Updated EMP Stage 2_Grasstree Court April 2023

2023 Ecological Management Plan – Grasstree Court – Lot 9



     5. CLEARING OF LOT 9, REHABILITATION ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE

In accordance with minor change condition 48 - vegetation clearing on Lot 9 SP 252905 cannot commence until:

     a.   Lot 6 has been cleared of vegetation and live soil (topsoil, subsoil and seed bank) has been transferred to the
          receiving site, with the receiving site stage 1 weed control, planting and irrigation installation completed (as
          detailed within section 2. Site Treatment and Transfer Methods pg. 24 of the approved OPW18/0341.01
          Environmental Management Plan Stage 1 – Lot 6 revision 4 prepared by Gondwana Ecology Group P/L dated
          February 2021; and
     b.   Written notice has been provided to Council that Civil works on Lot 9 SP 252905 will commence within three
          (3) months following the commencement of clearing unless otherwise agreed in writing by Council.

Works have been completed in accordance with condition 48a.

Approval conditions require rehabilitation works to undergo a five-year maintenance period.

Stage 1 maintenance period will be completed in September 2027 (this includes original Stage 2 rehabilitation
targets).

Noting part of Stage 2 rehabilitation works has already commenced and achieved “On-Maintenance”, the balance
Stage 2 area will be considered On-Maintenance when:

     •    the balance area has received the bunded soil where needed;
     •    translocated soil and mulch (from project site) have been spread across the rehabilitation site 16; and
     •    the trees (600) have been planted.

The project ecologist will sign off on the works with reporting to Council (and site inspection as needed). Once the
maintenance period has started, photo monitoring points will be established for reporting purposes and operational
works approval conditions.

As time progresses, and where appropriate, Stage 1 and Stage 2 rehabilitation works will be monitored and reported
simultaneously.

Maintenance visits will occur every month for the first year. Each visit will involve recording presence or absence of
active regrowth/recruitment, photos from monitoring points, weed control requirements (including to the
surrounding buffer area), watering requirements, mulching requirements, sediment and erosion control, reporting
progress and any other items as needed.

For the balance of the maintenance period, quarterly maintenance visitation will occur (i.e. years 2-5) with recording
as per year 1.

At the end of the maintenance period it is proposed to have the area established with 90 - 95% native vegetation
cover and showing signs of returning to a self-sustaining ecosystem such as self-mulching, indications that all levels of
strata (ground, mid and canopy) are or likely to be present and fauna recruitment to the area (refer Section 6). While
this will be determined by the germination and establishment success of the soil/seed transferred, it will be
supplemented by the additional planting of she-oak and eucalypts.




     16 Note – capping of the southern area of Stage 2 is to commence as soon as practical to allow soil transfer.

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