Minutes 15-12-10 - Shire of Shark Bay

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ORDINARY COUNCIL MINUTES – 15 DECEMBER 2010 18 If the Council considers that a tip site should be properly established on the common then it will have to establish the site in accordance with current legislation to ensure that it complies. The current gravel supply from the common is limited and there are impediments to any significant future removal of gravel from the existing source. Legal Implications There are a number of legislative implications including the Waste Avoidance Legislation the Environmental Protection Act, the Land Administration Act. Policy Implications NIL Financial Implications The relinquishment of the management of the reserve would minimise the financial exposure of the Council. The continued management of the reserve will require the Council to allocate funding to ensure the proper management of the area in accordance with management plans in place. Strategic Implications Nil Voting Requirements Simple Majority Required. Date of Report 02 December 2010 Cr Cowell and Cr Wake returned to the meeting at 11.34am Cr Ridgley vacated the chair and Cr Cowell resumed the chair.
ORDINARY COUNCIL MINUTES – 15 DECEMBER 2010 19 Hamelin Pool Pastoral Co PMB 72 via GERALDTON WA 6530 Ph 08 9942 5914 Fax 08 9942 5939 Email: hamelin@bigpond.com 22 nd November 2010 Paul Anderson CEO Shire of Shark Bay Hughes St Denham WA 6537 Dear Paul, Re: Tenure of Hamelin Pool Common We would like to express our concern regarding the proposal to divest the Shire of the management of the Hamelin Pool Common and relinquish it to the Department of Environment and Conservation. We feel it would be a hasty action and that it would be prudent for the Shire to review the proposal over the next 12 months. At a Hamelin Pool Common Advisory Committee meeting in June, the recommendation was made:- That the Hamelin Pool Common Advisory Committee request the Chief Executive Officer to research tenure options for the Hamelin Pool Common and these alternatives be presented to Council for consideration. At the most recent meeting of the above committee, the only option presented was that tenure be offered to DEC. Has any research been undertaken regarding the pros and cons of the proposal and has any other factor been taken into consideration other than the financial constraints for the Shire? The above recommendation was made by the stakeholders of the Common and those wishes do not appear to have been considered. I was present as a visitor at the recent meeting of the Committee but Brian was excluded due to the pecuniary interest factor as Hamelin Station is adjacent to the Common - this, despite the fact that Hamelin Pool Telegraph Stn and Hamelin Stn have had representatives on that Committee since its inception. We feel that as major stake holders in this issue, our interests are being ignored. As reflected in the recent parliamentary review, DEC does not have a very good track record of land management. The review highlights the poor management of thirty two DEC properties throughout WA. It also points out that the Department has not adequately catered for the needs of native animals across these properties and has failed to control feral animals and noxious vegetation. It also highlights the fact that DEC has not practiced a good neighbour policy! DEC already has control of a large percentage of the Shire of Shark Bay so why hand over more? Access to the stromatolites is an issue for DEC at present but once a traffic management plan is completed this issue will be resolved. Brett Fitzgerald undertook to produce a traffic management plan at the June meeting and restated that commitment last week. An immediate solution could be achieved by a simple resolution of Council to open the old access, as this is the way it was closed. Tenure of the Common by DEC is not a prerequisite for this access. The main impetus for the Shire to relinquish control of the Common appears to be financial. The only real cost to the Shire over the past 30 years has been the relatively recent fencing to keep out stock and feral animals. The fencing has been completed. There is some disagreement by the owners of the Telegraph Stn regarding the adequacy of the fencing. When the occupiers of that property do not allow water to flow in the Common, animals do not have a reason to enter the area. Hamelin Stn has undertaken to monitor the fence and animal numbers and do so on a regular basis. Our daily counts show that animals in the Common are not a problem. It is our intention to electrify at our own expense the fencing on Hamelin Pool Road to the Hamelin Denham Road. Grids would be an expensive solution and animals learn to cross grids. MRD replace grids with fences wherever feasible.
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