2022-03-14 General Committee Meeting Minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                             14 MARCH 2022


        Amendment No. 2
        Moved:            Cr Wilkie
        Seconded:         Cr Finzel
        That item B be added to read:
        B.   That Council invite a representative from the Noosa Boating and Fishing Alliance
             along with other interested parties to participate in the upcoming publicly
             advertised expression of interest process to fill 2 vacant spaces on the Noosa
             River Stakeholder Advisory Committee.
                                                                       Carried unanimously
        Amendment No. 3
        Moved:            Cr Finzel
        Seconded:         Cr Wilkie
        That the preamble of the motion be amended to read:
        “That Council note the report by the Environmental Services Manager (Acting) to the
        Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 8 March 2022 providing an update
        on activities of the Noosa River Stakeholder Advisory Committee, in response to the
        high priority of vessel management in the Noosa River and note the planned focus for
        2022, and”
                                                                     Carried unanimously.
        Committee Recommendation
        Moved:           Cr Stockwell
        Seconded:        Cr Stewart
        That Council note the report by the Environmental Services Manager (Acting) to the
        Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 8 March 2022 providing an update
        on activities of the Noosa River Stakeholder Advisory Committee, in response to the
        high priority of vessel management in the Noosa River and note the planned focus for
        2022, and
        A.   Request a Further Report to Council at a future meeting with a recommended
             approach to vessel management on the Noosa River that aims to achieve the
             ‘Strategic Intent’ of the Noosa Plan 2020 regarding natural scenic amenity and
             landscape character. The report should include a review, and the advice and
             recommendations of the Noosa River Stakeholder Advisory Committee in regard
             to the relevant issues and proposals in the draft Noosa River Plan including:
             1.     clutter and congestion;
             2.     impediments to use of the river foreshore by local residents and the general
                    public by vessel mooring and anchoring;
             3.     a management framework that regulates anchoring, mooring and living on
                    the river and establishes effective compliance regimes and achieves
                    compliance with them; and
             4.     The potential use of Environment Levy or other sources of revenue to fund
                    any enhanced role of Council in the management of the river.
        B.   That Council invite a representative from the Noosa Boating and Fishing Alliance
             along with other interested parties to participate in the upcoming publicly
             advertised expression of interest process to fill 2 vacant spaces on the Noosa
             River Stakeholder Advisory Committee.
        For:        Crs Lorentson, Jurisevic, Stewart, Stockwell, Finzel and Wilkie
        Against:    Cr Wegener
                                                                                       Carried.

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