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       Ss              SSSSS*| Comments fromsubmitter                [Discussion                   S| Recommendations
                                                     Coast Council. Need more liaison
                                                     with Sunshine Coast Council on dog
                                                     control.
                      a
               Concerned about drop in koala         Supportive of Koala Conservation      Need to assess the actual viability of | If research funds permit, undertake
               numbers                               Plan but concerned about drop in      koala populations in urban and rural | population studies to determine
                                                     Noosa numbers                         areas                                 viability of urban and rural koala
                                                                                                                                 populations and identify actions
                                                                                                                                 necessary to secure that population.

               Koala Tracker                         Concerned that Koala Tracker is not | Council has used a number of          Note in Plan that general public may
                                                     being used.                           databases, including Koala Tracker,   choose to use Koala Tracker.
                                                                                           to develop its Koala Habitat          Any koala records that come into
                                                                                           Mapping.                              Council can be entered into WildNet
                                                                                           The State Wildnet database is used    database to inform State Essential
                                                                                           to inform the State Essential Habitat | Habitat Mapping.
                                                                                           Mapping for development
                                                                                           assessment purposes.
             [Submitter 18
               Koala infrastructure and harsher      Need ‘go slow’ zones at key koala                                           Consider ‘Go-slow’ zones in critical
               penalties for tree clearing           crossing points of Noosa                                                    koala crossing points as part of
                                                     Drive/Weyba Creek and near the                                              infrastructure audit.
                                                     roundabout Sunshine beach Road.
                                                     More emphasis on education for car
                                                     drivers.                                                                    Include messages for car drivers in
                                                     Harsher penalties for illegal tree                                          media releases particularly in Spring
                                                     clearing required                                                           education campaign.
                                                     Development controls not stringent
                                                     enough to retain koala trees e.g.                                           Council is constrained by State
                                                     Peregian Springs                                                            planning legislation. Continue to
                                                                                                                                 avoid, mitigate and offset impacts to
                                                                                                                                 koala habitat.

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