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00:00 Meeting Commences, Attendance/Apologies, Leave of Absence, Confirmation of Minutes, Conflict of Interest Declarations, Committee Forward Planning Schedule 5.1, Reports and Presentations 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
05:00 Report 6.4
10:00 Report 6.5
38:00 Report 6.6
54:00 General Business 8.1 (Closed Session)
1:00:00 Open Session 8.1
A
A
I
might
start
confirmation
of
minutes
unless
anybody
has
any
corrections
to
the
minutes.
No
and
we
do
have
three
starred
items:
5.1
6.1
and
6
Sorry,
4
and
6.3
I
do
believe.
There's
a
couple
of
questions
on
6.1,
5.1,
6.1
and
6.2
from
counselor
Hamel.
But
you
just
thought
you
just
wanted
a
couple
of
questions
and
you're
happy
for
them
to
remain
starred.
Is
that
correct,
yep,
okay,
councilor
Hamel
over
to
you.
B
How
difficult
would
it
be
to
have
some
kind
of
tracking
in
there
to
show
when
an
item
was
first
kind
of
envisaged
to
come
forward?
And
then
when
movements
happen
just
otherwise,
the
only
option
is
to
go
back
to
Old
papers
and
say:
oh,
that
was
going
to
come
at
829.
Now
it's
coming
in
832,
like
a
bit
of
tracking
on
the
movements
of
it.
C
Look,
we
can
certainly
do
some
tracking
that
that's
not
difficult
and-
and
particularly
where
you
know,
as
per
a
resolution,
we
say
we'll
come
back
at
a
particular
date
that
that's
important
for
us
to
track
anyway,
so
we
can
certainly
do
that.
Look
I
must
admit.
We
haven't,
sat
down
and
looked
at
the
the
schedule
for
the
year
and
and
seeing
how
it
works.
C
So
we'll
we'll
do
that
before
the
next
committee
and-
and
we
can
have
a
discussion
about
that.
Clearly,
you
know
just
in
general
terms,
the
the
items
do
move
around
quite
a
bit
and
and
that's
often
just
a
reflection
of
our
resources
and
our
capability
and
other
priorities
at
different
points
in
time,
but
certainly
where
we
have.
You
know
a
resolution
that
says
we
will
come
back.
You
know
by
this
date
or
whatever
else
we.
We
should
absolutely
deliver
on
that.
B
Which
Madam
Chad
funnily
enough
to
councilor
toes
this
point?
Did
he
kind
of
come
out
of
that
course
last
week?
Was
that
I
get
things
move
and
I,
don't
think
we
tended
just
to
start
and
gloss
over
it,
I
actually
think
opening
it
up
and
just
getting
a
quick
explanation
from
the
director
of
what
items
have
moved
and
why
so
we
can
unders.
We
can
understand
why
a
priority
may
have
moved
and
we
can
also
be
hearing
if
it's
a
continuous
resourcing
issue
or
the
other
that
it's
actually
information.
B
A
Just
before
you
go
on
cancer,
welcome,
councilor,
Peter,
Young,
councilor,
young
councilor
Hamill
has
a
couple
of
questions
on
6.1
and
6.2
that
start
items
at
the
moment.
Did
you
have
any
questions?
Did
anybody
want
to
unstar
those
items
or
no?
Because
we're
going
to
keep
them
started
because
my
handle
just
has
a
couple
of
questions.
B
Councilman,
thank
you,
madam
chair
director.
Just
on
page
32,
there's
an
update
on
the
Northern
stormwater
scheme.
I
think
that
information
might
be
a
little
bit
out
of
date.
Now
so
I
was
just
wondering
if
they
more
up
to
date,
a
bit
of
detail
could
be
made
available.
You
won't
have
that
information
today,
but
if
something
could
be
made
available
to
committee
members
on
where
that's
at
certainly.
B
Madam
chair
and
a
point
that
you
touched
on
before
too,
but
we're
just
looking
at
page
53
and
54
and
page
40
and
41
the
water
business
scorecards.
It
would
be
lovely
to
actually
be
able
to
read
them,
but
it
just
can
we
have
that
in
a
different
format
next
time,
so
we
can
actually
my
young
eyes
can't
even
read
the
detail.
A
C
C
Thank
you
for
asking
on
behalf
of
councilor
Gates,
we
hope
to
well.
We
actually
had
a
waste
steering
committee
this
morning
at
stage
whatever
we
want
to
call
it
one.
Although
it's
it's
past
stage,
one
of
the
development
which
is
on
the
area
where
the
existing
green
waste
part
is
so
we're
looking
to
establish
a
recycle
Street
and
a
couple
of
other
facilities
on
that,
that's
currently
being
designed
and
getting
approvals.
C
B
C
D
A
C
Not
not
directly
that
we've
had,
we
simply
engage
with
them
about
their
lease
arrangements
and
we've
had
the
discussion
and
shared
with
the
male
plans
and
time
frames.
