Much of a plan that charts the long-term growth for McComb hinges on the successful development of the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale oil play.
Kendig Keast Collaborative presented drafts of the first two chapters from McComb’s new comprehensive plan on Tuesday at the city board’s work session.
The company is banking on the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale altering the make-up and landscape of the city over the next 20 years.
The draft describes a comprehensive plan as “an all-inclusive approach and process to addressing the complexities of future growth and change within a community.”
The finished plan would then be adopted in city ordinances.
Kendig Keast’s Christian Lentz said the purpose of their Tuesday meeting with city officials was to provide the board and planning committee members an update on the plan, and serve as an advisory meeting for the process. Nothing in the plan is set in stone.
Lentz reminded those in attendance that the plan, which could take a year to complete, serves as a way to outline future goals.
“The plan is an aspirational document,” he said. “The intention of the comprehensive plan is to say what you want to become in the future.”
“Things are getting better. He has been doing well — better than I would have been doing if it happened to me,” Whitehead said.
The swelling over his eye has gone down significantly, Whitehead said, and a family doctor will remove the pellet later this week.
Sullivan said Tate was charged with simple assault because the shooting did not fit the description of aggravated assault. There was no “gross indifference” involving the crime and the injury wasn’t life-threatening, he said.
Sullivan also said the department is working overtime to ensure every victim of the vandalism has or will be contacted.
“We are trying to contact everyone that has been a victim of this. I apologize if we haven’t contacted everyone yet. We will,” Sullivan said.
Costilow was staying at his sister’s house the night of the incident. When he found out his sister was not home, Costilow killed time by continuing his clown tour into the early morning of Oct. 30, according to Whitehead.
Police also followed up on license tag information Costilow provided, but that first led police to an abandoned car in Summit, according to Lt. Steve Powell.
Police continue to stay in contact with the victim and his mother, Whitehead said.
“They are doing a good job. They have been keeping us up to date. I keep thinking what would have happened” if this had been a more powerful gun, she said.
