2022-08-15 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    15 AUGUST 2022


    under each of the 8 themes of the plan. A key project has been the development of a draft
    Regional Climate Action Roadmap as a collaboration with Sunshine Coast Council and
    has identified regional priorities for addressing climate risks for council and the community.
•   The draft Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan has been prepared and is a key
    implementation action of the Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan. The plan seeks coordinated
    management of encroachments, beach access design, bushland management, and fire
    breaks.
•   Ongoing work on feral animal and weed control through Council’s Biosecurity Program
    under the Noosa Biosecurity Plan This included targeted baiting for wild dogs, foxes and feral
    deer, as well as actively work working with rural landholders to prepare biosecurity plans and
    provide property specific information and education.
•   Council continues to deliver a Land for Wildlife and Voluntary Conservation incentive
    program under its Community Partnerships Program, providing free trees, training and
    contractor support. We reached a significant milestone with 400 registered Land for Wildlife
    members actively managing 3000 hectares of native habitat on their properties. Land for
    Wildlife members planted 9,600 tubestock over 14 hectares of land, putting in 2,280 hours
    of labour and contributing $31,000 in cash and materials. Twenty-eight members received
    training in weed management on their properties, restoring 13 hectares of habitat,
    contributing 360 hours of labour and $2,900 in cash and materials. There are currently 22
    active Voluntary Conservation Agreement properties protecting 378 hectares of native
    habitat.
•   The Noosa Biosphere Trails continue to provide a world class trails network, showcasing
    Noosa’s hinterland and natural values. A Trails Master Plan has been prepared in partnership
    with Tourism Noosa to support Council’s annual maintenance and upgrade programs.
    Detailed planning for Trail 5 Upgrade Pomona to Cooran is complete with the construction
    tender soon to be awarded.
•   The Waste Strategy review commenced via Councillor workshops at the end of FY and the
    community consultation process to inform the draft strategy is currently in development and
    commencing in August 2022.
•   Targeted improvements for diversion of material to landfill resulted in a diversion result of
    47% against the total waste collected/treated across the Noosa region. This is a 2% increase
    in diversion from the previous year. Initiatives delivering this improvement are targeting
    public/commercial behaviour at our transfer stations, removing wood as a pure landfill option,
    improvements in contractual management and layout at the resource recovery pad as well
    as maintaining a Council presence on our sites.
•   We commenced a 6-month trial of polystyrene recycling which is currently proving to be
    successful but has shown that the current trial machine is under capacity for the volume of
    material being delivered. A cost benefit is currently being reviewed to make this a permanent
    process at Eumundi Road.
•   The first textile recycling drive held with over 200 cars and 1.5 tonnes of linen recycled to
    Blocktek and 1.7 tonnes (16 cages) of clothes donated to Vinnies in one day. Due to the
    success, another textile collection drive id scheduled for 2023 in a more prominent location
    to be determined (I.e. Bunnings or Noosa Civic)
•   The review of our landfill gas contract has commenced to understand Councils options in
    advancing improved utilisation of captured gas rather than pure flaring.
•   A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed for two further trials –
    1.     Cash for Cans reverse vending machine to be trialled at Eumundi Road which is a first
           of its kind in that it will separate at source, crush cans and shred plastic bottles with the
           plastic bottles separated via material type.
    2.     Solar powered compaction bin to be trialled on Hasting Street which has been selected
           based on overcoming previous issues raised when trialling this technology.
•   Weighbridge and weighbridge software upgrade on our transfer stations to improve traffic
    management, data capture and reporting.

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