2021-09-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              13 SEPTEMBER 2021



11   NOOSA RIVER OYSTER ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECT – ANNUAL REPORT
     NO. 2
Author            Environmental Services Manager, Craig Doolan
                  Environmental & Sustainable Development Department

Index             ECM/ Waterways Management – Noosa River

Attachments       1.    Noosa Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project Annual Report No. 2
                        (68 page attachment provided separately to this agenda)


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Environmental Services Manager to the General Committee
Meeting dated 13 September 2021 and approve the Noosa River Oyster Project: Annual Report No.
2 (provided as Attachment 1 to the report) as meeting the requirements of the Alliance & Funding
Agreement.

REPORT
At the July 2019 Ordinary Meeting Noosa Council endorsed entering into an Alliance & Funding
Agreement with international conservation organisation The Nature Conservancy, establishing a
strategic partnership for the primary purpose of undertaking oyster ecosystem restoration in the
Noosa River over three years.
The Alliance and Funding Agreement provides for a series of deliverables and measurable outcomes
to be achieved over the 3 years. This report provides Council with one of those key milestones, a
second annual report presented to a Noosa Council for approval within 90 days of the end of the
financial year.
The Alliance & Funding Agreement Schedule A provides a Project Description, project milestones
and outcomes as well as outlining the scope of the partnership over three years. As part of the
deliverables for the project, an annual project report must be provided each year that addresses, at
a minimum:
    Activities undertaken during the subject financial year, status and progress against
     deliverables, budget progress, income and expenditure, report against monitoring and
     evaluation program and measurable outcomes and outline of proposed upcoming
     works/activities for future period.
Measurable Outcome 10, as part of this Agreement, states that the annual report and, when
applicable, final report, in Measurable Outcome 9 is presented to Noosa Council by TNC in
conjunction with Noosa Council officers for its approval for endorsement within 90 days of the end
of each financial year during the term of the Agreement, and (if acceptable) approved by Noosa
Council.
Noosa River Oyster Project: Annual Report No 2, attached to this report, fulfils this requirement. The
report provides;
    An overview of progress on the project and key activities in the second year of the Agreement.
    Progress against deliverables identified in the Alliance & Funding Agreement.
    A financial summary of budget progress so far in the project, including a breakdown of
     expenditure by project activity.
    Details of extensive community consultation to this point of the project, including community
     workshops.

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