2015-09-15 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                          15 SEPTEMBER 2015


4.    Passenger Assistant
The role of the passenger assistant is to:
    Coordinate movement of buses/passengers to avoid overcrowding.
    Offer assistance with routes, times and which side of the stop to wait at.
    Encourage passengers to complete the FHB survey.
    Remind drivers to press buttons to record passenger data.

One Sunbus passenger assistant is proposed to be based at Noosa Heads Bus Station from
9.30am to 4.10pm on the following dates:

    Tuesday 29 December 2015.
    Thursday 31 December 2015.
    Saturday 2 January 2016.
    Tuesday 29 March 2016.
    Wednesday 30 March 2016.
    Thursday 31 March 2016.

These dates have been selected based on previous passenger data with the highest patronage.

5.    Lions Park
For many years, the Noosa Heads Lions Park has been used as a paid car park during peak
holiday periods. During the Christmas period the car park operates for an additional week
following the end of the free bus services, however during Easter the car park only operates
during the free holiday buses period.
The current arrangement is:
    The Tewantin-Noosa Lions Club manages the operation of the car park from 9.00am to
      6.00pm daily.
    In wet weather the park is not opened to vehicles.
    Vehicles are charged a flat rate of $10 (inc GST) per day or part thereof.
    The Tewantin-Noosa Lions Club receives 60% of the parking fees, less council’s GST
      obligation. The remaining 40% of the revenue from the Lions Park is utilised to fund traffic
      control staff and park regeneration.

Previous Council Consideration

Nil

Finance & Risk

It is proposed that the Free Holiday Bus services will be funded by the Public Transport Levy.
The 2015/16 budget allocation for free holiday buses is $140,000.




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