2018-11-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     6 NOVEMBER 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                       RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                        CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Noosa Parklands Management Plan          Bushland Operational Assessment          Installation of small capital (seat) in
                                           performed by consultant for Heritage       July.
                                           Park Bushland Reserve.
                                         Some small capital items (seats)
                                           purchased late in financial year.
                                         Draft Environmental Management
                                           Plan completed.
Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Plan    First draft complete and consulted       Continue to develop document with          Host workshop with Councillors and
                                           with previous internal stakeholder         new additions to stakeholder groups          receive feedback.
                                           group                                      and edit where required.
Environment Strategy                     Completion of community workshops.       Finalising first draft of the policy       Workshop draft with the Councillors.
                                         Your Say Noosa feedback completed          strategy.                                  Get draft authorised for release for
                                           and reviewed.                                                                           public comment.
Conservation Land Plan                   Conservation Land Plan, Revolving
(guides Environment Levy Acquisition       Fund Policy and Private Land
Program, VCA Program and Land for          Conservation Program Guideline
Wildlife Program)                          adopted by Council.
Environment Levy Land Acquisition        Start-up works for Johns Landing and     Continue maintenance works at              Commence maintenance scheduling
Program                                    Cooloothin Creek Reserves have             Johns Landing and Cooloothin                 for Johns Landing and Cooloothin
                                           commenced                                Nature Refuge processing for both            Creek
                                         Continue to support project team with      Johns Landing and Cooloothin               Finalise Nature Refuge processing
                                           Yurol-Ringtail Conservation Project      Start ecological restoration works at        for both Johns Landing and
                                                                                      Johns Landing                                Cooloothin and media release
                                                                                    Support Yurol-Ringtail State Forests
                                                                                      Conservation project and Transition
                                                                                      Committee
Pest Management                          Completed 1st quarter of Biosecurity     Property inspections and compliance        Complete 2nd quarter of biosecurity
                                           Surveillance Program including the         activities as part of approved               surveillance program.
                                           inspection of properties in the            Biosecurity Surveillance Program.          Finalise annual contract work for
                                           Cooroy, Cooroy Mountain,                 Feral Deer control in the Lake               Transport and Main Roads for Feral
                                           Tinbeerwah, Cooroibah and Doonan           MacDonald area.                              Deer control and priority weed control
                                           areas.                                   Priority weed control on council             works on State Roads.
                                         Completed the 2nd round of twice           managed lands as part of scheduled         Inspection of properties in the Six
                                           yearly coordinated Wild dog control        work.                                        Mile Ck catchment area for the
                                           1080 baiting working on public and       Fox den detection program using              mapping of Cat’s Claw Creeper after
                                           private land in the Ridgewood,             trained sniffer dogs to locate, map          recent detection in council bushland
                                           Federal, Kin Kin, Como, Cootharaba         and fumigate occupied dens.                  reserves in the upper catchment.
                                           and Cooroibah areas.


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