2018-06-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   12 JUNE 2018




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   12 JUNE 2018

           COUNCIL POLICY - TREE MANAGEMENT ON PUBLIC LAND
           ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

           This Policy applies to all Council Officers dealing with the management of trees on Council controlled
           public land. Council’s associated Tree Management on Public Land Guideline further clarifies the
           specific responsibilities and operational details for tree management on public land.
           The Manager Civil Operations is responsible for developing and maintaining the abovementioned
           guideline in consultation with Councillors and staff.
           DEFINITIONS
           Amenity              A feature or features that provide comfort, convenience or pleasure, in this
                                context related to open space and landscapes.
           Emergency event      A cyclone, earthquake, flood, storm, storm>tide, tornado, tsunami, volcanic
                                eruption or other natural happening

           Hazard               A source or a situation with a potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill-
                                health, damage to property, damage to the environment, or a combination of
                                these.
           Interference         The deliberate act by a person of engaging in an unapproved activity which
                                damages trees or vegetation on Council land:
           Offset               Planting undertaken to»counterbalance the impact caused by a loss of tree/s or
                                vegetation from a particularlocation and/or.the landscape.
           Risk                 The likelihood that a harmful consequence (death, injury or illness) might result
                                when» exposed to the hazard. This will. include the level of use of the areas
                                surrounding trees, and the proximity of roads, buildings and other structures.
           Tree                 Long lived woody perennial plant with one or relatively few main stems or trunks,
                                usually greater than»5 metres in height on maturity. Also includes palms and
                                cycads for the purposes of.this Policy.
           RELEVANT LEGISLATION / STANDARDS
           Australian Standard 31000:2009 Risk Management
           Australian Standard 31000:2009 Risk Management Principles
           Australian Standard 4373:2007 Pruning of Amenity Trees
           Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999)
           Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act (2002)
           Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2011
           Local Law No. 4 (Local Government Controlled Areas, Facilities, Infrastructure and Roads) 2011
           Nature Conservation Act (1992)
           Queensland Heritage Act (1992) Vegetation Management Act (1999)
           Work Health and Safety Act (2011)
           Disaster Management Act (2003)

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