2019-02-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                          12 FEBRUARY 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                              THE NEXT QUARTER
Implementation of the ZEN Organisation      Completion of Councillor workshops           NAC residual solar system                     Landfill emission reductions
Strategy                                      on the 2017/18 carbon footprint,             LED lighting retrofits                        Community emission reductions
                                              science based targets and further            Noosaville library solar installation         Carbon offset investigations and
                                              emission reduction initiatives               Cooroy       Butter    factory     solar        review
                                            Completion of Councillor workshops             installation                                  Annual Report to Council on ZEN
                                              on the Noosa community carbon                Noosa River Holiday Park solar                  Strategy     implementation   and
                                              footprint,    IPCC     2018     report       ZEN Strategy review                             progress
                                              implications and opportunities for
                                              Council to assist community
                                            Commencement of the LED lighting
                                              upgrade at the Tewantin Admin
                                              building
                                            Submitted applications for Qld Govt
                                              Land Restoration Fund grants
                                            Tewantin Admin building solar tender
                                              evaluation completed
                                            Community ZEN events
Private Land Conservation Partnerships      Community        Partnerships      role      Keeping up with scheduled visits,             Finalise new regional coordination
- Land for Wildlife and Voluntary             currently vacant due to Kylie Gordon           utilising members of the Natural                structure for Land for Wildlife, moving
Conservation Agreements.                      leaving the role in January.                   Areas team to undertake visits. New             away from Healthy Land & Water, to
                                            Represented Noosa at the Strategic             visits for the program are currently            a Regionally coordinated and
                                              Sub-Committee meeting for Land for             booked until the end of April with the          managed structure.
                                              Wildlife and developed a briefing note         resources available, applications for         Assess resources required to meet
                                              and business case in collaboration             new memebers are effectively on                 demand for the program into the
                                              with 11 other SEQ Councils for new             hold until after April.                         future.
                                              regional coordination arrangements.          Reviewing vacant role with a view to          Prioritise properties that have
                                                                                             recruiting ASAP.                                expressed an interest in establishing
                                                                                                                                             VCA’s, through the Environment
                                                                                                                                             Levy Working Group.
Community Bushland Care Program             New Bushcare coordinator Ryan                Finalising annual workplans for all of        Promoting the new groups.
                                              Henney now well established in the             the Bushcare groups.                          Look at options for new Bushcare
                                              role.                                        Start-up of three new groups for the            groups in early 2019.
                                            Christmas     volunteer     break-up           program;
                                              successfully held at Peregian Beach.           o Rainbow Park , Sunshine Beach
                                                                                                 (maintaining    and   improving
                                                                                                 Glossy Black Cockatoo habitat)
                                                                                             o Weyba        Creek    Environment
                                                                                                 Reserve (Elysium estate)


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