Their
current
lease
is
is
my
understanding
is
I'm
a
monthly
renewal,
but
you
know
we're
obviously
trying
to
give
them
as
much
notice
as
we
possibly
can
and
as
I
say,
I'm,
not
aware
that
they've
got
plans
or
or
anything
else,
to
relocate
to
another
site.
A
F
E
A
G
G
There
are
four
ways
that
Community
groups
can
participate:
the
first
being
citizen
science
programs,
which
is
by
far
the
most
popular
landcare
type
activities,
environmental
events
and
also
water-based
litter.
Cleanup
events
so
we've
been
developing
and
refining
and
formalizing
this
program
for
the
about
the
last
five
years,
and
it
now
sits
fully
under
the
Community
grants
policy
and
supports
a
number
of
actions
under
both
the
water
strategy
and
our
natural
City
strategy
and
how
it
works
is
we
have
an
expression
of
Interest
process
with
applications
coming
through
the
city's
money
grants
platform?
G
We
have
a
panel
of
Representatives
that
assess
those
applications
and
then
they're
put
forward
to
the
Gaff
committee
for
endorsement
and
release
of
funds,
and
then
we
bring
back
a
report
to
this
committee
to
report
on
the
outcomes
of
the
programs,
and
that
was
done,
I
think
in
last
November,
but
we
ran
out
of
time
to
kind
of
talk
a
bit
more
about
it.
So
hence
we're
here
today
so
last
year's
program
we
had
nine
activities
or
projects
that
were
supported
by
the
program
delivered
by
five
groups.
G
First
of
them
being
ocean
connect
with
the
c
slug
survey,
Reef
track
Australia
with
roof
monitoring
about
offshore
reefs
Dolphin
Research
Australia
monitoring,
indo-pacific
bottom
nose,
dolphins
in
the
Broadwater
and
water
gun,
delivered
platypus
watch
cane
toad
program.
Sigra
surveys,
water
monitoring
and
turtle
watch,
and
then
we
also
had
narang
wall
who
delivered
some
riparian
restoration
and
water
quality
monitoring
in
the
guanaba
Indigenous
protected
area.
G
So
collectively,
across
those
nine
programs
delivered
by
five
groups,
they
delivered
737
activities.
Community
events
workshops
had
over
29
000,
volunteer
hours,
contributed
towards
these
programs
and
thousands
of
community
members
actively
engaged
and
I
think
these
numbers
are
particularly
impressive
because
last
year
the
groups
were
still
experiencing
restrictions
with
covert.
We
had
the
major
wet
weather
events
and
also
ongoing
La
Nina
conditions,
so
they
really
just
demonstrated
their
adaptability
to
get
these
programs
delivered.
G
So,
let's
take
a
closer
look
at
some
of
the
outcomes
from
some
of
those
individual
programs
and
we
might
start
with
our
less
than
attractive
friend
the
cane
toad
down
there
in
the
bottom
right.
So
this
program
kind
of
had
humble
beginnings
here
on
the
Gold,
Coast
and
I
think
is
now
just
taking
Australian
by
storm.
Quite
frankly,
yeah
you
may
have
seen
that
they've
had
coverage
recently
on
ABC.
They
even
had
a
piece
on
the
project
on
channel
10..
G
So
this
program
really
is
a
pest
species
control
program
and
it's
done
through
Community
volunteerism
and
watergum
actually
hosts
a
range
of
cane
toad,
busting
events
where
you
can
go
out
and
catch
cane
toads
and
remove
the
adults
from
the
environment
and
they've
also
developed
with
the
University
of
Queensland.
These
cane
toad
tadpole
traps
and
lures,
which
actually
actually
attract
cane
toad
tadpoles
to
them
and
they
can
be
safely
removed
from
the
environment.
G
So
it's
a
really
Innovative
novel
way
to
tackle
this
big
problem
and
it's
it's
getting
quite
the
following:
both
here
on
the
Gold
Coast
and
across
Australia,
so
water
quality.
This
is
a
long-standing
program.
It
provides
really
important
supplementary
data
for
the
city's
own
water
environment
monitoring
program.
They
look
at
water
quality
and
also
water
bugs
which
are
a
really
big
hit
for
kids
and
adults
alike.
It's
a
really
well
attended
program
as
well.
G
Last
year
they
completed
222
monitoring
activities
across
the
Gold
Coast
across
14
water
quality
sites
and
10
water
bug
sites.
So
a
really
massive
contribution
there
as
well
Turtle
watch
this
one's
relatively
new
and
was
developed
in
Partnership
between
Water
gum
and
Sea
World,
and
it
is
about
kind
of
trying
to
monitor
recent
Turtle
nesting
activity
here
on
the
Gold
Coast
as
we're
getting
warmer
temperatures
we're
starting
to
see
an
increase
in
Turtle
nesting
and
hatching
activity
here
on
the
city,
and
there
was
no
formal
monitoring
in
place
to
actually
look
at
that.
G
So
this
program
involves
Turtle
Walkers
who
walk
the
beaches,
Dawn
and
dusk.
