NOOSA RIVER STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUMMARY REPORT · Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING                                                6 JUNE 2023


Link to Corporate Plan

Theme No 1. - Environment

   •   Objective 1.1: Maintain and improve water quality and the health of waterways, wetlands and
       catchments
   •   Objective 1.2: Partner with landowners and community groups to manage, protect and
       regenerate natural environment assets, improve resilience, and incorporate Indigenous
       knowledge.
   •   Objective 1.5: Deliver expanded vegetation networks, rehabilitation and habitat across the Shire
       and advocate to the State and Federal Government to assist funding environmental action.



Previous Council Consideration
While there is a long history of Council consideration of Noosa River management options, the
following resolutions relate to the NRSAC.

Ordinary Meeting Minutes 16 July 2020, Item 8, Page 8 (Oyster Reef Restoration)
That Council note the report by the Environmental Services Manager to the Planning & Environment
Committee meeting dated 7 July 2020 and:
   A. Approve the Project Management Plan (provided as Attachment 1 to the report) as meeting
      the requirement of the Project Implementation Plan outlined in the Alliance & Funding
      Agreement subject to Council appointing an independent scientific expert to provide a review
      of the project’s Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Plan. The review is to include an
      assessment of the effectiveness of the methodology, project’s goals, measures, outputs and
      outcomes within the context of ecological restoration and the terms of the three year contract,
      and recommendations (if any) for improvement to be included in the Monitoring and
      Evaluation Plan; and
   B. Note the Terms of Reference of the Noosa River Oyster Restoration Project Technical
      Advisory Group (provided as Attachment 2 to the report); and
   C. Establish a Noosa River Stakeholder Reference Group to provide strategic input, local
      knowledge and expertise into River Management initiatives, initially providing input into this
      Shellfish Restoration project and more broadly into finalisation and implementation of the
      Noosa River Plan, and
   D. Delegate to the CEO to determine the Terms of Reference and undertake a process to
      establish the Noosa River Stakeholder Reference Group together with the appropriate role
      for Councillor representation on that Group.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes 21 January 2021, Item 8, Page 6
That Council note the report by the Environment Services Manager and Environment Officer (Rivers
and Coast) to the General Committee Meeting dated 18 January 2021
and:
   A. Note the consultation reports for the two periods of public consultation on the Noosa River
      Plan, from 20 July to 26 August 2018 and 02 December to 10 January 2020.
   B. Note the Draft Terms of Reference for the joint Noosa Shire Council and Maritime Safety
      Queensland Noosa River Stakeholder Advisory Committee and
   1. Request Maritime Safety Queensland to agree to amend the draft terms of reference to
      increase the number of committee members up to 12; and
   2. Further note that the Draft Terms of Reference will be reviewed by the Noosa River
      Stakeholder Advisory Committee at its first meeting.