2020-02-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                     11 FEBRUARY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Environmental Services
Noosa Environment Strategy                  The Noosa Environment Strategy             Development of working groups to            Initiative scope for developing
                                              was adopted by Council at the                monitor implementation of actions             monitoring plan for targets contained
                                              Ordinary meeting on 20 June 2019.            across the four themes.                       in the Environment Strategy.
                                            Assessment of the Multi-year               Consideration of key priorities for
                                              Collaborative Grants (MEC) program           implementation      of   Environment
                                              to      fund      community-based            Strategy to feed into 2020/21 budget
                                              implementation programs.
Environment Grants                          Assessment of the Multi-year               Finalise and sign agreement with            Assess next round of Environment
                                              Collaborative Grants (MEC) program           successful MEC Grants applicants.             Grants.
                                              to      fund      community-based          Next round of Environment Project
                                              implementation programs.                     Grants.
Noosa River Plan                            Community consultation on second           Reviewing feedback received during          Targeted consultation with groups
                                              draft of plan undertaken December/           second phase of public consultation.          around issues raised in consultation.
                                              January.
Implementation of the ZEN Organisation      Councillor workshop for 2018/19            Launch of the Community education           Progress draft ZEN Strategy review
Strategy                                      carbon footprint                             & solar campaign (Feb 2020)                   process
                                            Installation of the solar systems at       Review of carbon footprint in               Preparation for Climate Power
                                              Noosa Library, Noosa River                   accordance with revised NCOS                  Partnership Summit to be held in
                                              Holiday Park and Cooroy Butter               standard                                      Noosa late 2020
                                              factory underway                           Procurement of small site solar as per
                                            Plan for the installation of vertical        ERM report
                                              and lateral landfill gas lines at          Roll out of public information boards
                                              landfill                                     at Libraries, NAC. Leisure Centre &
                                            Marketing      collateral   for   the        The     J     showing    site    solar
                                              Community education and Solar                generation/consumption
                                              Campaign complete                          NAC solar installation
                                            ERM review of 5 small site solar           Work with Waste on the a range of
                                              opportunities                                approaches and scope for revised
                                                                                           Waste Strategy to incorporate
                                                                                           emission reductions




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