2015-11-16 General Committee Agenda

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Submitter 5               Does not support any actions to interfere with the                                       Creation of wider separation buffers
Local resident            flying fox colony such as ‘nudging’ or ‘creation of                                      between residents and the flying fox
                          further buffers’.                                                                        colony is consistent with fire access
                                                                                                                   requirements   under  the   Fire  and
                                                                                                                   Emergency Service Act and Council's
                                                                                                                   Fire  Management      Plan,  and_   is
                                                                                                                   therefore recommended.
Submitter 6               Commented that the reference in the Ecosure | The reference in the report refers to
Local resident            report that ‘the bats should not be disturbed’ is | minimising disturbance to the bats,
                          ridiculous.                                         so no further noise is generated.
                          States that the report is ineffective and does not | The submitter did not offer any
                          nothing to help the residents.                      practical alternative solutions.

Submitter 7               Supports Ecosure recommendations and suggests | Re-planting of food        corridors is | Recommend that residents who have
Local resident            that flying foxes can be tracked to determine | potentially an extremely large scale | issues with flying foxes feeding on
                          movements and potentially re-planting of food | project. It may be more effective to | their   property,  be   encouraged   to
                          corridors away from urban areas.                    replace flying fox attractants (figs | manage/replace foraging trees .
                                                                              and palm trees) with alternative
                                                                              native   plant  species,   thereby
                                                                              encouraging flying foxes to feed
                                                                              away from urban areas. This is a
                                                                              recommendation    in the   Ecosure
                                                                              report.
Submitter 8               e   Supports   re-establish  Goat   Island/Weyba                                         Comments      are    supported    and
(verbal response)             Creek camp.                                                                          Ecosure has been advised.
Bat Rescue Inc.           e   Consider    changing    recommendation § on
                              ‘Education’ in Executive Summary by removing
                              reference to Salmonella (this is more a risk
                              from carnivores).
                          e   Include a note on the reference to Regional
                              Ecosystem    mapping   (Page   8)  to  include
                              Melaleuca as a locally significance species.
                          e   Include Bat Rescue Inc. in the stakeholder
                              consultation list.

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