2014-03-25 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES MEETING AGENDA                                      25 MARCH 2014



It includes performance criteria which any development or activity within this management area is
to satisfy; and recommends a number of key actions to ensure riparian areas are protected to
maintain:
     • Bed and Bank Habitat and Ecosystem Health.
     • Water Quality.
     • Visual Amenity and Public Safety.

In terms of public safety, the DEOs set out in the Noosa River Plan state:
    • The safety of the river system for all water users is ensured to the extent that
       development and activities within and adjacent to the river system are appropriately
       managed and controlled in terms of their immediate and cumulative impacts.
    • Development or activities maintain the safety and access rights of the public over public
       owned foreshore lands.

There are a number of key actions relating to Weyba Creek within the Noosa River Plan which
remain outstanding. These include:
   • 4.1.3 Continue to undertake management works for the prevention and rehabilitation of
       riverbank erosion.
   • 4.1.8 Review appropriateness of dinghies stored and ‘jerry-built’ jetties on eastern bank of
       Weyba Creek near Weyba bridge.

Management action to date

The focus of natural areas management in this section of the Weyba Creek Bushland Reserve
has been:

   •   Fire and access track management.
   •   Weed management and revegetation.
   •   Management of impacts from adjacent land uses.
   •   Fauna monitoring.




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