2021-08-16 General Committee Meeting Minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                              16 AUGUST 2021


    3   CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE PLAN AND COMMUNITY CONSULTATION
        SUBMISSIONS
        The following material was presented to the meeting in relation to this item:
         Cr Stockwell – image - refer to Attachment 1
        Motion
        Moved:            Cr Lorentson
        Seconded:         Cr Wegener
        That Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner and Carbon Reduction
        Officer to the Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 10 August 2021 and:
        A.    Note the report on submissions received during the community consultation on the
              draft Climate Change Response Plan;
        B.    Adopt the final Climate Change Response Plan, provided at Attachment 1 to the
              report;
        C.    Request the CEO to establish a community reference group within 3 months of
              adoption to assist with the implementation of the plan;
        D.    Request the CEO to investigate options for the formation of a Youth Reference
              Group or the like, to participate in Council’s climate change response and
              contribute to practical solutions;
        DE. Request the CEO to develop a detailed implementation action plan in consultation
            with the community reference group to inform Council’s future budget processes;
        EF.   Note that Council has been awarded $310,000 in state government grant funding
              for two climate change resilience pilot projects to work in collaboration with other
              southeast Queensland councils to increase local government capability to mitigate
              and adapt to climate risk.


        Amendment No. 1
        Moved:            Cr Finzel
        Seconded:         Cr Wilkie
        That items C and D be amended to add the following words:
        Item C – Add “and in particular request that group include indigenous representation”
        Item D – Add “to include indigenous youth”
                                                                          Carried unanimously.

        Amendment No. 2
        Moved:            Cr Stockwell
        Seconded:         Cr Wilkie
        That item C be amended to read as follows:
        C.    Request the CEO to establish a community reference group within 3 months of
              adoption to assist with the implementation of the plan and in particular request that
              group include representatives from the Kabi Kabi First Nations People;
                                                                          Carried unanimously.



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