2020-02-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                     11 FEBRUARY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                         THE NEXT QUARTER
Private Land Conservation Partnerships -      LFW – 18 property revisits, 12 new          Deliver LFW workshops in February        Progress 4 new VCAs as endorsed
Land for Wildlife and Voluntary                 properties signed up, promoted LFW                                                       by Environment levy working Group –
                                                                                            Continue delivering the new LFW
Conservation Agreements.                        incentive in newsletter mail out –                                                       3 as split zoning, 1 as a Nature
                                                                                              incentive program.
                                                good response from members.                                                              Refuge plus split zoning.
                                                                                            Contact existing VCA property
                                                Organised 2 LFW workshops to be                                                        Ongoing RE map amendments as
                                                                                              owners and LFW members (via
                                                delivered in February 2020                                                               requested by Strategic Planning.
                                                                                              newsletter insert) offering split
                                              VCA . Finished assessing new VCA              zoning.                                  Ongoing uploading flora and fauna
                                                applications       and        provided                                                   records into Wildnet.
                                                                                            Review and update existing 15 VCA
                                                recommendations to Environment
                                                                                              agreements      and   Environment
                                                levy Working Group.
                                                                                              management Plans.
                                              Revised Private land conservation
                                                policy guideline to incorporate split
                                                zoning as a protective mechanism
                                                and CPI increase for financial
                                                incentives, report provided to Council
                                                regarding this and commenced
                                                negotiations with new VCA property
                                                owners,
                                              Worked with Qld Trust for Nature to
                                                engage with landowners re Koala
                                                habitat restoration program (4
                                                properties engaged)
                                              Wildnet data. Uploaded 6000 flora
                                                and fauna records from LFW and
                                                Council properties into Wildnet
                                                database.
                                              Submitted 2 Regional Ecosystem
                                                map amendments to Qld herbarium
                                                (both accepted).
Community Bushland Care Program               Delivered First Aid training to all         Completion of 12 month action plans      Explore citizen science opportunities
                                                groups.                                       for all groups.                            to integrate into the program.
                                              Ended another Bushcare season on            Production of promotional material       Engagement of external trainers to
                                                a high note with the Christmas party.         (flyers etc.) for groups that are          deliver 3 workshops to registered
                                                Overall volunteer satisfaction seems          wanting to boost their numbers.            volunteers with the aim of further
                                                to be very high.                                                                         enhancing knowledge and skills
                                                                                                                                         within the program.



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