2019-11-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                       12 NOVEMBER 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Private Land Conservation Partnerships      Dave Burrows appointed to the              Develop LFW incentive program               Deliver LFW incentive program to
- Land for Wildlife and Voluntary             Community Conservation                       (free trees and training in weed              members commencing in November.
Conservation Agreements.                      Partnerships role.                           management).                                Provide recommendations on new
                                            Update provided to LFW and VCA             Finish assessing and prioritising new         VCA properties to the Environment
                                              members on new officer via LFW               VCA applications.                             Levy Working Group. If endorsed
                                              newsletter.                                Ongoing delivery of LFW extension             proceed with establishing two
                                            Signed up 5 new LFW properties,              service (new properties and revisits).        highest priority VCAs in the current
                                              completed 13 LFW property revisits.        Develop internal process for                  financial year.
                                            Reviewed and edited LFW database             uploading Council fauna and flora           Ongoing delivery of LFW extension
                                              and contacted change of ownership            data into Qld Govt Wildnet database.          services (new properties, workshops
                                              properties to gauge their interest in                                                      and revisits).
                                              the program.                                                                             Ongoing participation in LFW SEQ
                                            Visited all current VCA properties                                                         Steering Committee.
                                              and organised on ground works for                                                        Actively uploading Council fauna
                                              the current financial year.                                                                and flora data into Qld Govt Wildnet
                                            Developed VCA assessment                                                                   database.
                                              guidelines and commenced                                                                 Planning for delivery of 2 LFW
                                              assessing new VCA applications via                                                         workshops to members in early
                                              desktop analysis and field work.                                                           2020.
                                            Participated in LFW SEQ Steering
                                              Committee.
                                            LFWSEQ Transition Committee
                                              opted to continue with current
                                              regional management arrangement,
                                              hosted by Sunshine Coast Council,
                                              following EOI process.
Community Bushland Care Program             Business as usual for delivery of          Preparation for Bushcare Christmas          Development of action plans for next
                                              program.                                     party.                                        year.
                                            Successfully delivered 4 community         Organizing first aid for all groups.        Re-stock all first aid kits and deliver
                                              events (Weyba Community Planting,          Maintaining all new plantings to              WHS induction refresher to all
                                              Nat Tree Day, Boreen Plant ID                establishment.                                volunteers.
                                              workshop and Bushcare Big Day
                                              Out) and recruited 10 new
                                              volunteers off the back of these
                                              events.
                                            Partnered with the Noosa Mens
                                              Shed who are building nest boxes
                                              for the Elysium Bushcare group.

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