2021-09-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    13 SEPTEMBER 2021


D.    Subject to Treasury approval under the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act &
      Regulations, agree to enter into a Deed of Funding with the Noosa Parks Association for a
      deferred payment arrangement to reimburse Council the sum of $625,000 payable by the
      Noosa Parks Association Inc. in five annual payments of $125,000 commencing 12 months
      after the signing of the State Funding Deed;
E.    Note the proposed further contribution by the Noosa Parks Association towards Council’s costs
      for the rehabilitation of the pine harvest areas as provided in the Council/Noosa Parks
      Association Deed of Funding, noting that the amounts may vary by mutual agreement in the
      event of Council or others obtaining funding from other sources for appropriate works to
      rehabilitate the pine harvest areas;
F.    Authorise the CEO to make any minor amendments as may be required to finalise the Deeds
      of Funding; and
G.    Appoint the CEO as Council’s Transition Committee member and the Director of Environment
      & Planning as the CEO’s proxy.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 16 May 2019, Item 4, Page 4
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Planning & Environment Committee
Meeting dated 7 May 2019 and note the positive progress in the implementation of the Yurol / Ringtail
Environmental Project.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 16 July 2020, Item 3, Page 9
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Planning & Environment Committee
Meeting dated 7 July 2020 regarding the Yurol Ringtail Environmental Project and:
A.    Note that the project remains on track with all milestones to date being met;
B.    Authorise the CEO to continue negotiations between the existing project partners and
      Greenfleet as outlined in the report and further, advise the State government that Council
      supports “in principle’ the proposal by Greenfleet to undertake environmental remediation work
      in the Yurol Ringtail project area; and
C.    Note that the CEO will provide a further report to Council once those negotiations are further
      advanced outlining details of any changes required to existing contracts.
Finance
Council previously had an obligation to fund $125,000 per annum for 5 years towards vegetation
remediation works to be funded from the Environment Levy starting 5 years after the agreement
which was signed in 2018. Under this new arrangement, that will not be required and the saving of
$625,000 can be allocated towards other environmental projects that meet the relevant policy.
Council can consider this opportunity as part of its annual budget process.
Risks & Opportunities
Previous reports have identified the risks and opportunities associated with this project. There has
been no substantive change to those risks and opportunities other than for three issues.
Firstly, it is still apparent that the level of natural regeneration, particularly in the harvested pine areas
is substantially better than originally anticipated. This has been identified by both Council staff
undertaking site inspections and also senior QWPS staff who have inspected the site. That was
one of the unknowns when this project was originally mooted but that risk has appeared to have
diminished.
Secondly, the opportunity presented through the Greenfleet proposal will further mitigate risk
associated with revegetation of the State hardwood areas. These were not addressed in the original
agreement. They will now be included in the area to be rehabilitated by Greenfleet.
Thirdly, the enhancement to the project provides an opportunity for Kabi Kabi First Nations people
to be engaged via their Indigenous Land Use Agreement with Greenfleet. This was a condition of
the State Government approval of the Greenfleet proposal.

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