2020-10-15 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES   15 OCTOBER 2020




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ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                                 15 OCTOBER 2020

        Objective / Purpose
        To amend the current Noosa Plan (Noosa Waters Estate Waterways) to allow the
        storage of registered watercraft, on or off pontoons and other devices, adjacent
        to or perpendicular to the revetment wall, without directly being attached to a
        jetty.

        Background
        Over many years, rules in regard to Noosa Waters (boat storage), essentially a
        closed canal to the public, have been made and changed. From the size of jetties,
        the attitude to boat lifts such as SeaPen, Airberth, attached or unattached
        pontoons, the use of attachments particularly jet skis, mooring boats adjacent to
        the revetment wall and attaching boats to the end of jetties.
        The current practices of watercraft storage have been in place for at least 20
        years and presented no problems to any residents or indeed Council.

        Complaint/s
        The action being undertaken by Council in raising Compliance Notices is the
        result of complaint/s against presumably each of the residents who have
        received these Notices.
        It has been established the Noosa Waters Residents Association (NWRA)
        supports Council in this action however they do not represent all waterfront
        owners and have not publicised their support of Council with owners through
        their normal communication methods.
        The NWRA has advised their concern is the integrity of the revetment wall which
        is absolutely reasonable. It ignores the possibility of a change to the Noosa Plan
        to enable residents and tourists to store watercraft without any impact on the
        revetment wall whilst maintaining safety in the canal.

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