2019-02-18 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   18 FEBRUARY 2019


                                     ATTACHMENT 3




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                            18 FEBRUARY 2019

                                                                                                 ATTACHMENT 3

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 Environment Strategy

  Project Name               Environment Strategy
  Date                       February 2019
Department                   Environment & Sustainable     Branch            Environmental Services
                             Development
  Contacts                  Craig Doolan, Rebecca Britton, Peter Milne
  Target start date    4 March 2019                             ‘Target finish date 26 March 2019
  Project Description — approximately 250 words to describe what the project is about. This will be used as the introduction
  on Your Say Noosa
  The purpose of the project is to prepare an overarching Environment Strategy that will provide principles and strategic
  direction for environment-related projects. It will help prioritise key environmental initiatives and provide measurable
 targets to assess and monitor change in the environment over time. It will play an important role in providing a
  coordinated approach and a shared understanding within the community and Council of environment management issues
  and actions needed for Noosa Shire.
  Design - Project background — Why is the project necessary, what are contributing factors leading to the decision to
  engage?
  The project is a key focus area under the Corporate Plan. The strategy will be a whole of Council strategy document that
 will have an important community focus.
  Design - Understand context & scope project : Consider political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental
  and historical factors plus what is in and what is out of scope for the project (Fig 1)
  The Environment Strategy will be one of the cornerstone strategies (along with the Social Strategy and Local Economic
  Plan) that make up council’s corporate policy framework under the corporate plan. There are numerous environmental plans
  and policies that guide decision making and project delivery but no overarching prioritisation framework for the environment
 that helps to coordinate these. The Environment Strategy will have an important role in setting environmental targets and key
  strategies under four themes:
  e  Biodiversity
 e   Waterways, wetlands and coasts
  e  Sustainable Living
  e  Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
  The Environment Strategy will provide some contextual information on environmental values and threats, management
  issues and trends, existing initiatives and strategic outcomes for the next 10 years.
 An implementation plan will identify key implementation actions for delivery in the first couple of years and a framework for
  monitoring and evaluation of the success of the strategy. Community feedback will provide input into key implementation
  actions, and these will be included in the final version for Council endorsement.
  Design - Project Aims — bullet points
  To provide:
  e  ahigh level policy position on managing the Noosa environment
 e   astrategic decision making framework for prioritising projects and investment and for evaluating and monitoring
     change
 e   priority outcomes for Council to deliver in partnership with the community
  e  targets that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time limited (SMART)
  e  key implementation actions as a focus for the coming years
  Design - Understand stakeholders & identify roles and influence of groups and individuals (See Fig1 & 2)
  Key stakeholders:
  °    Internal staff and Councillors
  °    Community groups with an environment interest
  °    General community
  Other potential stakeholders:
  °    State agencies (DAFF, DES, DNRME)
  °    Infrastructure providers (SEQ Water, Unity Water)
  Impacted areas (geographical, internal departments, other)
  °    Whole of shire, All Council departments

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