2022-10-24 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                          24 OCTOBER 2022


water quality and ecological restoration. It is intended that an exchange of letters will occur outlining
an intention to continue to work with and collaborate with TNC on these matters.
Continuation of Partnership
The existing Funding and Alliance Agreement was executed in July 2019 and anticipated a 3-year
span, with final report generated in September 2022. TNC will continue to have a strong presence
in Noosa in order to monitor and evaluate the oyster restoration project as per requirements of
permits. There are many opportunities for ongoing collaborate work to continue with TNC for the
river and catchment related projects. This includes for seagrass conservation, sediment monitoring
and assessments, water quality monitoring and river restoration. It is not intended at this point to
extend or develop a new alliance agreement with TNC. Should Council wish to continue to benefit
from the significant expertise and innovation that TNC has, separate arrangements would need to
be considered.
Previous Council Consideration
Previous Council reports have set out a lot of detail on this project and for ease of reference, links
to those previous reports are provided here:
Planning & Environment Committee Agenda, 12 April 2022 – p78
https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/3561/2022-04-12-planning-environment-meeting-agenda

General Committee Agenda, 13 September 2021 – p106
https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/3115/2021-09-13-general-committee-meeting-agenda

General Committee Agenda, 15 July 2019 – p10
https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/641/2019-07-15-general-committee-agenda-pdf

General Committee Agenda, 14 January 2019 – p15
https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/566/2019-01-14-general-committee-meeting-agenda-pdf

Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 21 April 2022, Item 8, Page 6
That Council note the report by the Environmental Services Manager (Acting) to the Planning and
Environment Committee Meeting concerning the Noosa River Reef Shellfish Restoration Project
dated 12 April 2022 and;
A.    Note the 6 monthly report for the project submitted in accordance with the Alliance & Funding
      Agreement between Noosa Council and The Nature Conservancy;
B.    Authorise the CEO to commence negotiations with The Nature Conservancy regarding the
      Noosa River Reef Restoration Alliance and Funding Agreement and report back to Council
      on the outcomes; and
C.    Note that a separate detailed report and considerations will be presented to Council
      regarding the findings of the Current and Historical Distribution of Seagrass in the Noosa
      Estuary Report presented by The Nature Conservancy.
D.    Review the procurement and administrative processes to instigate the project, risks
      associated with the project and how these are to be mitigated and incorporated into Key
      Performance Indicators and any other matters that the Council should be made aware of in
      entering into the agreement.
E.    That the CEO be requested to keep a full record of staff time and costs and ancillary
      expenses associated with the conduct of the review and include these costs as part of the
      report back to Council.
F.    Authorise the CEO as per the TNC Alliance Funding Agreement Clause 20.5 - "Amendments
      to this agreement may be proposed by either Party at any time in writing to the other Party.
      The terms of any amendments shall be negotiated by appointed contact officers and given
      effect by written agreement signed by both parties”;


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