Listen
for
evidence
of
turtle
nesting
during
Turtle
nesting
season,
whereby
they
then
Mark
Monitor
and
engage
with
SeaWorld
to
ensure
that
those
hatchlings
are
able
to.
You
know
have
a
safe
journey
to
the
water
and
last
year
the
program
oversaw
three
hatchlings
I
think
it
was
two
green
turtles,
a
model.
Oh
sorry,
two
loggerhead
and
one
green
turtle,
nesting
and
both
of
those
species
are
endangered.
So
that's
pretty
exciting
button.
G
G
G
Little
invertebrates
she's
going
to
call
me
a
nerd
and
yeah
that
also
really
it's
an
emerging
bio
indicator
so
because
they're
short-lived,
they
can
give
us
quite
rapid
indications
of
what's
happening
in
the
environment.
For
instance,
warming
temperatures
will
see
a
different
assemblage
of
sea
slugs
come
through,
for
example,
if
there's
a
lack
of
food
availability
for
them.
We'll
see
that
impact
on
these
creatures
within
a
relatively
short
time
frame.
This
one
is
growing
quite
quite
quickly,
yeah
and
I.
G
G
Okay,
Reef
check
this
program's
been
happening
again
for
some
time
now,
and
this
group
actually
uses
a
Australian
standard
approach
to
monitor
reefs
offshore
reefs
at
the
Gold
Coast.
There's
eight
sites
here
on
the
coast
and
they
look
at
Coral
composition,
different
marine
animals
and
also
observable
impacts.
They
also
undertook
some
litter
cleanups
as
part
of
their
program.
You
can
see
in
the
photos
there,
particularly
around
the
Seaway.
G
We
get
a
lot
of
kind
of
marine
debris
from
fishing
gear,
in
particular,
so
eight
surveys
and
over
a
thousand
volunteers
for
that
one
as
well.
Reef
check
also
developed
a
community
resource
which
looks
at
each
of
these
sites
and
provides
a
little
bit
of
information
about
each
and
what
type
of
marine
ecology
you
might
experience
there.
When
you
dive
Dolphin
Research
Australia.
This
one
is
also
the
only
monitoring
of
our
resident
population
of
indo-pacific,
bottlenose
dolphins.
Here
on
the
coast,
dolphins
are
synonymous
with
the
Broadwater.
G
You
know
they're
much
loved
residents
of
our
local
Waterway
there,
but
very
little
is
known
about
that
population,
their
Dynamics
and
how
they're
doing
generally
so.
This
information
is
really
important
for
us
to
be
able
to
assess
that
over
time
and
provide
management
intervention
if
we
need
to
as
Opex
Predators,
they
need
really
complex
balance
of
healthy
habitats
to
thrive.
So
we
know
if
we
see
issues
in
our
dolphin
populations,
we've
got
bigger
issues
in
our
Waterway
health.
G
So
last
year,
Dolphin
Research
has
traded
13
field
surveys.
They
also
partnered
with
SeaWorld
to
do
an
offshore
survey
for
the
first
time
and
they
observe
23
dolphin
groups
and
19
individual
Dolphins,
two
of
which
were
actually
Australian,
humpback
dolphins,
which
was
great
to
see,
and
we
also
had
quite
a
number
of
Citizen
scientists
who
actually
report
dolphin
sightings
through
their
platforms.
G
117
of
these
were
reported
and
they've
also
been
developing
these
fin
cards,
which
is
a
great
way
to
be
able
to
identify
and
track
individuals
within
the
population,
but
it
also
gives
us
an
indication
of
types
of
pressures
that
they're
experiencing.
You
can
see
on
a
couple
of
those
fins
there's
clear
evidence
of
boat
strike,
which
we
about
30
percent
of
the
population
observed
had
evidence
of
boat
strike
here
on
the
coast
of
the
last
12
months.
G
G
G
So
the
last
one
we
partnered
with
naranguo,
who
undertook
some
riparian
restoration
and
weed
management
and
water
quality
monitoring
with
community
members
out
at
the
guanaba
indigenous
protected
area,
and
these
guys
were
really
impacted
by
the
weather
event.
They
lost
access
to
their
site.
Their
Crossing
was
completely
washed
out
during
the
events
several
times.
So
access
became
an
issue,
but
they
really
they
really
delivered.
They
did.
G
Yeah
yeah,
okay,
they
did
30
30
days
of
actual
planting
and
weed
management
with
community
members,
as
well
as
started
to
get
an
understanding
of
water
quality
in
the
creek
which,
as
you
can
see
in
the
photo,
was
rain
affected
for
some
time,
so
that
was
last
year
this
year,
we're
already
well
underway.
So
earlier
we
had
approval
for
again.
We've
got
nine
programs
running
this
year
with
five
groups
delivering
those,
but
a
little
bit
of
variation
in
the
programs.
