2017-08-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                        CURRENT PRIORITIES                         THE NEXT QUARTER
                                             Delegations for Planning Act 2016,  Refinement of templates for the
                                               Planning       Regulations      and    Planning Act 2016 used in the
                                               Development Assessment Rules           assessment         of     development
                                             Review and update of website           applications.
                                               including forms
                                             Successful application to State’s
                                               Innovation and Improvement Fund
                                               for a $27,000 grant towards a
                                               Property      Development       and
                                               Information forecasting project
Business as Usual activities                 Noosa Water festival                 Assisting     Biosphere     with  re-      Land Conservation Plan
                                             World Environment Day                  application for Biosphere status
                                             Submission      to    changes    to  Environment Policy & Strategy
                                               Telecommunications Carrier Powers      development
                                               and Immunities - LIFD                Court appointed mediation for
                                                                                      Quadrant Appeal (Noosa Marina
                                                                                      deck) and Como Infrastructure
                                                                                      Charges Appeal
                                                                                    Preparation of policy for Environment
                                                                                      Levy Revolving Fund

Strategic Land Use Planning
Environment Strategy                         Workshop with councillors              Assist    with   preparing    interim    Informs scheme drafting
                                             Workshop with Natural Resource           Environment Policy and continue to
                                               Management groups                        research best approaches for
                                             Scoping of strategy complete             Environment Strategy
                                                                                      Environment Policy to be prepared
                                                                                        by Environment Section.
Biodiversity Plan and assessment report      Documents and mapping complete         Biodiversity   Assessment     Report     Draft Biodiversity Plan used to inform
                                                                                        (background paper) completed and           scheme drafting and environment
                                                                                        reported to Council                        priorities
Flood Modelling for the Noosa River          Model outputs and reports complete     Public on intranet flood information     Informs scheme mapping and
Catchment                                    Disaster      management      maps       repository                                 drafting
                                               updated with new information.
Centres Strategy                             Preparation of a centres hierarchy     Recruitment  of  Urban        design     Informs scheme drafting
                                               informed by the work of consultants      consultant to assist in       master
                                               and further review                       planning



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