2021-08-10 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   10 AUGUST 2021




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               10 AUGUST 2021

 It is considered that initially the group will focus on operational issues and priorities immediately
apparent in the Noosa River and its catchment, with parallel exploration and discussion on the
 broader vision and goals, and longer term best practice governance arrangements.
 4.0 Accountability of Noosa Council and MSQ
As noted above, NRSAC is not a decision-making body. Advice and recommendations provided by
 NRSAC to relevant management agencies are non-binding. However Noosa Council and MSQ are
committed to outcomes from the NRSAC meetings. This includes:
    -   Commitment to take recommendations from the NRSAC to the Noosa Council and MSQ.
    -   Feedback loop and progress reporting on initiatives at the NRSAC meetings
 5.0 Noosa River Stakeholder Advisory Committee Participants
 Chair
The NRSAC will be co-chaired by a senior officer of Noosa Council and MSQ. The Noosa Council Chief
 Executive Officer will appoint an officer to sit as the Noosa Council Chair. MSQ's General Manager, or
their nominated representative, will have responsibility for the role of Chair.
 Noosa Council will chair and lead discussion on catchment-related issues such as:
    e   Water quality monitoring, research and biodiversity in the river system
    ¢   Riparian management, specifically vegetation
    e   Land-based inputs into the river, such as pollution and sediment
    ¢   Stormwater management.
 MSQ will chair and lead discussion on issues related to the Noosa River management within the
coastal waters of Queensland:
    e   Recreational boating users of the river
    ©   Boating safety related matters of the river
    ¢   Ship-sourced marine pollution
    ©   Day-to-day management of maritime activities on the river
    ¢   Boating Infrastructure.
 For activities that are not within the remit of either agency, the Chairs will liaise with and invite,
where necessary:
    ¢   representatives of relevant Queensland Government management agencies, such as
        Queensland Water Police, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Department of Natural
        Resources, Mines and Energy, Department of Environment and Science, Australian Maritime
        Safety Authority
    *   Noosa Council technical representatives of relevant functional areas.
Once the NRSAC is effectively functioning and at a time agreed by Noosa Council and MSQ, a Chair
 may be selected from the community stakeholders, if a majority of members support this. Election
of Chairs other than Council and MSQ representatives, will be conducted by Noosa Council and MSQ
through a nomination and voting process of committee members.
 Committee Members
The committee selection process is outlined in Appendix 1.

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