G
So
for
the
first
time
we're
partnering
with
ozfish
Australia
the
local
chapter
here,
and
this
this
project
is
actually
looking
at
an
exciting
Trail
to
install
shellfish
habitat
on
private
Jetties
as
a
way
to
enhance
habitat,
create
fish
habitat
as
well
as
provide
some
kind
of
bioremediation
of
the
local
water
quality
there.
So
that
will
be
happening
at
10,
Jetties
and
they'll
be
doing
some
promotional
work
and
some
Community
workshops
around
that
as
well.
G
Reef
Czech
Australia
will
be
continuing
their
work
across
the
eight
site
and
also
starting
to
work
on
building
some
of
those
scientific
methods
a
little
bit
more
using
photogramming
so
and
also
undertaking
some
land-based
and
on
water
in
water.
Cleanup
events
again,
water
gun
will
be
running
platypus
watch
again,
we'll
have
you
know
the
early
risers
out
there
during
breeding
season.
G
To
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
incorporate
that
data
into
what
we're
doing
and
be
able
to
effectively
use
it,
turtlewatch
will
be
continuing
and
the
cane
tone
program
is
going
from
strength
to
strength.
Dolphin,
Research
Australia
will
be
again
looking
at
populations
of
indo-pacific.
Bottlenose
dolphins
in
the
Broadwater
and
ocean
connect
will
be
undertaking
sea
slug
surveys
as
well
as
undertaking
seagrass
monitoring.
In
the
Broadwater
and
television,
so
that's
in
play
at
the
moment
and
then
we're
also
thinking
about
next
year
as
well,
so
we're
gearing
up
towards
that.
G
They
expand
our
reach
dramatically
in
what
we're
able
to
achieve
in
terms
of
improving
Waterway
health
and
also
to
the
naturally
GC
team,
who
help
us
promote
and
incorporate
those
activities
into
their
platforms,
which
is
a
really
effective
way
to
get
the
word
out
there
and,
lastly,
to
councilors
for
supporting
this
program
and
for
supporting
our
groups
outside
of
this
program
as
well.
We
really
appreciate
it.
G
F
H
F
So
I'm
particularly
fond
of
water
government,
the
work
that
they've
done
and
I
see
the
escalation
in
community
engagement
with
that.
Those
programs
in
the
last
couple
of
years,
in
particular,
is
to
spend
Dynamic
and
really
great
to
see.
I've
had
a
lot
of
interest
from
Community
lately
about
canto,
tadpoles
and
activities
that
we
might
do,
and
so
I
was
wondering
about
trying
to
engage
with
water
gum
to
see
if
we
might
Foster
some
programs
in
local
parks
where
there
are
water
bodies
would
I
do
that
through
you
through.
G
The
chair,
absolutely
yeah,
and
also
our
Parks
Representatives
as
well
so
I
think
because
the
king
told
lures
have
some
form
of
toxic
concern.
There's
a
process
we
have
to
work
through
enabled
to
enable
them
to
be
deployed
in
public
areas,
but
I,
don't
think
that's
an
insurmountable
hurdle
if
we
work
with
parks
on
that
great.
F
Another
thing
I
know
that
that
watergoma
doing
is
about
cat's
claw
creeper
in
the
community,
so
that's
pretty
important
in
the
hinterland,
where
there's
a
lot
of
community
concerned,
but
also
opportunity
for
engagement,
so
I've
been
providing
a
bit
of
funding
for
that
and
a
bit
of
funding
for
some
of
the
other
stuff.
They
do
so
yeah,
really
good
report
and
great
outcomes.
Thanks.
H
So
my
question
is,
through
you
probably
to
the
director
Anna
councilors
at
times,
are
able
to
augment
the
active
and
healthy
program
or
actually
GC
program,
with
kind
of
targeted
local
area
Works
funded
activities
beyond
what
is
a
provisioned
in
our
whole
of
City
budget
I've,
like
cancer
young
observed
some
pretty
strong
engagement,
particularly
in
my
area
in
different
areas
and
I
wondered
whether
there's
any
prohibition
or
limit
on
us
being
able
to
leverage
or
augment
the
catchment
program
with
like
early
Works
funding.
If
a
reasonable
proposal
was
put
to
us.
C
Through
your
Madam,
chair
and
I'd
have
to
take
that
on
notice.
Obviously
this
that
this
program
in
in
one
sense
is
independent
and
it's
based
on
you-
know,
submissions
from
anyone,
but
then
assessed
with
their
alignment
with
the
council's
endorsed
water
strategy,
yes
and
outcomes
associated
with
that.
C
Having
said
that,
I
think
there's
clearly
always
opportunity
for
different
areas
and
and
different
sources
of
funding
to
work
together.
To
achieve
you
know
enhanced
outcomes,
but
we
just
have
to
if
you
can
leave
it
with
me
check.
You
know,
what's
the
protocols
and
how
we,
you
know,
navigate
that
yeah
under
different
circumstances,
yeah.
So
the.
H
The
model
that
I
think
I'm
suggesting
is
not
dissimilar
to
the
Natalie
DC
or
the
all
the
active
in
healthy
program.
