popular ‘Find a Fairy’ map for Kalamunda, guiding the City’s littlest residents to the many fairy doors hidden throughout the City. Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) In April, the City launched its first Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to continue developing respectful relationships and create meaningful opportunities with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the City. 1.2 To provide safe and healthy environments for community to enjoy 1.2.1 Facilitate a safe community environment Environmental Health The City continues to provide a high-quality environmental health service to the community. It is the City’s responsibility to promote and protect the public health of all residents and visitors. Regular duties include approval of applications and risk assessments in a broad range of areas including food premises, public buildings, skin penetration, effluent disposal, water sampling, noise monitoring, pest management, nuisance control and public safety. This year: • 402 food safety assessments completed
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• 373 health service requests investigated • 50 on-site water system applications approved • 281 internal planning referrals received health advice • More than 145 COVID-19 safety plans reviewed COVID-19 was a major challenge for the City’s Environmental Health team. It put immense pressure on teams as they became a point of contact both internally and externally for health advice. With implementation of the State’s Hazard Plan Human Biosecurity, the Department of Health requested local governments to maintain environmental health programs to minimise any risk of further disease transmission. Contaminated Sites The City continued to undertake studies, maintenance, and remedial works on contaminated sites under its responsibility. Extensive investigations continued to take place on the Brand Rd former landfill sites to assess redevelopment potential. Investigations included site sampling of soil, groundwater and gas as well as assessing the volume and quality of capping over the site. The City continued its preventative maintenance program on the Ledger Rd Reserve with emu picks, erosion prevention
City of Kalamunda Annual Report 2019-2020
works, and additional fill and mulch being supplied to the site to assist the friend’s group with revegetation efforts. Community Safety The City’s Community Safety team, including Rangers, Fire Control Officers and Emergency Management, is committed to providing a positive customer experience for all. Rangers The City’s Rangers are responsible for creating a safer community through the provision of services including parking, dog control, registration of dogs and cats, abandoned vehicles and fire hazard inspections. This year the Rangers were also impacted by the corona virus with the WA Police requesting community rangers and security teams to support them in administering COVID-19 directions. This year: • 1,345 parking related matters dealt with in the City • 553 cautions and/or infringements issued for parking related offences • 5,024 dog and 425 cat related matters dealt with • 1,092 cautions and/or infringements issued for dog related offences and 30 cautions and/or infringements issued for cats
