2023-03-16 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                           16 MARCH 2023


               •     Detached house $400
               •     Detached house limited to 4 times and maximum 60 days $100
               •     Unit $200
               •     Unit limited to 4 times and maximum 60 days $100
               •     Home hosted accommodation $100
    C.   Continue to monitor the implementation of the Short Stay Letting or Home Hosted
         Accommodation local law and make improvements where needed; and
    D.   Continue to liaise with the multi-interest stakeholder group on the implementation of the
         local law on an as-needs basis and thank this group for their input into the review process
         to date.



2   NOOSA COUNCIL THREATENED FAUNA RECOVERY ROAD MAP
    That the matter lay on the table until the Ordinary Meeting dated 16 March 2023 to allow
    Councillors to discuss budget implications.



3   NOOSA HEADS LIONS PAID PARKING – EXTENSION OF PARKING TO 1 MAY 2024
    That Council note the report by the Project Manager Special Projects to the General Committee
    Meeting dated 13 March 2023 and
    A.   Note that Council’s resolution on 17 September, 2020 allowed temporary parking in the
         Noosa Heads Lions Park on long weekends and school holidays during the Queensland
         Government’s Covid 19 Public Health Declaration, principally to accommodate the
         South-East Queensland Drive tourism market during interstate and international travel
         restrictions that were imposed as a response to the pandemic;
    B.   Note that the Queensland Government’s COVID 19 Public Health Declaration ended
         from October 31, 2022;
    C.   Note that continued use of the Noosa Heads Lions Park greenspace for car parking on
         long weekends and school holidays is contrary to the Department of Resources park
         designation, the Noosa Design Principles, the Noosa Plan, The Transport Strategy and
         the spirit and intent of Council’s September 17, 2020 resolution;
    D.   Note that shire-wide free weekend buses, that provide alternative means of accessing
         the Noosa Heads precinct, was introduced to the network in February 2022;
    E.   Discontinue car parking in the Noosa Heads Lions Park on long weekends and
         Queensland July and September school holidays after this Easter Period, as per the
         September 17, 2020 Council resolution;
    F.   Approve the use of the Noosa Heads Lions Park Reserve for paid parking during
         Christmas and Easter School holidays for a further 12 months, with delegation to the
         CEO to reduce the days subject to weather, over the following periods:
         •     Queensland Christmas school holidays including Saturday 9, Sunday 10, Saturday
               16, Sunday 17, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 December 2023, Tuesday 26
               December 2023 to Sunday 14 January 2024, Saturday 20 to 21 January 2024;
         •     Queensland Easter school holidays from Friday 29 March to Sunday 14 April 2024;
    G.   Write to the Minister of the Department of Resources to inform of request the intended
         proposed use of Noosa Heads Lions Park Reserve for peak period parking during the
         above-mentioned periods, and that community engagement and future use of the park
         is proposed to be undertaken as part of Noosa Council’s Destination Management Plan;

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