There
is
a
whole
of
City
Pool
of
funding
that
delivers
a
core
program
in
both
of
those
areas
and
different
councilors
can
utilize
local
area
Works
to
augment
that
for
certain
types
of
programs
that
are
in
response
to
community
interest,
so
I've
got
a
little
skate
park
in
my
division.
H
That's
particularly
good
for
learn
to
skate
and
during
the
school
holidays,
I
provide
some
local
area,
Works
funding
augmenting
the
whole
of
City
active
and
healthy
program
to
teach
little
tackers
how
to
skateboard,
because
I've
got
the
skate
park
in
my
division.
It
really
is
a
local
project.
It's
not
really
all
the
city,
it
probably
doesn't
make
sense
for
every
part
of
the
whole
city
program.
H
H
But
to
be
specific,
I
share,
councilor
Young's
interest
in
the
cane
tag
program
and
I'm
really
excited
about
how
that's
now,
some
of
the
modeling
that's
happened
in
our
city
is
actually
now
going
to
other
cities
and
they're
seeking
coordinators
in
in
Northern
Territory
and
North
Queensland
and
New
South
Wales,
basically
modeling.
The
program
we've
delivered
here
for
cane
type
work,
which
is
pretty
cool,
given
that
cane
toads
are
such
a
bit
of
a
plague
on
the
native
frog
population.
H
Similarly,
I'd
love
to
take
a
look
at.
If
there
was
ways
we
could
augment
things
like
platypus
watch,
but
the
other
thing
I'd
be
interested
in
is:
there
are
weed
management
issues
in
our
area
that
are
probably
in
riparian
zones
or
in
catchment
areas
that
can't
be
dealt
with
or
I
have
feedback
from
officers
that
they
can't
be
dealt
with
as
a
like.
A
pest,
Under
The
Pest
Management
provisions
on
two
reasons.
One
is
resourcing
and
second
is
because
they're
often
not
declared
pests
under
the
state
guidelines.
H
An
example
I
can
think
of
is
giant
Devil's
fig
horrible
weed
too
super
frustrating
people
actually
need
help
to
manage
it.
But
if
I
could
devise
a
program
through
this,
that
could
help
deliver
some
improvement
to
weed
management
activities,
either
through
Water
gum
or
through
another
recommended
entity.
This
program
might
be
a
citizen
engagement
exercise
that
could
deliver
a
better
outcome
than
redeploying
Council
offices
or
employing
Council
offices.
To
do
that
job
quite
often
weeds,
don't
care
about
property
boundaries.
H
B
G
B
I
G
B
But
which
is
a
great
segue
to
my
next
question,
was
in
that
from
what
you're,
seeing
and
I'm
hearing
from
councilors
and
councilor
young,
who
have
a
lot
of
these
projects
in
their
area
in
a
community-
that's
very
interested
in
this
stuff.
But
are
you
seeing
the
capacity
of
groups
to
take
on
more
projects
growing
or
is
watergun
kind
about
the
stretch
that
they
can
do
at
the
moment
to
be
able
to
facilitate
these
things?
Or
is
there
other
groups
coming
through?
That
might
be
able
to
do
other
projects
in
the
future.
G
Through
Madam,
chair
I,
think
watergum
has
demonstrated
just
enormous
growth
and
capability
in
enhancing
scaling
up
their
programs
over
the
past
few
years,
and
I'd
have
no
doubt
that
they'd
be
able
to
continue
to
grow,
and
we
also
seeing
other
groups
starting
to
come
through.
Ocean
connect
is
getting
bigger
and
getting
more
momentum.
H
Right
yeah
sure
so,
water
gun
have
received
multi-year
funding
in
the
Realms
of
several
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
from
seq
water
to
manage
some
activities
there,
and
so
that's
enabled
them
to
put
staff
on
to
undertake
work
and
that
that
the
Surplus
availability
inside
that
framework
enables
them
to
bolt
on
other
programming.
So
it's
not
just
Water
gum
isn't
Reliant
only
on
Council
funding
they
they
are
actually
engaging
with
multiple
levels
of
government
on
multiple
projects
in
multiple
areas
and
their
capability.
I'd.
H
B
I
did
see
that
on
their
website
that
they've
done
a
lot
of
work
and
the
partners
that,
though
they're
engaging
with
and
I've
actually
already
just
flicked
a
text
message
to
my
staff
asking
to
get
some
water
gun
Representatives
up
to
my
office,
because
I
think
I
have
a
couple
groups
in
my
area
that
probably
won't
ever
get
to
a
capacity
stage.
If
I'm
going
to
take
on
a
program
like
this,
but
probably
have
enough
people
that,
if
they
could
partner
with
water
gun
that
they
might
be
able
to
deliver
it.
B
G
A
bit
more
I
think
we
still
have
a
little
bit
of
surplus
in
the
budget,
like
I
I
said
for
us,
it's
about
being
able
to
assign
a
full-time
person
to
be
able
to
support
our
partners
to
deliver
it.
