2019-08-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                          6 AUGUST 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                                            Submission to the Queensland
                                              Government      Discussion     Paper:
                                              proposes amendments to the
                                              Fisheries Regulation 2008, based on
                                              the Noosa Fishing Futures options,
                                              provided to the State on 19 July.
Implementation of the ZEN Organisation      Noosa Council declared a Climate           ZEN Strategy revision                       Develop scope for landfill emission
Strategy                                      Emergency                                  Calculation of 2018/19 carbon                 reduction strategy study
                                            Tewantin building lighting retrofit          footprint                                   Noosa Library Solar installation
                                              complete                                   Develop scope for community solar           NAC Solar installation
                                            Relocation of 10 Kw solar from               bulk buy                                    Procurement processes for solar
                                              Tewantin to Pomona depot                   Public displays of solar generation at        installations
                                            Tewantin solar installation complete         NAC, Libraries, The J, Leisure              Report on ZEN Action Plan
                                            Noosa River Holiday Park & Butter            centre                                      Councillor and targeted consultation
                                              Factory     procurement       process      Installation of solar at Noosa River          on ZEN strategy review
                                              complete                                     Holiday Park and Cooroy Butter
                                            Community ZEN events                         Factory
                                                                                         NAC Pool LED retrofit
                                                                                         Emission reduction modelling of
                                                                                           changed landfill practices
Private Land Conservation Partnerships      Luke Thompson of the Natural Areas         The successful candidate for the            Bringing the new staff member up to
- Land for Wildlife and Voluntary             team acting in the role prior to 30          Conservation Partnerships Officer             speed.
Conservation Agreements.                      June.                                        role due to start on August 26.             Prioritise properties that have
                                            Now up to date with all Land for           Providing an update to LfW and VCA            expressed an interest in establishing
                                              Wildlife visits (having previously           members on the new officer.                   VCA’s, through the Environment
                                              been several months behind).                                                               Levy Working Group.
                                                                                                                                       Develop process for Land for Wildlife
                                                                                                                                         delivery, based on new initiative to
                                                                                                                                         expand the program.
Community Bushland Care Program             Business as usual for delivery of          Organising National Tree Day and            Community       group       planting/
                                              program.                                     Bushcare Big Day Out events.                  recruitment event at Weyba.
                                            Support of Community Group                 Plant      Identification   workshop
                                              successful grant submission.                 delivery to selected groups.
                                                                                         Development of Action Plan for new
                                                                                           group (Castaways Beach)




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