Cradle Coast Authority Annual Plan Progress Report Q2 - 2024/25

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2024/2025 - Q2

KPI REPORT - Q2 2024/25 STRATEGIC

PRIORITIES

Strategic Priority 1: Regional Advocacy

Position CCA as a regional partner – facilitating, collaborating, enabling and acting on behalf of Councils.

Set regional priorities annually with Member Councils, through a priority setting process, with a focus on building a stronger region

Monitor, evaluate and review CCA’s Advocacy, Communication and Engagement Strategy

Identify and secure financial and policy support for regional priorities i e , NRM projects, regionally important projects, shared services and other initiatives undertaken by CCA on behalf of Councils

Foster strong partnerships with all stakeholders and use CCA's communications platforms to promote an integrated approach to Regional Development, NRM and Local Government

Strategic Priority 2: Strategic Alignment

Cross reference and align all CCA plans within a single business or organisational framework.

Develop a masterplan, an organisational framework, incorporating the key functions of CCA as described in the Letter of Expectation (LoE), NRM Strategic Plan and Regional Futures Plan

Deliver government-funded projects

Work with Member Councils to develop opportunities that will increase the shared services capabilities

Preliminary work was undertaken in Q1 and refined during Q2 with Councils and Committees These priorities inform the work on the Masterplan and election strategy

Ongoing discussion within CCA team and Board to ascertain appetite for more assertive advocacy

Submitted the 2025/26 State Budget submissions, which included a total of 10 submissions involving NRM, Coastal Pathway, Renewable Energy, Transport, and Social Enterprise Support projects

Employed a new NRM Communications Officer to strengthen CCA/NRM operations’ communications

Continued development of the Regional Masterplan, incorporating feedback from political parties to best align with Federal policies, and from Councils and Committees

Refer to project list

The Service Strategy and CCA’s capability was raised as an option by the CCA Review Councils will be asked to provide feedback on this matter

KPI REPORT - Q2 2024/25 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

Strategic Priority 3: Governance and Management

WorkwithallstakeholderstoensurethatCCA'sgovernance andmanagementstructuresarefitforpurpose.

Undertakeareviewofexistinggovernancestructureandconnectedpolicies andprocesses

Inresponsetothereview,modifyorchangeexistinggovernancestructureto ensureitisfitforpurposeanddriveshighlevelsofengagementwithCouncils

BuildareviewcycleintoCCAgovernance,includingboardanddirector evaluation

ImplementareviewcycleforallCCAteammemberstoevaluate effectivenesswithinacultureofgrowthanddevelopment

Strategic Priority 4: Financial Sustainability

Exploredifferentfundingmethodologies,includingtheestablishmentoffeefor-servicebusinessunit

DefineanddeliverservicestoCouncilsandwhereappropriatetocommunity -NRM,RegionalDevelopmentetc

Prioritiseresourcestoenableafuturefocusedsustainableorganisation

Seekfundsthroughpartnershipsandbudgetandgrantsubmissions

MonitorperformanceagainstFinancialManagementPlan

Quantitativemeasure

Actioniscompleted

Actionisontrack

Reviewbyexternalfacilitator presentedtoRepresentativesatthe December2024meetingTheReport andotherrelevantmaterialwillbe forwardedtoallCouncilsSubjectto CouncilresponsestheBoardwill commenceworkonthenextstepsand furtherconsultationwiththe RepresentativesinMarch2025

CCABoardhasconsideredpossible changesormodificationsand continuestoworkinresponsetothe review

Subjecttotheoutcomesoftheexternal review

Staffend-of-yearperformancereviews completed

TheBoardhasgivenconsiderationto thelegalandfinancialrequirementsof afee-for-servicebusinessmodel

Aspartofthereview,considerationhas beengiventoarefreshoftheShared ServicesAgreement

CCAcontinuestooperateunderLEAN principlesandtherequirementsofthe FinancialManagementStrategy

2025/26StateBudgetsubmissions completed

CCAmanagementreportsagainstthe financialmanagementplanateach AuditandRiskmeeting

KPI REPORT - Q2 2024/25

PROJECT DELIVERY

Program / Project

Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator (SAF)

Our Natural Advantage - building the benefits of natural capital on farms

Healthy Harbour Project - Maugean Skate Recovery

Community action for King Island Threatened Bird Recovery

KI Scrubtit and KI Brown Thornbill

Giant Freshwater Crayfish Recovery – part 2

Emergency Preparedness and Response Project

Three Hummock Island - Feral Cats Project

Saving Native Species - Swift Parrots

Saving Native Species - Felixers

Quantitativemeasure

Projectcompleted

Actionsorrequirementsmet,withprojectontrack

Aligning SAF activities to support ONA project

Project signed off and initiation activities are underway

HHP staff ran a community clean-up in November 2024, with 92 volunteers cleaning up 35 km of coast and roadsides CCA attends National Recovery Team meetings and coordinates the Maugean Skate Captive Breeding Steering Committee IMAS continues to be successful in looking after skate hatchlings at Taroona