So
we've
taken
someone
offline
at
the
moment
of
their
nominal
role
and
to
work
on
this.
But
that's
that's
something
we're
working
through
as
a
team.
B
B
I
should
be
something
that
is
all
councils
across.
The
entire
city
should
be
proud
of,
and
especially
to
be
able
to
congratulate
the
officers.
Who've
I
could
have
no
doubt
in
this
area
putting
a
lot
of
effort
outside
of
what
they
probably
need
to
to
help
this
happen
and
are
out
there
probably
most
weekends
as
part
of
these
programs
as
well
putting
in
their
own
time.
So
maybe
in
the
future
director.
A
D
Questions
were
effectively
the
same
as
what
council
Hamill
asked,
and
that
was
around
the
fact
that
we
need
to
be
careful
that
it's
not
just
a
money
problem,
so
I've
already
heard
there's
a
surplus
in
the
budget,
so
we
don't
want
to
it's
not
a
thing
that
we
can
just
throw
money
at
to
fix
and
improve
and
enhance.
We
actually
need
to
build
the
capability
and
slowly
follow
up
with
whatever
funding
is
required.
D
A
Can
I
just
want
to
add
just
from
my
point
of
view,
division
14
benefits
greatly
from
a
lot
of
the
the
water
gun
programs
and
especially
with
the
cane
toads
and
the
Platypus
watching,
because
we'd
have
you
know
two
creeks
and
then
both
Council
McDonald
and
my
area,
so
they
are
very,
very
popular
and
I
believe
the
turtle
Watch
program
is
certainly
going
up.
The
scale
too
so
well
done
you.
A
A
J
J
What
I
just
wanted
to
run
through
quickly
today
is
an
update
on
the
school
engagement
program
that
we
started
off
as
a
pilot.
Last
year
it
was
the
first
year
the
schooling
I've
got
to
click
over
this
way.
So
just
a
bit
of
a
recap,
the
engagement
program
was
centered
on
a
partnership
with
the
Eco
Marines
Foundation.
It
was
a
student-led
sustainability
program
that
was
focused
on
waste
reduction,
recycling,
water
sensitivity,
catchment
management,
Beach,
Stuart,
ship
and
energy
management.
J
So
effectively
the
program
was
centered
around
creating
ambassadors
or
supporting
ambassadors
or
Eco
Marines
within
schools
to
self-lead
programs
that
focus
on
environmental
leadership
and
influence
others
to
do
the
same.
The
partnership
with
EK
Marines
Foundation
provided
the
nominated
schools
with
kits
and
challenges,
and
support
and
mentorship
to
develop
programs
within
the
school
and
within
the
community
to
affect
those
outcomes,
but
also
related
to
the
water
and
waste
strategic
outcomes.
J
So
last
year
there
was
12
students
participating
who
are
on
the
the
screen
there,
and
there
was
a
variety
in
a
mixed
results
and
mixed
activity
and
some
big
successes.
But
there
were
some
learnings
from
the
program
that
we
seek
to
carry
into
a
second
year
of
the
pilot
program.
So
there
were
50
ambassadors
on
boarded
across
the
schools.
The
student
reach
was
over
8
000,
give
or
take
given
the
schools
involved.
J
Teachers
had
a
survey
at
the
end
of
it.
90
of
teachers
involved
agreed
that
they
saw
a
demonstrable
increase
in
confidence
and
Leadership
from
those
student
ambassadors
and
67
of
teachers.
Surveys
believe
that
the
student-led
initiatives
influenced
other
people's
lives
and
and
broadly
speaking,
in
the
community
taking
care
of
the
environment,
which
is
the
aim
of
the
program
to
start
student-led
environmental
leadership.
J
In
terms
of
some
of
the
student
achievements,
most
of
the
schools
involved
heavily
focused
on
litter
reduction
and
recycling
initiatives,
because
they're
visible,
easy
and
they're
easy
to
lead,
particularly
in
the
primary
schools.
There
was
two
key
schools
that
I've
provided
some
examples
for
up
there.
The
Miami
State
School,
which
Madam
chair,
attended
and
was
a
part
of
started
at
work,
rubbish,
Warriors,
weekly,
cleanup
program,
Community,
rubbish,
pickups
and
I.
Think
the
community
rubbish
pickups
are
quite
important
because
it
takes
it
beyond
the
school
gate.
J
A
lot
of
the
programs
are
inwardly,
focused
they
completed
with
containers
for
change,
raising
money
to
spend
on
the
school
and
further
develop
their
initiatives,
and
they
conducted
multiple
little
audits,
which
is
high
College.
They
initiated
paper
recycling
in
the
college.
They
completed
a
school-wide
competition
to
decorate
paper,
recycling
box,
cultivated
worm
farm
and
also
one
of
the
the
kits
that
are
provided
for
a
challenge
is
care
for
country
and
care
for
culture.
