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Meeting of the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee
Date: Friday 23 September 2022
Time: 10.00am
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Council Chamber Hawke's Bay Regional Council 159 Dalton Street NAPIER |
Agenda
Item Title Page
1. Welcome/Notices/Apologies
2. Conflict of Interest Declarations
3. Confirmation of Minutes of the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee held on 15 August 2022
4. Actions from previous Joint Committee meetings 3
5. Call for Minor Items not on the Agenda 7
Information or Performance Monitoring
6. The future of our coastline consultation update 9
7. Project manager's update 13
8. Mātauranga Māori workstream scope 15
9. Interim management response plan 19
10. Current coastal projects update 21
11. Communication and engagement update 25
12. Discussion of Minor Matters not on the Agenda 27
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Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee
Friday 23 September 2022
SUBJECT: Actions from previous Joint Committee meetings
Reason for Report
1. This item tracks items raised at previous meetings that require action. A list of outstanding items is prepared for each meeting, including who is responsible for each, when it is expected to be completed and a brief status comment.
2. Once the items have been completed and reported to the Committee they will be removed from the list.
Decision Making Process
3. Staff have assessed the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making provisions do not apply.
That the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee receives and notes the Actions from previous Joint Committee meetings staff report.
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Authored by:
Simon Bendall Coastal Hazards Strategy Project Manager |
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Approved by:
Chris Dolley Group Manager Asset Management |
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Actions from previous Joint Committee meetings |
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Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee
Friday 23 September 2022
Subject: Call for Minor Items Not on the Agenda
Reason for report
1. This item provides the means for Joint Committee members to raise minor matters they wish to bring to the attention of the meeting.
2. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council standing order 9.13 states:
2.1. “A meeting may discuss an item that is not on the agenda only if it is a minor matter relating to the general business of the meeting and the Chairperson explains at the beginning of the public part of the meeting that the item will be discussed. However, the meeting may not make a resolution, decision, or recommendation about the item, except to refer it to a subsequent meeting for further discussion.”
Recommendations
3. That the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee accepts the following Minor items not on the agenda for discussion as Item 12:
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Peter Martin Senior Governance Advisor |
James Palmer Chief Executive |
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Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee
Friday 23 September 2022
Subject: The future of our coastline consultation update
Reason for Report
1. This report provides the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee with an update on Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s (HBRC) hearing of public submissions and deliberations on The future of our coastline proposal.
2. Staff provided the Joint Committee with an update on The future of our coastline feedback process at its meeting on 15 August 2022, prior to the hearing of verbal submissions and deliberations on 23 August and 31 August 2022 respectively. That paper outlined the scope and details of the feedback process, the number of submissions received – including a breakdown of support of the two options – and key themes raised in the submissions.
Background
3. Following the adoption of the Memorandum of Transition (MOT) by the three partner councils in May 2022, HBRC developed a consultation process to gauge community support for the proposal that Regional Council leads implementation of the Strategy.
4. The feedback process ran from 1 to 31 July 2022.
5. The purpose was to gauge public sentiment ahead of the formal process and difficult decisions in the future, including funding.
6. The scope of the consultation process was whether HBRC should, in principle, take charge of coastal hazard adaptation for the coastline between Clifton and Tangoio subject to confirming the proposal through its Long Term Plan.
7. It did not include the content of the Strategy, funding to implement it, or how the rates are proposed to be allocated.
8. HBRC sought feedback on the question “Who should take charge of adapting to coastal hazards between Clifton and Tangoio?”.
9. A total of 60 submissions were received. There was overwhelming support for the proposal.
9.1. The majority of submissions, 52 (87%), supported Option 1: (the preferred option) HBRC takes charge of adapting to coastal hazards between Clifton and Tangoio.
9.2. Six (10%) supported Option 2: (status quo) Continue with coastal hazards managed in various ways by all three councils, with no defined lead agency.
9.3. Two submitters (3%) didn’t support either of the options.
10. Six submitters spoke at the Hearing on 23 August 2022. They were generally supportive of Option 1. A couple of submitters appreciated the opportunity to provide input on a wide scope. Speakers impressed upon Council the urgency of the situation, that uncertainty exists, a desire for innovation, the significant responsibility to protect people and property, and the need to focus on building awareness and education to bring people along on the journey.
11. Submitter #43 representing WOW Inc (Walking on Water) raised concern that the good work of the community panels to develop the Coastal Hazards Strategy has not translated into action on the ground.
