2019-04-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   15 APRIL 2019




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               15 APRIL 2019

e) Noosa Shire’s range of events is diverse and inclusive
 Council will seek to ensure the range of events held in Noosa is diverse, socially inclusive, supports
 broad community participation and that each event provides clear community benefits.
f)  Events employ sustainable practices
All events must employ sustainable environmental practices.
 Council will prescribe minimum requirements for waste management and other measures.
Annual and repeat events must demonstrate continuing improvement in sustainable environmental
 practices and progress toward best practice in event management, waste management and
 sustainable transport.
 Council will seek to ensure the use of single-use plastics is phased out for all events by 2021. Their
 replacement by reusable, recyclable and compostable alternatives will help foster new circular
 economies and innovation.
 Balloons are prohibited for all events.
 Council will generally only approve fireworks for Christmas and New Year’s Eve community events.
 g) Locally owned and operated businesses are preferred
 Event proposals from locally owned and operated organisations will generally be preferred in order
to retain benefits within the shire.
 h) Not-for-profit community groups are preferred
 Events run by incorporated not-for-profit community groups will generally be preferred over for-profit
organisations.
 i) Ratepayers do not subsidise tourism events and events by for-profit organisations
A user-pays approach will be applied to ensure there is no ratepayer subsidy of permit administration
for tourism events and events by for-profit organisations.
j)  Tourism events, corporate events and events by for-profit organisations contribute to
    broader local environmental outcomes
 Council may seek to establish new initiatives whereby tourism, corporate and for-profit events
 contribute towards local environmental management initiatives.
 GUIDELINES
 Council will develop a framework of supporting guidelines, plans and procedures to support this
 policy. While those will provide key details for applicants, the following primary requirements form
 part of this policy:
 e  Applications that do not provide all mandatory information will not be accepted;
 e  Applications for events on a beach or Chaplin Park must include contingency plans for an
    alternate site(s) in the event of beach erosion, severe weather, inundation and the like; and
 e  Applications for new large events (exceeding 2,000 attendees) must be lodged a minimum of 6
    months prior to the event.
 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 Council's Property Manager is responsible for the assessment of event applications, consultation
with stakeholders and the issue of event permits.
 Council will formally consider applications that would have the effect of increasing the acceptable
 number of events in a precinct with adopted event limits.

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