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Page 6 - Around Our Community
Strategic Community
Plan 2019-2029 Update
Our Strategic Community Plan is the We also sought comments from our
City’s road map for the next 10 years. Rock Port users and the working
It shows the direction and actions we group which helped develop the
need to take to meet the needs of plan in 2018.
our community. It is given a full review
every four years and a minor review This review didn’t change the intent
every two years. of the plan, but did include updates
to demographic data and minor
Our current plan was adopted in refinements to the names of some
2018, following a major strategic of the Community Plan Strategies
review and extensive community that underpin our four aspirations.
engagement at Planning for the
Future workshops where community The updated version of the Strategic
members helped define the Community Plan was adopted
aspirations and priorities which by Council at the October 2020
guide the City’s strategic direction: meeting, and can now be viewed Bait Ball by Richard Aitken
on our website at
• Actively Pursue Tourism and rockingham.wa.gov.au
Economic Development
To keep up to date on the
• Grow and Nurture Community
Connectedness and Wellbeing implementation of our strategies
and plans and how you can share
• Plan For Future Generations your thoughts - sign up for Rock
• Deliver Quality Leadership and Port at: cityrockport.com.au and
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In mid-2020 a minor review was
undertaken to give our community Thanks to everyone who took the
the chance to provide fresh time to provide feedback during our
feedback. The review was advertised minor review.
during July 2020 on the City’s
website, social media and in the
local paper.
Coastal Facilities Strategy
The City of Rockingham is Initial community consultation
developing the Coastal Facilities took place during November 2020
Strategy to inform coastal through two surveys. Once the
infrastructure and management feedback has been reviewed by
over coming years, and a vision Council, the strategy will once
out to 2070. It will cover: again be open to consultation in
• boat ramps and parking 2021 where our community has
• beach accessibility another opportunity to share their
• management of coastal sand thoughts. The strategy is expected
to go to Council for final approval
movement - such as erosion of in the second half of 2021.
beaches, accretion (or piling up)
of sand, and maintaining boat
access routes to the sea
• jetties
• sea walls, and
• groynes