12. Submitter #61 representing Forest and Bird emphasised nature-based solutions as the best method, and the opportunity to integrate Council’s regional planning functions with coastal hazards work.
13. Submitter #12 representing the North Shore Road Residents & Ratepayers Committee said caution was needed when considering predictions made in Tonkin + Taylor’s recent report, as earlier predictions made in a 2004 report for the North Shore Road erosion zone had not eventuated.
Deliberations and Decision of Feedback Process
14. Staff provided Council with a deliberations report with information to assist it to make a decision. That report outlined the key themes raised by submitters in their feedback and provided staff analysis of those.
15. Council voted 8 to 1 to agree in principle to take charge of adapting to coastal hazards between Clifton and Tangoio, subject to confirmation through its Long Term Plan 2024-2034.
16. Both the hearing of submissions and deliberations were recorded as video, should Joint Committee members wish to view them.
Strategic Fit
17. This engagement was an important step in progressing the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy 2120.
18. The Strategy’s implementation is one of the 24 strategic goals in the Council’s Strategic Plan 2020-2025, contributing to the focus area of sustainable and climate-resilient services and infrastructure: By 2025 the Coastal Hazards Joint Committee is implementing its strategy to manage coastal hazards in Clifton to Tangoio and by 2040 for the rest of the region to adapt to foreseeable climate change risks to coastal communities out to 2100.
Next Steps
19. The next steps include:
19.1 Staff working with the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee finalise and notify the strategy document for consultation in late 2023.
19.2 The three partner councils sign an Asset Transfer Agreement, including a written undertaking from Napier City Council and Hastings District Council confirming the assets have been constructed, maintained, and monitored in line with all the resource consents, long term plans, and asset management plans.
19.3 HBRC includes final implementation details, including funding arrangements, in the Long Term Plan 2024-2034.
19.4 Subject to the above steps being successfully completed, the assets are transferred and HBRC takes on the new activity from 1 July 2024.
Decision Making Process
20. Staff have assessed the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision making provisions do not apply.
That the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee receives and notes The Future of our coastline update staff report.
Authored by:
Simon Bendall Coastal Hazards Strategy Project Manager |
Mandy Sharpe Project Manager |
Approved by:
Chris Dolley Group Manager Asset Management |
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Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee
Friday 23 September 2022
Subject: Project Manager's update
Reason for report
1. This report provides an update on project-related matters including timeframes, budgets and tracking towards milestones.
Project Dashboard
2. The following project dashboard is provided to summarise current project status for budget, timeline and all eight active workstreams (WS). An assessment of each project element is made on a ‘traffic light’ basis, with a brief commentary provided to explain the rating given.
3. Where a rating has changed from the preceding report, the metric is shown in red underline with an arrow showing the change in status.
Project Dashboard Report: August 2022
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New Financial Year – no known budget issues |
Project Timeline |
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Key project milestones on track |
WS1: Funding / Governance |
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MOT signed |
WS2: LGA Consultation |
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July consultation process successfully completed |
WS3: Comms & Engagement |
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COVID impacts, Mana Whenua engagement low |
WS4: Design |
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WS5: Mātauranga Māori |
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Workstream scope drafted for JC review |
WS6: Coastal Ecology |
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Mana whenua engagement required for next steps |
WS7: Regulatory |
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Target HBRC + NCC plans – significant work coming |
WS8: Signals and Triggers |
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Thresholds completed. Triggers / signals underway |
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4. Progress under each workstream is summarised in the Commentary column in the above dashboard. There are no status changes to report for this period.
5. It is highlighted that the Project Timeline remains ‘Under Stress’. This is indicative of the remaining work required to prepare a Strategy for notification in August next year and the impact of local body elections. This will be a key metric to track and report on at the next Joint Committee meeting.
Decision Making Process
6. Staff have assessed the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making provisions do not apply.
That the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee receives and notes the Project Manager’s update.
Authored by:
Simon Bendall Coastal Hazards Strategy Project Manager |
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Approved by:
Chris Dolley Group Manager Asset Management |
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Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee
Friday 23 September 2022
Subject: Mātauranga Māori workstream scope
Reason for Report
1. This report presents a proposed scope for the Mātauranga Māori Workstream for Joint Committee endorsement.
Background
2. At the previous Joint Committee meeting, a paper was presented discussing the ongoing development of the Mātauranga Māori Workstream and seeking feedback on proposed outputs.
