Category: Long Range Planning

Long Range Planning Committee 2026 Goals

On By SIPOAIn Long Range Planning

The Long Range Planning Committee supports the SIPOA Board by recommending long-range goals and strategic priorities based on analysis of current conditions and further needs. Its work is guided by SIPOA’s commitment to preserving property values, enhancing quality of life, and sustaining Seabrook Island’s natural beauty through collaborative, long-term planning.

The Committee plays a key role in helping SIPOA plan proactively for the future by focusing on both near-term operational priorities and longer-range community needs. Through data-driven analysis, collaboration with community partners, and careful assessment of emerging trends, the Committee helps ensure that planning decisions support the long-term vitality of Seabrook Island.

Committee Goals:

  • Maintain SIPOA’s Strategic Plan as a living document aligned with the Master Plan and updated as priorities evolve, including 2026 operational priorities, 2027 priorities, and the longer-term vision.
  • Coordinate planning with the Town of Seabrook Island, the Seabrook Island Club, and SIPOA to identify efficient, community-wide solutions that benefit the entire island.
  • Partner with the Finance Committee to develop a long-range financial plan that incorporates expected capital investments and supports appropriate reserve funding to reduce future financial surprises for Property Owners.
  • Conduct a demographic study using input from Seabrook Island Real Estate, the Club, SIPOA, and public sources to provide insight into current and future community trends, and to inform long-range planning and the Master Plan.
  • Analyze the use of social and gathering spaces at the Lake House and the Oyster Catcher Community Center building to help define facility needs and the scope of future Master Plan projects, including SIPOA Phase 0 and Phase 1 initiatives.
  • Identify opportunities with the Town, the Club, and SIPOA for improved coordination, consolidation, and/or co-location of functions to increase operational efficiency and improve services to the community.
  • Evaluate whether shared standards for regimes and associations should be developed and communicated to help Property Owners better understand and protect their property investments.

The Committee will continue to refine these priorities through ongoing collaboration with community partners and will provide updates to Property Owners as planning efforts progress.

Long Range Planning Committee Members: Janet Chesley, Andy Grimalda, Bud Thompson, Allan Stein, Ray Hoover, Scott Cottrill, Darrell Jones, Dennis Richter, Sona Silker, Barbara Vincentsen, Maryanne Connelly (Chair), Chris Hix (Vice Chair)

Submitted by Maryanne Connelly, Long Range Planning Committee Chair

2025 Volunteer Survey Results

On By SIPOAIn Long Range Planning, SIPOA, Volunteer

A note from SIPOA President, John Lassiter, regarding the 2025 Volunteer Survey Results:

As promised in the December volunteer appreciation event, attached is the final report from the SIPOA volunteer survey that we conducted last fall and that most of you participated in. Thanks once again for your participation, your candid feedback, and most importantly, your yearlong service to the SIPOA community – we couldn’t have accomplished what we did in 2025 without your efforts. We are happy to report that Rebecca and the Board are already implementing several significant changes to enhance the volunteer experience in 2026 and beyond. Hopefully, those of you who return as volunteers in 2026 will recognize the improvements and take satisfaction that your input was the big driver!!

On behalf of the entire Board of Directors and the SIPOA Staff – we truly appreciate you!

Click here or the image below to view the 2025 Volunteer Survey Results.

SIPOA Engineering Intern Program – 2025

On By SIPOAIn Engineering, Environmental, Long Range Planning

This summer, SIPOA has brought in two interns to help investigate the condition of the roads on Seabrook Island.

Mia Honeyman is a Marine Science major from the University of South Carolina. She is pursuing her masters degree in Natural Resource Management with a focus on coastal management and coastal resilience.

Rashid Al-Washahi is a Civil Engineering graduate at Clemson University who got his undergraduate Civil Engineering degree from Arizona State University.

Their complementary skill sets will be utilized to update the Seabrook Island Asphalt Management Plan. Further details on the results of their study will be provided in August.

If you see them on the island doing field work, please help welcome them to Seabrook Island!

Landscaped Median Extension – Phase 2

On By SIPOAIn Engineering, GOMC, Long Range Planning

The landscaped median on Seabrook Island Road past the gate house will be extended beginning on 3/24/25.

The first phase of this project was completed in 2022. The second phase will pick up where the first ended and continue to Live Oak Park Road at the first entrance of the Lake House.

There will be an additional crosswalk added as well as a sidewalk to the Racquet Club on the side of the road opposite the Lake House.

During the week of 3/24/25, there will be some lane shifts to allow for construction on the new median with brief traffic delays. New landscaping will be installed once the streetscape work is completed and everything should be completed by early May.

Asphalt Condition Assessment Survey

On By SIPOAIn Engineering, Long Range Planning

Beginning March 17th, SIPOA will begin a condition assessment study of all SIPOA roadways. The study will involve visual inspection of our roadways as well as video inspection using trucks like the one in the photo below. The study will take about a week to complete, and you may see these trucks driving along the roadways.

Beach Project Update – 2/28/25

On By SIPOAIn Beach Projects, Engineering, Environmental, Long Range Planning

The sand recycling scope of work was completed in December 2024. The seawall repairs were completed on February 21, 2025. The seawall has now been restored to it originally permitted height and condition.

A video showing the length of the current seawall is below. You will notice the significant growth of wet sand beach from the Beach Club towards Dolphin Point. This wet sand beach is accessible at low tide and should continue to grow south as sand moves in this direction.

The contractor will be working on demobilization and site restoration and should be complete by the end of March.

Boardwalk 2 and Boardwalk 3A Replacement

On By SIPOAIn Boardwalks, Engineering, Environmental, Long Range Planning

SIPOA plans to replace sections of boardwalks 2 and 3A before the summer.

The first half of these boardwalks is planned to be replaced with a new boardwalk structure with IPE decking.

The boardwalks will be closed on Monday, 2/10/25 for a period of 10-12 weeks to allow for this replacement. The boardwalks will not be accessible during this time.

We appreciate your patience as we work to keep our facilities in great condition.

Beach Project Update – 1/30/25

On By SIPOAIn Beach Projects, Engineering, Environmental, Long Range Planning

The contractor is beginning the third and final phase of the seawall repair and beach restoration project this week.

The seawall repairs at Dolphin Point and Beach Club Villas have been completed. The contractor is now working between boardwalk 8 and the Beach Club. This work will take approximately one month to complete and will be done ahead of the permitted April completion date.

Please see the picture below: the wet sand beach that has formed in this area since the sand relocation was completed in December. This area can be accessed at low tide and provides additional stability to the base of the seawall.

Seawall Repair Update – 1/6/25

On By SIPOAIn Beach Projects, Engineering, Environmental, Long Range Planning

The beach renourishment contractor, SJ Hamill, continues the seawall repair work in the area of Beach Club Villas and Dolphin Point. They are currently averaging 200 tons of armor stone delivery per day from the quarry. This section of the seawall requires around 6,000 tons of stone repair. The contractor is approximately 50% complete and they should be done with this section of seawall by the end of February.

They will begin setting up the staging area for the final section between Boardwalk 8 and the Beach Club in mid-January. Seawall repairs in this section will begin after Beach Club Villas and Dolphin Point are complete and continue into April.