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
Community Bushland Care Program   • Statistics for the 2020/21 Financial Year;      •   Continue to provide logistical and        •   Continue to provide logistical and
                                      o
                                      304 working bees                                  technical support to all groups –             technical support to all groups –
                                      o
                                      3957 volunteer hours (representing                business as usual.                            business as usual.
                                      over $150,000 in value to Council)            •   Organize 2 educational workshops          •   Develop a comms schedule to
                                   o 2257 plants in the ground                          for the program.                              promote the program.
                                   o Over 200 cubic metres of weeds                 •   Deliver National Tree Day 1st August.
                                      removed                                       •   Working      with    the     Volunteer
                                  • Purchased new uniforms for 200+                     Coordinator Working Group to
                                    volunteers.                                         develop a uniformed system for
                                  • Developed a Bushcare work schedule                  inducting    volunteers     into    the
                                    for the Work for Queensland team who                organization     and    our     various
                                    are providing assistance to multiple                volunteer programs.
                                    Bushcare projects.                              •   Launch new group at Cooroy 8th
                                  • Organised herbicide training for 4                  August.
                                    volunteers.
                                  • Successfully oversaw and delivered
                                    $16K of contractor works funded by
                                    Unitywater at Burgess Creek which has
                                    made a significant impact on the
                                    overburden of weeds in the lower
                                    catchment.
                                  • Finalised plans for a new group at kauri
                                    Bushland Reserve at Cooroy
                                  • Finalised plans for National Tree Day
                                    2021.



                                                                                    New Bushland Care Uniforms
                                                                                                                                  Promotional flyer for new Bushcare
                                                                                                                                  Group at Cooroy
Yurol Ringtail Project            •       DAF and HQP continue harvesting in        •   Continue to support community             • Endorse the Yurol-Ringtail State
                                          Yurol and Ringtail SFs.                       information, customer queries and            Forests Ecological Restoration
                                  •       Completion of Yurol-Ringtail on ground        engagement with HQP and DAF to               Plan through adoption by the
                                          vegetation assessment project to inform       ensure stakeholder and community             Transition Committee
                                          the Yurol-Ringtail SFs Ecological             awareness of harvesting underway.
                                          Restoration Plan.                         •   Finalise Draft Yurol-Ringtail State
                                                                                        Forests Ecological Restoration Plan
                                                                                        for Transition Committee discussion


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