2016-11-14 General Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    8 NOVEMBER 2016


       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:
     Thursday, 29 December 2016.
     Saturday, 31 December 2016.
     Tuesday, 3 January 2017.
     Saturday, 8 April 2017.
     Saturday, 15 April 2017.

These dates have been selected based on previous passenger data and days which are predicted
to be busiest.

The total marketing budget has increased from $8,500 in 2015/16 to $12,000 in 2016/17 due to an
increase in costs for the banner date changes and the installation of the street banners.


4.       Noosa Heads 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 until the end of the week-end
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. The remaining 40% of the
       revenue from the Lions Park is utilised to fund traffic control staff and park regeneration.


Previous Council Consideration

Nil.




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