2020-06-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   9 JUNE 2020




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                           9 JUNE 2020

       Attachment 1: 2020-21 ENVIRONMENT PROJECT GRANTS FUNDING (ROUND ONE)
        Applicant           Project D    ipti              A         t         t            Special       Total Project       Funding      Recommended
          pplican            Fojece  Description            ssessment comments            conditions          Cost           requested     Grant Funding
      Noosa            Urban Wildlife Gardens - a     This program fills an important   The applicant | $14,184.00         $5,323.00       $5,323.00
      Integrated       community engagement           gap in the urban space to support | will liaise with
      Catchment        program providing aresource | voluntary conservation efforts on  Council
     Association       and service for urban          private property, and relates     monthly to
                       landowners wishing to          directly to an action in the Noosa _ | discuss project
                       enhance urban ecology by       Environment Strategy. The uptake | progress, in
                       using native plants, and       by residents during the ‘pilot’   light of
                       increasing understanding of    phase has been very high and      restrictions
                       biodiversity values on their   feedback from participants very   due to COVID-
                       property, and promoting        complimentary, which also         19.
                       enjoyment, raising awareness | provides a high level of
                       and facilitating citizen science. | confidence an expanded program
                                                      will achieve similar results.
      Noosa            Migrate the data and           An upgrade of the Noosa Native                     $10,258.00        $6,818.00       $6,818.00
      Integrated       functionality of the Noosa's   Plants website is a worthwhile
      Catchment        Native Plants website onto a | project with far reaching
     Association       modern platform with           educational and on-ground
                       improved access via smart      benefits. A refreshed and more
                       phones, tablets and personal | accessible website will also boost
                       computers. In the process of | the resources available to an
                       migration incorporate up to    expanded Urban Wildlife Gardens
                       date search capacity.          program.
     Hinterland        In partnership with Landcare   The Roving Restorers model        The applicant | $41,660.00         $23,620.00      $23,620.00
      Bush Links       the program is aimed to        initiated by Hinterland Bush Links | will liaise with
      Inc.             engage the local community     has successfully operated on the | Council
                       in restoration and connection  Blackall Range for eight years in monthly to
                       of habitat in the Noosa        collaboration with a number of    discuss project
                       Council Region. The project is | funding partners and other      progress, in
                       based on an extremely          environment groups. Expanding     light of
                       successful model called        the program into Noosa will       restrictions
                       Roving Restorers which was     support other existing actions by due to COVID-
                       initiated on the Blackall Range |} Council and partner agencies, as 19.
                       in 2012 by Hinterland Bush     well as achieve environmental
                       Links. This group consists of  outcomes in hinterland areas.

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