3. In broad terms, the workstream has been established to allocate additional project resources to facilitate more effective input from mana whenua and to seek that the Strategy is informed by Mātauranga Māori.
4. The Joint Committee has previously directed the establishment of a working group to further develop the workstream, comprising Joint Committee Members Tania Hopmans, Alana Hiha and Cr Hinewai Ormsby. Christine Hilton has also joined the hui for the Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust, pending confirmation of a formal appointment to the Joint Committee. HBRC’s Māori Partnerships Team has also supported this work.
5. The working group has confirmed a draft workstream scope and directed the Project Manager to engage external expertise to assist with finalising the scope for presentation to the Joint Committee.
Discussion
6. Provided as Attachment One is the proposed scope for the Mātauranga Māori Workstream.
7. The scope has been developed with the working group, and refined with input from Aramanu Rophia, who previously prepared a Cultural Values Assessment for the Strategy in 2017 and was engaged as the Kaitiaki o te Roopu for the community assessment panel process though 2017 and 2018.
Next Steps
8. With any feedback and refinement, endorsement is sought from the Joint Committee for the proposed Mātauranga Māori Workstream scope.
9. With that endorsement, TAG will commence work, and as with other workstreams, report back at each Joint Committee meeting on progress and outcomes achieved.
10. Discussions are also continuing with HBRC’s Kotahi team to explore synergies and cross-application opportunities. The results of these discussions will also be reported up to the Joint Committee.
Decision Making Process
11. Staff have assessed the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision making provisions do not apply.
That the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee receives and notes the Mātauranga Māori Workstream Scope staff report and endorses the Mātauranga Māori Workstream scope as attached.
Authored by:
Simon Bendall Coastal Hazards Strategy Project Manager |
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Approved by:
Chris Dolley Group Manager Asset Management |
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Mātauranga Māori Workstream Scope |
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Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee
Friday 23 September 2022
Subject: Interim Management Response plan
Reason for Report
1. The purpose of this report is to discuss a proposal for the development of a plan for responding to urgent coastal hazard issues while the Strategy development process continues.
Background
2. A number of steps and decision points remain to be resolved in the Strategy development process before the implementation of physical works to respond to coastal hazards risks can commence.
3. In the meantime, the Joint Committee will be aware of ongoing coastal hazard issues being faced by communities along the coast, including the coastal erosion issues at Whirinaki that were reported on and discussed at the previous Joint Committee meeting. Issues have also recently been reported at Bay View, and ongoing issues remain at Westshore, Te Awanga and other hot spots.
4. Emerging coastal hazard issues are currently managed on a case-by-case basis by the relevant Territorial Authority, supported by HBRC (typically in an advisory and/or regulatory capacity) where necessary. Recent examples include the Clifton and Cape View Corner revetments.
5. This has long been the established approach under the Strategy; that existing and new projects would not be slowed or prevented by the Strategy development process.
6. However, this case by case approach introduces some uncertainty for communities about what will happen in response to immediate issues, by when, who to talk to, and what to expect, while the Strategy development process continues.
Discussion
7. To respond to this issue, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) has discussed the concept of an Interim Management Response Plan.
8. The plan would:
8.1. guide interim actions the Councils will take to respond to emerging hazard issues ahead of Strategy implementation
8.2. ensure consistency of actions with the overall direction of the Strategy
8.3. provide greater clarity for the community on what actions can be undertaken, and the limitations on actions, in response to the management of urgent coastal hazard issues.
8.4. seek that the interim management of ongoing coastal hazard risks is efficient and pragmatic.
9. The development of the plan will require coordination across all three Councils. It will however be important that a pragmatic approach is taken to avoid detracting from the overall Strategy development process.
10. Provisions in the Resource Management Act continue to provide a way for Councils to undertake works necessary in an emergency. Section 330 covers instances where public works are required, with the key determinants being:
10.1. to enable immediate measures to prevent adverse effects on the environment, or
10.2. remedial measures to manage adverse effects, or
10.3. respond to a sudden event causing or with the potential to cause loss of life, injury or serious damage to property.
11. The provisions provide that necessary works can be undertaken to remove the cause of or to mitigate the adverse effect of the emergency, without the need to first obtain resource consent. Section 330B covers works required during a declared state of emergency.
12. Section 330A requires that where emergency works are undertaken, an application for the necessary resource consents is lodged within 20 working days of the Council being notified of the works, or 60 days where the works are required during a declared state of emergency.
