2022-02-08 Planning and Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                          8 FEBRUARY 2022



     Environment Strategy                      Status   Progress comments
       Enabling Actions
B. Implement      an   Environment      &
                                                        The intent of this action within the Noosa Environment Strategy was to transition the informal
   Sustainability Roundtable to provide a
                                                        previous stakeholder round tables held over a period of some years, into a more formal mechanism
   mechanism for local community
                                                        for providing input into key Council environmental initiatives. COVID restrictions made it difficult to
   groups, government stakeholders and
                                                        further progress this action item in the 20/21 FY.
   experts to have input into the
   development of Council policy.                       More recently the Environmental Services Manager has initiated half yearly meetings with key
                                                        local Natural Resource Management groups to share program information. Reinstatement of the
                                                        formal Environment Round Table will be further considered in early 2022
                                                        In addition, the formation of the Noosa River Stakeholder Advisory Committee (to guide the
                                                        decisions relating to the Noosa River) and the Climate Change Response Community Advisory
                                                        Group (to provide local advice to Council on Climate change issues).= provides additional
                                                        opportunity for stakeholder input into development of Council Policy.

C. Support community environmental and
                                                        COVID restrictions made it difficult to further progress this action item in the 20/21 FY.
   sustainable development networks and
   forums to build partnerships to drive the            Initial discussion have been undertaken with the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation on the
   implementation of the Environment                    possibility of hosting an annual sustainable forum on behalf of Council and community
   Strategy.                                            stakeholders.
D. Undertake      monitoring     programs               The inaugural monitoring program has been complied and separately attached to this report.
   required for evaluating and reporting on
   the success of the implementation of
   the Environment Strategy.




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