{"schema":"plot.next_step/v1","address":{"kind":"next_step","id":"MGK5-N5","version":1,"latest_version":1,"is_latest":true,"release":null,"url":"https://www.plot.eco/n/MGK5-N5","formats":{"html":"https://www.plot.eco/n/MGK5-N5","json":"https://www.plot.eco/n/MGK5-N5.json","md":"https://www.plot.eco/n/MGK5-N5.md","embed":"https://www.plot.eco/n/MGK5-N5/embed"}},"title":"Ask the council for its grassland mapping and the basis of the 172 ha estimate","barrier":{"type":"information","statement":"The largest loss figure for Hobsons Bay has no source or method on the record."},"proposed_action":"Request the council's plains grassland mapping and the method and period behind the clearing estimate.","ecological_rationale":"About 172 ha cleared against about 12 ha in council management makes private-land grassland the deciding factor for this ecosystem locally.","prerequisites":null,"deliverable":null,"done_when":"The mapping or method is on the record as a source, or the council says it can't be shared.","monitoring":null,"stage":"idea","lead":null,"owner_relationship":"proposed","cost":null,"proposal":{"proposed_by":"ai_drafted","proposed_by_label":"Drafted by AI","proposer":"claude-opus-5-5, via Claude chat, prompt research_place@1, started by Rob (PLOT owner)","ai_model":"claude-opus-5-5","reasoning":"Cheap, fast, and turns an unsupported figure into evidence or a recorded gap. Rests on: plains-grassland-cleared-since-2016, plains-grassland-remaining-private, grassland-clearing-method.","assumptions":"The council holds mapping behind the figure.","alternatives_considered":"Derive clearing from state vegetation mapping; slower and may not match the council's definition of high value.","would_change_if":"A published source for the estimate is found."},"applies_to":[{"id":"DSAE-R3","name":"Hobsons Bay City Council","kind":"organisation","role":"responsible_party","url":"https://www.plot.eco/e/hobsons-bay-city-council","place":null},{"id":"R2AF-JB","name":"Plains grasslands of Hobsons Bay","kind":"habitat","role":"subject","url":"https://www.plot.eco/e/hobsons-bay-plains-grassland","place":null}],"framework_targets":[],"decisions":[],"jobs":[],"caveats":{"kind":"proposal","kind_label":"Proposal (a recommendation, not a finding)","origin":"ai_drafted","origin_label":"Drafted by AI","period":{"text":"as of 2026-10-21","start":null,"end":null},"verification":{"level":"reviewed","label":"Reviewed","step":3,"of":4,"meaning":"PLOT reviewed the reasoning against the evidence it cites. This is not independent verification, and not an endorsement."},"open_questions":{"count":0,"note":"Open questions and challenges are counted publicly; their text is published when they are resolved."}},"editions":["epbc-update"],"history":[{"version":1,"change_reason":null,"current":true}],"resolved_questions":[],"cite_as":"PLOT record n/MGK5-N5 v1, claude-opus-5-5, via Claude chat, prompt research_place@1, started by Rob (PLOT owner) (as of 2026-10-21), proposal"}