RHEA DEN BRAASEM · Report

ORDINARY MEETING                                                                     20 MARCH 2025


8.3   RHEA DEN BRAASEM




QUESTION 1
In regards to stormwater on the 62 Lake MacDonald site, our steering committee has stressed on
numerous occasions that the removal of 2200 trees is going to have an immediate worsening effect
of stormwater flow due to a lack of canopy to help slow this down. We also don’t see how any storm
water controls in the plan can be implemented before or during remediation as the road that is to
drain water from lot 1 and 2 will not be built yet and any measure applied will involve digging up
ground before the trees are removed and before the ground is remediated. We are extremely
concerned, if the remediation and subdivision go ahead, with how the storm water will be managed
for the whole site before the loss of forest canopy, during remediation and on LOT 3 after subdivision.
Do council have a plan for this and what is it?

QUESTION 2
In regards to conservation of natural resources on the site there are two aspects in question. Why
is the stream fed waterway surrounded by native vegetation (that was referred to as having
ecological significance in Noosa Council’s ecological report for the site) not being considered in any
way on plans for this site? And can Council guarantee that the Gympie Messmates (largely on Lot
100) will be conserved?