2018-05-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                         8 MAY 2018


3                        NOOSA CULTURAL PLAN - DRAFT FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Manager Libraries & Galleries, Kerri Contini
                                    Community Services Department

Index                               ECM/ Subject/41.22 – Social Policy

Attachments                         1     Draft Noosa Cultural Plan 2018 – 2023
                                          (Note: 44pg attachment provided separately to this report)



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager, Libraries and Galleries to the Services and
Organisation Committee dated 8 May 2018 and:
A.                       Approve the Draft Noosa Cultural Plan 2018 – 2023, included at Attachment 1 of this
                         report, for the purposes of community consultation; and
B.                       Request the Chief Executive Officer collate and consider the feedback for the purposes of
                         developing a final Noosa Cultural Plan for the future consideration of Council.



REPORT
The purpose of this report is to present the draft Noosa Cultural Plan 2018 – 2023 (the draft
Cultural Plan) to Council for consideration and seek approval to undertake community
consultation regarding the draft Cultural Plan.

1.                       Background

Noosa Council has not had a cultural strategy or plan since the Creative Noosa Strategy which
was endorsed in 2004 and in effect until amalgamation in 2008. During the period of
amalgamation with Sunshine Coast Regional Council a Cultural Development Policy was
endorsed in late 2012 and a strategic plan was in the early development stages however neither
had been practically implemented by the time of de-amalgamation. It has therefore been ten
years since Noosa Council has had an overarching strategic plan to provide a guiding focus to
the cultural sector.

In 2015 Noosa Council endorsed the Noosa Social Strategy (2016) which included the theme: “A
creative and informed community”. The development of an arts, culture and heritage plan was a
key action to be delivered under this theme.

In 2017 Council’s Community Services Department commenced the process to develop a
Cultural Plan covering the arts, culture and heritage sectors.




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