2020-07-16 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                           16 JULY 2020




    Amendment
    Moved:           Cr Lorentson
    Seconded:        Cr Finzel
    That Item B of the motion be amended to read as follows:
    B.   Note the Terms of Reference of the Noosa River Oyster Restoration Project Technical
         Advisory Group (TAG) (provided as Attachment 2 to the report) and request The Nature
         Conservancy to agree to amend the membership of the TAG to include a member of one
         of the historic commercial fishing families (Massoud, Burton, Cleary, Clarks, Harpers) to
         add independent, valuable, local input into the project; and
    For:        Crs. Lorentson, Stewart and Finzel
    Against:    Crs. Wegener, Jurisevic, Stockwell and Wilkie
                                                                                            Lost.


    Council Resolution
    Moved:           Cr Stewart
    Seconded:        Cr Wilkie
    That Council note the report by the Environmental Services Manager to the Planning &
    Environment Committee meeting dated 7 July 2020 and:
    A.   Approve the Project Management Plan (provided as Attachment 1 to the report) as
         meeting the requirements of the Project Implementation Plan outlined in the Alliance &
         Funding Agreement subject to Council appointing an independent scientific expert to
         provide a review of the project’s Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Plan. The review
         is to include an assessment of the effectiveness of the methodology, project’s goals,
         measures, outputs and outcomes within the context of ecological restoration and the
         terms of the three year contract, and recommendations (if any) for improvement to be
         included in the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan; and
    B.   Note the Terms of Reference of the Noosa River Oyster Restoration Project Technical
         Advisory Group (provided as Attachment 2 to the report); and
    C.   Establish a Noosa River Stakeholder Reference Group to provide strategic input, local
         knowledge and expertise into River Management initiatives, initially providing input into
         this Shellfish Restoration project and more broadly into finalisation and implementation
         of the Noosa River Plan, and
    D.   Delegate to the CEO to determine the Terms of Reference and undertake a process to
         establish the Noosa River Stakeholder Reference Group together with the appropriate
         role for Councillor representation on that Group.
    For:        Crs. Wegener, Jurisevic, Stockwell and Wilkie
    Against:    Crs. Lorentson, Stewart and Finzel
                                                                                         Carried.




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