10-year Community Strategic Plan

Shoalhaven City Council has endorsed the final draft of the Shoalhaven City Community Strategic Plan for 2010-2020 as part of a new suite of plans that form part of the Integrated Planning and Reporting framework.

The final draft Community Strategic Plan will be on display for public response from 3 May to 2 June 2010. The final draft Plan is the result of extensive community consultation since September 2009. Council has received more than 1,000 responses and submissions to inform the draft plan, and Council itself has met and discussed the Community Strategic Plan on several occasions.

Shoalhaven City Mayor Councillor Paul Green said the Community Strategic Plan is flexible and also rigorous so that the city can grow and develop in four major areas – communities, economy, environment and leadership.

“In pulling the Community Strategic Plan together council has listened to many different parts of the community and we have had to be quite rigorous to ensure that many views have been incorporated into the final plan,” Clr Green said.

“The Community Strategic Plan is suite of four major documents, including the Resourcing Strategy and the Delivery Program and Operational Plan, which will make up the high-level management documents for which Council will be accountable.”

The final draft Plan includes 19 objectives, and 82 strategies to achieve these objectives. The plan is now available on Council’s internet site at http://www.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/. Council has endorsed for consultation it’s first draft Delivery Program, 2010-2013, and the Operational Plan, 2010-2011.

Clr Green has encouraged all citizens and visitors to the city to view the documents either on line, at http://www.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/, or at Council’s administration centres and libraries to make a comment on the plans. The Community Strategic Plan will replace Council’s CityPlan and Community Plan, and will outline a vision for the city.

Draft Delivery Program 2010-2013 and Operational Plan 2010-2011

The draft Delivery Program and Operational Plan for 2010 – 2013 outlines what activities, services and projects Council proposes for the period. It also identifies the proposed revenue policy, budgets, capital works programs and fees and charges for the period.

The draft Delivery Program and Operational Plan will be on exhibition from Monday 3 May until 2 June 2010.  Three public meetings to explain the proposals have been arranged. They will be held on:

• Wednesday 12 May 2010 at 7pm at the Ulladulla Civic Centre, Princes Highway, Ulladulla.
• Monday  17 May 2010 at 7pm at the Nowra Administrative Centre, Reception Room, Bridge Road, Nowra
• Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 7pm at the St Georges Basin Community Centre, Meriton Street, St Georges Basin

The draft documents will be available at Council’s libraries (Nowra, Ulladulla, Sanctuary Point and the Bookmobile) and also at Council’s administrative buildings (Bridge Road Nowra and Deering Street Ulladulla) during opening times.

Submissions on the final draft Community Strategic Plan and the draft Delivery Program and Operational Plan can be made through Council’s internet site or via email at council@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au, quoting reference number 39808E.

Submissions can also be made until 2 June 2010 to the General Manager, Shoalhaven City Council, PO Box 42, Nowra, 2541. Copies of the draft plans and the final draft Community Strategic Plan will be available at Council’s Administration Centres in Bridge Road Nowra, Deering St Ulladulla and at city libraries.

For more information on the Community Strategic Plan visit the Council’s internet site at http://future.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/.