Minutes Ordinary Meeting 20 March 2025

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                     20 MARCH 2025



            QUESTION 2
            In the Contamination report, a second round of land fill gas monitoring is to be
            carried out. At the site meeting on 2 December 2024 with the Environmental
            Consultant, a point was made by a resident that in the report it suggests a second
            round of land fill gas monitoring would occur in Spring. The Environmental
            consultant, Andrew Winters, said that the monitoring will happen and that he was
            obliged to satisfy the government guidelines to do a second round of land fill gas
            monitoring when it is a bit drier and warmer in case the gas is generated and picked
            up. As Spring has passed, when will council engage the consultant to carry out
            this work prior to the remediation of the site commencing?
            Response provided by Kim Rawlings Director Strategy and Environment
            As per government guidelines, it is a requirement to do two rounds of land fill gas
            monitoring. Council has already engaged the Consultant to do this work. The first
            test was carried out during last winter when the soil was quite damp. The
            consultant is in communication with the Contaminated Land Auditor regarding
            timing of the 2nd test. The intention is to carry this out once the site dries out
            sufficiently. This is anticipated to occur early to mid-Autumn.


   8.3.     RHEA DEN BRAASEM

            QUESTION 1
            In regards to stormwater on the 62 Lake MacDonald site, our steering committee
            has stressed on numerous occasions that the removal of 2200 trees is going to
            have an immediate worsening effect of stormwater flow due to a lack of canopy to
            help slow this down. We also don’t see how any storm water controls in the plan
            can be implemented before or during remediation as the road that is to drain water
            from lot 1 and 2 will not be built yet and any measure applied will involve digging
            up ground before the trees are removed and before the ground is remediated. We
            are extremely concerned, if the remediation and subdivision go ahead, with how
            the storm water will be managed for the whole site before the loss of forest canopy,
            during remediation and on LOT 3 after subdivision. Do council have a plan for this
            and what is it?
            Response provided by Kim Rawlings Director Strategy and Environment
            The issues raised are not unique to the subject site and are relatively standard
            considerations for all subdivision / land development works. Stormwater and
            rainfall runoff will be managed in accordance with the regulatory framework. Noosa
            Council design consultants for the works, Covey’s Engineer Associates, have
            developed an initial stormwater management and erosion & sediment control
            requirement plan to be implemented for the works. As part of the requirements for
            the construction works the Contractor to be engaged will also be required to
            develop and prepare a Construction Environmental Management Plan,
            Stormwater Management Plan and an Erosion and Sedimentation Plan for all
            stages of the works (e.g. removal of trees, remediation of the Lots and all
            associated road/civil/landscaping works). It will also be required for the Erosion
            and Sedimentation Plan to be prepared, reviewed, and approved by a Certified
            Professional in Erosion & Sediment Control.

            QUESTION 2
            In regards to conservation of natural resources on the site there are two aspects
            in question. Why is the stream fed waterway surrounded by native vegetation (that
            was referred to as having ecological significance in Noosa Council’s ecological
            report for the site) not being considered in any way on plans for this site? And can
            Council guarantee that the Gympie Messmates (largely on Lot 100) will be
            conserved?