So
they
were
looking
at
gardening
initiatives
at
jazara
college
and
also
composting
initiatives
which
which
meet
all
of
those
strategic
objectives.
J
I
think
one
of
the
key
pieces
of
feedback,
particularly
with
Josiah
that
we
got
was
around
the
student
leadership
element.
Their
ambassadors
were
four
students
who
live
with
autism
spectrum
disorder
and,
and
that
brings
its
own
challenges
and,
at
the
end
of
your
event,
they
are
able
to
present
to
their
school
and
their
peers.
In
leadership
and
it
showed
a
really
good
stewardship
for
the
environment
and
what
leadership
is
and
what
we're
trying
to
achieve
in
terms
of
some
learnings
from
2022.
It
was
the
first
year
of
the
pilot
of
the
program.
J
So
with
the
partnership,
we
were
expecting
some
more
data
and
some
more
tangible
results
around
the
impact
of
the
program,
what
it
did
in
terms
of
litter
reduction,
water
conservation,
Energy
savings,
There's,
an
opportunity
there
to
sort
of
more
clearly
outline
that
with
the
schools
and
and
particularly
Eco
Marines,
but
that
that's
a
known
discussion
that
we've
been
having
and
event
participation.
So
the
two
Ambassador
events
and
the
wave
events
are
based
in
Brisbane.
So
there's
some
logistical
challenges
with
teachers,
their
full
schedules,
costs
and
those
sorts
of
issues.
J
What
the
intent
of
the
program
is
and
setting
a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
both
schools
and
daycare
Marines
to
encourage
that
participation
and
create
an
expectation
of
what
the
outcomes
will
look
like
with
the
challenges,
so
the
city
providing
more
active
support
to
those
challenges,
particularly
with
litter,
landfall
potential
site
visits,
but
also
creating
media
opportunities,
particularly
where
the
program
goes
outside
the
school
gate
to
influence
the
community
and
sustainability
and
environmental
leadership.
We're
looking
for
an
increase
in
events
for
maximum
Community
Reach,
we're
actively
working
on
a
gold
coast-based
end
of
year
event.
J
But
beyond
that
trying
to
link
into
City
events
like
National
recycling
week,
National
Water
week
to
leverage
and
increase
the
the
effectiveness
of
the
program,
the
provision
of
a
shared
bus.
So
if
budget
allows-
and
there
is
some
budget
in
the
program
talking
with
schools
and
Eco
Marines-
to
do
a
coordinated
bus
in
the
city
funding
that
out
of
this
program.
J
Interestingly,
the
state
government
is
also
funding
the
Queensland
expansion
of
Eco
Marines.
So
what
that
will
hopefully
have
the
intended
effect
on
is
to
make
it
more
geographically
decentralized,
so
regions
in
the
Gold
Coast
will
it
will
become
more
normal
that
there's
a
an
arrangement
to
have
local
based
events,
so
we're
pretty
Keen
to
follow
that
through
and
excited
to
see
where
it
lands
in
terms
of
the
cohort
to
date,
just
by
way
of
update
I've
highlighted
two
schools
up
there,
but
a
late
highlight
was
Park,
Lake,
State
School.
J
F
Okay
thanks
Adrian
a
couple
of
years
ago,
more
Park,
Lake,
State,
School,
Eco,
Marines
approached
me
or
the
teacher
approached
me
to
see
if
I
could
help
fund
bus
services
for
them
to
get
to
the
programs
and
at
the
time
it's
proved
impossible.
So
I
just
wonder
if
there's
consideration
for
that,
if
there's
some
scope
for
that
sort
of
support,
because
that
that
part
of
it
they
want
to
be
an
active
part
but
they're
unable
to
be.
J
Really
committed
through
you,
madam
chair,
we're
actively
looking
at
how
we
can
do
that
equitably
across
the
whole
school
population,
whether
it
be
one
bus
funded
by
the
city
to
get
up
to
tangaluma
there's
a
ferry.
The
other
limb
of
that
is,
which
is
our
preferred
option
which
we're
working
with
the
Eco
Marine
Foundation
is
to
do
more
gold,
coast-based
events.
So
it's
not
such
a
time
impost
and
it's
local
sustainability
issues.
D
J
We
run
through
you,
madam
chair.
We
label
this
as
our
school
engagement
program
for
water
and
waste.
The
current
activity
is
a
partnership
with
Eco
Marines.
They
are
a
separate
entity.
They're,
a
charitable
Foundation
focused
on
Behavior
change
and
environmental
leadership
for
children.
They
we
pay
an
amount
per
school
to
subscribe,
to
and
access
their
program
to
promote
more
Gold,
Coast
School
involved
involvement
in
their
program.
D
J
D
J
Schools
involved
they
can
send
up
limits
up
to
six
ambassadors
to
the
Ambassador
training
day.
Okay,
the
intent
of
nominating
those
ambassadors
is
akin
to
having
an
environmental
leader
or
a
prefect
within
the
school
and
those
ambassadors
get
trained
on
the
kit
and
how
to
promote
environmental
leadership
in
the
school.