An additional Conservation Land Management Agreement was signed, protecting 3 ha of priority habitat 53 feral cats were killed Site prioritisation for the project was completed, establishing the locations to target for negotiation of conservation agreements

Five landholder agreements have now been signed representing 14 5 km of waterways to be remediated Works have begun on the ground

Final plan released online

Four Felixers are located on Three Hummock Island, with data collection and maintenance trips conducted approximately once per quarter Very few cats are now detected on the cameras and Felixers, encouraging us to keep working there until we can say that feral cats are eradicated

Nest box surveys continue to be undertaken, with 42 surveys completed so far for the season A flowering condition workshop was held, and two surveys were completed

Permits and landholder permissions were sought to install four Felixers in non-lethal mode; two each at Woolnorth and Maria Island Slight delay in installation due to staff illness

Morethan50%andlessthan100%ofactionsorrequirementsmet,withprojecthavingminordelays

Morethan10%andlessthan50%ofactionsorrequirementsmet,withprojecthavingdelays/challenges

Lessthan10%ofactionsorrequirementsmet,withprojectininitiationphaseoryettostart

KPI REPORT - Q2 2024/25

PROJECT DELIVERY

Program / Project

Natural Resource Management

Implementing the Tasmanian Cat Management Plan (TCMP)

Seven of nine regional councils are still participating in or have participated in cat desexing programs 47 successful applications for the cat enclosure subsidy program

Tas Farm Innovation Hub - Soil Extension Project Project complete

Tasmanian Weeds Action Fund No action this quarter.

Community NRM Engagement Program

Circular Head Roadkill Mitigation Working Group

Improving habitat in the Mersey River estuary for threatened species (Urban Rivers and Catchments Program)

All Community Capacity On Ground Action grant agreements were finalised, and one was completed Facilitated NRM Council Working Group and NW Weeds Working Group meetings

Stakeholders continue to be engaged with the Working Group and are concerned about the roadkill issue A proposal was developed to enable CCA to seek funding for the next steps of the project

The funding agreement was executed in December 2024, and work immediately started on obtaining permits for project activities and negotiating sub-contracts with project partners and suppliers

Quantitativemeasure

Projectcompleted

Actionsorrequirementsmet,withprojectontrack

Morethan50%andlessthan100%ofactionsorrequirementsmet,withprojecthavingminordelays

Morethan10%andlessthan50%ofactionsorrequirementsmet,withprojecthavingdelays/challenges

Lessthan10%ofactionsorrequirementsmet,withprojectininitiationphaseoryettostart

KPI REPORT - Q2 2024/25

PROJECT

DELIVERY

Program/Project Status

RegionalDevelopment Q1Q2Q3Q4

SharedCoastalPathways

FarmVehicleWashdownandEffluentDumpingFacilities

CradleCoastFutureEnergyHub

StepstowardsSustainability

RegionalPlanningFramework

SupportingCradleCoastEnterprize

Preparingadvocacyworkforthe FederalElectiontosecurethefunding neededtocompletethepathway

KingIslandisfullyoperational,Minna Roadexperiencedaslightdelaydueto unprecedentedstormdamage, SmithtonhassubmittedDAtoCH Council,andStanleyiscurrently workingthroughissueswithCHCouncil

LaunchedTheFutureofEnergyin TasmaniaReportincollaborationwith CarbonZeroInitiative Hostedthesecondroundtableevent forRenewableEnergyProponentsThe meetingfocusedonworkforce

LaunchedthePausePlaceswebsite

Changesmadetothegovernance structuretosupportthedevelopment oftheRegionalLandUseStrategy ‘StateOfPlay’tenderdocuments preparedandpostedtoTenderlink Submissionsclosedon20December 2024,andasubcommitteewas establishedtoreviewapplications

CCAhasnegotiatedareviseddeed andcontractwithEnterprize

Quantitativemeasure

Projectcompleted

Actionsorrequirementsmet,withprojectontrack

Morethan50%andlessthan100%ofactionsorrequirementsmet,withprojecthavingminordelays

Morethan10%andlessthan50%ofactionsorrequirementsmet,withprojecthavingdelays/challenges

Lessthan10%ofactionsorrequirementsmet,withprojectininitiationphaseoryettostart

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