2014-06-17 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   17 JUNE 2014




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INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    17 JUNE 2014

  STRATEGIC POLICY — ENVIRONMENT LEVY

      e  Assess new Environment Levy project proposals in accordance with strategic directions and
         emerging issues for council consideration where funding allows
  Finance and Business
     e   Provide financial support and advice to effectively manage and report on the Environment Levy
         Program's expenditure and reserve figures.
     e   Assist in the preparation of the financial components for Environment Levy reporting including
         council and annual progress reports.
     e   Property and Business Branch lead all negotiations associated with the land acquisition process.
  Environment Levy project managers
     e   Effectively and efficiently manage Environmental Levy projects.
     e   Provide timely financial and project updates on a quarterly and annual basis.
  DEFINITIONS

  Biodiversity - refers to the variety of all life forms - all the different plants, animals and micro-organisms,
  and the ecosystems of which they are a part.
  Catchment — The area where water is collected by the natural landscape. In a catchment, all rain and
  run-off water eventually flows to a creek, river, lake or ocean, or into the groundwater system.
  Community Partnerships Funding Program — a council program that offers up to three-years funding
  towards operational expenses. It is open to incorporated community organisations whose operations or
  services make a significant contribution to the Sunshine Coast community, and whose activities are
  closely aligned to council's vision for the future as described in the Corporate Plan. The delivery of the
  Program is supported by Environment Category Guidelines.
  Community Grants Program — a council program that recognises the vital contribution that individuals,
  community groups and organisations make to the economic, environmental, social and cultural wellbeing
  of Sunshine Coast communities. The delivery of the Program is supported by a Strategic Grants Policy
  2009.

  Environment - refers to the term used to describe the natural (not man-made) environment of the region
  and includes the natural ecological systems of air, water, soil and associated species of flora and fauna.
  Environmental Challenges — management challenges associated with the delivery of viable
  ecosystems that maintain biodiversity values and healthy waterways and foreshores.
  Environment Levy - refers to a Levy raised by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council (in accordance
  with section 971 of the Queensland Loca! Government Act 2009), on all rateable properties within its
  jurisdiction, in order to assist with environmental protection and management.
  Environmentally significant lands - lands identified due to their environmental / biodiversity values,
  including their contribution to strategic ecological linkages and consolidation of core habitat areas.
  Environmental Strategies/plans — refers to the council endorsed Biodiversity Strategy 2010-2020,
  Waterways and Coastal Management Strategy 2011-202, Sunshine Coast Local Government Area Pest
  Management Plan 2012-2016, Sunshine Coast Regional Flying Fox Management Plan 2013-2016 and
  associated documentation.

  Integrated Environment Team — refers to a team of representatives from Environmental Operations,
  Environment Policy and Development Services that oversee the development and implementation of the
  Environment Levy Program.
  Major on ground rehabilitation projects - refers to large and specific environmental improvement
  projects that are implemented in any of the Sunshine Coast's catchments and dunal systems which
  deliver on ground actions including revegetation and associated maintenance, environmental weed
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