2021-02-09 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                            9 FEBRUARY 2021


3    NOOSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INC. EXEMPTION REQUEST
     FOR THE PROVISION OF ALCOHOL FOR TEMPORARY EVENTS DURING COVID-19
     PANDEMIC
Author           Property Officer, Jill Ikers
                 Corporate Services Department

Index            ECM/ 34.60 Licences/Permits/Registrations

Attachments      Nil

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Property Officer to the Services and Organisation Committee
Meeting dated 9 February 2021 and
A.   Approve the Noosa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc.’s application for an exemption
     to provide alcohol at the Great Aussie Wellbeing BBQ with a maximum attendance of fewer
     than 500 people onsite at any one time;
B.   Not approve the applicant’s proposed attendance request of 700 people; and
C.   Authorise the CEO to assess the temporary event application once it is properly made and
     Council has received all the required information to undertake its assessment in
     accordance with Council’s normal permit application and approval process.


REPORT
The purpose of this report is to seek Council’s determination for an exemption request from the
Noosa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. for the provision of alcohol for a temporary event
on community land during the COVID-19 pandemic environment.

1. Background
At Council’s Special Meeting on 31 August 2020, Council considered a report regarding
temporary event permit approvals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Council resolved the following
at that meeting:
That Council note the report by the Property Manager to the Special Meeting dated 31 August
2020 and
A.   Refuse Temporary Event permit applications for Category 1 events (greater than 10,000
     people) and Category 2 events (not fewer than 500 or more than 10,000 people);
B.   Agree to consider an update report regarding Category 1 and Category 2 events and the
     broader events environment at Council’s February 2021 round of meetings;
C.   Allow Category 3 events including markets with fewer than 500 people subject to Council’s
     normal permit application assessment and approval process and the following additional
     assessment criteria:
         Satisfactory completion of a COVID Safe Event Checklist including a signed and
           displayed Statement of Compliance;
         Events to be focused towards Sunshine Coast participants only;
         No provision of alcohol (not licensed) unless the applicant has sought an exemption
           from Council and the exemption has been formally considered by Council;

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