2017-07-17 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   17 JULY 2017


 Council undertook an audit of footpath trading across the shire and also provided information
   to the operators while the audit was being undertaken.
 Council worked with the private sector to assist with the establishment of Innovative Noosa.
   This is part of a regional program that attracted significant funding from Advance Queensland
   to develop innovation on the Sunshine Coast.
 Council continues to manage our Holiday Parks including awarding a new three-year contract
   for the management of the Noosa River Holiday Park. During 2016/17, Council also
   commenced a process to redevelop the Noosa North Shore Beachfront Campground
   including the development of concept designs and sorting out tenure issues.
 Council undertook its three yearly review of commercial high use permits and following a
   tender process, awarded new permits for the operation of commercial activities on Council
   controlled land in the Hastings Street precinct.


Corporate Plan Theme 4: Long term planning for Noosa Shire
“Noosa Shire is well managed and sustainable”

Key achievements as we work towards our long term goal include:
 Council undertook significant work on the development of the new Planning Scheme during
   2016/17. Council adopted the New Noosa Plan Discussion Paper for the purposes of public
   consultation and undertook an extensive community engagement process to seek feedback.
   Council also finalised a range of studies to support the development of the new Planning
   Scheme including:
   o Resources and Minerals Planning Study
   o   Study into Agriculture and Agricultural Land in Noosa Shire
   o   On-Site Effluent Disposal Noosa Shire Study
   o   Housing Needs Assessment
 Council was able to provide significant input into the ongoing development of the draft South-
   East Queensland Regional Plan which will achieve a good outcome for the Noosa
   community.
 Council undertook a significant review of our infrastructure plans to enable us to meet new
   legislative requirements for the imposition of contributions from developers towards the cost
   of infrastructure.
 Council adopted its new Corporate Plan which will guide key corporate decision making for
   the next 20 years. The Corporate Plan was developed following a series of Councillor
   workshops analysing future trends and developed a new vision – “Noosa Shire - different by
   nature”.
 Council has adopted the Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan which guides our
   responses to natural disasters. Council has also undertaken considerable work in developing
   our response to natural disasters including undertaking disaster management exercises to
   train our staff. This was put to the test with the arrival of the remnants of Cyclone Debbie in
   February 2017. Our management of that response was good and our Local Disaster
   Management Plan was able to deal with that scenario. Council was also successful in
   obtaining State funding to install new flood alert stations at a cost of $206,000.
 Council adopted a Transport Policy and Transport Strategy following extensive community
   consultation. This was one of the signature long-term pieces of planning for our community
   undertaken in 2016/17. There were two rounds of community consultation including targeted
   consultation with key stakeholders. One of the challenges for 2017/18 is the implementation
   of that Strategy. Also during 2016/17, Council successfully delivered its Christmas and Easter
   free holiday bus program.


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