Response to Info Request - Attachment 6b - Ecological Assessment Part 2 MCU18-0015 & RAL18-0001 · MCU18/0015

                                                             Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



               Specific Outcomes                                      Probable Solutions                                        Response
                                                       b) installing protective fencing around the
                                                          dripline of the vegetation and avoid filling
                                                          and excavation in these fenced areas; and
                                                       c) ensuring stock piling, storage and vehicle
                                                          parking occur outside the identified
                                                          vegetation areas;

                                                       AND

                                                       14.4 Low impact construction techniques are
                                                       used around vegetation to minimise interference
                                                       with the vegetation.
 Filling and excavation
 O15 Vegetation is not adversely impacted upon by      No solution provided.                                 A Stormwater Management Plan will be prepared
 earthworks and changes to the hydrological                                                                  in order to ensure that vegetation is not impacted
 regime, including changes to ground water levels,                                                           by changes to hydrological regimes.
 flooding levels, run-off and tidal hydraulics.
 13.10 Vegetation management
 Replanting and rehabilitation
 O16 Development provides for ecologically             S16.1      Landscaping      and      rehabilitation   Rehabilitation works, including weed removal and
 important areas to be restored and enhanced           complements and supports ecologically important       replanting of native species, will be undertaken
 through the following measures—                       habitats by by—                                       as part of the proposed development. A Site
 a) siting landscaped areas to complement and          a) utilising native plants of local origin;           Rehabilitation Plan will be prepared for Council’s
 enhance existing vegetation;                          b) utilising suitable plant species identified in     approval prior to commencement of site works.
 b) removal of all species likely to displace native       PSP3 – Landscaping Plants and Guidelines;         The Plan will require that plants used are of local
 flora species or degrade fauna habitat;               c) replicating adjacent remnant habitats,             provenance and of species appropriate to local
 c) replanting and rehabilitating16 degraded               including understorey vegetation;                 habitat types.
 habitat; and                                          d) creating or enhancing linkages between
 d) replacing any vegetation removed with suitable         existing habitats;                                An appropriate number of replacement plantings
 replacement vegetation of local origin.                                                                     will be provided within the riparian corridor in
                                                                                                             conjunction with weed control works.




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