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

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   25 MARCH 2014


5.   As part of the Noosa on Weyba project a community education and stewardship strategy
     will be developed and implemented to ensure that all residents and visitors are aware of
     the Koala habitat (and other broader biodiversity) values of the Noosa on Weyba locality.
     This community education and stewardship strategy will include provision for measures
     such as the following:

         Information packages for prospective residents concerning:
          -     the environmental values of the Noosa on Weyba site locality;
          -     specific design features of the Noosa on Weyba project that respond to those
                important environmental values;
          -     specific BC regulations and controls that residents and their guests would need
                to comply with to ensure that important environmental values are protected.
         Issue of a regular (e.g. quarterly) Environmental Newsletter providing information:
          -     concerning notable environmental observation or events within the Noosa on
                Weyba locality (e.g. commencement of Koala breeding season);
          -     reminding residents of their environmental management obligations under the
                BC regulations; and
          -     contact details for the reporting of sick/injured wildlife or free-roaming dogs.
         Initiation of a Noosa on Weyba Land Care Group (or similar) that is designed to
          provide residents with the opportunity to become actively involved in the monitoring
          and management of the biodiversity, including Koala habitat, values of the Noosa on
          Weyba.
         Establishment and maintenance of environmental interpretative signage throughout
          the Noosa on Weyba project that provides residents and visitors with information
          concerning the Koala ecology and conservation issues of relevance to the Noosa on
          Weyba locality.
     In addition to educating the community on environmental features, the proposed
     Community Title Scheme Body Corporate levies structure will also contain an
     environmental levy to maintain the Koala proof / wildlife exclusion fencing and provide
     funds to manage feral animals in the expanded Eenie Creek section of the Noosa National
     Park.

     The Noosa on Weyba development will also incorporate an Integrated Water Cycling
     Management scheme which, in conjunction with the latest stormwater management
     technique, will aid in improving the stormwater quality impact on surrounding waterways.
     The stormwater quality treatment of the Noosa on Weyba development employs a range of
     innovative measures to ensure the best results. These include:
     -    10 kilolitre rainwater tanks for each residential lot. (This is more than twice the
          requirement of Queensland Development Code)
     -    Bio-retention street trees and bio-retention gardens incorporated into the road
          reserve
     -    Bio-retention basins
     -    Vegetated bio-retention swales
     -    Litter baskets
     -    Natural wetland areas
     -    Buffers to environmentally sensitive areas


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