2021-08-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  16 AUGUST 2021


11   UPDATE ON COASTAL HAZARDS ADAPTATION PLAN (CHAP)


Author            Chief Executive Officer, Brett de Chastel
                  CEO’s Office

Index             ECM/ Subject/ Climate Change

Attachments       Nil



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the General Committee Meeting dated
16 August 2021 and note progress on the Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan (CHAP) community
engagement process.



REPORT
The purpose of this report is to provide Council with an update on the Coastal Hazards Adaptation
Plan (CHAP). This issue has not been before Council since January 2021 when Council approved
the draft CHAP for the purpose of undertaking community consultation. It is opportune to provide
Council with an update in relation to this matter.

Further, the CEO is aware that several Councillors have potential conflict of interest issues
associated with this matter. This update report being considered by Council at this time will provide
an opportunity for those matters to be addressed prior to the Council considering a further draft of
the CHAP itself at a future meeting.

3.   CHAP Public Consultation

Following the Council decision in January 2021 to undertake community consultation in relation to
the draft CHAP, an initial 4 week consultation period was undertaken commencing on 25 January
2021. Following feedback and requests from the community, this consultation period was extended
for a further two weeks concluding on 8 March 2021.

During the extended community consultation period, Council received approximately 250 responses.
These are still being assessed by staff in detail and will be reported to Council in due course.

Many of the written submissions contained quite a lot of detail and raised issues for further
consideration. The CEO in consultation with the Mayor and Deputy Mayor established a CHAP
Roundtable to explore these issues in more detail.

The purpose of the CHAP Roundtable was twofold i.e.
(i)  to enable Council to better understand issues raised during the consultation process; and
(ii) to explore potential solutions in relation to the draft CHAP.

The CHAP Roundtable is not a decision-making forum. It is designed to assist Council in learning
more about the issues raised and discuss potential solutions.

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