2021-05-11 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                        11 MAY 2021


BRANCH ACTIVITIES           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                       THE NEXT QUARTER
Environmental Services
Implementation of the ZEN      Councillor workshop in March 2021 to          Climate Change Response Plan             Continued solar and energy
Organisational Strategy         look at pathway options to zero net            currently out for public comment –        efficiency projects throughout
                                emissions by 2026.                             from the 24 March.                        Council facilities.
                               Stakeholder engagement on the                 Supporting the waste team in             Collate Climate Change
                                Climate Change Response Plan.                  development of the new Waste              Response Plan feedback and
                               Climate Week (21-28 March)                     Strategy                                  finalise report to Council.
                                undertaken with high participation at         Noosa North Shore Holiday Park           Organise the Noosa Youth
                                over 20 events, including the Electric         and Tewantin Splash Park solar            Climate Summit in partnership
                                Vehicle Expo.                                  installations.                            with the Noosa Environmental
                                                                                                                         Education Hub.
Flying-fox management          Completed installation and activation of      Delivery of subsidised services          Delivery of subsidised services
                                sprinkler system at north-west corner of       program to residents around               program to residents around
                                Wallace Park.                                  Wallace Park and Kin Kin.                 Wallace Park and Kin Kin.
                               Intensive community engagement with           Undertake tree management work at
                                several hundred thousand Little Red            Kin Kin when the ground is dry
                                Flying-foxes at Wallace Park in                enough to access the site.
                                February.
                               Deliver subsidised services program to
                                residents around Wallace Park & Kin
                                Kin.
                               Ongoing monitoring of flying-fox
                                numbers at Wallace Park;
                                   o Jan BFF (409), GHFF (290),
                                       LRFF (35,761)
                                   o Feb LRFF (166,838)
                                   o Mar LRFF (44,183)
                                                                                 Damage to vegetation caused by Little Red Flying-foxes at Wallace Park,
                                                                                 which left the site in late March.




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