2021-06-08 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

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Attachment 2: Results from public consultation on Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Management Plan 2021-2026

    easier reading.
    2.1 Council vision                               Recommend no change to the vision statement. The protection and enhancement of the
    Vision statement is ambiguous and infers that    Bushland Reserve Network is a shared responsibility, Council and staff also part of the Noosa
    bushland reserves are managed by the             community.
    community. Should read that Council is
    responsible for protection and enhancement.
    3 Resourcing                                     Under the Draft Bushland Reserve Strategic Management Plan the coastal reserves are assessed
    Statutory & Strategic Obligations                as having a resilience range of 4-5 (poor and very poor resilience) compared with other reserves
    ‘Implementation relevance’ means that Plans will | that are in very good condition. Under the Bushland Reserve Strategic Fire Management Plan the
    require resourcing. Advise how much additional | coastal reserves are assessed as a High Priority for fire management actions. It is anticipated that
    labour time and budget has been allocated to     under the CHAP coastal reserves, will also be considered a high priority. Once plans are finalised,
    coastal reserve over the next 5 years.           any additional resourcing would be considered through Council’s normal budget processes and
                                                     deliberations.
gem                                           of
    4.2.4 Coastal Management Plan                    Included sentence stating these documents will guide future management activities.
    Climate change amelioration.
    This section should refer to the Coastal

    6.3.2 Community involvement                      Bushcare Groups are not required to do core maintenance work and annual Bushcare group
    Appreciate acknowledgement of Bushcare           workplans aim to ensure that volunteers do not undertake works they are not able to maintain.

    groups to do core maintenance.                   Strategic Management Plan may differ to that of some local community groups.
    7. Reserve management framework                  Best practice principles apply to all reserves, but delivery is subject to priorities. It is not possible
    There is much background on how the              to manage all reserves at once. As higher priority reserves are restored, then management focus
    management framework and best practice           can shift to lower priority areas.
    principles were developed but it is not clear how | Other priorities can influence operational activities in coastal areas, for example, climate change
    this translates to operational activities. Re-   resilience or recreation management. These activities are generally outside the scope of the
    prioritise based on CHAP rather ecological       Bushland Reserve Strategic Management Plan.
    restoration.
    7.1 Formal management framework                  Some reserves have a particularly high customer request load due to varied and complex issues
    What does ‘conflicting management issues’        raised by residents. These high demand reserves may be targeted for the development of specific
    mean?                                            reserve management plans. These conflicting management issues are usually related to how land
                                                     is managed by Council.

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