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 —SSSCSCSC*C*~*C‘«d Comments from submitter                         | Discussion                    S| Recommendations
               Historical hunting of koalas         Include information on the historical | Supported                          Include information in Plan
                                                    hunting of koalas between 1915 and
                                                    1919 which impacted on koala
                                                    numbers.
               Land for Wildlife (LFW) and          Would like to see more support for    Noted                                Addressed in Plan
               Voluntary Conservation Agreement     the LFW and VCA programs .
               (VCA) program

               Chlamydia vaccine                    Recommends Noosa Shire be an pro- | Supported                              Include information on Chlamydia
                                                    active advocate and recipient for the                                      vaccine in Plan
                                                    first round of koala Chlamydia
                                                    vaccines.
               Koala data                           Clarify Council’s preferred method of | General public may use koala tracker | Clarify in Plan
                                                    koala data submissions from the       and Council records can be retained
                                                    public.                               for WildNet database
               Plan review                          Include measures to review and        Supported                            Include annual review in Action Plan
                                                    update Plan review within 5 years.
               Mapping updates                      Include resourcing for updating       Supported                            Include map update resourcing
                                                    mapping from new data and                                                  requirements in Action Plan
                                                    research information.

               Feral dogs                           Remove feral dogs                     Council has a Wild Dog Control       Continue with Council’s Pest
               Wildlife fencing                                                           program targeting priority areas.    Management Plan-Wild Dog Control
               Land clearing and maintain koala                                                                                Program.
               corridors                            Fence major roads                     The Plan proposes an audit of all    Infrastructure audit is addressed in
               Planning and action                                                        koala/fauna infrastructure to        Plan.
                                                                                          determine costs and practical
                                                                                          measures to protect koalas.
                                                    Stop land clearing and maintain       Council is subject to State planning Addressed in Plan
                                                    koala corridors                       law and will endeavour to avoid,
                                                                                          mitigate, offset impacts as per

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