2016-11-14 General Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                       8 NOVEMBER 2016


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                             THE NEXT QUARTER

Planning & Environment
Management of Flying Fox Issues              Installation of Sprinkler system to        Consultation with affected residents         Implement a subsidy scheme for
                                               Wallace Park in conjunction with             on a subsidy scheme to minimise                residents affected by flying fox in
                                               Building & Plumbing ready for trial          impact of flying foxes on residents in         Wallace Park.
                                             Attended Flying Fox Forum with other         proximity to Wallace Park.
                                               Councils      to   review     further      Investigate possible subsidy scheme
                                               management options                           for affected residents.
                                             Engagement of a Flying Fox
                                               Management Officer

Delivery of Voluntary      Conservation      Engagement        of     Community         Handover from Environment to                 Ongoing property visits
Agreement program                              Partnership Officer                          Natural Areas of the programme               Review of delivery of VCA services to
                                                                                          Enquiries received for 2 new VCA               existing members
                                                                                            members

Draft Local Government Infrastructure        Motion      presented     to    LGAQ       Correlate       Unitywater’s      DMatt      Determine future works required and
Plan                                           conference Oct 2016 calling for              projections with State population              costs
                                               review     of   Local    Government          projections                                  Progressive reports to be presented
                                               Infrastructure Plan statutory process      Mapping of existing infrastructure             to Council for each infrastructure
                                               requirements for preparation.                networks and costings                          network
                                                                                          Reviewing desired standards of
                                                                                            service for all infrastructure networks
                                                                                            with Council officer asset managers

Develop    Noosa   River   Management        Options and Issues Paper for state         Preparation of report to Council on          Future workshops with Council to
Strategy                                       agencies prepared to progress Jury           progress of Jury recommendations               address Jury recommendations
                                               Recommendations                              and advice received from the state
                                                                                          Continue discussions with state
                                                                                            agencies on Jury recommendations

Develop Koala Policy       and    Koala      Koala Management Plan adopted by           Assisting USC with Koala research.           Prioritise actions   of   the   Koala
Management Plan                                Council                                    Undertake      audit    of    koala            Management Plan
                                                                                            infrastructure




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