13. The emergency works provisions only apply to works by authorised people including Councils, network utility operators and lifeline operators including electricity generators and distributors, airports, ports, road network providers.
14. Hastings District Council has previously utilised emergency works provisions to install rock revetment at Clifton in 2018. While the works in this instance were being discussed and consents prepared, exacerbation of the erosion from storm activity meant the need for the revetment became urgent and Council invoked the emergency works provisions.
15. These provisions continue to allow Councils to take action in the event that, for example, storm events resulted in an immediate threat to the road at Whirinaki and preventative or remedial works were required to respond to the emergency.
Next Steps
16. TAG seeks input from and discussion with the Joint Committee on this concept. If there is support for it, TAG proposes to develop and implement a plan at staff level. A report on progress and any actions undertaken under that plan would be provided to a future Joint Committee meeting, noting this will be following the 2022 local body elections.
Decision Making Process
17. Staff have assessed the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision making provisions do not apply.
That the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee receives and notes the Interim Management Response Plan staff report.
Authored by: Approved by:
Simon Bendall Coastal Hazards Strategy Project Manager |
Chris Dolley Group Manager Asset Management |
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Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee
Friday 23 September 2022
Subject: Current Coastal projects update
Reason for Report
1. This report provides an opportunity for the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to update the Joint Committee on various coastal projects that members have expressed an interest in keeping abreast of.
Whakarire Avenue Rock Revetment
2. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) has recently extended this consent for these works and Napier City Council (NCC) will be undertaking construction in March 2023.
3. Napier City Council (NCC ) is currently reviewing its obligations under the Memorandum of Transition (MOT) and will be in touch with HBRC shortly to discuss this project.
Extended consent area for sand deposition at Westshore
4. HBRC and NCC (Chris and Debra) met and agreed to co-fund a study to review the Westshore renourishment programme. The review will look at the rationale to continue doing these activities, at the impacts to the marine ecology and at future alternatives.
5. The study will examine alternatives to the programme’s increasing cost and the environmental concerns raised about the sand nourishment. The study will be an important piece of information as input to the renewal of the gravel nourishment consent which expires in 2027.
6. The proposed objectives of the study are:
6.1. undertake a critical review of the existing technical documentation in the area
6.2. using desktop studies, field measurements and numerical models, characterise in more detail the coastal processes and factors responsible for the erosion problem at Westshore, quantifying the degree of impact each factor produces
6.3. quantify the effectiveness the sand nourishment programme has in mitigating erosion at Westshore
6.4. quantify the effectiveness the proposed dredge disposal area extension the would have in mitigating erosion at Westshore
6.5. assess surfability impacts
6.6. propose optimal sand deposition areas and placement methodology to achieve the best outcome for erosion mitigation and minimise negative effects for the ecology
6.7. assess the effects of sand nourishment in the marine ecology. Would stopping this activity have significant positive effects on the marine ecology?
6.8. recommend alternatives for concept design and cost.
Haumoana 18
7. No further updates.
Whirinaki
8. The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) has discussed a management plan approach across at least the northern cell, using Whirinaki as an example, to cover interim re-instatement works following larger storm events.
9. The intervention would be to hold the line and prevent successive storms eating further away and threatening public and private assets while the wider strategy moves through its planning consultation prioritisation and consenting phases, before more permanent and larger scale responses can be programmed.
10. The approach would look to identify when urgent action is needed, standardise information requirements for remediation approaches and sourcing of materials approvals, as well as identify funding arrangements and ultimately whether a global consent could be obtained for an interim framework on that basis.
11. This is a similar approach to the crest maintenance and scraping consent in place for the southern cell. Officers of the three Councils are working together on such an approach with the TAG project manager.
12. Native plants have been provided to the community for community planting to assist in stabilising the reserve adjacent to the beach.
Coastal Inundation Assessment Project Update
13. A new coastal inundation study that will be used by the Napier and Hastings councils to set residential building floor heights in areas at risk of coastal flooding is expected to be completed by early next year.
14. Until now, the only information available to councils has been coastal inundation hazard layers, prepared by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council in 2015 for emergency preparedness. Given councils are required to use the most up-to-date information on hazards available when setting building rules, that report has been relied upon by Hastings District Council to set building floor heights in the Haumoana and Te Awanga coastal areas.
