2020-08-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                             11 AUGUST 2020



BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Capability                                     Disaster Management presentation           Recruitment     and      training  for      Looking     for   opportunities  for
Strengthen and increase the Disaster             for Councillors.                             positions continues                           improvement and utilisation of Bush
Management       capability,    including      Fire Management presentation for           Investigating initiatives for Bushfire        fire funding.
training and conducting exercises.               Councillors.                                 Funding                                     Staff training to create in-house
                                               QDMA Training and Disaster                 Working with QFES Communities                 expertise in mapping for flood
                                                 Management inductions completed              Team to develop and implement                 forecasting
                                                 for Cr Stewart as the new Chair of           recovery and resilience programs.           Planning for joint annual exercise /
                                                 the LDMG.                                  Continuing refinement of flood                Guardian training.
                                               Guardian training scheduled for              forecasting software.                       Continuous improvement
                                                 August.                                    Developing procedures for LDCC.
                                                                                            Reviewing and finalising LDCC
                                                                                              position duty statements
                                                                                            Audit of evacuation centres and
                                                                                              neighbourhood safer places.
Legislative     Compliance       Review        IGEM Bushfire review, specific to          Actioning IGEM review findings.             Implementation    of   new    IGEM
Monitor,    develop     and     maintain         Peregian Fires                                                                             framework
compliance levels in accordance with
Local, State and Commonwealth
requirements.
Engagement        &       Collaboration        Fire Events tested relationships with      Capture lessons learnt in final             Continual building of relationships
Build and maintain internal and external         both    internal     and     external        format    from     all   stakeholder          through collaborative approach
partnerships/ networks to strengthen the         stakeholders                                 agencies.
Noosa Shire community resilience.              LDMG        Bushfire      De-briefing      Continue building relationships
                                                 Scheduled for August.
Infrastructure Planning, Design & Delivery
Finalise signage guidelines & signage         Refined signage requests process            Include refined signage requests            Implement signage guidelines and
design criteria.                              Reference made to the Local                   process in the Noosa Signage                  criteria for use by all staff
                                                Government Neutral Services Signs             Guidelines                                  Monitor and update as required
                                                Public Places Guide 2019 document           Guidelines and criteria to be
                                                in the Noosa Signage Guidelines               finalised for adoption by Director.
Progressive development of Streetscape       Planning from the Noosa Drive and            Planning for the Noosa Drive and            Continue working on concept report
Plans in accordance with the Noosa             the Hastings Street precincts is               Hastings      Street    precincts   in        for the Noosa Drive and Hasting
Design                      Principles.        progressing.                                   conjunction with the HPR cycle                Street precincts.
(Gympie Terrace, Cooroy, Pomona,             Place Design has prepared a draft              planning project.                           Continue working with Coles on the
Peregian, Thomas Street, Noosa                 streetscape consultation package for         Working with the Noosa Junction               redevelopment of the Bowls club
Junction)                                      the Noosa Junction Association.                Association and Place Design to               site.
                                                                                              produce concept plans for a

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