2018-07-06 SM - Attachment 1 to Item 5 - Level of Service Catalogue

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Service Output                       LAND & HABITAT CONSERVATION
                                     Conservation and maintenance of land for the purposes of protecting
                                     ecosystems and enhancing local biodiversity.

Service Activity                     Bushland Reserve Management
                                     Activities include regular inspections, routine and reactive maintenance
                                     and ecological restoration works.

Responsible Area                     Department                                  Branch
                                     Environment & Sustainable                   Environmental Services
                                     Development

Cost Centres                         Environmental Services                      2300
                                     Bushland Reserves                           2400
                                                      1
                                     Environment Levy                            2405

Key Statistics                       # Bushland Reserves                       178
                                     Area Bushland Reserves [various           3,148 ha (approx.)
                                     tenures]
Legislative responsibility to        Land Act 1994 (Reserves)
provide this service                 Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Nature Refuges)
                                     Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
                                     Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002
                                     Fire and Rescue Service Act 1990

                                  ACTIVITY                                              SERVICE LEVEL TARGET
This service currently has limited Council approved service levels with staff largely reliant on hybrid arrangements put
in place since formation of the new Noosa Council (i.e. mix of amalgamated Council and newly revised service levels).

A Strategic Plan is being developed and will be presented to Council for consideration. It is envisaged that the
Strategic Plan will be underpinned by existing and proposed locality based Bushland Management Plans and where
required, Ecological Restoration Plans.

Planning & support
[Development, review and monitoring of implementation of bushland reserve fire management plans]

Scheduled activities                 Bushland Reserve Fire Management             Reviewed annually.
                                     Plan
                                     Technical oversight – bushland fire          Monthly
                                     management (meetings with Bushland
                                     Maintenance team)
Maintenance
[Cyclic inspection and routine maintenance related to hard infrastructure such as trail surfacing & drainage, fencing,
gates, signs, fire trails, shelters, tanks, water troughs etc.]

Cyclic Inspections                   Bushland Reserves [various tenures]         Annual

Scheduled Work                       Work is generally identified from inspections as well as site specific requirements
                                     where a Bushland Management Plan is in place.

Reactive work [customer              Natural areas maintenance                   10 days
          2
requests]
Operations
[Implementation of Ecological Restoration Plans, as required bush regeneration work, weed control; fire fuel zone
reduction, slashing of fire trails, prescribed burns, clearing of debris etc.]

Cyclic Inspections                   Done at same time as maintenance inspection above.
Scheduled Work                       Work is generally identified from inspections as well as site specific requirements
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