2018-09-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 SEPTEMBER 2018




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                           11 SEPTEMBER 2018

           POLICY GUIDELINE — Private Landholder Conservation Partnerships
           writing by Council and co-ordinated by the landholder and contractor/consultant. Once works have
           been completed to the satisfaction of Council and the landholder, the contractor/consultant will be
           paid by Council. Where the EMP provides an allowance for supply of materials, the landholder shall
           obtain a quote from the supplier and provide to Council for written approval prior to funding being
           expended and provide a tax invoice for reimbursement of funds. Once the 5 year term is complete,
           the landholder is eligible for an ongoing annual property visit from a Council Officer upon request.
           ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
           The Environment Levy Working Group will make recommendations to Council on the spending of
           Environment Levy funds for the VCA program on an annual basis.
           The Voluntary Conservation Agreement Program will be managed by the Environment Services
           Branch.
           DEFINITIONS
           “Biodiversity” refers to the variety of all life forms - all the different plants, animals and micro-
           organisms, and the ecosystems of which they are a part.
           “Conservation Land Guideline” is a mapping methodology to identify environmentally significant
           land for potential acquisition or for private land conservation outcomes.
           “Core Protected Areas” are large biodiverse areas that consist collectively of public land already
           under conservation protection such as National Park, Bushland Reserves and Nature Refuges.
           “Environment” refers to the use of the word to describe the natural (not man-made) environment
           of the region and includes the natural ecological systems of air, water, soil and associated species
           of flora and fauna.
           “Environment Levy” refers to a Levy raised by Noosa Council (in accordance with section 94 of
           the Queensland Local Government Act 2009), on all rateable properties within its jurisdiction, in
           order to meet the objectives in this policy.
           “Biodiversity Corridors” are broad tracts of vegetated, cleared and partly cleared land, extending
           across the Noosa landscape that consolidate or connect core habitat, and can occur across private
           and/or public land.
           RELEVANT LEGISLATION

           Noosa Council Environment Levy Policy 2018
           Qid Environmental Offsets Policy 2014
           Qld Land Act 1994
           Qld Nature Conservation Act 1992
           Qld Vegetation Management Act 1999

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