Environment Strategy Monitoring Report - Year 4 (1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023)
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1Committee RecommendationCarried
Moved: Brian Stockwell · Seconded: Tom Wegener
That Council note the report by the Principal Environment Officer - Policy and Planning (Land) to the Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 5 December 2023 regarding the Environment Strategy Monitoring Report - Year 4 (1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023) and:
A. Note that the Environment Strategy Monitoring Report - Year 4 (1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023) provides an update of Council's progress towards the 12 targets and strategies nominated in the Environment Strategy for each theme between the baseline data and data collected between 2019/20FY to 2022/23FY (where available).
B. Note that the Environment Strategy Monitoring Report - Year 4 (1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023) provides an update of Council's progress of the 42 actions outlined in the Implementation Plan for the 2022/23FY. These actions are made up of four (4) enabling actions that deliver outcomes across all four themes of the Environment Strategy, and 38 actions that are specific to each of the four themes: 1) Biodiversity; 2) Waterways, wetlands & coasts; 3) Sustainable living; and 4) Climate change resilience and adaptation.
C. Note that the Environment Strategy Monitoring Report - Year 4 (1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023) provides recommendations which will be considered as part of the review of the Environment Strategy and the preparation of the new Implementation Plan to be completed by Environmental Services and presented to Council in the 2024/25FY.
D. Authorise the CEO to make minor amendments prior to publication.
Carried unanimously.
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| Committee Recommendation |
| Moved: | Cr Brian Stockwell |
| Seconded: | Cr Tom Wegener |
That Council note the report by the Principal Environment Officer - Policy and Planning (Land) to the Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 5 December 2023 regarding the Environment Strategy Monitoring Report - Year 4 (1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023) and:
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Carried unanimously. |
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Oh, no. I don't know about elevation. Just a different approach, I guess. Good morning, everyone. I guess we went through it briefly in the workshop. But the report presents the outcomes of the Environment Strategy review and the implementation plan review for year four, which is for the 1st of July 2022 to the 30th of June 2023. So the report presented Council's progress against the 12 targets and strategies nominated in the Environment Strategy, as well as the actions, the progress of 42 actions nominated in the implementation plan. So overall, most of the strategies are progressing towards their targets with several strategies being on target for completion. There were five strategies which are currently unable to be assessed due to insufficient monitoring data or monitoring methods currently being unavailable. In terms of the 42 actions, two are complete. 22 are on target, 17 are progressing and one action is scheduled for the future and there were no actions requiring attention noted in the report for the last financial year. So in terms of the key highlights there's I guess, there's been over 1.78 million invested in community organisations through the environment grants program between 2019-2020 financial year and 2022-23 financial year. Forty-three percent of the Noosa Shire is currently being managed for its environmental values. The private conservation partnerships program including Land for Wildlife and the VCA's continue to grow which is fantastic. We also an acquisition of a 69 hectare property at Federal last financial year and we've almost completed the fine scale vegetation mapping project as well which is due to be delivered in December this year. The Noosa Oyster Reef Project also continues to indicate success and there's an increase in subspecies richness between the 22 and 23 surveys. Again there's good progress made in the diversion of waste so with by 7% between 21-22 financial year and last financial year and we're on track to meet the State target of 61% diversion by 2025. Our greenhouse gas emissions have also decreased by 2.3% and over 790 kilowatts of solar has now been installed on Council buildings and facilities which is an increase of 100 kilowatts since the 21-22 financial year. So the other thing highlighted in the report obviously resourcing for Council staff moving forward to ensure that we can continue to meet the targets and actions of the Environment Strategy so we had nominated those in the finance section of the report but the wildlife, sorry, the fauna management officer who is his contract is due to expire this financial year so we have put up a budget submission seeking an ongoing permanent role for a senior wildlife management officer as well as ongoing positions for the conservation partnerships officer and a flying fox management officer moving forward and. Also need to include an additional item which is to authorise the CEO to make minor amendments prior to the publication. We've had a couple of minor errors that we've just picked up in the final review so yeah.