2020-10-12 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             12 OCTOBER 2020


   9    UPDATE ON SUNSHINE COAST AIRPORT FLIGHT PATH ISSUES

   Author            Chief Executive Officer, Brett de Chastel
                     CEO’s Office

   Index             ECM/ Project/ Sunshine Coast Airport

   Attachments       1.   Aircraft Noise Ombudsman Report - “Investigation into
                          Complaints about the Introduction of New Flight Paths in
                          Sunshine Coast” – April 2020 (Note: Attachment has been provided
                          separately to this report)



   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
   Not applicable.

   RECOMMENDATION
   That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the General Committee Meeting
        dated 12 October 2020 and
   A.   Note the update by the Chief Executive Officer in relation to the flight path issue for the
        Sunshine Coast airport;
   B.   Authorise the CEO to make representations to Airservices Australia regarding the
        terms of reference for the proposed post-implementation review to ensure that the
        process is fair, robust and allows genuine opportunities for the community to influence
        the outcome of the post implementation review; and
   C.   Provide funding of $5,000 to the Flight Path Forum Inc community organisation to
        support the commissioning of an independent study to identify alternative flight paths
        that can be considered as part of the post-implementation review.


   REPORT
   This report will cover three key aspects of the Sunshine Coast Airport flight path issue,
   namely:
        Providing Council with background information on the Sunshine Coast airport flight
         path issue;
        Providing details about the outcome of the review undertaken by the Aircraft Noise
         Ombudsman (ANO); and
        Outlining actions that are being taken as a result of the Aircraft Noise Ombudsman
         review, together with suggested next steps for our Council.

   1.       Background on the Sunshine Coast airport flight path issue

   As Council would be aware, there has been considerable community concern in relation to
   the proposal by Airservices Australia (ASA) to implement flight paths for the expanded
   Sunshine Coast Airport which is impacting on residents in some parts of the Noosa Shire.

   This issue has been the subject of a number of previous reports to Council which sets out
   the background and details in some detail. Links to previous reports can be found below:
   1.   Report by the CEO to the Ordinary Meeting on 18 April 2019. This report set out the
        history of the various Environmental Impact Statements (EIS’s), details about noise

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