2014-05-29 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                            29 MAY 2014


    37.   The Ecological Restoration Plan shall be prepared by a qualified and experienced
          Ecologist, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Council. The Ecological Restoration
          Plan (ERP) shall be applicable to the portion of the site to be dedicated to Council as
          Parkland and address environmental weed removal and control, rehabilitation of
          existing vegetation communities and revegetation strategies for degraded areas of
          the area of the site to be dedicated as parkland. It shall identify all the areas of the
          park that require ecological restoration, specify actions and works necessary to result
          in robust, self-sustaining, viable indigenous plant communities and habitat. The ERP
          shall aim to revegetate the park areas with suitable native species to resemble the
          local endemic ecosystem by removing all environmental weeds from the area. The
          ERP shall detail continual maintenance requirements for a 1 year period (the
          maintenance period) to enable the revegetation and rehabilitation works to be self-
          maintaining.
    38.   The following, inter alia, shall be addressed and included in the Ecological
          Restoration Plan and specifications:
          (a)   specify the required works and actions for each area in terms of:
                (i)    site preparation (this may include thinning, grass removal, weed removal
                       and control, etc.);
                (ii) establishment of the missing floristic and structural elements;
                (iii) The area previously cleared within the proposed park area must include
                       in the replanting within the eastern and western edges of the proposed
                       park boundary a minimum of 8 x 100L Melaleuca quinquenervia to
                       provide relatively instant screening of the east/west clearing path
                (iv) planting and mulching procedures;
                (v) watering procedures;
                (vi) protection from wildfire, particularly during the establishment phase;
                (vii) erosion and sediment control;
                (viii) on-going maintenance;
                (ix) access for maintenance;
                (x) environmental safeguards; and
                (xi) incorporation of the relevant requirements of all the management plans
                       required by this approval, particularly the Bushfire Management Plan and
                       Koala Management Plan.
    39.   A plain wire fauna-friendly fence shall be erected around the eastern interface of the
          park area to be protected and restored, prior to clearing works and construction
          activities commencing on site. The fauna fence will have signs attached restricting
          entry to authorised persons only.
    40.   All landscape works must be established and maintained in accordance with the
          approved design for the life of the development, and in a manner that ensures
          healthy, sustained and vigorous plant growth. All plant material must be allowed to
          grow to full form and be refurbished when its life expectancy is reached.
    41.   Following the restoration of the park area in accordance with the approved restoration
          plan, the land required to be dedicated for park purposes, as indicated on drawing
          M2358-00-03/C on council file 2010/627 shall be dedicated to the Crown (with
          Council as Trustee) for parkland for environmental protection purposes pursuant to
          the Land Act 1994 at no cost to Council.




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