2021-06-08 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA    8 JUNE 2021




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                   8 JUNE 2021

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                 ACTION PLAN

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                        Table 2             Review the overall risk rating to reflect real risk.
                                            Consequences associated with these activities.
                                            should also be consistent between all three risks
                                            to life (Contractors, Volunteers & Visitors).
                         5. Determining     Add climate change information and predicted
                   2     reserve            seasonal weather to the first step within Reserve
                         priorities         network risk assessment flowchart.
                         6.1 Asset          Develop a plan to deal with ‘at risk’ vegetation
                   3    Protection          “such as the Eucalypteae or similar family of trees.
                         Zones
                         6.1 Asset          Consider a community campaign to make
                   3     Protection         households aware of the dangers of dumping
                         Zones              household green waste into bushland reserves
                                            which will increase the availability of fuel when
                                            fires occur.
                         6.1 Asset          Develop a strategy using a Risk Management
                   3     Protection         Approach to managing access to fire trails, whilst
                         Zones              still allowing access to Emergency Vehicles.
                                            Consider surveillance and/or Remote Aircraft as a
                                             ossible option.
                         6.4 Planned        When developing prescribed burn plans, use
                   4,    Burns              general high-level model of the end-to-end
                                            processes to determine strategies and
                                            contingencies to ensure that planned burns
                                            ‘actually’ take place at or near the scheduled time.
                         7. Fire            Consider actions required by Council once a fire is
                         Management         lit on land owned or controlled by the entity.
                   5     Planning           Include a Response Action in the Fire Management
                         (Table)            Action Plan.
                                            Consider the introduction of the position of Bush
                                            Fire Mitigation Officer.
                         Off reserve        Investigate a Social Media campaign to identify
                         neighbour risk     vulnerable people within highlighted risk areas
                        assessment - life | and have the info mapped and shared with State
                         and proper         agencies.
                         Off reserve        Investigate what State or Federal funding through
                         neighbour risk     resilience funding programs is available for
                        assessment - life | properties to reduce the risks of property damage
                        and property        associated with fire and ember attack. These
                                            should promote the installation of fire mitigation
                                            equipment. In the absence of funding, consider
                                            introducing local laws to mandate this and
                                            consider developing a local fund through the
                                            introduction of levies aimed at reducing the risks
                                            to fire prone properties.
                   7     Communication | Develop any communication strategy for hazard
                                            reduction to include important knowledge of the
                                            reasons why burns have to occur and use a risk-
                                            based approach to ensure unwanted risks are
                                            addressed.

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