2015-07-02 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                                  2 JULY 2015


6     ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS


1.    COMMUNITY JURY PROJECT

Author            Chief Executive Officer, Brett de Chastel
                  Executive Office

Index             ECM/ Subject/ Community Jury

Attachments       Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Ordinary Meeting dated
2 July 2015 regarding the Council’s second Community Jury Project and adopt the question for
the second Community Jury as: “How can we manage the Noosa River better? What role should
Council play and what resources should Council apply?”


REPORT
Community Jury
Noosa’s first Community Jury is nearing completion. It anticipates being in a position to provide
its report to Council at or shortly after its final meeting which is scheduled for 8 July 2015. Council
will then assess the community jury report and subsequently provide its response to the jury
recommendations.

At the conclusion of the second Community Jury process, a detailed assessment of the process
will be undertaken looking at what went well, what can be improved and the future of the
Community Jury. As initial feedback, the following are early observations on the first process to
date:
     The initial information pack provided to the jury is very important. It takes a lot of time and
      effort to get the right information in the right format.
     In the case of the first jury, the site visit was important and helpful.
     The number and quality of submissions via the Your Say Noosa website was good.
     There was a lot of work involved between meetings in sourcing additional information and
      presenters.
     There was good co-operation from people who were invited by the jury to speak or present
      to the jury.
     There is a need to keep the community informed on the Community Jury progress and
      information provided to the jury.
     The right facilitator makes a significant difference.
     Local media interest in the process is important.
     The timing of meetings and using good facilitation skills to stimulate jury member
      interaction was important.
     The jury members became more and more engaged as they got deeper into the topic.

A full review of our process will be undertaken and presented to Council following the completion
of the second jury.


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