2021-08-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                      16 AUGUST 2021


2        CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITES
We can’t rest on our laurels. There is always more to do. The key areas of focus for 2021/22 will
include:
     Managing the transition for the CEO position with the planned retirement of current CEO.
     Ensuring that we remain “disaster ready” to assist our community, businesses and vulnerable
      sectors in the event of any further natural disasters.
     Identifying opportunities for Council to address the housing crisis in Noosa noting that this
      challenge is also being faced by many other regions.
     Finalise key policy documents and associated responses associated with Coastal Hazard
      Adaptation Plan (CHAP), Short Term Letting Local Law and Noosa 2020 Planning Scheme
      amendments.
     Take a proactive approach to engagement with land owners of the Noosa Business Centre to
      delivery optimal community outcomes.
     Continuing to lobby the State Government to upgrade Beckmans Road at Noosaville and also
      have the State Government deliver solutions for the two problem intersections at Cooroy.
     Continuing to manage the uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact
      on our local community and local economy
     Delivering the projects that have been funded by the State and Commonwealth governments
      and meeting their compressed timeframes
     Carefully managing our finances and making sound decisions to ensure that we are able to meet
      our financial sustainability goals despite the impact of COVID-19.


3        REFLECTIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Clearly as outlined above, 2020/21 was another busy year. The list of what we have achieved is
long (and may well be incomplete) but doesn’t include all of the day to day services provided like
lending library books, running the Noosa Aquatic Centre, sweeping streets, answering customer
enquiries, managing development applications etc.

To put the level of “day to day” activity into perspective, the following statistics are provided:


    Services Provided in 2020/21                                    2020/21 Data
    Number of visitors to the Noosa Aquatic Centre                  232,074
    Number of visitors to The J                                     38,719
    Number of visitors to the Noosa Leisure Centre                  80,898
    Number of clients serviced at Noosa Community Support           46,700 hours of service delivered to
                                                                    2,000 clients
    Number of visitors to the Libraries                             Noosaville – 107,764
                                                                    Cooroy – 70,249
                                                                    Mobile – 8,215
                                                                    Total – 186,228
    Number of physical items issued by our Libraries                Noosaville: 222,011
                                                                    Cooroy: 109,502
                                                                    Mobile: 11,475
                                                                    Total: 342,978



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