2021-06-17 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                              17 JUNE 2021


           a.   Incorporate the requirements of this Decision Notice;
           b.   Include Noosa Council as Covenantee; and
           c.   Reference Queensland Land Title Registry Standard Terms Document No.
                715597513.




           Works within Protected Land
     22.   The following works must be undertaken within the covenant area prior to the submission
           of the sealing of the survey plan:
           a.   Control of pest plants as listed in Planning Scheme Policy 2 Landscaping and
                Council’s Biosecurity Plan 2020 pest plants listed in Schedule 1 part 3, Schedule
                2 and Non-scheduled invasive species; and
           b.   Removal of any structures, debris or materials foreign to a natural environment.
           c.   Rehabilitation and restoration, to achieve the equivalent floristic composition of a
                similar undisturbed regional ecosystem, for a distance of 15 metres either side of
                the current thalweg.
           d.   The planting of canopy species with local provenance in Regional Ecosystem
                12.3.14a, including threatened Eucalyptus conglomerate, to the western side of
                the 15 metre rehabilitation area of the thalweg. The trees must be planted at a ratio
                of 1 tree per every 10m2.
           The works must be undertaken in accordance with an Operational Works approval.
           Fencing to Protected Land
     23.   A permanent fence must be constructed along the entire length of the eastern alignment
           of the covenant area to restrict access by stock in to the covenant area.
     24.   The fence must include A5 sized signage with the wording “Vegetation Protection Area
           – No domestic animals” every 15m, durable, weather resistant and visually
           complementary to the natural environment.
B.   Find the following matters relevant to the assessment and sufficient reason to approve the
     application:
     1.    The riparian buffer includes a highly disturbed wetland ecosystem with standing water
           bodies significantly enlarged by excavation for farm dams.
     2.    The wetland ecosystem, in its current state, is not one of ecological importance and a
           boundary crossing the existing dam wall is of no ecological significance.


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