2018-05-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                                                          Guardian training for external              Finalise training     /    procedure
                                                                                            agency liaison officers (as required)         documentation     for     Evacuation
                                                                                          Continued training for incoming               Planning
                                                                                            LDC, Deputy LDC and DMO
Get Ready Program - Delivery of              Get Ready Flooding enviromon               Arrange     community       resilience      Undertake community resilience
program of initiatives funded by RACQ          project (the Alert project) completed        workshops in liaison with QFES                workshops.
QFES Get Ready Program (dependent                                                                                                       Acquit 2017/18 Get Ready grant
on receipt of funding)
Community Disaster Sub Groups -              Public meeting Noosa North Shore           Follow up meetings by Emergency             Continue drafting North Shore DM
Continued support to community sub             to discuss disaster management               Services with residents of Noosa              Plan
groups with appropriate activities,            plan and issues arising from the             North Shore Sub-Group meeting
exercises,     liaison   and   capacity        house fires held on 17 March               QFES to commence drafting North
development                                                                                 Shore DM Plan
Business as Usual activities                 Local Disaster Management Group            Continue to monitor weather and             Maintain watching brief on weather
                                               continues to meet quarterly                  severe warnings                               forecasts on daily/hourly basis, as
                                             Recovery Committee meets six               Activate LDMG as required                     required.
                                               monthly                                                                                  Regular liaison with internal and
                                             LDC attends the quarterly District                                                         external stakeholders as weather
                                               Disaster     Management     Group                                                          events develop
                                               meetings                                                                                 Transfer of LDC role from Director
                                                                                                                                          of Community Services to Director
                                                                                                                                          Infrastructure due to occur at the
                                                                                                                                          end of June 2018.


Infrastructure Planning, Design &
Delivery
Signage Policy -to implement the             Feedback on guidelines and criteria        Refining signage requests process           Implement signage guidelines and
signage guidelines and design criteria         has been collated for inclusion in           for inclusion in revised draft                criteria for use by staff.
                                               revised draft guidelines.                    guidelines.                                 Monitor and update as required.
                                             Action plan has been developed for         Finalising draft guidelines and
                                               finalising draft guidelines and              criteria for adoption.
                                               criteria.
Hinterland Playground Plan - Plan and        Concept designs completed.               Continue to develop local street              Continue      external    stakeholder
design (subject to Grant Funding) an         Councillor Workshop undertaken.            safety,    carpark   and     pathway            consultation.
iconic playground in Cooroy                  Safety improvement and additional          designs.                                      Award contract to lead design
                                               carpark and pathway concept              Development of water play zone                  consultant for detailed design.
                                               designs for local streets developed.       tender for design & construction.             Issue tender for water play zone
                                                                                                                                          design & construct.


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