2022-09-12 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        12 SEPTEMBER 2022


   8    BURGESS CREEK COASTAL EROSION AND WATER QUALITY

   Author           Principal Environment Officer – River Strategy & Engagement,
                    Amy Kimber
                    Environment and Sustainable Development Department

   Index            ECM/ Waterways/Rivers/Lakes/Canals/Dams/ 63.04

   Attachments      Nil

   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
   At Council’s Ordinary Meeting held on 16 June 2022, a Notified Motion was submitted by Cr
   Lorentson regarding Burgess Creek, and it was resolved for the CEO to provide an update
   at a future meeting.

   RECOMMENDATION
   That Council note the report by the Principal Environment Officer – River Strategy &
   Engagement to the General Committee Meeting dated 12 September 2022 and
   A.   Consider a detailed project proposal for a Noosa Eastern Beaches Creeks High Risk
        Erosion Prioritisation Project for Council at its Budget Review 2 deliberations;
   B.   Note an internal investigation of erosion impacts from foot traffic at the mouth of
        Burgess Creek and adjacent dunes and engagement with the Burgess Creek Bushcare
        Group and other interested stakeholders to develop nature-based restoration and
        erosion control measures; and
   C.   Request the CEO (or delegate) liaise with Unitywater to provide all routine monitoring
        reports including water quality and quantity discharges for Burgess Creek to Council
        Environment staff to support Council’s Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Program
        for Noosa Shire.

   REPORT
   At Council’s Ordinary Meeting held on 16 June 2022, a Notified Motion was submitted by Cr
   Lorentson, and it was resolved for the CEO to provide an update at a future meeting on a
   range of management issues including:
       erosion management of Burgess Creek mouth;
       management of outflows and water quality from the Wastewater Treatment Plant
        discharging into Burgess Creek;
       stormwater management and infrastructure for the Burgess Creek Sub-catchment;
       downstream erosion caused to dunes and beaches as a result of stormwater discharge
        and wastewater flows; and
       funding options and opportunities for catchment and coastal management and
        infrastructure solutions.
   Each of these matters as per the notified motion are addressed in turn below.
   Actions to be undertaken by Council to manage the Burgess Creek Mouth, including
   erosion management
   The Burgess Creek catchment is a small coastal creek catchment that discharges directly
   into the Coral Sea at Sunshine Beach. Covering roughly 545 hectares, it drains from the back
   of residential developments in Noosa Head, through bushland and community facilities near
   Eenie Creek Road, and then through a Council-managed Bushland Reserve and National
   Park.

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