2019-05-07 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                                  7 MAY 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                      RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Community Bushland Care Program           Recruitment of 38 new volunteers              Now that the groups are all up and          Preparation for a big National Tree
                                            since January bringing our total to             running for the year, using available         Day event.
                                            204 registered volunteers.                      resources to provide the technical          Exploring ways to better tailor and
                                          New volunteers for the Castaways                and physical support required to              market the program to be more
                                            Beach group has allowed them to                 achieve the goals outlined in the             attractive to a wider demographic.
                                            significantly increase the size of their        bushcare plans.
                                            project area.                                 Continued production of group-
                                                                                            specific promotional material, mostly
                                                                                            in the form of promotional flyers
                                                                                            which have been distributed in the
                                                                                            areas around Bushcare sites as well
                                                                                            as social media platforms. This form
                                                                                            of direct response marketing is low
                                                                                            cost and has proven to be quite
                                                                                            successful so far and recruitment of
                                                                                            the majority of new volunteers can
                                                                                            be attributed to it.
The Nature Conservancy Partnership -                                                      Drafting partnership agreement with         Developing partnership agreement
Bring Back The Fish                                                                         The      Nature      Conservancy    to        with The Nature Conservancy to
                                                                                            formalise partnership on the oyster           formalise partnership. Bring draft
                                                                                            reef project.                                 agreement to Council for approval.
Environment Levy Land Acquisition         Nature refuge processing completed            Finalising details around extension         Preparation for first tree planting at
Program                                     for Cooloothin                                  of the Girraween Nature Refuge.               Yurol / Ringtail.
                                          Continue maintenance works at                 Working        towards     start    of
                                            Johns Landing and Cooloothin                    revegetation projects at Yurol-
                                                                                            Ringtail site.
Pest Management                           Completed 3rd quarter of Biosecurity          Feral Deer control in the Lake              Complete 4th quarter of Biosecurity
                                            Surveillance Program including the              MacDonald area corresponding with             Surveillance Program.
                                            inspection of properties in the Kin             the breeding season.                        Complete annual contract work for
                                            Kin, Pinbarren and Cooran areas.              Survey of properties in the Pinbarren         Transport and Main Roads for
                                          Intensive Wild dog and Fox control              Creek area for the mapping of Cat’s           priority weed control and feral deer
                                            trapping completed by contractor in             Claw Creeper infestations.                    management on State controlled
                                            Ridgewood,      Federal,     Cooroy                                                           road reserve areas.
                                            Mountain, Pinbarren, Kin Kin and                                                            Draft new Biosecurity Plan to
                                            Cootharaba areas.                                                                             replace Pest Management Plan.
                                                                                                                                        Complete first round of Coordinated
                                                                                                                                          Wild Dog control baiting in the areas
                                                                                                                                          of Como, Kin Kin, Cootharaba,
                                                                                                                                          Federal and Ridgewood.


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