2018-12-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   11 DECEMBER 2018


10                       NOOSA CULTURAL PLAN 2019 - 2023 - FINAL
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Manager Libraries & Galleries, Kerri Contini
                                    Community Services Department

Index                               ECM/ Subject/41.22 – Social Policy

Attachments                         1.    Noosa Cultural Plan 2019 – 2023
                                    2.    Noosa Cultural Plan - 2019 Action Plan
                                          (Note: Both attachments provided separately to this report)



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager, Libraries and Galleries to the Services and
Organisation Committee dated 11 Dec 2018 and:
A.                       Repeal the Cultural Development Policy of 2012, and adopt the Noosa Cultural Plan 2019 –
                         2023, provided at Attachment 1 of this report, and authorise the CEO to make any required
                         minor amendments to the document prior to publication; and
B.                       Endorse the proposed Noosa Cultural Plan – 2019 Action Plan, subject to consideration of
                         any resourcing requirements being determined as part of the 2019/20 budget process.



REPORT
The purpose of this report is to present the final Noosa Cultural Plan 2019 – 2023 (the Plan) to
Council for consideration and seek endorsement for the Noosa Cultural Plan - 2019 Action Plan,
subject to budget consideration.

1.                       Background

Noosa Council has not had a cultural strategy or plan since the Creative Noosa Strategy which
was endorsed in 2004 and in effect until amalgamation in 2008. During the period of amalgamation
with Sunshine Coast Regional Council a Cultural Development Policy was endorsed in late 2012
and a strategic plan was in the early development stages however neither had been practically
implemented by the time of de-amalgamation. It has therefore been ten years since Noosa Council
has had an overarching strategic plan to provide a guiding focus to the cultural sector.

In 2015 Noosa Council endorsed the Noosa Social Strategy (2016) which included the theme: “A
creative and informed community”. The development of an arts, culture and heritage plan was a
key action to be delivered under this theme.

In 2017, Council’s Community Services Department commenced the process to develop a Cultural
Plan covering the arts, culture and heritage sectors. A draft Noosa Cultural Plan was developed
following extensive research and consultation and endorsed by Council for community consultation
in June 2018.




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