2014-06-26 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                             26 JUNE 2014


    FAUNA MANAGEMENT
    Fauna Management Plan
    25.   Prior to the commencement of any works over the subject land, a detailed Fauna
          Management Plan (FMP) must be lodged and approved by council delegate.
    26.   The FMP must include the following information:
          (a)   Staging of the clearing,
                (i)     areas to be cleared.
                (ii)    proposed dates for clearing.
                (iii)   if fauna spotter presence is needed in each and every stage.
          (b)   The Fauna Spotter is to:
                (i)     Provide a copy of the QPWS Rehabilitation Permit of the fauna spotter
                        catcher.
                (ii)    An assessment of the fauna likely to be impacted,
                (iii)   Ensure the clearing is conducting in a lawful manner.
                (iv)    Contact details of the nearest wildlife animal specialist veterinarian or
                        other appropriate party to humanely deal with injured wildlife.
                (v)     Provide comment on the clearing with relation to the provision contained
                        within SEQ Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory provisions
                        Table 7 , column 2, parts 4 -7.
    Clearing of Vegetation
    27.   Prior to the commencement of any works over the subject land, a Vegetation
          Management Plan must be lodged with any operational works permit application. The
          plan must document the following items:
          (a)   Vegetation removal, tree felling and lopping must be undertaken in an
                environmentally sensitive manner that avoids damaging surrounding
                vegetation, trees and habitat.
          (b)   Cleared vegetation is to be suitably processed by one of the following methods
                and removed from the site:-
                (i)     Processing through a woodchipper or shredder. The resulting mulch is to
                        be stockpiled loose in heaps of less than 1000 cubic metres, less than 2.5
                        metres high with a minimum of 10 metres between edges of heaps.
                (ii)    Disposal for firewood.
                (iii)   Disposal for landscaping purposes
                (iv)    Transport to alternative site for breaking down materials provided that all
                        necessary permits have been obtained to allow the alternate site to be
                        used for this purpose
                (v)     Re-use for construction materials
                (vi)    Environmental weed species (camphor laurel, lantana) cleared from the
                        site shall not be mulched, with the material to be removed from the site
                        and disposed of in a Council approved refuse tip.
                (vii) Disposal of cleared vegetation by burning or burying is not permitted.




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