2020-09-14 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            14 SEPTEMBER 2020


8     USE OF LIONS PARK NOOSA HEADS FOR CAR PARKING

Author           Project Manager Transport Innovation, Adam Britton
                 Infrastructure Services Department

Index            ECM/ Subject/ Go Noosa
                 Property/ 133789 – Lions Park
                 Project/ NTST Car parking management

Attachments      Nil



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Project Manager Transport Innovation to the General
Committee Meeting dated 14 September 2020 and:
A.    Approve the use of the Noosa Heads Lions Park Reserve for paid car parking over 2020/21
      Christmas holiday period from 14 December 2020 to 27 January 2021 with delegation to the
      CEO to reduce the days subject to weather and advice from the Council COVID Safe team;
B.    Approve the use of the Noosa Heads Lions Park Reserve for paid car parking over 2021
      Easter holiday period from 2 April 2021 to 18 April 2021 with delegation to the CEO to reduce
      the days subject to weather and advice from the Council COVID Safe team; and
C.    Consult with the community on the use of the Noosa Heads Lions Park Reserve for paid car
      parking on long weekends and all school holidays only during the period of the COVID
      pandemic.



REPORT
The purpose of this report is to clarify the current and future use of the Noosa Heads Lions Park,
Lot 117 on SP108103, Reserve for Recreation purposes (the Reserve) for paid parking on
weekends and all school holidays.

A more detailed report will be provided to a future round of Council meetings outlining the proposed
strategies for managing traffic congestion during the upcoming Christmas and Easter holiday
periods.

This report is being provided in advance of that timing due to the need to clarify whether or not
paid parking should be allowed in the Noosa Heads Lions Park and if so, for what periods.

1.    Background

The Noosa Heads Lions Park (the Lions Park) was set aside as a reserve for recreation on 7
August 1982 following a land reclamation scheme. It is an area of approximately 1 hectare and is
reserve owned by the State Government Department of Natural Resources Mines and Energy
(DNRME) with Noosa Council as public trustee in control of the site. The Lions Park is one of the
Shire’s premier recreation assets, is highly valued by residents, tourists and families and provides
an attractive and vegetated entry statement into the Hastings Street precinct symbolic of Noosa’s
environmental stewardship.

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