2020-08-17 General Committee Meeting Notes

RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY – NOT THE FINAL DECISION OF COUNCIL
GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                          17 AUGUST 2020

    Bushfire Management Plan
    27.   The Applicant is required to prepare a Bushfire Management Plan (BMP) in accordance
          with Section 12 of the Joint Expert Report of bushfire experts prepared by Robert
          Janssen and Rob Friend dated 12 August 2019 (the JER) and revise Figure 4 “Bushfire
          Mitigation Plan” from the JER to reflect the amended lot layout. The BMP and Figure 4
          is to be submitted with a development application for operational work. Council’s
          approval of the BMP must be obtained prior to sealing of the plan of survey. The BMP
          is to be prepared by a suitably qualified and experienced bushfire expert and shall
          include the following requirements.
    28.   At the time of registering the plan of survey, a covenant is to be registered on proposed
          Lots 1, 2 and 4 in Council’s favour generally in accordance with the draft covenant.
    29.   The approved BMP (and the bushfire mitigation measures for implementing the
          approved BMP) must be complied with at all times.
    30.   A fire trail will be established inside the perimeter of the Bushfire Protection Zone as
          shown on Figure 4. The design specifications for the fire trail are:
          a)     minimum formed width of 4m (the access gate from the common property
                 driveway must also provide this clearance);
          b)     located inside a 6m wide vegetation clearing with minimum vertical clearance of
                 4m to overhanging tree branches;
          c)     surface rating of 6.5 tonnes for rural fire-fighter appliances;
          d)     all weather surface, e.g. gravel, concrete or bitumen, etc.;
          e)     6m wide by 8m deep turnaround bay near the northern end; and
          f)     established as an access easement that is granted in favour of the Queensland
                 Fire and Rescue Service and Noosa Shire Council.
    Ecological
    31.   The Applicant is required to prepare a Vegetation Management Plan (VMP). The VMP
          is to clearly identify the extent of all development works, and particularly trees to be
          retained and removed. The VMP is to be submitted with a development application for
          operational work. The VMP must be implemented prior to sealing of the plan of survey.
          The VMP is to be prepared by a suitably qualified and experienced ecologist and
          address the following:
          a)     provide arborists advice seeking to minimise the loss of trees in close proximity
                 to development works;
          b)     the fire-trail within proposed Lot 1 is to be constructed to minimize tree removal,
                 and must avoid impacts to eucalypts where possible;
          c)     a fauna spotter be on site during tree clearing works;
          d)     any necessary removal of any gums (eucalypts) are to be replaced at a ratio of
                 3:1 (i.e. replant 3 trees for every 1 removed). This compensatory planting is to
                 be provided in the western portion of proposed Lot 1 and beyond the fire trail (a
                 planting plan which identifies planting locations and species is to be prepared);
          e)     weed management is to be undertaken on the western portion of proposed Lot
                 1;

                                                                                     Page 10 of 12