SARA RFI - Ecological Assessment Report

OPERATIONAL PHASE                                                                                       5-12

       Strategy       Manage the ongoing fire risk within the RHD and POSCWP area and prevent
                      conditions arising which contribute to the spread of fires.
       per hectare or greater, or in the opinion of a qualified person, likely to exceed that amount within the
       following twelve month period (ensuring May-June period fuel loads are reduced), corrective action to
       reduce the load is to be taken.

       Corrective Action: Undertake fuel reduction by hand in consultation with the QFRS or fire
       management consultant and Council and in accordance with Fire Management Plan.

5.6     Element O.6: Management of Landscaped Areas
        Policy:            To ensure the ongoing sustainability of landscaping within                      the
                           development.(Conditions 56 to 61, Council Landscape Guidelines Policy)



       Strategy:           To ensure that plantings compliment the site’s environmental values and are
                           sustainable in the longer term.

       Responsibility: Bodies Corporate and Individual property owners

       Management Actions: The Landscape Master Plan addresses measures to be implemented for
       landscaping within the RHD development areas with further detail to be provided at the Operational
       Works landscaping stage. The Environmental Covenant and Community Management Statements will
       also provide compliance requirements. Operational works plans are to be complied with and no plants
       are to be substituted without Council approval. A landscape maintenance plan will be prepared for
       inclusion as part of the Community Management Statement.

       Performance Requirement: Compliance as per Landscape Master Plan and Operational works
       plans.

       Monitoring: Ongoing monitoring of landscaped areas by the contractor/ site manager to ensure that
       landscapes become well established and are properly maintained.

       Reporting: Recording of the estimated rate of plant failure and replacement.

       Corrective Action: In accordance with the Operational works plans for each of the lots.




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