2021-10-08 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                     8 OCTOBER 2021


Community comment                                        Proposed response
General – CHAP approach
Strong support for ongoing, immediate and                 design and placement of public beach access
enhanced dune management and revegetation as               tracks, infrastructure and boardwalks
the primary adaptation option.
                                                          managing bushland for ecological integrity and
Stormwater outlets are causing beach erosion.              bushfire protection
Council needs a clear approach for managing
                                                          Dune building and vegetation rehabilitation
stormwater outflows and tidal influences and how it
will reduce/manage the erosion impacts.                   Management of creeks and stormwater that flow
Council needs to appropriately fund dunal                  into the ocean
rehabilitation as a form of coastal hazard reduction.     Monitoring.
Beach accesses may need to be redesigned to              Council will continue to determine preferred policy
deter foot traffic across nearby dunes. Access           approach for managing stormwater outflows at
paths should be fenced on both sides of the path to      coastal creeks as part of the development of a
indicate the right path to the beach and to              Coastal Foreshores Management Plan.
discourage pedestrian traffic from deviating across      The following proposed changes to the CHAP
bush areas.                                              have been made:
Beach and dune management actions proposed               -    The wording in the CHAP has been made
are sensible.                                                 clearer that dune management and
Concerns that the large number of unapproved                  revegetation in high-risk areas is a critical and
access tracks across the dunes have not been                  immediate priority for Council and the
sufficiently addressed by Council over many years.            community in helping to build coastal
Urge Noosa Council to take a more proactive role in           resilience and manage erosion risks.
reducing dune erosion by removing and                    (Refer to Sections 5 of the CHAP for changes.)
revegetating the many unofficial paths and tracks
on our Eastern Beaches. A great many of these
paths have been created on public land by
landholders wanting their own private access to the
adjacent beach. The CHAP should identify this
problem more clearly, including an immediate
response.
Council needs to introduce better, and more
consistent, enforcement against dunal
encroachment.
Council needs to established a policy on public
beach infrastructure which also prohibits, or at least
regulates, private beach infrastructure.
Council needs to educate both visitors and
residents on their responsibilities for coastal
hazards management.
Council needs to regularly monitor the impact of
increased visitor numbers to our coastal areas and
report regularly on such impacts. And more
appropriately consider these and other non-coastal
hazard pieces of information in developing the
CHAP.
Natural responses are desirable, but physical
engineered solutions are going to be necessary.
Rockwalls are used all over the world. Council
should be planning for rockwalls.
Concerns about management of treated sewage              - Unitywater is responsible for the management of
outflow via Burgess Creek.                                 the reticulated sewerage system including the
                                                           treatment and discharge of treated outflows to the
                                                           ocean via Burgess Creek.



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