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LGA COASTAL STRATEGY - QUESTIONNAIRE
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PREAMBLE
Over the last decade great changes have been going on in coastal management: changes that
affect Local Government directly, or impact on the context within which it works.
The Local Government Association (LGA) has commissioned a report to recommend a strategy
to enable Local Government to effectively contribute to and participate in the achievement of
Integrated Coastal Management. Information gathered from coastal councils in workshops and
through this questionnaire forms part of the consultative process for the project (please see LGA
Circular 16.3).
Your responses will assist the LGA with this important project.
Name of Council
Respondent’s Name
Respondent’s Position
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ISSUES
(a) List the five (5) most significant issues that confront your Council in relation to managing
your coastal area.
(b) What are the major barriers you experience in dealing with these issues?
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(c) What are Council’s needs in order to address these issues effectively?
(d) What external sources of funding do you currently access in order to assist with managing
your coastal area?
(Please list and beside each please indicate approximate dollars received in 2002/3)
(e) What is the annual budget of the Council for Coastal Management by Activity/Function?
Activity/ Function
Best estimate of $
amount
Maintenance of public jetties and ramps; dealing with consequences of
the building of private jetties and ramps.
Effort to reduce pollution of estuarine and marine waters from land
based discharges:
• sewage treatment
• stormwater management, street cleaning, drain marking, installations,
wetlands, GPTs and maintenance
• industry discharges.
Coastal pest plant and animal control.
Care and protection of coastal vegetation and fauna; care of coastal
ecosystems; care of coastal roadside vegetation.
Coastal road maintenance.
Coast Protection Works – engineering works to protect against flooding
and erosion: seawalls, groynes, levee walls, breakwaters, and
embankments.
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Activity/ Function
Best estimate of $
amount
Storm Damage Repairs – remediation of damage due to storms.
Promotion of local tourism.
Coastal Facilities – provision of new or upgraded public coastal
facilities: toilets, walkways, car parks.
Regulation of activities on the foreshore and coastal reserves.
Maintenance – work to maintain the integrity of coast protection works,
coastal amenity, maintenance of facilities on, or linked to, coastal
reserves (paths, boardwalks, car parks, swimming facilities, life saving/
beach safety.
Community Awareness – publications, signs, events, answering
enquiries, facilitation of volunteer community groups, education and
awareness raising programs.
Development and implementation of regional/local coastal strategies.
Planning and Development Controls – formulation/implementation of
public policies, plans and legislation related to the coast. Routine
planning activities, including land use planning, relating to coastal areas
by local governments under the Development Act. Application of state
flooding and erosion policy.
Contribution to the management of port facilities and marinas.
Monitoring.
Issues arising from liability and indemnity.
Please add other activities.
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COASTAL STRATEGIES/PLANS/ACTION PLANS
What local or regional strategies/plans/action plans does your council currently use to make
decisions and take action in relation to the coast?
Please indicate (Y/N) those which are included in your Council’s Development Plan.
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A CHANGING CLIMATE of POLICIES and LAWS
Coastal management by councils is increasingly being affected by changes made by other spheres
of government.
Interim Natural Resources Management (NRM) Boards and Plans
(a) To what extent was your Council involved in your local interim NRM Regional Plan
development? Please expand.
(b) Were you satisfied with these arrangements? (Please mark appropriate box)
YES 
NO
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(c) If you answered NO, how would you like to see your Council involved? (Please expand)
(d) Do you anticipate that the proposed NRM funding arrangements will affect funding of council
coastal management activities? (Please mark appropriate box)
YES
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NO
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DON’T KNOW
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(e) If you answered YES, please expand your answer.
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HAVING A SAY ON IMMINENT CHANGES
The state government is currently working on three inter-related initiatives, which will affect
councils’ activity in coastal management:
•A ‘Living Coast’ - State Government Coastal Policy
•A new ‘Coast and Marine Management Act
•Major revision to the way the Metropolitan Beach is managed, (with likely funding
implications for all councils).
(a) In what way would you like to see your Council involved? (Please mark appropriate box)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
As individual councils?
As regional groupings of Councils?
As a State grouping of Councils?
All of the above, depending on the issue and its impacts
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(b) What processes would you like to see implemented to achieve this? Please comment.
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Contact for future correspondence
A summary of the outcomes of this survey will be forwarded to all participating Councils once
collated.
If any queries or clarification are sought in relation to this questionnaire, please contact:
Brian Caton
Ph: 8278 5113
E-mail: bcaton@senet.com.au
PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE BY 19 JUNE 2003 TO:
Ms Janet Kent
Local Government Association
Email: janet.kent@lga.sa.gov.au
Fax: 8232 6336
Thank you for your assistance.
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