2019-11-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                       12 NOVEMBER 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Capability                                     Qld Disaster Management Training            Further Coordination Centre training       Continuous improvement
Strengthen and increase the Disaster             Framework training conducted for              scheduled 23 October.
Management       capability,    including        relevant staff                              Recruitment     and    training   for
training and conducting exercises.             Training specific to Intelligence &           positions continues.
                                                 Planning cells undertaken                   Finalise development, test, rollout
                                               Recent Peregian Fire Event tested             and train staff in new flood
                                                 our Disaster Management Plan                  forecasting software package.
                                               Engage consultant and commence
                                                 development of flood forecasting
                                                 software package.
Legislative    Compliance    Review            IGEM review of Noosa Local                  Review of IGEMs reviews.
Monitor,    develop   and    maintain            Disaster       Management       Plan
compliance levels in accordance with             completed.
Local, State and Commonwealth                  LDMG agreement that annual
requirements.                                    exercise not required as learnings
                                                 have been identified from the
                                                 Peregian Fires.
Engagement        &       Collaboration        Recent Peregian Fire Event tested           Formalising external relationships         Continual building of relationships
Build and maintain internal and external         relationships with both internal and          with procedures.                             through collaborative approach.
partnerships/ networks to strengthen the         external stakeholders.                      Continue building relationships.
Noosa Shire community resilience.

Infrastructure Planning, Design & Delivery
Finalise signage guidelines & signage         Draft guidelines and criteria have           Reviewing the Local Government             Guidelines and criteria to be
design criteria.                                been developed.                                Neutral Services Signs Public                finalised for adoption by Director.
                                             Feedback on guidelines and criteria             Places Guide 2019. Reference will          Implement signage guidelines and
                                                has been collated for inclusion in             be made to this document in the              criteria for use by staff.
                                                the revised draft guidelines.                  Noosa Signage Guidelines.                  Monitor and update as required.
                                             Action plan has been developed for            Refining signage requests process
                                                finalising draft guidelines and                for inclusion in revised draft
                                                criteria.                                      guidelines.
Progressive development of Streetscape       Project initiations prepared for linking      Reviewing base data available for          Concept development for Noosa
Plans in accordance with the Noosa             from Noosa Junction to Noosa Drive              Cooroy, Pomona, and Noosa                    Drive and Hasting Street precinct.
Design                      Principles.        and the Hastings Street precinct for            Junction and Gympie Terrace                Collate and review background
(Gympie Terrace, Cooroy, Pomona,               budget consideration.                           precincts continues.                         information for each precinct.
Peregian, Thomas Street, Noosa
Junction)


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