2016-08-09 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                          9 AUGUST 2016


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                       RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                             THE NEXT QUARTER

Planning & Environment

Management of Flying Fox Issues            Boundary Vegetation Works                  Investigating measures to minimise           Engage Consultants to prepare
                                             undertaken jointly with Natural Areas        disturbance to flying foxes on Goat            Management Plan for proposed
                                             to Wallace Park                              Island.                                        works in Wallace Park and prepare
                                           Scoped the scale and costing of            Investigating installation of water            an application for EHP for a permit.
                                             proposed Sprinkler System Trial for          and power connection for Sprinkler           Develop a Guideline for mosquito
                                             Wallace Park                                 System to Wallace Park in                      control around Goat Island to
                                           Attended Flying Fox Forum with               conjunction with Building & Plumbing           minimise disturbance to flying foxes.
                                             other Councils to review further
                                             management options


Delivery of Voluntary Conservation         Completed property visits for 14 of        Finalisation of works for year end           Ongoing property visits
Agreement program                            the 19 VCA landholders                       and payments to VCA members                  Engagement of Community
                                                                                                                                         Partnership Officer
                                                                                                                                       Handover from Environment to
                                                                                                                                         Natural Areas


Draft Local Government Infrastructure      PIA mapping reviewed and report            Correlate Unitywater’s DMatt                 Determine future works required and
Plan                                         prepared for Council’s endorsement           projections with State population              costs
                                           Review of Unitywater’s DMatt                 projections                                  Progressive reports to be presented
                                             projections                                Mapping of existing infrastructure             to Council for each infrastructure
                                                                                          networks and costings                          network
                                                                                        Reviewing desired standards of
                                                                                          service for all infrastructure networks
                                                                                          with Council officer asset managers



Develop Noosa River Management             Advice provided to state agencies on       Prepare Options and Issues Paper             Future workshops with Council to
Strategy                                     Jury’s recommendations                       for state agencies to progress Jury            address Jury recommendations
                                                                                          Recommendations




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