2016-06-07 - P&E Agenda - Item 3, Attachment 1 - Noosa Parklands Draft Management Plan

Relevant objective    Action                                                                       Responsibility        Timing                    Required resources

                     Engage experts to assess bushfire fuel hazard for the park and based on       Noosa Council’s       2017/2018 (subject to    New initiative ($1,000 for
                     the results of this assessment, Council will determine the planned burn       Parks and Natural     budget deliberations)    expert to assess bushfire
                     frequency for the park.                                                       Areas team                                     fuel hazard)
                                                                                                                                                  Council officer time to
                                                                                                                                                  determine burn
                                                                                                                                                  frequency

                     Expand the fire trail network to all Noosa Parklands Park bushland         Noosa Council’s          2015/2016 funded           Estimate additional costs
                     reserves (Figure 4). Maintain as part of Council’s operational maintenance Parks and Natural        through current fire trail to maintain clearances
                     schedule (see action below)                                                Areas team               budget                     along boardwalks and
                     Include 1 m clearances along boardwalks to protect timber from bushfire                                                        include in 17/18
                                                                                                                                                    operational budget

                     Continue to slash the park’s fire trails and inspect trees along the park’s   Noosa Council’s       Ongoing (as per the  Part of Council’s current
                     pathways and boundary fire trails.                                            Parks and Natural     maintenance schedule maintenance schedule
                                                                                                   Areas team            in Appendix 8)       program



                     Engage a qualified arborist to complete a pro-active risk/benefit             Arborist              Ongoing (as per the  New initiative for
                     assessment of trees within the park’s recreational areas and along                                  maintenance schedule 2017/2018 for additional
                     boundary fire trails.                                                                               in Appendix 8)       arborist resources
                     Ensure that hazardous trees that have to be felled are removed from the                                                  (subject to Budget
                     site or chipped.                                                                                                         Review deliberations)

                     Continue the mosquito surveys within the park to inform Council’s vector      Noosa Council’s       Ongoing (as per the  Part of Council’s current
                     control program.                                                              Vector Control team   maintenance schedule maintenance schedule
                                                                                                                         in Appendix 8)       program


                     Continue to maintain road culverts at creek crossings on Griffith Avenue,     Noosa Council’s Civil Ongoing (as per the  Part of Council’s current
                     Carramar Street, and Golf Course Drive.                                       Works team            maintenance schedule maintenance schedule
                                                                                                                         in Appendix 8)       program


                     Continue to investigate and enforce unauthorised actions within the park      Noosa Council’s       As required              Part of Council’s current
                     under relevant Noosa Council local laws (e.g. illegal dumping activities).    Regulatory Services                            regulatory services
                                                                                                                                                  program




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