2017-11-07 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 10 - Annual Report 2016-17

The Year in Review
This section of the Annual Report looks at Council’s progress in achieving the goals set out in its
Corporate Plan. Noosa Council adopted a new Corporate Plan in January 2017. The Corporate Plan
identifies five themes, a series of long term goals and key focus areas for 2017-2022. Council’s
progress towards achieving them are set out below.

Council’s Operational Plan 2016/17 detailed the major priorities and initiatives that Council undertook to
work towards the implementation of the Corporate Plan. Throughout the year, the CEO provided
Council with quarterly reports looking at progress of the Operational Plan and details of Key
Performance Indicators. The CEO also provided a separate report at the end of the financial year to the
Council on the progress towards achieving the Corporate Plan outcomes. Both the quarterly and annual
reports to Council are made available to the public via Council’s website.


Corporate Plan Theme 1: The Noosa Environment
“Our environment is protected, enhanced and valued by the community”
Key achievements as we work towards our long term goal include:
   Council committed to a three-year agreement               the energy use of 9 of Council’s largest energy
    to remain part of the Healthy Waterways                   producing sites to identify which energy
    Program.                                                  efficiency projects should be undertaken in the
   Council reviewed its management approach to               first instance to both reduce costs and
    the Noosa River and has committed to refresh              emissions.
    and rewrite the Noosa River Plan with an                 Council adopted a new street sweeping
    expanded focus on river catchment areas. The              contract which has resulted in an increased
    revised Noosa River Plan is currently being               length of roads being serviced by the street
    drafted.                                                  sweeper. This reduces the amount of rubbish
   Council adopted the Noosa Shire Koala                     going into drains and waterways.
    Conservation Plan in July 2016. Actions to               Stage 2 of the Munna Point foreshore
    implement the Plan are now being progressed.              revitalisation project has been implemented
   Council undertook an audit of waste water                 with the aim of reducing environmental damage
    facilities in Cooran. Cooran is not serviced by a         to Munna Point from erosion.
    sewerage system and accordingly, residential             In December 2016, Council adopted the Noosa
    properties use on site waste water facilities and         Biodiversity Assessment Report. This report is
    an audit was undertaken to determine the level            an important input into our Council’s new
    of compliance from an environmental protection            Planning Scheme and also acts as a
    and health perspective.                                   benchmark        for    future    assessment    of
   Council adopted the Noosa Parklands Park                  biodiversity across the Shire. The report will
    Management         Plan   following     significant       also be useful as part of the 10 year renewal
    consultation with local residents. Staff are              application for the Noosa Biosphere Reserve.
    currently working to develop a suite of other            Council awarded a new waste management
    management plans for other bushland reserve               contract to Cleanaway for the period 2017 -
    areas within the Shire.        Those plans are            2024 at an approximate cost of $46 million.
    substantially complete.                                   This contract covers the collection, disposal
   Council made a submission to the State                    and recycling operations for the Eumundi Road
    government on the green paper on Fisheries                Waste Recovery Centre and includes the
    Management Reform. Council has also made a                introduction of a green waste recycling bin
    number of direct representations to the Minister          which will reduce green waste being buried in
    on this topic.                                            the landfill, thus significantly reducing methane
                                                              gas.
   Council has adopted its Zero Emissions
    Strategy       focused   on     eliminating     our      Council was successful in receiving a grant
    organisation’s emissions by 2026. This was a              (managed        by    the     Local   Government
    major initiative of Mayor Wellington and work             Association       of    Queensland)      for   the
    has been undertaken in 2016/17 to establish               development of a Coastal Hazard Adaption
    the baseline level of emissions (which have               Plan. A Project Officer has been appointed and
    been recently re-calculated). A major report has          work is currently underway to develop both a
    been finalised on                                         Coastal Hazard Adaption Plan (year one) and a


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