Staff Reports - Corporate and Community Services 4.3 - Attachment 3
Access
Consultative Working Group (Byron Shire)
Submission - Byron Shire Draft
Community Strategic Plan 2028
Overarching Comments
· Document
has low readability for vision impaired audience. After scanning in A3
and printing in black & white the reader was still unable to read it. The
document was photographed so it could then be blown up.
· Q
– Is the document compatible/useable with vision impaired software?
· Use
plain English to explain throughout the document. It has been written as if the
reader was aware of all Councils undertakings and jargon.
· The
Draft Community Strategic Plan 2028 appears as more of a Council PR document
rather than a critical local planning document e.g. the document images are not
representative of our community. There are 22 images which include 5
surfers and 10 of Council information stalls.
· Prefer
less photos to reduce the size of the document and have more graphs and
info-graphics to support the content
· There
is mention of Phase two in Section 8. This should be explained better and
mentioned/introduced in Section 2 on Page 5.
· Title
page should state ‘ Phase One’
Page 4
· Is
the wording of the Acknowledgement of Country correct?
Page 5
· Para
1 – Who are the partners including? E.g. Financial Partners?
· Para
4 – Delivery plan / Commitments : Strategic Plan doesn’t outline
what or how disability objectives are being actioned or measured
· The
current Delivery Plan and Operational Plans do not currently meet
Council’s requirements under the Disability Inclusion Act 2014 (NSW)
Page 6
· Para
4 - Equity: ‘for those in need’ rephrase to ‘people
experiencing disadvantage or who are in need’
· Para
8 – Rights: should be expanded to read ‘with opportunities provided
for people from diverse linguistic, cultural, socio-economic and religious backgrounds…
· Para
9 – could also expand further: Council is committed to accessibility and
inclusion promoting equal rights for all members of the community, including
people with disability and gender and sexually diverse people.
Page 7
· Better
use of space required to clarify statements
· Para
3 – Who we are:
o not
diversified/ we are not primarily surfers
o need
to highlight artists and also mention below:
o single
parents with children including gender breakdown
o unemployed
o indigenous
o homeless
· Use
of a pie chart or similar to show census demographics clearly
Page 8
· Need
data added to show stats for people living with disability - data is currently
missing
· Figures
are not current Byron statistics
· Greater
analysis of data required
· Full
time employment vs. part-time casual and vocational data expanded
Page 9
· Page
Contents appears to be a short summary of Page 8 with vague statements
· Para
4 – provides stats for couples with children, says higher proportion of
single-parent families but gives no stats – gender breakdown of single
parents would be useful
· Between
Para 5 and 6: Disability information needs to be included
Page 10
· What
are the unique differences between the towns and villages –
opportunity here for the highlight the differences and build from them in the
demographics e.g. Top 3 of each town
· An
opportunity to show the protected areas on this map also – speaks to
beautiful natural environment
Page 11
· Para
4 – Where were workshops held?
· Para
4- ‘Harwood’ what is this referring to?
· Be
clearer on the consultation that occurred and leave Harwood out as its
confusing
Page 12
· Font
and Design not visually accessible
Page 13
· ‘Staff
don’t trust Community’ – what is this statement referring to?
· Meaningless
comments on the page as context isn’t clear
Page 14
· Another
page of meaningless data with no context or clear use
· Accuracy
of the data and the statements
Page 15
· Para
1 – Acronym CSP not used previously, needs to be written out
Page 17
· The
image used is in poor taste. The content on this page is discussing disability
and inclusion – the image is not reflective of this and includes stairs
that make an iconic spot inaccessible for people with mobility issues.
· The
data about DIAP planning should not have its own heading; it needs to be
incorporated into section 4.
· The
data about DIAP planning is mis-formatted: the sentence beginning
‘Priority areas for improvement’ needs to be a new section. First
half of the information is good practice, but the second half is where
improvement is needed.
· Point
2 – “Current flexible work practices for staff’ what
are these?
· Point
4 – “Social procurement partnership to provide employment
opportunities for local people with disability” What is Social
Procurement?
· Point
5 – “Universal design recognised in recent sustainable housing
initiatives” What is Universal Design?
· Point 13 – “Inclusion awareness and training for staff”
and community
Page 18
· Para 1 – “community is empowered
“Should read ‘supported to be empowered’ or ‘we
have an empowered community’
Page 19
· Point
2 – We need to do more than celebrate. We need to be fostering culture
· Point
2 – Culture is referred in an overarching way where in reality there is a
multitude of cultures.
· Para
5 – Need to note refer page 26 Section 8
· Place
Page 8 Section 8 next to ‘achieving our vision ‘on page 19
Page 20
· Overall
language used in this section is poor – needs to be directed at now and
not future.
· Heading
2 - WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND SERVICES WHICH MEET OUR
EXPECTATIONS – Needs to be a stronger
statement.
· Point
2 – ‘Towns and villages to be’ Should
read Towns and villages ‘that are’.
· Point 2 –“by our transport network” What
is out transport network?
· ‘Supporting Strategies’ table:
o Table is not clear or focused on the improvements
o 1.2 – “acceptable community standard”
Acceptable to who? Acceptable is intangible, unmeasurable. Need to use bench
marks, world/ Australian standards.
Page 21
· Language
needs to be stronger and direct.
· ‘Supporting Strategies’ table:
o Examples to showcase the point being made
Page 22
· Supporting Strategies’ table:
o “3.2
Strive
to become a zero emissions community” – specify
what emissions?
Page 23
· Language
needs to be stronger and direct including heading.
· Point
3 – Who controls the cost of living in Byron Shire to be affordable? Affordable
for whom?
· Point
4 – “Opportunities for employment,
study and vocational training will be expanded and diversified” no
vision in how it was written – there are opportunities now but these are
limited/inadequate.
· Point
5 – “Tourism to be managed in a
way that has a positive impact for locals” – Could have a negative impact, who is measuring it? Quantified?
· Supporting Strategies’ table:
o 4.2
– Where are the appropriate housing locations/
o 4.3
– Point needs to be in line with referencing another document
Page 24
· Language
needs to be stronger and direct including heading.
· Strategic
Context – Para 3 insert “transparent” …This includes
sound and transparent management….
· Supporting Strategies’ table:
o 5.1
– Is the decision making a tick box?
o 5.3
– Who supports councillors to carry out their duties, bureaucracy or
community? Is this an internal comment?
o 5.5
– Deliver a ‘higher’ level of customer service
Page 25
· Section
8 needs to go next to Section 7 for better flow and understanding of the
document
· Para
1 – Phase two is mentioned – When is Phase two and what is it?
· Para
4 – How will progress be measured when measures have not been developed?
· When
is the entire suite of documents being released?
Page 26
· Para 1 – “This CSP will be reviewed again at the start of the next
Council term in 2020, however this is an opportunity for Council and the
community to build on the engagement which has taken place and shaped this Plan.” This
statement is not clear. Will there be another opportunity in 2020?
· Para 1 – Typo in last word “ownership of working towards the
community Vision articulated in this Plan.”
· Para 2 – How
will the Council report back to the Community?
