2019-05-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        7 MAY 2019


The Beach Club

The Beach Club event is a new proposal to celebrate the start of summer. Further details include:
 Applicant - Wonderland Inc.
 Event dates - 29 November to 1 December 2019.
   International sand sculpting and outdoor art.
   Night cinema.
   Day and night venue.
   Ticketed areas.
   Casual seating enjoying the sun.

Summary
 This report recommends that Council provide in-principle approval of the events listed in
   Attachment 1, subject to each event submitting a Temporary Event Application, satisfactory
   assessment by Council officers and provision of appropriate permit conditions to manage
   each event.
 It is proposed in-principle approval is not provided for the Maze Art Street Village 2019 event
   and the Beach Club 2019 at this time, however both events can be considered at a later date
   subject to each receiving support from the Hastings Street Association.
 It is recommended applications received within 4 months of the proposed event
   commencement date (which is the timeframe noted on Council’s Temporary Event
   Application form for High Impact events) be charged an additional administrative fee relating
   to the necessary resourcing impact resulting from the reduction in the timeframe for
   application assessment

Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 17 May 2018, Item 4, Page 15
That Council note the report by the Property Manager to the Services & Organisation Committee
Meeting dated 8 May 2018 and
A.     Note the list of events provided by Tourism Noosa proposed for conditional sponsorship in
       Attachment 1 to this report to 31 July 2019 which is a requirement of the funding
       agreement between Council and Tourism Noosa; and
B.     Provide in-principle approval of those events not taking place on Main Beach, and provide
       in-principle approval of those events on Main Beach that require the beach or water as a
       core element, subject to each event submitting a Temporary Event Application, satisfactory
       assessment and provision of appropriate permit conditions to manage each event; and
C.     Provide in-principle approval for Noosa Food & Wine Festival 2019 and Noosa Alive 2019
       except for the Noosa Food & Wine Festival and Noosa Alive activities to take place on
       Main Beach, but instead consider these activities at a later date, most particularly following
       assessment of this year’s Noosa Food & Wine and Noosa Alive events, and also following
       further discussions with the event operators about alternative sites for those activities in
       2019.

Finance
A review of the fee structure has been undertaken for event application fees and these fees are
adopted as part of Council’s annual budget.




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