2021-08-10 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                       10 AUGUST 2021


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                               CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
                                             o    May GHFF (2045), BFF (2499)
                                             o    Jun – no flying-foxes present at
                                                  Wallace Park Roost
                                         •   Elevated numbers of flying-foxes at
                                             Pinnaroo Park, the highest seen, with up
                                             to 10,000 in total from April.
Private Land Conservation                •   Statistics for the 2020/21 Financial Year;    •   Continue delivering the LfW program,    •   Continue delivering the LfW
Partnerships - Land for Wildlife (LfW)       o 59 new Land for Wildlife properties             sign up new properties, revisits on         program, sign up new properties,
and Voluntary Conservation                       (we think this is an all-time record!)        demand, finalise LfW incentive              revisits on demand, roll out LfW
Agreements (VCA)                             o 275ha of new land under restoration             program to members for 20/21                incentive program to members for
                                             o 15,323 plants in the ground                     financial year.                             new financial year.
                                             o More than $110,000 landholder co-           •   Finalise VCA program contract           •   Place conservation covenants
                                                 contribution in labour and materials          delivery for 20/21 FY.                      over 4 new VCA properties.
                                         •   Ongoing delivery of Land for Wildlife         •   Continue mailouts to strategic          •   Delivery of on-ground works to
                                             (LfW) program and incentives.                     freehold properties in the landscape        VCA properties.
                                         •   Ongoing collation of existing and new             to target for LfW promotion (based on   •   Negotiate new VCA agreements.
                                             flora and fauna records into a single             size, remnant veg coverage, and         •   Finalise      Nature      Refuge
                                             database with associated map layers.              connectivity to existing protected          agreements       over     Council
                                             Uploaded data into WildNet.                       areas).                                     reserves.
                                         •   Commenced targeted mailouts to                •   Promote VCA program to LfW
                                             strategic properties re LFW, 2 new signs          members via information session.
                                             ups to date.
                                         •   Ongoing        delivery     of    Voluntary
                                             Conservation         Agreement       (VCA)
                                             program.
                                         •   Negotiating       5     Nature      Refuge
                                             agreements over Council environmental
                                             reserves.




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