2021-02-09 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                 9 FEBRUARY 2021


Fee Relief during COVID-19 Pandemic
Council has provided substantial fee discounts to permit holders throughout the COVID-19
pandemic, consistent with its approach to commercial permits and leases across the shire during
this time. Discounts may continue to apply depending on the level of ongoing health restrictions
and impacts to tourism and patronage. COVID-19 impacts will continue to be assessed by staff
and appropriate fee discounts applied whilst the pandemic continues.

Previous Council Consideration

Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 15 June 2017, Item 5, Page 9
That Council note the report by the Property Manager to the Services & Organisation Committee
Meeting dated 6 June 2017 and:
A.   Issue 3 year permits commencing 1 July 2017 to the following nine recommended permit
     holders:
     Activity                                     Recommended Permit Holder
     Learn to Surf Noosa Main Beach West 1        Surf Skills Pty Ltd t/as Learn to Surf Noosa
                                                  (No change)
     Learn to Surf Noosa Main Beach West 2        Go Ride A Wave Pty Ltd t/as Noosa Surf Lessons
                                                  and Go Ride A Wave (No change)
     Kayak Hire and Tours –                       Surf Skills Pty Ltd t/as Noosa Ocean Kayak Tours
     Noosa Main Beach West                        and Hire (No change)
     Beach Equipment Hire – Main Beach            Dorajar Pty Ltd t/as Noosa Beach Surf Hire
                                                  (No change)
     Beach Equipment Hire –                       Go Ride A Wave Pty Ltd t/as Noosa Surf Lessons
     Noosa Main Beach West                        and Go Ride A Wave Pty Ltd
     Snacks and Drinks Refreshment Noosa Spit     David Draper t/as Spit Beach Snacks (No change)
     Surf Dancing - between rockwalls             Surfdancer Pty Ltd t/as Surfdancer (No change)
     Kite Surfing Lessons – Noosa River Mouth &   Tarr’s Enterprises Pty Ltd t/as Adventure Sports
     Burgess Creek south to Peregian Beach        Kitesurf Australia (No change)
     Settlers Cove Jetty Water Taxi               Wilschke Discretionary Trust t/as Gondolas of
                                                  Noosa Pty Ltd (No change)

B.   Publicly re-advertise for Expressions of Interest for the beach massage permit and offer an
     interim permit commencing 1 July 2017 to the existing permit holder to allow continuity of
     operations until Council considers a further report on the outcomes of the new EOI process;
C.   Add a condition to both the Beach Equipment Hire permits to ensure that activity and
     equipment associated with the permits are limited to a 49m2 permit area; and
D.   Add a condition to the Beach Equipment Hire Noosa Main Beach permit to ensure the
     equipment trailer associated with the permit activity is delivered to Noosa Main Beach
     generally before 6:00am in the summer periods (from commencement of September school
     holidays to completion of Easter school holidays) and before 7:00am at other times.
Finance
Fee increases are proposed to address Council’s administration costs for the new permits and
achieve an appropriate return. The fees take into account potential direct competitive tension with
local businesses operating under commercial arrangements to ensure a level playing field where
possible. Fee discounts have been applied throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and these may
be further extended, depending on the ongoing pandemic impacts to local business. Further
discounting would impact on Council’s fee revenue and require ratepayer subsidisation.



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