Issue - meetings
Aberdeen Adapts: Climate Adaptation Strategy
Meeting: 25/04/2019 - City Growth and Resources Committee (Item 8)
8 Aberdeen Adapts: Climate Adaptation Strategy - PLA/19/102 PDF 123 KB
Additional documents:
- PLA19102 - AberdeenAdaptsAppendix1, item 8 PDF 475 KB
- PLA19102 - SEAEnvironmentalReportAppendix2, item 8 PDF 4 MB
- PLA19102 - AberdeenAdaptsConsultationQsAppendix3, item 8 PDF 69 KB
Decision:
(i) to approve the proposed Aberdeen Adapts: Climate Adaptation Framework
(Appendix 1) and associated Environmental Report (Appendix 2), for 8 week public consultation;
(ii) to agree that Aberdeen City Council delegates authority to the Chief Officer, Strategic Place Planning to progress the development of a cross-sector partnership approach to climate adaptation for the city, aligning with existing relevant partnership arrangements, which will lead to the development of an Implementation Plan to deliver adaptation action;
(iii) to instruct the Chief Officer, Strategic Place Planning, to arrange for public consultation of the proposed Aberdeen Adapts: Climate Adaptation Framework and to report back to City Growth and Resources Committee on 26 November 2019 with:-
· An update on governance proposals for Aberdeen Adapts;
· The findings of the public consultation; and
· A final version of Aberdeen Adapts and associated Environmental Report for approval and publication.
Minutes:
With reference to article 11 of the minute of meeting of 27 November 2018, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning which sought approval for the draft Aberdeen Adapts document and associated Environmental report to go to public consultation.
The report recommended:-
that the Committee –
(a) approve the proposed Aberdeen Adapts: Climate Adaptation Framework
(Appendix 1) and associated Environmental Report (Appendix 2), for an 8 week public consultation;
(b) agree that Aberdeen City Council delegates authority to the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to progress the development of a cross-sector partnership approach to climate adaptation for the city, aligning with existing relevant partnership arrangements, which will lead to the development of an Implementation Plan to deliver adaptation action;
(c) instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning, to arrange for public consultation of the proposed Aberdeen Adapts: Climate Adaptation Framework and to report back to City Growth and Resources Committee on 26 November 2019 with:-
· An update on governance proposals for Aberdeen Adapts;
· The findings of the public consultation; and
· A final version of Aberdeen Adapts and associated Environmental Report for approval and publication.
The Committee resolved:-
to approve the recommendations.