2022-11-14 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            14 NOVEMBER 2022


6.   REPORTS DIRECT TO GENERAL COMMITTEE


3    DRAFT EASTERN BEACHES FORESHORE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PUBLIC
     CONSULTATION

Author           Environment Officer Coastal Management, Melissa Coyle
                 Environment and Sustainable Development Department

Index            ECM/ Environmental Management/ Environmental Management Plans/
                 21.06

Attachments      1.    Draft Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan (54 page
                       attachment provided separately to this agenda)
                 2.    Community Consultation & Engagement Plan

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of the Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan is to describe the social and
environmental values of the Eastern Beaches Foreshore Reserves and identify management
issues and actions to maintain these values in the future. The plan is to provide overarching
guidance for management decisions and for allocation of staff and financial resources. This report
seeks endorsement of the draft plan for public consultation.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Environment Officer Coastal Management to the General
Committee Meeting dated 14 November 2022 and
A.   Approve the release of the Draft Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan (provided
     at Attachment 1) for public consultation in February 2023; and
B.   Note the Community Consultation and Engagement Plan (provided at Attachment 2) for the
     consultation process.

REPORT
The Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan (EBFMP) has arisen out of community concern
that more resources and a coordinated policy response is needed for managing the broad range
of management issues affecting the public foreshore reserves along the Eastern Beaches from
Peregian to Sunshine Beach. The plan applies to 7 Eastern Beaches foreshore reserves and near
or directly connected foreshore bushland. Management issues addressed include:
    Climate change and coastal hazards risks
    Ecological values and threats
    Social, cultural and scenic amenity
    Community partnerships with bushcare, turtle care and researchers
    Community education
    Foreshore reserve encroachments
    Bushfire risk
    Marine incidences (marine debris, oil spills, marine strandings)
    Coastal creeks and stormwater management
    Beach access needs.
The Noosa Environment Strategy 2019 Implementation Plan identifies the need for this coastal
management plan to be prepared to ‘Establish a framework for managing coastal resources
including for erosion management, public use of beaches and coastal reserves, dune access and
encroachments, bushland reserve management, beach cleaning, and channel control’.

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