Kempsey Shire Council resolved at the December council meeting to undertake an impact assessment of changing the management of annual licence holders and permanent residents sites within council's holiday parks.
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Councillors discussed the original motion during the meeting before councillor Bruce Morris added a foreshadowed motion that included a workshop, community engagement and a site inspection of the four Macleay Valley Coast Holiday Parks.
"More information and community engagement is needed and an impact assessment will inform us how this would impact annual licence holders," Cr Morris said.
Councillor Sue McGinn agreed and said a site visit would better inform councillors about the impacts on the community.
"A site visit and workshop would be an appropriate motion," she said.
"It will allow us to work through something more appropriate for the holiday parks and especially Hat Head which is the park most impacted by this."
The impact assessment will consider the holiday park income generation, holiday park upgrade pathways and town village social and business impacts. The development of these assessments will include community engagement with all stakeholders.
Updated site layout plans will also be presented for consideration at a future council meeting.
"We can't make an informed decision until we have a workshop and more community engagement," Councillor Anthony Patterson said during the meeting.
Council haven't put a time limit on completing the points included in the recommendation, but will commence stakeholder engagement on proposed changes to site layout plans.
"Hopefully we would have this back to council before the end of the financial year, but we won't put a time limit on it because it is so involved," general manager Craig Milburn said.
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