BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Participate in KICA’s Strategic Planning
The KICA Board of Directors is inviting you to take
part in KICA’s strategic planning for the future.
In the latter part of 2018, we held a series of three
Community Conversation Sessions to explore how well
we are fulfilling our mission. Since so many owners are
part-time, we also committed to a community-wide
survey based on what we heard to better assess our
successes, opportunities, and future plans. The survey
is now live through July 25. We invite each member of
your Kiawah household to take the survey at kica.us/
survey.
Please know that your answers are 100% confidential.
We have asked an independent firm, The McNair
Group, to conduct our survey to assure its
confidentiality, and to assist us with analysis and
recommendations. No individual responses are disclosed
to anyone at KICA. When the summary results become
available, we will share them with the community.
Finally, we understand that it is often confusing to
determine who does what on Kiawah. If you need
a refresher before taking the survey, visit kica.us/
kiawahorgs.
We wish to extend our appreciation for your
participation and ongoing support of KICA.
Sincerely,
The KICA Board of Directors
WATER MANAGEMENT
KICA Focuses on Water Resilience
One of Kiawah’s most significant ongoing challenges is
water management, and Kiawah isn’t the only coastal
community that struggles to find solutions to mitigate
flooding. Following the release of the Town of Kiawah
Island’s (TOKI) Flood Mitigation and Sea Level Rise
Adaptation Report, KICA’s board felt compelled to
ensure the association was leading the charge and
responding proactively to the report’s findings. KICA
began this work with the appointment of two task
forces, one which evaluates new infrastructure projects
for water management (which includes precautions
for flood mitigation, and other incidents such as
storm surge and rain events) and another to determine
funding sources for that new infrastructure.
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KICA’s new approach to water management includes
incorporating this work into the Strategic Plan. Ensuring
that staff projects, association funds and high-level
planning are directed toward water management goals,
and establishing key metrics for success in achieving
those goals, are important priorities for our board
of directors. KICA is working to identify immediate
priorities and establish a monitoring plan that adapts
to our dynamic ecosystem and the challenges we face in
the future. This forward-looking perspective will allow
us to address the challenges in a responsible way.
One of the keys to this approach is KICA’s newest
employee, Lucas Hernandez. Lucas was hired in June as
KICA’s first-ever resilience specialist.