2014-03-25 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda Pages 81-167

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                25 MARCH 2014


3. Site design must avoid clearing non-        Does Not Comply
   juvenile koala habitat trees in areas of
   high value rehabilitation habitat, and      The site design does not avoid clearing non-
                                               juvenile koala habitat trees in areas of high
   medium value rehabilitation habitat,
                                               value rehabilitation habitat, and medium
   with any unavoidable            clearing    value rehabilitation habitat but proposes to
   minimised and offset in accordance          clear at least 2,240 trees within these areas.
   with the Offsets for Net Gain of Koala
   Habitat in South East Queensland            The minimisation of unavoidable clearing
   Policy at a ratio of five new koala         has not been demonstrated with the
   habitat trees for every one non-            applicant proposing offset plantings to
                                               compensate for clearing koala food habitat
   juvenile koala habitat tree removed or
                                               trees rather than modifying the design to
   an equivalent cash contribution.            avoid clearing.

                                               The areas selected for offset plantings will
                                               be artificially overstocked with offset
                                               plantings thus impacting on the ecological
                                               values of the ecosystem. It appears the
                                               offset planting proposal does not include
                                               clearing necessary to bring services to the
                                               area such as power water and sewer.

4. Site design provides safe koala             Does Not Comply
   movement         opportunities      as
   appropriate to the development type         The site design will cause loss of habitat,
                                               and significant intensification of urban land
   and habitat connectivity values of the
                                               use.    Traffic impacts coupled with the
   site determined by reference to the         reduction in connectivity between habitat
   factors for consideration in Schedule       will significantly impact on safe koala
   2.                                          movement opportunities.

5. During construction phases:                 Can be conditioned to comply

    a. measures are taken in construction
       practices to not increase the risk of
       death or injury to koalas; and
    b. native vegetation that is cleared
       and in an area intended to be
       retained for safe koala movement
       opportunities     is    progressively
       restored and rehabilitated.
6. Native    vegetation    clearing    is      Can be conditioned to comply
   undertaken as sequential clearing
   and under the guidance of a koala
   spotter where the native vegetation is
   a non-juvenile koala habitat tree.

7. Landscaping activities provide food,        Can be conditioned to comply
   shelter and movement opportunities
   for koalas consistent with the site
   design.



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