2016-09-06 - Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

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Value of Heritage Park             1   Submitter stated the significance and value of | 1    Noted
 Lagoon                                 Heritage Park.                                    2   Submit Salvinia control options to Council for consideration
 Rubbish Bins                       2   Concerned about Salvinia in the lagoon and|3 _ Consult with Waste Services on provision on bins
 Fire risk                              would like to see it controlled.                  4   Report of fires noted
 Griffith Avenue footpath           3   Would like a rubbish bin on Golf Links Road.      5   Although the Griffith Avenue pathway issues is outside the scope of
                                    4   Stated that there have been fires in palm tree        the  Management     Plan,  refer matter to   Civil Operations   for
                                        leaves at times lit by children.                      consideration in the capital works program.
                                    5   The Griffith Avenue pathway stops and people
                                        are forced to walk on the road.
Volunteers                          1   More acknowledgment of many years of work by | 1      The work of the Heritage Park Bushland Care Group is highlighted in
 Lomandra’s                             volunteers.                                           the management plan.
 Estate development                 2   Supports the practice of planting Lomandra’s to | 2.  Planting lomandras is supported but subject to the proposed
 Dog control                            halt erosion, encourage infiltration, slow the flow   Ecological Restoration Plan.
                                        and absorb water.                                 3.  Advice on historical environmental principles of estate are noted
                                    3   Noosa Parklands was one of the first housing | 4      Heritage Park is mapped as a Known Koala Habitat and the
                                        estate  developments    and    was   based   on       submitter is correct in stating that dogs, particularly when off leash,
                                        environment principles and residents should be        are a threat to koalas. However it is likely that there will be strong
                                        aware of this.                                        community objections to requiring dogs to be leashed at all times in
                                    4   Dogs should be kept on leash at all times in          Heritage Park and such an initiative is unlikely to be progressed.
                                        koala habitat areas.
 Significant   ecosystems     and|1     More acknowledgement of the Bushland Care | 1         The work of the Heritage Park Bushland Care Group is highlighted in
 linkages                               Group who have significantly contributed to           the Plan.
 The role of volunteers                 Heritage Park.                                    2   Point 2 is supported
 Debris and vegetation in creek     2   Supports leaving fallen timber and vegetation to | 3  Heritage Park is mapped as a Known Koala Habitat and the
 Dog Control                            rot naturally as this supports unique fungi species   submitter is correct in stating that dogs, particularly when off leash,
                                        and saves    Council  money on     maintenance.       are a threat to koalas. However it is likely that there will be strong
                                        Some fungal species require occasional flooding       community objections to requiring dogs to be leashed at all times in
                                        to survive.                                           Heritage Park and such an initiative is unlikely to be progressed.
                                    3   The dog off leash area is incompatible with
                                        koalas and whole park should be made leash
                                        only.

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