2020-05-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 12 MAY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Capability                                    Disaster Management presentation           Guardian training for QPS Officers          Audit of evacuation centres and
Strengthen and increase the Disaster            scheduled for Councillors.                   to supplement LDCC staff if                   neighbourhood safer places.
Management capability, including              QDMA Training and Disaster                   shortages are experienced                     Looking for opportunities for
training and conducting exercises.                                                                                                         improvement and utilisation of Bush
                                                Management inductions scheduled            Recruitment and training for
                                                for Cr Stewart as the new Chair of           positions continues                           fire funding.
                                                the LDMG.                                  Flood forecasting software                  Staff training to create in-house
                                                                                             implementation                                expertise in mapping for flood
                                                                                                                                           forecasting
                                                                                           Investigating initiatives for Bushfire
                                                                                             Funding                                     Planning for joint annual exercise /
                                                                                                                                           Guardian training.
                                                                                           Working with QFES Communities
                                                                                             Team to develop and implement               Continuous improvement
                                                                                             recovery and resilience programs.
                                                                                           Continuing refinement of flood
                                                                                             forecasting software
Legislative Compliance Review                 IGEM Bushfire review, specific to          Actioning IGEM review findings.             Implementation of new IGEM
Monitor, develop and maintain                   Peregian Fires                                                                             framework
compliance levels in accordance with
Local, State and Commonwealth
requirements.
Engagement & Collaboration                    Fire Events tested relationships with      Capture lessons learnt in final             Continual building of relationships
Build and maintain internal and external        both internal and external                   format from all stakeholder                   through collaborative approach
partnerships/ networks to strengthen the        stakeholders                                 agencies.
Noosa Shire community resilience.                                                          Continue building relationships
Infrastructure Planning, Design & Delivery
Finalise signage guidelines & signage       Refined signage requests process             Include refined signage requests            Implement signage guidelines and
design criteria.                            Reference made to the Local                    process in the Noosa Signage                  criteria for use by all staff
                                              Government Neutral Services Signs              Guidelines                                  Monitor and update as required
                                              Public Places Guide 2019 document            Guidelines and criteria to be
                                              in the Noosa Signage Guidelines                finalised for adoption by Director.
Progressive development of Streetscape      A planner has been engaged for               Planning for the Noosa Drive and            Continue concept report for Noosa
Plans in accordance with the Noosa            project planning from Noosa                    Hastings Street precincts is on hold          Drive and Hasting Street precincts.
Design Principles.                            Junction to Noosa Drive and the                pending resourcing.                         Await Noosa Junction Association
(Gympie Terrace, Cooroy, Pomona,              Hastings Street precinct.                    Working with the Noosa Junction               consultation to determine their
Peregian, Thomas Street, Noosa              Place Design has completed 1st pass            Association and Place Design to               priorities.
Junction)                                     concept design for the north-eastern           produce concept plans for a                 Progress concept design for Noosa
                                              corner of the Junction.                        streetscape is on hold during                 Junction streetscape, develop draft
                                                                                             COVID-19 restrictions.

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