Proposals have been made to Effingham, Camden, Bulloch, McIntosh and Long Counties to prepare water supply plans. The intent of the legislation is that local governments take a careful look at the services they provide in order to identify overlap or gaps in service provision and develop a more rational approach to allocating delivery and funding of these services among the various local governments and authorities in each county. The legislation also asks local governments to look at their land use plans in order to minimize conflicts between the city and county plans. DRIs are projects which are likely to have significant effects beyond the boundary of the city or county in which they are proposed. In an effort to inform potentially interested parties about these larger projects before they are begun, the RDCs are required to notify neighboring local governments, other RDCs, and various state and federal agencies.
Assistance is provided in zoning regulations, subdivision regulations and proposed amendments.
The Planning Staff also provided technical assistance and staff support to the Coastal Georgia Tourism Advisory Committee. The Planning Staff facilitates strategic planning meetings and assists in the development of applications for the cities for the Georgia Better Hometown Program. Those designated as a Better Hometown Community receive concentrated technical assistance to achieve the goals they set for themselves. The program is patterned after the Main Street program and is limited to cities with a population of between 1,000 and 5,000. Bulloch County, Brooklet, Register, Portal, Statesboro, Kingsland, St. Marys, Camden County, Woodbine, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, Pembroke, Brunswick, Bloomingdale, Tybee Island, Savannah, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Vernonburg, and Chatham County.