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The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide An interdepartmental group, known as the Council’s Senior Management Group, was set up to process decisions and recommendations made by the stakeholder bodies, and develop the Council’s Corporate Plan. The Council’s Senior Management Group comprised the CEO, departmental managers, and the planner. Community Consultative Committees The organizational structure for the Plan Review incorporated four multi-stakeholder groups, called “Consultative Committees.” The four groups, formed in May 1992 and given a two-year mandate, were: • The Economic Planning Consultative Committee; • The Environmental Planning Consultative Committee; • The Social Planning Consultative Committee; and • The Mission Beach and Environs Joint Planning Consultative Committee. The process commenced with Council calling publicly for registrations of interest for membership on these committees. The Plan Steering Team made the final selection from the nominations received. Specific individuals who were thought to have some expertise and relevance to the program were also approached directly to serve on the committees. Each of the committees comprised up to 12 members, including representatives of key interest groups within the community, (for example, farmers, fishers, teachers, industry, cane millers, environmental NGOs, social workers, artists, Aboriginal people, and engineers) and up to three Shire councilors (elected members) and the Shire planner. The membership of these four committees comprised 30 percent female representation. The Shire planner and some senior staff of consultants engaged by the Council were female. The Committees were essentially utilized as working groups during the planning process. The terms of reference for the Economic, Social, and Environmental Committees were: • to provide advice, information, and feedback to Council on matters relating to the future growth and development of the Shire; • to promote a better understanding among the different points of view in the community; and • to encourage wide and informed debate within the community on planning issues. The terms of reference for the Mission Beach and Environs Joint Planning Consultative Committee were: • to promote coordination between the forward planning activities of relevant government bodies in the area, but especially between the Cardwell and Johnstone Shire Councils; • to raise issues that need to be addressed in future plans for the area; • to provide feedback and advice on planning strategies proposed for the area; • to consider planning issues for the area in its wider regional setting; • to advise on interest groups who should be consulted regarding relevant planning matters as they arise; • to respect that different and conflicting points of view will occur and seek opportunities for resolution of conflicting interests; • to promote balance between the social, economic, and environmental needs of the community in considering future plans for the area; and • to promote balanced and constructive debate within the Committee, as well as within the community, on forward planning issues. Based on priorities established in consultation with the community, the respective planning matters that each Consultative http://www.idrc.ca/openebooks/448-2/ (38 of 180)18/10/2010 12:47:23 AM
The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide Committee was required to focus upon, deliberate, and make recommendations on, included: ECONOMIC PLANNING: allocation of land for business and industry; infrastructure needs of business and industry; identity and provision for development of tourism; protection of agricultural land and other industry resources; impediments to economic development; and search for common ground between economic development and sound environmental management. ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING: identification and conservation of natural resources; integration of World Heritage Area planning and findings of the Johnstone River Catchment Management project into the Plan; preservation of biological diversity; and search for common ground between economic development and sound environmental management. SOCIAL PLANNING: access to adequate housing; leisure and recreational needs; cultural development; heritage conservation; and provision of needs for special populations, including children, youth, women, ethnic communities, the elderly, and people with disabilities. MISSION BEACH & ENVIRONS: encourage coordination between the different agencies (local and state government), with a responsibility for planning the future growth and development of the Mission Beach Area. Decisions and recommendations taken by the Consultative Committees were transmitted to the relevant municipal departments for action through the weekly meetings of the Council’s Senior Management Group. The Consultative Committees played a significant role in influencing the outcomes of the Johnstone Plan. For example, in the case of the Mission Beach exercise, the Council deferred all the main decisions to that Committee. Once consensus was reached, the Council endorsed the decision. Through partnership involvement in the committees, there was consensus and ownership of the final plan. Peak Bodies Council also encouraged and facilitated the establishment of a number of “Peak Bodies,” both prior to and during the planning process. Peak Bodies were formed in response to the specific needs of a key constituency or interest group with the intention of providing input into the planning process. The Council undertook joint planning studies with each body and incorporated the relevant findings into the final plan. The Peak Bodies thus formed included: • Johnstone River Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) Committee/Johnstone Shire River Improvement Trust; • Consultative Committee for Cassowary Conservation (C4); • Cassowary Coast Development Board; • Johnstone Shire Cultural Association; • Sporting Peak Bodies; and • Aerodrome Management Group. The joint studies successfully completed with the Council, include: • Economic Development Strategy (March 1994)—a joint study with the Cassowary Coast Development Board; • joint study with the ICM committee to ascertain mechanism for incorporating ICM outcomes into the Johnstone Plan (August 1994); • joint study with C4 committee to map and evaluate all cassowary habitats in the shire, and to derive guidelines for acceptable development; and • joint study with adjoining local authority (Cardwell Shire) for Mission Beach. http://www.idrc.ca/openebooks/448-2/ (39 of 180)18/10/2010 12:47:23 AM
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