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

             [Topic                     SSSCSCSCSCSC*d Comments from submitter         | Discussion                    S| Recommendations
                                                                                          expensive. Consider in Koala         bumps in key koala areas.
                                                                                          Conservation Plan.
                                                                                          There are anumber of tree planting | Continue tree planting programs
                                                     More tree planting                   programs through National Tree
                                                                                          Day, Bushland Volunteers Care tree
                                                                                          planting, Landcare projects and VCA
                                                                                          program.
                                                     No parking in National Park          The Noosa National Park is a State   Refer to QPWS
                                                                                          responsibility
                                                     Educational tours in National Park   As above                             As above
                                                     Night patrols in National Park       As above                             As above
                                                     More regular buses from Peregian to | Questionable whether car use would | Refer to Noosa Transport Plan
                                                     Noosa to reduce car use              be reduced                           community engagement process

               More translocation and less burning | Submitter would like to encourage    Relocating Koalas from Kangaroo      Await the outcomes of
               of koala habitat                     translocation from areas such as      Island may not be appropriate        representation by koala experts to
                                                     Kangaroo Island.                     because of climatic differences and  State and Federal Governments in
                                                                                          koala physiology. However some       relation to changes to current
                                                                                          experts regard current koala         translocation policy.
                                                                                          translocation policy as deficient and
                                                                                          putting koalas at risk e.g. more car
                                                                                          strike after clearing of habitat.
                                                    Would also like to see planned burns | Lake Cooroibah Regional Park has
                                                    at Cooroibah Regional Park because | only recently come under council      Include Lake Cooroibah Regional
                                                    too frequent burning kills Eucalypt   control and management planning is | park in Noosa Bushland reserve Fire
                                                    seedlings                             soon to commence                     Management Plan and identify
                                                                                                                               planned burn frequency.

               Dogs on southern boundary of         Submitter has noticed more dogs in    Noted                                Refer to Regulatory Services
               Noosa Shire                          southern parts of Noosa Shire such
                                                    as Peregian Beach because of
                                                    expanding development in Sunshine

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