2019-08-15 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                            15 AUGUST 2019


   Council has been active in supporting the local communities who have been affected by
    proposals for the new Sunshine Coast airport flight paths. Council has worked closely with Flight
    Path Forum Inc. as part of the community based campaign to review the proposed flight paths
    and improve the level of community engagement by Airservices Australia as part of that process.
   There has been significant progress on the backlog of community lease renewals. Following de-
    amalgamation, we inherited more than 28 expired leases and had quite a number of other
    community groups with no formal tenure arrangements. By 30 June 2019, there were no
    community groups without tenure arrangements in place and only 5 leases still awaiting renewal.
   Council undertook an Expression of Interest process for the upstairs section of the Peregian
    Beach Surf Lifesaving Club building which generated significant public interest. Following that
    expression of interest process, Council agreed to issue a 3 year trustee permit to Surf Lifesaving
    Queensland Sunshine Coast Branch.
   Council continued to invest in the maintenance of our community halls and facilities. We
    undertook periodic painting of community halls including the Tinbeerwah Hall. We also
    undertook some upgrades of community facilities including upgrading the air-conditioning and
    electrical systems at the Pomona Community House.
   Council completed a detailed review of an Events Policy for our Shire. This included an extensive
    community engagement process which culminated in the adoption of Noosa Events Policy which
    is designed to provide clarity about the number and location of annual events.
   Council has reviewed and updated its Community
    Engagement       Policy.    Significant   community
    engagement projects in 2018/19 included:
    o    The draft Noosa Planning Scheme
    o    Proposal for a local law on advertising signage
    o    Events Policy
    o    Environment Strategy
    o    Draft Noosa River Plan
    o    Pioneer Park Upgrade at Cooran
    o    Hinterland Park at Cooroy.
   Council has undertaken numerous Library and Gallery programs to support our community. Our
    Library Services have physically issued over 437,982 items to our community during the last 12
    months.
   Our Noosa Aquatic Centre, Noosa Leisure Centre and The J all had outstanding years. In terms
    of numbers, the NAC had 240,893 visits which is just under last year’s number of visits, however
    the NAC closed in June 2019 for major scheduled maintenance of the pool, roof and deck
    structures. The Noosa Leisure Centre had 127,580 visits which is up 19.9% on last year but
    some of that increase can be attributed to extra visitors to the temporary library while the
    Noosaville Library refurbishment was underway. The J had 90,992 visits which is up nearly 4%
    on the previous year.
   Council took the lead on lobbying for reform to how electronic gaming machine approvals are
    managed in Queensland. Council was successful in gaining support for the Local Government
    Association of Queensland to lobby on behalf of Queensland councils for legislative reform.
    Council also joined the Gambling Alliance Reform Group – a group of like-minded councils across
    Australia lobbying for policy changes that would reduce the negative impact of gaming machines
    on local communities.




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