2018-07-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                16 JULY 2018


 There has been significant progress on the backlog of community lease renewals. Following
   de-amalgamation, we inherited more than 28 expired leases and had quite a number of other
   community groups with no formal tenure arrangements. By 2017, there were no community
   groups without tenure arrangements in place and only 8 leases still awaiting renewal.
 Council has undertaken two community Council meetings during 2017/18. In November
   2017, we held a Council meeting at Sunshine Beach and in June 2018, we held a Council
   meeting at Kin Kin. This continues Council’s ongoing commitment to open decision making
   and provides an opportunity for more members of the public to attend Council meetings. In
   keeping with our ongoing commitment to transparency, during the year we only closed
   Council/Committee meetings on 5 occasions to deal with confidential matters.
 Council worked closely with the Pomona community to provide support and advocacy in
   relation to the Mid-Town Rail crossing. Following a significant lobbying campaign and
   working very closely with the community, success was achieved when Queensland Rail
   announced that it would retain the crossing and look at safety upgrades rather than closing
   the crossing.
 Council finalised the design of the Park Road Boardwalk following an extensive community
   engagement process. Expressions of interest were called and following a subsequent tender
   process, a contract for $6.5M was awarded to Hutchinson Builders. Construction has
   commenced and will be completed in the latter half of 2018. At the same time, the Noosa
   Main Beach Boardwalk upgrade (between the Surf Club and Sails) is underway and will be
   completed shortly.
 Noosa participated in the University of Canberra’s Rural and Regional Wellbeing survey. The
   survey found that as a community, our sense of well-being exceeded other regional areas in
   Queensland and Australia in 9 out of the 10 areas measured.
 Following extensive community engagement with the Cooroy community regarding the future
   of the Cooroy Community Hall, Council agreed to accept trusteeship of the Deed of Grant in
   Trust and supported the establishment of the Cooroy Community Hall Association Inc. in
   January 2018. An agreement to lease was signed with the Association so they could
   renovate and ultimately manage the Hall. As part of that agreement Council agreed to fund
   50% of the restoration costs (capped at $192,000) with the community funding the remaining
   50%. This has been an excellent outcome for the Cooroy community with the official re-
   opening of the hall occurring in April 2018.
 Council has undertaken numerous Library and Gallery programs to support our community.
   Our Library Services have physically
   issued over 744,00 items to our
   community during the last 12 months.
   The Council also let a tender for the major
   refurbishment of the Noosaville Library
   which will be completed in the second half
   of 2018.
 Council opened a Makerspace at the
   Cooroy Library with funding assistance
   from the State Library of Queensland.
   The Makerspace includes 3D printers,
   robotics and virtual reality “hands on”
   activities.
 Council completed a detailed review of the options for the future use of the Noosaville
   foreshore. This included an extensive community engagement process which culminated in
   the adoption of the Noosaville Foreshore Land Use Master Plan in May 2018. The
   importance of this area to our community was highlighted by the large number of submissions
   made through the community engagement process.

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