2021-03-09 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            9 MARCH 2021


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                       CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Environmental Services
Implementation of the ZEN Organisation        Report to Council 2019/20 Carbon         Implementation of solar projects at 2       Climate Week
Strategy                                       footprint                                 of Council’s small electricity              Community consultation on Climate
                                              Stakeholder engagement on Climate         consumption sites.                           Change Response Plan
                                               Change Response Plan                     Drafting Climate Change Response            Continued solar and energy
                                              EOIs received and awarded for             Plan                                         efficiency throughout Council
                                               Climate Week (21-27 March 2021)          Preparation for Climate Week -               facilities
                                               activities                                March 2021
                                                                                        Community Solar and energy advice
                                                                                         line revamp
                                                                                        Supporting the waste team in
                                                                                         development of the Waste Strategy
                                                                                        Pathways to Net Zero Emission
                                                                                         Councillor Workshop – 4 March
Delivery of the Conservation Land Policy      Negotiate the purchase of                Finalise the purchase of                    Investigate the purchase of a
Guideline                                      environmentally significant land at       environmental significant land at            revolving fund property
                                               Boreen point                              Boreen Point
Private Land Conservation Partnerships        Delivery of LFW incentive. 50            Continue delivering the LFW                 Continue delivering the LFW
- Land for Wildlife (LFW) and Voluntary        members planting 13,020 tubestock,        program, sign up new properties,             program, sign up new properties,
Conservation Agreements (VCA)                  21 members receiving training in          revisits on demand, roll out LFW             revisits on demand, roll out LFW
                                               weed management.                          incentive program to members for             incentive program to members for
                                              Delivery of on ground works to VCA        current financial year.                      current financial year.
                                               properties.                              Identify strategic freehold properties      Identify strategic freehold properties
                                              One LFW/VCA property receiving            in the landscape to target for LFW           in the landscape to target for LFW
                                               Qld Govt. Koala habitat restoration       promotion. (based on size, remnant           promotion. (based on size, remnant
                                               funding ($43,500).                        veg coverage, and connectivity to            veg coverage, and connectivity to
                                              Ongoing collation of existing and         existing protected areas)                    existing protected areas)
                                               new flora and fauna records into a       Develop a Koala habitat restoration         Develop a Koala habitat restoration
                                               single database with associated map       incentive for 2021/2022 financial            incentive for 2021/2022 financial
                                               layers. Uploaded data into WildNet.       year                                         year
                                              Ongoing participation in LFW             Promote VCA program to LFW                  Promote VCA program to LFW
                                               regional steering committee               members                                      members
                                               meetings.                                Place conservation covenants over 4         Place conservation covenants over 4
                                              October – December program data;          new VCA properties.                          new VCA properties.
                                               o 11 new LFW sign-ups (48.7ha of         Delivery of on ground works to VCA          Delivery of on ground works to VCA
                                                  habitat)                               properties.                                  properties.
                                                                                        Ongoing collation of existing and           Ongoing collation of existing and
                                               o Current 483 LFW registered
                                                                                         new flora and fauna records into a           new flora and fauna records into a
                                                  properties (339 active members).

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