Compiled Approved Plans & Documents OPW18-0341 .01pdf

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Ecological Management Plan — Grasstree Court — Lot 6 mas”

5. REHABILITATION ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE

Approval conditions require rehabilitation works to undergo a five year maintenance period.

The On-Maintenance period is proposed to start once the stage 1 area within T2 area has received the
translocated soil treatment and the ecologist and Council has signed off on the works. Once the
maintenance period has started, photo monitoring points will be established for reporting purposes and
operational works approval conditions.

In accordance with condition 12, the establishment of the vegetation offsets must be completed prior to
the commencement of the use of the first stage (i.e. Lot 6). As such, the “establishment” phase will be
deemed completed prior to the start of on-maintenance (i.e. once the initial practical works have been
completed for stage 1 rehabilitation area and balance area weed management).

Maintenance visits will occur every month for the first year. Each visit will involve recording presence or
absence of active regrowth/recruitment, photos from monitoring points, weed control requirements
(including to the surrounding buffer area), watering requirements, mulching requirements, sediment and
erosion control, reporting progress and any other items as needed.

This first year will determine whether the area requires enhancement planting dependent on the success of
the translocation works. Recommendations regarding further planting will be determined at the end of the
first year and will based on the rehabilitation performance.

For the balance of the maintenance period, quarterly maintenance visitation will occur (i.e. years 2-5) with
recording as per year 1.

At the end of the maintenance period it is proposed to have the area established with 90 - 95% native
vegetation cover and showing signs of returning to a self-sustaining ecosystem such as self-mulching,
indications that all levels of strata (ground, mid and canopy) are or likely to be present and fauna
recruitment to the area (refer Section 6).

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