2022-05-16 General Committee Meeting Minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                                 16 MAY 2022


    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:          Cr Wilkie
    Seconded:       Cr Stockwell
    That Council note the report by Coordinator Engineering to the General Committee Meeting
    dated 16 May 2022 regarding Application No. OPW22/0029 for Operational Works
    (Prescribed Tidal Works – Noosa River Oyster Habitat Restoration for Noosa River and
    A.   Approve the application in accordance with Referral Agency Conditions provided by
         SARA on 7 April 2022 and the following conditions:
         Approved Plans
         1.     Phase 1 – Pilot Phase is only approved as part of this development approval.
         2.     Development undertaken in accordance with this approval must generally comply
                with the approved plans of development. The approved plans are listed in the
                following table unless otherwise amended by these conditions.
              Plan No.          Rev.   Plan/Document Name                            Date
              NROR-2021-00      A      General Notes & Site Selection                09/07/2021
              NROR-2021-01      -      Restoration Zones                             20/05/2021
              NROR-2021-02      A      Module Designs                                09/07/2021
              NROR-2021-03      A      Goat Island Restoration Site                  09/07/2021
              NROR-2021-04      A      Tewantin Island Restoration Site              09/07/2021
              NROR-2021-05      A      Noosa Sound West Restoration Site             09/07/2021
              NROR-2021-06      A      Noosa Sound East Restoration Site             09/07/2021
         Currency Period
         3.     The development approval lapses if the works have not been substantially
                started by 19 May 2024, unless an application to extend the currency period is
                approved by Council.
         General Conditions
         4.     All works must be undertaken in accordance with the Noosa Oyster Restoration
                Project – Project Restoration Plan prepared by The Nature Conservancy dated
                January 2022.
         5.     All works must be undertaken in accordance with Maritime Safety Queensland
                (MSQ) and Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) requirements relating
                to signage and aids to navigation as detailed in the Noosa Oyster Restoration
                Project – Project Restoration Plan (Section 7) prepared by The Nature
                Conservancy dated January 2022.
         6.     All works must be undertaken in accordance with DAF requirements relating to
                notifications, marking of approved boundary areas and restoration of marine
                plants/tidal profiles that are temporarily impacted as a result of the works as
                detailed in the SARA Decision Notice.
         7.     All works must be undertaken in accordance with Best Practice Erosion and
                Sediment Control (BPESC) guidelines for Australia (International Erosion Control
                Association).
         8.     All works must be undertaken in accordance with Sections 6.1 and 6.4 of Noosa
                Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project - Project Restoration Plan prepared by
                The Nature Conservancy Australia dated January 2022.
         9.     All works must be undertaken in accordance with the current Queensland Acid
                Sulfate Soil Technical Manual: Soil management guidelines, prepared by the
                Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, 2014.
         10.    All materials used for construction works must be clean materials to ensure that
                the works do not contaminate the waterway.

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