2017-06-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Strategic Land Use

Environment Strategy                         Workshop with councillors                 Assist    with  preparing     interim    Informs scheme drafting
                                             Workshop with Natural Resource              Environment Policy and continue to
                                               Management groups                           research best approaches for
                                             Scoping of strategy complete                Environment Strategy
                                                                                         Environment Policy to be prepared
                                                                                           by Environment Section.
Biodiversity Plan and assessment report      Documents and mapping complete            Biodiversity Assessment Report           Draft Biodiversity Plan used to inform
                                                                                           (background paper) completed and           scheme drafting and environment
                                                                                           reported to Council                        priorities
Flood Modelling for the Noosa River          Model outputs and reports complete        Public on intranet flood information     Informs scheme mapping and
Catchment                                    Disaster      management      maps          repository                                 drafting
                                               updated with new information.
Centres Strategy                             Preparation of a centres hierarchy        Recruitment of       Urban    design     Informs scheme drafting
                                               informed by the work of consultants         consultant to assist in master
                                               and further review                          planning
                                             Refinement following workshop with        Finalisation of a strategy that
                                               Councillors.                                includes     recommendations      on
                                                                                           hierarchy, function and urban design
                                                                                           guidelines
                                                                                         Report to Council
Local Area Master Planning – Urban           Commenced review of previous local        Recruitment of       Urban    design     Informs      scheme    drafting   and
Design Framework and Character                 area planning                               consultant to assist in local area         illustrations
Guidelines                                   Brief prepared for consultants.             design.
Housing Needs Analysis                       Workshopped finding with Council        Drafting scheme provisions relating to     Continued scheme drafting informed
                                             Reported in April                         residential zones, density and               by recommendations
                                             Council endorsed HNA for the              housing styles as well as visitor
                                               purpose    of     informing   scheme      accommodation
                                               preparation.                            Preparing follow up workshop with
                                                                                         Councillors     on   definitions   and
                                                                                         zonings
                                                                                       Review any potential areas for “uplift”
                                                                                         or residential amenity preservation.
Open Space Strategy                          Project split into an overarching       Complete the Open Space Study              Finalise both the Open Space Study
                                               Open Space Study and a Parks Plan       Inform other key staff of the Open           and Parks Plan
                                             Contract planner appointed and             Space Study purposes                      Report to Council
                                               Open Space Study brief developed.       Commence Parks Plan

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