Okay.
Well,.
D
I
was
just
pleased
to
see
cooma
River
State
School.
That
was
an
area
that
I
formally
represented,
and
they
were
they
had
some
leadership
positions
that
related
to
environmental
care
and
behavior.
So
it's
good
to
see
that
they've
been
put
in
well
it'd,
be
interesting
to
see
whether
that
complements
what
they
already
do.
A
D
A
At
school
they
actually
had
completed
a
letter
audit
and
they
were
separating
recycle
material
into
other
material
and
can
I
tell
you
they.
They
all
knew
more
than
I
did,
but
it
was.
It
was
a
really
good
PR
exercise
as
well,
because
it
it
was
on
a
TV
program,
I
think
with
Channel
9
came
and
filmed
filmed
it,
and
it
was
really
good.
H
So
my
questions
actually
relate
to
some
of
the
stuff
that
cancer
corball
kind
of
mentioned
I've
got
nine
primary
schools
in
my
area
and
all
of
them
have
their
own
kind
of
environmental
program
of
sorts.
What's
been
the
biggest
resistance
like
what
are
schools
saying
that
is
effectively
preventing
them
from
partnering
with
us
on
this
program
with
the
programs
they're
already
running.
J
So
some
of
this
would
be
anecdotal
and
subjective,
but
the
trick
the
Brisbane
base
of
the
location
for
the
Ambassador
day
and
the
end
of
your
event
is
definitely
there.
The
other
element
is
teacher
availability
and
support
for
the
program.
Yes,
so
if
you've
got
an
existing
environmental
leadership
program,
the
question
is,
what
can
this
add
and
that's
sort
of
partly
the
challenge
to
explain
that
to
the
schools
around
that
takes
some
of
that
burden
away.
J
H
J
Three
Madam
chair,
I,
don't
believe,
there's
a
timing
issue,
it's
quite
the
opposite.
Our
experience
was
that
when
we
went
late
in
the
year
for
expressions
of
Interest,
they
weren't
ready
to
hear
from
us.
So
we've
gone
early
this
year
with
a
formal
email
in
terms
of
the
funding
element,
the
timing
issue
of
the
funding
and
the
approval-
that's
in
the
budget
from
last
year
for
this
year
and
was
in
the
previous
budget
for
this
year.
So
I
don't
believe
it's
a
timing
issue
in
terms
of
school
subscription
and
take
up.
J
H
So
is
there
anything
stopping
me
as
a
counselor
from
taking
the
letter
you've
done
in
writing,
because
in
my
Division
I
got
nine
primary
schools
all
who
who
have
just
had
their
leadership
ceremonies
like
they've,
all
just
had
their
they've
reported
their
school
prefix
they've
had
a
bit
of
ceremony,
it's
all
very
exciting.
There's
an
environmental
committee
inside
each
of
the
primary
schools
is
there
anything
stopped
me
from
taking
your
letter
and
actually
writing
to
either
the
school
captain
or
the
the
education?
Sorry,
the
environmental
committee
inside
HMI
primary
schools
with
that
information.
H
No
yeah
I
mean
because
what's
happening
right
now
is
these
student
leadership
councils
are
all
trying
to
come
up
with
ideas
of
what
to
do
to
make
themselves
functional
and
and
I
think
that
right
now
might
be
a
really
good
time
for
for
councilors
to
write
to
them.
Saying
hey.
This
is
a
program
we've
got
and
actually,
rather
than
running,
to
the
teachers,
writing
of
the
students
saying
hey:
this
is
a
program
you
can
get
behind.
H
A
Recommendation
there
again
to
note
the
content
of
the
presentation:
that's
moved
by
Council
Peter,
Young
And
seconded
by
councilor
toza,
and
that
presentation
will
form
part
of
the
minutes.
All
those
in
favor
that's
carried.
Thank
you.
That's
all
of
our
items
now
we'll
open
up
for
General,
business
and
I
believe
councilor
Caldwell
has
some
discussion
thanks.
D
The
decision
that's
been
taken
as
I
understand
it
is
that
that
facility
is
now
closed
to
commercial
waste
operators
and
they've
been
diverted
to
Reedy,
Creek
or
Stapleton
I've
spoken
with
Kathy
in
whatever
position
Kathy
holds
and
she
was
hoping
we
might
be
able
to
move
into
clothes.
Just
to
talk
about
what
some
options
might
be.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
H
The
map
and
I
wondered
if
we'd
use
both
terms
when
we'd,
whoever
is
the
awesome
person
who
manages
Google,
searches
and
or
directory
entries
can
it
might
because
I
thought
it
might
be,
but
my
request
is
that
at
the
moment
motorbike
racing
recycling
center,
you
search
for
it.
It
says
permanently
closed,
which
is
great.
Much
about
transfer
station
still
appears
on
the
map
and
next
Monday,
where
commencing
the
demolition
of
that
site
in
order
to
prepare
for
the
cemetery
Expansion
Project.