2016-07-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA     12 JULY 2016




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                              12 JULY 2016

               Noosa Shire Draft Koala Conservation Plan-Public submissions (41)
             [Topic                        SSC Comments fromsubmitter                  | Discussion                          | Recommendations
               TMT advises error with information   Amend mortality data to ‘the highest | Amendment supported                 Update information
               on Moreton Rail project              number of koala predations across
                                                    the whole of the project was 15 and
                                                    the highest number of predations at
                                                    Amcor in one month was 8’.

               Richard Branson Koala Conservancy    Include information on the Richard    Supported                            Include information
                                                    Branson Koala Conservancy proposal
             [Submitters
               Use of 1080 on wild dog control      Move away from the use of 1080 for | The use of 1080 has been addressed | No change to Council’s current use
                                                    wild dog control                      through the Noosa Council Pest       of 1080 in pest management
                                                                                          Management Plan Stakeholder          program
                                                                                          Group which included expert
                                                                                          veterinaries.
               Offset plantings                     Provide any koala offset plantings    The Qld Environment Offsets policy   Include information on advanced
                                                    prior to clearing                     has provision for advanced offsets   offsets in the Koala Conservation
                                                                                          and Council is currently investigating | Plan
                                                                                          key vegetation linkages between
                                                                                          core habitat areas.
               Use of koala detection dogs          Use koala detection dogs prior to     There are already provisions for     Include information on the use of
                                                    development clearing                  developers to employ fauna spotter | koala detection dogs for DA in the
                                                                                          catchers before and during           Koala Conservation Plan
                                                                                          developments. The use of koala
                                                                                          detection dogs would provide
                                                                                          further accuracy for detecting koalas
               Tree Management on Public Land       Support policy and Plan               Noted                                Addressed in Plan
               policy and Draft Biodiversity Plan

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