2022-05-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  16 MAY 2022


       Completely avoiding disturbance to intertidal vegetation (mangroves and saltmarshes)
        and minimising impacts to seabed vegetation including seagrass beds and
        macroalgae;
       Buffering of mangroves, including pneumatophores by 2m and seagrass beds by 10m;
       Providing for ongoing public access to the foreshore, including at the proposed load-
        out site at Noosaville;
       Allowing for the safe passage of vessels at all tides through careful consideration of
        gaps between restored reef habitats;
       Engineering rock substrates in accordance with applicable standards, assured by an
        RPEQ;
       Buffering existing tidal works (e.g. jetties) by at least 30m;
       Generally improving the stability of the seabed at the restoration sites, and monitoring
        changes to the seabed and banks to ensure potential impacts are detected and
        managed;
       Using construction materials which are clearly compatible with the marine environment;
        and
       Minimisation and monitoring of seabed sediment disturbance as a result of the
        proposed works.
   The application material includes a range of environmental management and monitoring
   commitments, primarily documented in the Noosa Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project -
   Project Restoration Plan. These measures should be consolidated in a Construction
   Environmental Management Plan (CEMP).

   Consultation
   External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder
   Since February 2020, the project team has met face-to-face with over 70 Noosa stakeholder
   groups and including local recreational and active commercial fishers, tourism and
   recreational groups and Noosa Council approved indigenous representatives to discuss the
   project and to present the proposed restoration sites. The overwhelming feedback from these
   meetings was supportive.
   The Project also requires referral to the State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA)
   given that the following State referral triggers under the Planning Regulation 2017 are
   relevant:
   -    Part 6 – Declared Fish Habitat Area and Marine Plants
   -    Part 17 – Tidal Works or Works in a Coastal Management District
   The applicant referred the application to SARA on 10 February 2022 and subsequently SARA
   approved the application (subject to conditions) on 7 April 2022. The SARA conditions
   primarily relate to (but are not limited to) the following matters:
   -    ensuring works are undertaken in accordance with approved design drawings and
        relevant engineering and environmental standards
   -    ensuring relevant notifications to State agencies are completed
   -    ensuring appropriate signage, navigation markers and work boundary markers are
        deployed
   -    ensuring that any impacts to MSES (marine plants) are temporary and are restored
        upon completion of works
   -    development and implementation of an Inspection and Monitoring program



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