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 Trail Network                         Ongoing participation in Master Plan      Re-opening of Trail 8.                      Complete re-route at Lake
                                              for the trail network being               Finalising minor re-routing as a              MacDonald.
                                              coordinated by Tourism Noosa.               result of impending closure of              Review of draft Master Plan when
                                                                                          access to Lake MacDonald due to               available.
                                                                                          dam works.

Flying-foxes                                Support scheme for residents at           Winding down the support scheme             Review future management options
                                              Wallace Park successfully                   now the flying-fox numbers have               for Wallace Park.
                                              implemented.                                dropped.
                                            Ongoing monitoring undertaken             Report on the success and costs of
                                              while numbers of flying-foxes were          the scheme.
                                              very high.                                Continue to support local residents
                                                                                          in Cooran in dealing with flying-foxes
                                                                                          on their properties.

Conservation Partnerships on Private        Coordinated the 20th Anniversary          Represent Noosa at the Strategic            Finalise Briefing Note and Business
Land - Land for Wildlife and Voluntary        Open Property Event for Land for            Sub-Committee meeting for Land for            Case with LfW for strategic
Conservation Agreements.                      Wildlife members.                           Wildlife Regional Coordination                subcommittee regarding regional
                                            Finalised VCA payments and                  arrangements and develop a briefing           coordination as soon as possible.
                                              incentives for 16 active properties.        note and business case in                   Work with existing Voluntary
                                            Private Land Conservation                   collaboration with 11 other SEQ               Conservation Agreement property
                                              Partnerships Guideline going                Councils.                                     owners to implement annual
                                              through Council.                          Prioritise properties that have               incentives.
                                                                                          expressed an interest in establishing       Assess resources required to meet
                                                                                          VCA’s, through the Environment                demand for the program into the
                                                                                          Levy Working Group.                           next financial year.
                                                                                        Undertaking Land for Wildlife visits
                                                                                          already booked. New visits for the
                                                                                          program are currently booked until
                                                                                          early next year with the resources
                                                                                          we have available, so we are not
                                                                                          actively seeking new members until
                                                                                          we catch up.

Community Bushland Care Program             Recruitment of new full-time              Meeting and building relationships          Improve promotion of existing
                                              Bushcare coordinator.                       with all the groups.                          Bushcare Group.
                                                                                                                                      Look at options for new Bushcare
                                                                                                                                        groups in early 2019.



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