15. Commissioned jointly by Hastings District Council, Napier City Council and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, the new study will cover 42 kilometres of coastline, from Clifton to Tangoio, be prepared using one in 50-year and one in 100-year inundation likelihoods and cover the next 80 years. Modelling will include wave and storm surge and predicted sea level rise.
16. Hastings District Council General Manager of Planning and Regulatory Services John O’Shaughnessy said the new report would take into account information, reports and Government ministry guidance updated since the HBRC’s 2015 modelling.
17. The modelling being used by environmental engineering company Tonkin and Taylor is expected to provide ‘more refined’ information, than that provided by the HBRC hazards information. That is, at a scale suitable for decisions at a section level.
18. Following the completion of the report, affected property owners will be contacted via addressed mail.
Hawke’s Bay Climate Change Engagement
19. HBRC, HDC, and NCC are working together on an Emissions Reduction Plan for the region and considering how we can work together in the adaptation space. As part of this work we are considering methods for communicating with stakeholders.
Decision Making Process
20. Staff have assessed the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision making provisions do not apply.
That the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee receives the Current coastal projects update.
Authored by:
Simon Bendall Coastal Hazards Strategy Project Manager |
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Approved by:
Chris Dolley Group Manager Asset Management |
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Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee
Friday 23 September 2022
Subject: Communication and Engagement update
Reason for Report
1. This report provides a brief overview of communications and engagement that has happened since the last Joint Committee meeting in August 2022, and planned engagement activities through to the end of the year.
Discussion
2. The significant community engagement effort associated with HBRC’s public consultation in July 2022 (The Future of Our Coastline) was reported on at the 15 August 2022 Joint Committee meeting. This included a pamphlet drop to 3,500 households in the Clifton to Tangoio area.
3. Since then, one community workshop was held on 7 September 2022 to discuss the outcome of HBRC’s consultation process, the completed adaptation thresholds, and what to expect from the Strategy development process over the next 12 months.
4. In the August 2022 Joint Committee meeting, the committee heard from a community member that there is angst about ongoing coastal hazard impacts, uncertainty about what the future will look like, and limited knowledge or understanding of what the Strategy is about - particularly in the Westshore & Whirinaki communities where ongoing coastal erosion effects are being experienced. The committee was informed that the managed retreat report prepared by Tonkin + Taylor compounded these concerns, despite the reports intended purpose and focus. Erosion issues are also emerging at Bay View.
5. While it is not clear if these issues are widespread, it is evident that engagement efforts (e.g. newsletters, website updates, HB Coast email list, etc) are not effective for at least some members of the community.
6. The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) proposes to respond to these issues as follows:
6.1. develop a Strategy information sheet to go out to all coastal households in the Strategy area (approximately 3500 households) – targeting early November for distribution.
6.2. hold community meetings later in November – advertised in the information sheet and newspapers etc. Feedback from the September community workshop suggested that drop-in sessions, similar to those held previously by the Strategy, are an effective approach. This would involve two meetings being held, one in Westshore (with a northern focus) and one in Haumoana (with a southern focus). The format of each session will enable members of the public to attend during a given time slot to meet with TAG, Joint Committee members (if available) and community workshop participants and interact with posters / other information and provide feedback.
7. In addition, TAG is developing an updated communications and engagement plan for the next 12 months, ahead of planned Strategy consultation in August 2023. As part of developing this plan, effective methods of engaging with the community will be part of the feedback sought through the drop-in sessions.
8. A key challenge, highlighted during our September community workshop, is assessing how we can more effectively interact with those that do not live on the coast.
Next Steps
9. With any feedback from the Joint Committee, TAG will begin preparations for the November engagement activities discussed above.
10. While no dates have been confirmed at this stage, it is expected that the first Joint Committee meeting post-elections will be held in February 2023. TAG will report back on the outcome of the November engagement to that meeting and will present the proposed communications and engagement plan to guide engagement through to Strategy notification.
Decision Making Process
11. Staff have assessed the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making provisions do not apply.
That the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee receives and notes the Communication and engagement update.
Authored by:
Arlene Crispin Communications Advisor |
Simon Bendall Coastal Hazards Strategy Project Manager |
Approved by:
Chris Dolley Group Manager Asset Management |
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Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazards Strategy Joint Committee
Friday 23 September 2022
Subject: Discussion of Minor Matters Not on the Agenda
Reason for Report
1. This document has been prepared to assist Joint Committee members note the Minor items not on the agenda to be discussed as determined earlier in agenda Item 5.
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