2020-02-20 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                     20 FEBRUARY 2020


2   OVERVIEW OF PLANNING APPEALS
    That Council note the report by the Manager Development Assessment to the Planning &
    Environment Committee Meeting dated 11 February 2020 regarding an update on Planning
    Appeals and:
    A.   Request that the Chief Executive Officer write to the Department of State Development,
         Infrastructure & Planning requesting:
         1.    A comprehensive review of the current cost provisions of the Planning &
               Environment Court Act 2016 with a view to including the ability for the Planning &
               Environment Court to award costs where a development proposal is found to
               significantly conflict with the Planning Scheme; and
         2.    A review of the appointment and selection process of referees to support more
               consistent and rigorous Tribunal decisions.
    B.   Submit a motion to the Local Government of Queensland 2020 conference requesting
         LGAQ lobby the Department of State Development, Infrastructure & Planning for a
         comprehensive review of the current cost provisions of the Planning & Environment
         Court Act 2016 with a view to including the ability for the Planning & Environment Court
         to award costs where a development proposal is found to significantly conflict with the
         Planning Scheme.


4   NOOSA COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2019-2024
    That Council note the report by the Coordinator Environmental Health to the Services and
    Organisation Committee Meeting dated 11 February 2020, and
    A.   Adopt the Noosa Community Health and Wellbeing Plan 2019-2024, as provided at
         Attachment 1 to the report with the following amendments:
              Page 12, add a new Section 7.5 to read:
               7.5   Climate Change and its Impact on Human Health and Wellbeing
               The World Health Organisation (WHO) maintains that climate change is the
               greatest threat to global health in the 21st century (WHO, 2015). Australia’s climate
               has already begun to change and current trends indicate that this will accelerate
               over the course of this century. A changing climate is expected to affect human
               health and wellbeing (including physical and mental health) through direct and
               indirect pathways. Climate change can be framed as a risk amplifier; that is many
               of the risks associated with climate change are not new, however they are likely to
               increase in severity over time. There is no evidence available to indicate that the
               risks from climate change to health and wellbeing are not presently significant at a
               local scale, however they will increasingly become so as global warming
               accelerates.
               The Australian Medical Association has expressed strong concerns regarding the
               threat to public health and wellbeing from climate change (AMA, 2019). In
               particular, the elderly, as well as other vulnerable groups in the community, are
               more exposed to direct physical impacts of climate change and may require greater
               assistance from their family and social networks, and emergency services in
               preparing for and responding to extreme weather events.
               The collaboration of many stakeholders will help Noosa’s Health and Wellbeing
               sector to be resilient to future climate change impacts. Noosa Council is
               developing a Climate Change Adaptation Plan (CCAP), which will contain actions
               and key indicators for adapting Noosa community’s health and wellbeing to climate
               change risks. The CCAP is expected to be completed in mid-2020. It is proposed

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