2017-03-13 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   13 MARCH 2017


2.    Proposed Community & Stakeholder Consultation

The community and key stakeholders will be invited to comment on the Draft Transport Strategy
2017-2027 from 20 March – 13 April 2017 through a variety of ways including:
 Online via Your Say Noosa website & Facebook.
 Mail.
 In person or over the phone.
 Noosaville and Cooroy Library static & manned Transport Pop-ups
 Transport Strategy ‘Have Your Say’ Days: Noosa Junction, Noosa Farmers Market, Cooroy /
   Pomona.

A presentation and discussion with key stakeholders will be held on 13 March 2017.

Invited stakeholders include:

        Buslink                                       Noosa Probus
        Bike On                                       Noosa Rotary
        Cooroy Chamber of Commerce                    Noosaville State School
        Dept Transport and Main Roads                 Peregian Beach Business Association
        Dept of Education                             Sunshine Beach State School
        Good Shepherd Lutheran College                St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
        Hastings Street Association                   Suncoast Cabs
        Noosa Biosphere Association                   Sunbus
        Noosaville Business Association               Tewantin State School
        Noosa Chamber of Commerce                     TransLink
        Noosa Community Biosphere Association         Tourism Noosa
        Noosa Junction Association                    United Synergies
        Noosa Parks Association                       Zero Emissions Noosa - Transport
        Noosa Ratepayers Association

Previous Council Consideration

Ordinary Meeting, 17 November 2017, Item 1, Page 10
That Council note the report by the Director Planning & Infrastructure to the Services &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 8 November 2016 and adopt the Transport Policy provided
at Attachment 1 to the report, for the purposes of community consultation. incorporating the
following amendments:
1.    Delete the word “Strategy” from the title of the Policy;
2.    Under Transport Principles, add a 9th dot point to read:
             Design for, encourage and facilitate transport options that reduce the emissions
              produced by our community.
3.    Under Transport Key Outcomes, amend Items 2 and 11 to read:
      2.      The transport network is designed to facilitate and encourage an overall modal shift
              away from private car use towards more sustainable transport modes including
              walking, cycling, public transport, electric vehicles and motor scooters/cycles.
      11.     Road crossings and associated pedestrian networks are safe and accessible for
              mobility scooters, cyclists and pedestrians




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