NRM and Local Government

Kym GoodGeneral Manager

Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board

14 March 2007

Today’s key messages:

We’re open for business Local Government is our key partner The Regional Plan will not be business as usual We would like your feedback on the consultation process

The Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board

• Where did we come from?

• What is our business?

• How are we funded?

• Who sits on the AMLR Board?

What are the touch points with Local Government?

NRM Plan and investments in NRM

NRM Levy

Stormwater and flood management

Development Plans

Coast and marine issues

Weed control and remnant vegetation

What does the NRM Regional Plan have to do with Local Government?

It’s a Plan for the Region, not just the AMLR Board

It will define strategic outcomes for NRM in the region

It will guide investments for the next ten years

Partner projects will get priority A Local Government/NRM Partnership Project is being

progressed through the LGA

How will local government get its say?

The Partnership Project at the LGA State Conference

‘Cluster groups’ of councils will meet with us in May

Community forums will follow in June

Formal consultation on the draft plan will be in Oct/Nov

Cluster groups will focus on:

Outcomes and targets

What we will do, and what we won’t do

Strategies around the five ‘touch points’

How we will work together

Proposed cluster groups:Hills ClusterAdelaide HillsVictor HarborYankallillaMt BarkerAlexandrina

City/EastAdelaideProspectUnleyBurnsideCampbelltownNorwood, Payneham, St PetersWalkervilleMitcham

Central-South CoastPort Adelaide EnfieldCharles SturtWest TorrensHoldfast BayOnkaparingaMarion

NorthBarossaGawlerLightMallalaPlayfordSalisburyTea Tree Gully

What’s in it for local government?

Role clarificationShared solutionsBetter outcomes Information sharingFinancial leverage

Your turn.

• Does this consultation framework work for you?

• What are you seeking from the NRM Board?

• Any questions?

Thank you.Kym Good

General ManagerAdelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges

Natural Resources Management Board

Telephone: 8273 6000Email: kym.good@adelaide.nrm.sa.gov.au