2022-02-08 Planning and Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    8 FEBRUARY 2022


 Delivered by                     •   Collection of frog records from 15 species across 32 sites in
  MRCCC                               the Noosa Shire.
  Hinterland    $105,000.00   This rural landholder program will target high priority sub-
    Rural                     catchments of the Mary River catchment for extension and on-
                  Over 3
  Extension                   ground incentives to improve downstream water quality. This project
                  years
  Program                     links with the MRCCC Reef Trust program, Noosa & District
                              Landcare and Country Noosa.
 Delivered by
  MRCCC                       This grant is ongoing and will be reviewed at acquittal time in June
                              2022 and March 2023.
 Plastic Free    $185,400     Plastic Free Noosa protects the environment by empowering the
    Noosa                     Noosa community in eliminating single-use plastics through direct
                  Over 3
                              engagement, recognition and facilitating circular economies to
 Delivered by     years
                              create lasting change.
  Tourism
   Noosa                      Below are the measurable outcomes from this project thus far;
                                  •   171 Plastic Free Noosa members.
                                  •   2 Plastic Free Noosa Youth Ambassadors and inspired
                                      school children to become Waste Warriors.
                                  •   Eliminated 5 million+ single-use plastic items.
                                  •   Eliminated over 55,000 plastic bottles.
                                  •   Eliminated 13,348 single-use coffee cups from landfill
                                      annually through gifting Keep Cups.
                                  •   Removed over 90kg of rubbish at clean-ups.
                                  •   4100kg of CO2 sequestered through Trees for Tourism.
Community & Environment Alliance Agreement
   Project       Amount                                   Outcomes
                 funded
 Provide 24/7   $33,165.00    Funding for operational support that has allowed The applicant to
   flying fox                 carry on doing the rescue and rehabilitation of the Flying-foxes and
     rescue                   micro bats, plus the ongoing capability to educate people in the role
    service                   Flying -foxes and micro bats play in the environment
  Flying Fox
  Rescue &
 Release Inc.
 Manage and     $20,150.00     Delivered land management information and knowledge through
   maintain                   workshop series, responding to individual enquiries and undertaking
  volunteer                   visits to individual properties, providing information for members via
  programs.                   newsletters and regular emails, providing updated information on
                              Facebook and Instagram maintaining a 'shop front' in Pomona
   Noosa
                              called the Hinterhub to address concerns;provision of employees for
  Landcare
                              representation at community and industry-related meetings
                              throughout the shire and further afield. In conjunction with Council
                              Project Officers and Directors, NDLG has leveraged co-funding
                              through a partnership approach to investment of key public sites
                              throughout the shire such as 'Trees for Tourism' projects on the
                              Noosa Trail, Black Star Coffee Plantings at Cooran, BMRG funding
                              for key Cats Claw Creeper Infestations at various Council sites
                              (reserves).
  Three year    $54,540.00    Organizational support. For Zero Emissions Noosa.
 Environment
                Over three    This funding has meant the organization has been able to continue
   Alliance
                 years.       their activities focused on outreach and engagement to achieve
  Agreement
                              increased community awareness of emission reduction
                              opportunities.



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