2020-10-12 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              12 OCTOBER 2020


         contours and potential flight paths together with details of hours of operation etc. A
         copy       of     that         report     can        be       found       here       –
         https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/601/2019-04-18-ordinary-meeting-
         agenda-pdf

         The decision of Council in relation to that report on 18 April 2019 can be found below
         under the heading of “Previous Council consideration”.

   2.    Report by the CEO to the Ordinary Meeting on 16 May 2019. This report set out details
         of what action had been taken in relation to the April 2019 decision together with details
         of concerns relating to the consultation process undertaken by ASA and Sunshine
         Coast Council. A copy of that report can be found here –
         https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/610/2019-05-16-ordinary-meeting-
         agenda-pdf

         The decision of Council in relation to that report on 16 May 2019 can be found below
         under the heading of “Previous Council consideration”.

   At the outset, it is important to note that the flight path issue is a separate issue to the
   expansion of the airport. That airport expansion has been finalised and the new runway has
   now been commissioned and is operational.

   Some of the key issues that have been raised by our community in relation to the flight path
   issue include:
        extremely poor or no consultation with the communities directly affected by the
         proposed flight paths;
        lack of information about the potential impacts of proposed flight paths on Noosa
         residents including inconsistent advice about noise issues;
        confusion regarding the previous EIS’s and what was proposed in terms of flight paths;
        confusion regarding proposed hours of operation of the airport with different hours
         being identified in EIS’s and flight path consultation processes;
        confusion regarding the intensity of flight numbers over different parts of the Shire (e.g.
         the coastal flight path); and
        lack of an independent EIS for the impact on Lake Weyba, the Noosa National Park
         and the coastal dunes within the Castaways Beach and Marcus Beach areas.

   Council also previously committed to supporting the statement of intent by Flight Path Forum
   Inc. A copy of that statement of intent is below:




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