2019-09-12 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                          12 SEPTEMBER 2019


1.6. Dedicated Customer Service Office

The permanent display for draft Plan was housed in Pelican Place, 3 Pelican Street Tewantin (two
doors down from Council’s Chambers). The display was staffed 8:30am to 5:00pm Monday to
Friday for the duration of the public notification period. Note that the display was not open during
the four public holidays that fell during that period, nor did those days contribute to the calculation
of the consultation period.

High numbers of people came to ask questions of staff with 775 walk-in enquiries recorded. A
further 625 phone enquiries were received and 120 email enquiries.

1.7. Talk to a Planner “pop-ups”

Strategic Planning staff, accompanied by Councillors, attended “pop-up” information sessions
where people could come and talk to a Planner about the draft Plan and receive more information
on how it may affect them, their neighbourhood or their property. These were widely advertised
and attendance varied from 13 at Kin Kin to 120 at the Noosaville library.

    DATE                           LOCATION                                         TIME
    Tuesday 26 February 2019       Digital Hub, Peregian Beach                      10am-1pm
    Thursday 28 February 2019      Community Hall, Kin Kin                          10am-1pm
    Tuesday 5 March 2019           Library, Cooroy                                  9am-12pm
    Thursday 7 March 2019          The J, Noosa Heads                               3.30pm-6.30pm
    Tuesday 12 March 2019          Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club, Boreen Point       9am-12pm
    Thursday 14 March 2019         Memorial Hall, Cooran                            10am-1pm
    Tuesday 19 March 2019          Community House, Pomona                          3pm-6pm
    Thursday 21 March 2019         Library, Noosaville                              3pm-5.30pm

1.8. Additional Information / Q&A Sessions

As well as the general community pop-ups, targeted briefings and information sessions were held
with special interest groups. These included:

       Environment groups
       Social service providers
       Business Associations and Tourism Noosa
       Planning & Development Consultants
       Real Estate Visitor Accommodation Managers

Staff attended some other community meetings where possible upon request.

1.9. Opportunities to Make a Submission

There were various ways people could have a say on the draft Plan:

       by writing a letter or sending an email to Council;
       by making a submissions electronically through the Your Say Noosa website; or
       by filling out hard copy submission forms and dropping them in a box at any of the permanent
        or roaming scheme displays.

2. Summary of Submissions

Council received 938 unique submissions on the draft Plan.            The vast majority were from
individuals, with a few from groups or organisations.



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