2020-09-14 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            14 SEPTEMBER 2020


    General        Committee        Agenda,          14        January        2019        -
     https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/566/2019-01-14-general-committee-meeting-
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Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 16 July 2020, Item 2, Page 7
That Council note the report by the Environmental Services Manager to the Planning &
Environment Committee meeting dated 7 July 2020 and:
A.   Approve the Project Management Plan (provided as Attachment 1 to the report) as meeting
     the requirements of the Project Implementation Plan outlined in the Alliance & Funding
     Agreement subject to Council appointing an independent scientific expert to provide a review
     of the project’s Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Plan. The review is to include an
     assessment of the effectiveness of the methodology, project’s goals, measures, outputs and
     outcomes within the context of ecological restoration and the terms of the three year contract,
     and recommendations (if any) for improvement to be included in the Monitoring and
     Evaluation Plan; and
B.   Note the Terms of Reference of the Noosa River Oyster Restoration Project Technical
     Advisory Group (provided as Attachment 2 to the report); and
C.   Establish a Noosa River Stakeholder Reference Group to provide strategic input, local
     knowledge and expertise into River Management initiatives, initially providing input into this
     Shellfish Restoration project and more broadly into finalisation and implementation of the
     Noosa River Plan, and
D.   Delegate to the CEO to determine the Terms of Reference and undertake a process to
     establish the Noosa River Stakeholder Reference Group together with the appropriate role
     for Councillor representation on that Group.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 18 July 2019, Item 8, Page 18
That Council note the report by the Director, Environment & Sustainable Development Department
to the General Committee Meeting dated 15 July 2019 and:
A.   Approve the Alliance and Funding Agreement with The Nature Conservancy provided as
     Attachment 1 to the report; and
B.   Authorise the CEO to make minor amendments to finalise the document and to sign and
     execute the Alliance and Funding Agreement with The Nature Conservancy.
Finance
Noosa Council has already paid the first instalment of the Alliance & Funding Agreement
AUD$179,237 upon the execution of the agreement.
The second payment of AUD$200,000 is due upon demonstrated achievement of measurable
outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 13(a) of the Alliance & Funding Agreement.
The achievement of Measureable Outcome 10, as provided in this report, which is 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 is not a requirement of the second payment, but is for the third and fourth
payments related to the project.




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