2016-09-06 - Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

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Noosa Parklands Draft Management Plan - Summary of Public Submissions                                                                    ATTACHMENT 3
(38 written submissions and notes from public meetings)

Dumping of waste in park          Illegal dumping   of garden   waste   and_  building | Councils Parks and Naturals Areas manage 160 Bushland Reserves
                                  materials in Satinay Bushland Reserve                and the issue of dumping waste at Satinay Bushland Reserve is not an
                                                                                       isolated case. Parks and Natural Areas to investigate and organise the
                                                                                       removal of waste consistent with Shire-wide Bushland Reserve priorities
Salvinia weed in Heritage Park | 1    Concern that the covering of Salvinia across the | 1 Recommended that a fence be constructed around the playground
lagoon                                lagoon may be mistaken for solid ground and          near the lagoon.
                                      someone may fall into water.                     2   Advice from aquatic weeds experts is that Salvinia cannot be
                                  2   Secondly, the Salvinia has spread to a second        eradicated and it is likely that there is an upstream source. Therefore
                                      lagoon and will continue to spread all the way       a range of options with costs can be presented to Council on
                                      down Wooroi Creek                                    Salvinia control including, but not limited to, spraying, hand removal
                                                                                           and biological control, but unfortunately these methods will not
                                                                                           eradicate the weed in the long term.
Remove     Para    Grass __ from | The majority of the Para Grass was removed through | Para Grass is not listed in the priority weed list under the Noosa Pest
Heritage Park lagoon              a grant project but is now re-infesting. The submitter | Management Plan 2015 and also occurs downstream of the lagoon. It is
                                  would like Council to eradicate the remaining Para | recommended that Parks and Natural Areas consider the eradication of
                                  Grass.                                               this weed around the lagoon consistent with Shire-wide pest weed
                                                                                       management priorities.
Proposed     fire  trail © works | Submitter did not consider that the fire trail was | The proposed fire trail as shown in the Plan (Figure 4 map) is a concept
specifically behind Avron Court   appropriate behind Avron Court                       plan only and is subject to detail site assessment. The area behind
                                                                                       Avron Court has been recently assessed by a bushfire management
                                                                                       consultant and the development of fire trails around Heritage Park
                                                                                       Bushland Reserve is considered a lower priority compared with other
                                                                                       Shire reserves that have been assessed.
Fire trail behind Cedarleigh Drive | Concern that encroachment of vegetation (Lomandra | It is recommended that further investigation be undertaken by Parks and
is often waterlogged and water | sp.) behind property is causing water logging of soil | Natural Areas to determine the cause of water logging on the fire trail.
ponds after flood events          and ponding of water during flood events             Some possible solutions:
                                                                                       e   Investigate the practice of discharging stormwater from neighbouring
                                                                                           properties onto the fire trail.
                                                                                       e   Widening of fire trail to allow drying
                                                                                       e   ~Re-profiling of fire trail to facilitate run-off
                                                                                       e   Relocation of Lomandra plants to help facilitate water egress during
                                                                                           flood events

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