goals of 30 percent land conservation and 200 miles of greenways.

 

The public can access the Draft Comprehensive Greenbelt Plan on the official Transportation (“half-cent”) Sales Tax Web site at www.smallchangeforbigchange.org (note that Chapter 5 of the plan is under revision and will be available shortly).

 

At the April 11 meeting, GAB members will also continue their discussion regarding the allocation of funds to urban areas based on population. During the plan review at their March 28 meeting, members agreed that this recommendation should be revisited. 

 

The GAB was created by Charleston County Council to make recommendations on Transportation Sales Tax expenditures for greenbelt projects.

 

Call Cathy L. Ruff at (843) 202-7204 for more information about the GAB or the upcoming meeting.