The council, working with its community, should adopt an adaptation policy and maintain it in use. The policy should fit what the jurisdiction is trying to achieve and the setting in which it operates, and it should take account of law, other plans and weaknesses in local services and activities. It must define the scope of adaptation aims, limits and time horizons, contain a commitment to prepare and carry out the policy and to strengthen it through monitoring and evaluation, take a long view without losing timeliness, exist as a written record that is revised when priorities change, and be circulated among its own staff and to interested parties.
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