08/1128 - Information Response to Biodiversity Items & Ecological Impact Items - Place Designs [As Published] · 132008.1128

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RESPONSE TO BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS SUNSHINE ‘
COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL INFORMATION REQUEST DATED 11/08/2008 ..
PLACE was commissioned to respond to,the Council’s Information Request on Biodiversity Items 15 to18 :
and Ecological Impacts Items 42 to.44. PLACE prepared the Ecological Assessment Report (2007). This *

report was prepared under the supervision of an experienced Ecologist, Mr Wayne Moffitt, PLACE Director
- Environment. The Flora survey was conducted by Mr Chris Hansen, PLACE Senior Botanist. The Fauna '
survey was conducted by Mr Carl Corden, PLACE Ecologist. A Flora Survey was conducted on 25

September 2008 targeting the listed species by Mr Chris Hansen, PLACE Senior Botanist and assisted by Mr

Brad Dines, PLACE Senior Environmental Planner. Curriculum Vitaes for these PLACE staff are provided in
ATTACHMENT 2.

Item 15,

The site contains known populations of rare and threatened plants species (NCA 1992) (inter alia.
Acacia baueri, Gompholobium virgata v. emarginatum, Macarthuria complanata, Schoenus
scabripes). Please provide a comprehensive flora survey and plan of the subject site,
documenting the locations of the rare and threatened plants, species of the plants, abundance,
damage avoidance/mitigation strategies likely to be engaged. The flora survey is to be
undertaken by a suitably qualified botanist with field experience in the identification of the

species known to occur on the site, and with suitable knowledge of the heathland vegetation of “
the Sunshine Coast.” . a8

Ecological Assessment Report (2007)

The Ecological Assessment Report (2007) prepared by PLACE Design Group was based on a Flora Survey
conducted on 6 October 2005, and a Fauna Survey conducted in January and February 2007. The report
outlined in Section 2.0 the methodology of the ecological assessment, including site survey techniques for
flora and fauna species. At the time of the 2007 Flora Survey, the southern part of the subject site had
been impacted by a bushfire event.

 

 

The original Ecological Assessment Report (2007) included a Vegetation Plan which has been reproduced in
this response as FIGURE 1. The Vegetation Plan identified two vegetation communities that reflect the
Regional Ecosystem mapping for the site:
« Vegetation Community 1 - Open/ Dry heath on Coastal Dunes reflected an indiscernible (50:50%)
combination of Regional Ecosystem (RE) 12.2.9/12.2.13 - “of concern”) ; and
« Vegetation Community 2a Closed wet heath / sedgeland on coastal dunes (RE 12.2.15/12.2.12 -
“not of concern”); ‘
The Vegetation Communities mapping confirmed the ecotone boundary between the two mapped RE‘s
was located along the western boundary with Noosa National Park for approximately half of the 154
metres proposed for the new Lot 9.