2019-05-07 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                                 7 MAY 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
Sustainable Fisheries Direction Paper       Reported back to Council on                 Providing feedback and input to           Present option paper to Council.
                                              successful tender arrangements.               consultants to finalise the options       Discuss     Council      position  on
                                            Interim report and presentation to            paper.                                      commercial fishing to provide
                                              Councillors on 20 February 2019.            Prepare to present options paper to         feedback into State Fisheries
                                                                                            Council.                                    Reform consultation processes.
Implementation of the ZEN Organisation      Tewantin building lighting retrofit         Noosa landfill emission reduction         Modelling of costs/benefits of landfill
Strategy                                      90% complete                                  strategies                                  emission reduction strategies
                                            Presentation to Council of the ZEN          Community       emission   reduction      Scope the revised ZEN strategy
                                              Organisational Strategy Update                opportunities                               following the finalisation of the
                                            Commencement of Tewantin roof &             Working with waste on behaviour             Environment Strategy for Council
                                              90kW solar system installation                change initiative                           consideration later in the year.
                                            Investigation of opportunities to           Relocation of 10kW solar system           Collation & review of electricity and
                                              improve landfill gas extraction at the        from Tewantin building to Pomona            consumption of solar data for first
                                              Noosa landfill                                Depot                                       year since installation.
                                            Noosa River Holiday Park & Butter           NAC Pool LED retrofit
                                              Factory procurement process                 Offset opportunities
                                            Completion of LED upgrade at the
                                                                                          ZEN     Organisational    strategy
                                              Noosa Leisure Centre
                                                                                            review
                                            NAC LED Pool light retrofit -
                                              engineering inspections complete
                                            Procurement and evaluation process
                                              for the Noosa Library underway
                                            Community ZEN events
Private Land Conservation Partnerships      Natural Areas staff have been               All contractual requirements for          Review the role of the Community
- Land for Wildlife and Voluntary             temporarily filling the Community             Voluntary Conservation Agreements           Partnerships Conservation Officer
Conservation Agreements.                      Partnerships role managing the                for the 2018/19 financial year have         role, once 2019/20 budget finalised,
                                              Land for Wildlife and Voluntary               been completed, or contractors              with a view to recruiting.
                                              Conservation Agreement programs.              organised with purchase orders            Prioritise properties that have
                                            A new regional coordination model,            raised.                                     expressed an interest in establishing
                                              moving away from a partnership with         We are now up-to date with Land for         VCA’s, through the Environment
                                              Healthy Land & Water is now in                Wildlife visits, having signed up 8         Levy Working Group.
                                              place with Council collaborating with         new properties in the past 2 months.
                                              10 other SEQ Councils and directly
                                              funding a regional coordination role,
                                              currently hosted by Sunshine Coast
                                              Regional Council in an interim
                                              arrangement.




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