2022-12-12 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             12 DECEMBER 2022


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Property Manager to the General Committee Meeting dated 12
December 2022 and
A.   Note the formal request from the Department of Resources regarding the Department of
     Environment and Science’s desire to formally acquire Lot 7 on MCH4562 for inclusion in the
     Great Sandy National Park on the Noosa North Shore; and
B.   Authorise the CEO to write to the Department of Resources advising that Council:
     1.    Will not unreasonably withhold its support to relinquish trusteeship of Lot 7 on
           MCH4562 to allow the Department of Environment and Science to be appointed as the
           new trustee;
     2.    Requests the Department of Environment and Science consult with the community and
           the resident clubs being the Sunshine Coast Sports Aviators Inc. and the Noosa Model
           Flyers Inc. regarding future use of the landing ground reserve, as outlined in the
           Department of Resources’ formal correspondence to Council; and
     3.    Requests the Department of Environment and Science consider feedback noted in
           Attachments 6-8 to the report regarding the suitability of the landing ground reserve for
           flying activities and emergency operations when determining future use of the landing
           ground reserve.



REPORT
1.     Purpose
The purpose of this report is to confirm Council’s response to a request from the Department of
Resources to relinquish Council’s trusteeship of the Noosa North Shore Landing Ground Reserve
to allow its inclusion in the surrounding Great Sandy National Park.
2.     Background
The Noosa North Shore Landing Ground is State owned land located approximately 3km south of
Teewah township and 2km northeast of the “third cutting” access to Teewah Beach. The site is a
428ha lot, formally described as Lot 7 on MCH4562, gazetted as a reserve for Landing Ground for
Aircraft for which Council is the nominated trustee. The reserve sits within the Great Sandy
National Park, with access only available from the south via an informal 3km sand track through
the National Park.

A Locality Plan and aerial photograph of the reserve are shown in Figures 1 & 2 below.




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