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2021-04-23 Special Meeting Agenda
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SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA 23 APRIL 2021
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SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA 23 APRIL 2021
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Multiple Choice Question Statistics
a 1 ny No funds should be directed to private industry or economic ‘development;
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Should economic development spending change? Submiled Responses =
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Submitted Responses ny There is no place to comment on the Cooroy Hinterland Playground, which is an unacceptably expensive tourist attraction.
© Nochange: 40 (59.70%) “eo Noosa Council should not be in the business of building tourist attractions, especially on flood prone, contaminated land. This
© Decrease spending by 5%: 23 (34.33%) is a flawed budget balancing exercise! Also more $$ should be spent on maintaining one our top attractions, the Botanic
© = Increase by 5% 3 (4.4856) . 2 Gardens!
© Increase by 10%: 1 (1.495%) 3 Merch 8, 202) ct 15400
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Clicked Responses ©
® Nochange: 111 (64.16%) ; 5 Given the success of tourism here that has benefited substantially from the natural spirit and beauty of the place....it seems a
® Decrease spending by 5%: 38 (36.19%) ° good time to now divert funds allocated to tourism instead to cultural heritage healing with Kabi Kabi displaced to Cherberg
© Increase by 5% 12 {11.43%} =o be spent by dedicated, experienced, qualified, vocational and connected with Kabi Kabi cultural heritage experts ...not
© Increase by 10%: 12 (11.43%) ° ss cnange socrasve _ a tokenistic titles or line items added to others existing roles
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© Subssiteed Responses ne While | support Council’s role in economic development it should not be a levy, itis part of their role. Call a spade a spade and
stop using levies to pretend there are no rate increases. Council should have almost no role in providing economic support to
Clicked Responses = tourism. Too much is already spent on infrastructure which is funded in the guise of ‘community’ but is really to meet the
125 tourism demand.
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o0 Tourism Noosa hes done a great job ...but is it necessary to continue funding tourism at this level, when it appears to be self
7 supporting. Noosa may end up suffering from over-tourism. This money would be better spent on small business development
s and support and affordable housing initiatives.
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o5 The tourism industry is paramount to the survival of Noosa. My concem is the over tourism of the area making it unpopular
Ey Hi and unsustainable. We have built o wonderful industry on the beauty of Noosa Shire as a whole. | increased this amount as I
° No ey a ty think we need to put some money into researching over tourism and how we can maintain our tourism without sacrificing the
spending by 5% 10% beauty and natural tourist attractions. For my business the Noosa North Shore day trippers do not contribute to the region.
5m The clog up the ferry and leave a lot of mess on the beaches. Perhaps working with the State Government re a two tier fee
structure. If people are staying in the Noosa area they pay a different fee to if people are travelling to the region for the day
e ' for their beach pass???
Merch 22, 2021 ct 11:10 pe
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