2016-09-06 - Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

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Value of Heritage Park             Please appreciate the beautiful park we are lucky | Noted
                                   enough to have. Remnant rainforest, koalas, majestic
                                   eucalypts, melaleucas and not a flying fox in sight,
                                   how lucky are we? Please think, if Heritage Park
                                   wasn't a flood plain there would be no park, it would
                                   all be houses like the rest of the estate.
Grassed areas are shrinking        We appreciate most of the work done by Bushcare | Note in management plan that vegetation plantings are not to extend
                                   volunteers, especially weed eradication. We are | beyond the bollards over grassed areas.
                                   disappointed when grassed areas are reclaimed and
                                   planted with more trees. Recent evidence of this is in
                                   the southern area of Heritage Park. Over the years
                                   we have seen whole picnic areas reclaimed and
                                   disappear into bush. Take a look at Heritage Park on
                                   Google Earth and you will see how many trees are in
                                   close proximity. We don't need more.
Concerns regarding any clearing | Please listen to the recommendations from Ecosure | Noted
out of the creek                   and not clear out the creek. Erosion and faster
                                   moving water will cause greater problems than
                                   pooling water. The water in the creek contains fish
                                   that eat mozzie larva, along with supporting many
                                   other fauna species. Please protect our ecosystems.
Noosa Integrated Catchment Assoc. | Noosa Integrated   Catchment Association    (NICA) | Noted
e  Concern    about    potentially | supports  the   consultants    natural   resource
   reducing   riparian vegetation | management approach. NICA would not support any
   extent   particularly because | actions that would diminish the effectiveness of
   Wooroi Creek feeds into the | native vegetation, either by removing or reducing it,
   Noosa River                     and thereby impacting on the water quality of the
¢  Importance     of __ retaining | Noosa River.
   vegetation corridors
e  Importance    of   maintaining
   vegetation  in  waterways   to
   moderate    flows   and _  not
   exasperate erosion and peak
   flood events
e  Highlights     the      critical
   biodiversity values of Heritage
   Park

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