What: the comprehensive plan update (Comprehensive Plan 2040-2045 resolution) and the annual Capital Improvements Element (CIE) and Community Work Program update.
Where it stands: the CIE and Community Work Program transmittal resolution was approved 9-0 on 2026-09-10. The Planning Commission had a comprehensive plan item on 2026-10-06 (result not read). The 2026-10-22 workshop and regular meeting listed the plan and the annual CIE update; outcomes are unknown.
Five-year 100% Savannah Plan update: 16 of 45 initiatives complete or well advanced, proposed five-category restructure, greenhouse gas inventory under way. Council members pressed for environmental justice; option of a combined or separate plan raised. See Environmental Justice in the 100% Savannah Plan.
MPC presented the 2040/2045 update ahead of the October 31 state deadline; council questioned neighborhood protections and outreach. No adoption vote at this session. City Manager and MPC to return with a planning engagement strategy and an inventory of existing plans.
Council adopted the 2040-2045 update 8-1 (Alderwoman Lanier opposed) ahead of the October 31 state deadline, and the 2026 CIE annual update. City Manager directed to return with a neighborhood and small area plan strategy; see Neighborhood and Small Area Plan Revival.