ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT INCLUDING Q4 OPERATIONAL PLAN 2023-24 PROGRESS REPORT · Report

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                            12 AUGUST 2024


Depot, tapping into Disaster Reconstruction Funding. The centre was created through cost effective
re-use of relocated former school buildings and now provides a dedicated co-ordination room and
triage facility during disasters, but also can be used continuously throughout the year for disaster
preparedness meetings and training.
 Bridges renewal program (Infrastructure Services)

Waste Strategy (Infrastructure Services)
Council endorsed Noosa Waste Plan 2023-28 following with extensive input from the community and
provides a blueprint to achieve a significant reduction in materials being sent to landfill. The highest
source of Council's emissions (63%) is the landfill owned and operated by Noosa Council that
receives and manages the Noosa community's residential and commercial waste. The Waste Plan
provides a valuable road map to achieve waste diversion target of 61% by 2025.

Opening of the Olive Donaldson Pavilion (Community Services)
In August 2023 Council was proud to deliver the $1.95M Pavilion facility which will support a number
of sports clubs currently based at the complex including Tewantin Noosa Cricket Club, Noosa District
Netball Association, and Noosa Beach Classic Car Club, with the opportunity to welcome new sports
such as pickleball to the site. This project was proudly funded by the Australian Government, the
Queensland Government, Noosa Council and the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund. The
pavilion will support the current and future demands of the host of clubs who call the complex home,
plus address the shortage of toilet facilities.

Hinterland Customer service trial – Cooroy Library (Community Services)
Council’s customer service team has branched out into the hinterland with the launch of a new
satellite help desk at Cooroy Library. The hinterland trial builds on efforts to make Council and its
services more convenient to the community in ways that are relevant to individual needs. C
ustomer service staff based at the library can help with general Council enquiries, provide advice
about Council’s services and facilities as well as receive requests and forms.

Kabi Kabi Engagement (Strategy and Environment)
Over the last year, Council has been strengthening its historically strong relationship with Noosa’s
Traditional Custodians, the Kabi Kabi Peoples. Council held over 28 formal engagements with the
Native Title Holders and Directors of the Kabi Kabi Peoples Aboriginal Corporation - the authorised
body representing Kabi Kabi Peoples on Native Title and cultural heritage matters. These
engagements included workshops and walk on country events to inform our key strategies and plans,
as well as site inductions and cultural heritage assessments to inform our infrastructure projects. Of
note is the significant engagements held on the Pomona Place Plan, the Destination Management
Plan and the Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Master Plan; the co-development of the Kabi Kabi
Commitment; the support provided on four Kabi Kabi-led projects; and the collaborative workshop
with the new Council and Executives. The depth and breadth of engagements held last year has set
a strong foundation for Council’s long-term partnership with Kabi Kabi which both improves
outcomes and aspirations for Kabi Kabi in the region, as well as enriches culture and liveability in
Noosa.

Pomona Place Plan (initiation first pilot) (Strategy and Environment)
The Pomona Place pilot is a new approach to planning, engaging and improving the liveability of
Pomona in partnership with community to ensure it remains a unique and thriving community into
the future. A key component of the pilot is to also learn and test new approaches to place based
planning that can be applied to other towns and villages across the Shire. The first round of
community consultation was undertaken in in August and October in 2023 with over 500 people
participating to understand local values , aspirations and ideas about the future to input into the Plan.
From this a suit of actions were developed based around key themes that the community were asked
to prioritise in the second round of engagement which ran from May through to June 2024 with 300
people participating. The Draft plan is now being prepared based on this community feedback.

3. Noosa Council Operational Plan 2023-24