2017-03-13 General Committee Meeting Notes

RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY – NOT THE FINAL DECISION OF COUNCIL
GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                         13 MARCH 2017


    Amendment
    Moved:           Cr Stockwell
    Seconded:        Cr Wilkie
    That item B be amended to read as follows:
    B.   Write to commercial jetty leaseholders along Gympie Terrace advising them to cease
         encroachments onto reserve land immediately,; and further that staff conduct random
         audits to ensure compliance with this direction and where prohibited activities under
         Local Law 4 are identified, take such action as necessary to seize or impound any
         structure, vessel or thing as is provided for under s28 of Local Law 1; and
                                                                                              Lost.
    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:           Cr Wellington
    Seconded:        Cr Glasgow
    That Council note the report by the Property Advisor to the Services & Organisation
    Committee meeting dated 7 March 2017 and authorise the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to:
    A.   Write to the Queensland Government (DNRM) confirming Council’s support of their
         proposed compliance action to ensure its lease holders remain within approved lease
         areas and uses are for marine facilities purposes;
    B.   Write to commercial jetty leaseholders along Gympie Terrace advising them to cease
         encroachments onto reserve land; and
    C.   Seek to develop a Memorandum of Understanding between DNRM and Council to
         establish:
         1.     a regular compliance inspection program of commercial river leases identified in
                Figure 1 of the report; and
         2.     a process by which the parties consult prior to consenting to any new sub-leases
                or uses.
    D.   Note that matters arising from conflicts with the planning scheme by commercial jetty
         leaseholders are currently on hold while Council waits for advice from DNRM with
         regards to their intended actions, in particular in respect of the leases being for “marine
         facilities purposes”.
                                                                                          Carried.


3   1617T059 - DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF PEREGIAN BEACH DIGITAL HUB
    BUILDING & CARPARK
    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:           Cr Jurisevic
    Seconded:        Cr Jackson
    That Council note the report by the Project Manager to the General Committee Meeting dated
    13 March 2017 and award tender 1617T059 for Design and Construction of Peregian Beach
    Digital Hub Building & Carpark to J Hutchinson Pty Ltd t/as Hutchinson Builders for the lump
    sum price of $2,727,461 (excluding GST).
                                                                                        Carried.

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