2017-02-13 General Committee Meeting Notes

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


6   FURTHER REPORT - SHAPINGSEQ REGIONAL PLAN
    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:           Cr Wellington
    Seconded:        Cr Jurisevic
    That Council note the report by the Planning Scheme Project Manager to the Planning and
    Environment Committee dated 7 February 2017 and the Further Report to the General
    Committee dated 13 February 2017 and make the submission, provided at Attachment 1 to
    the General Committee Further Report, to the Queensland Government in response to
    ShapingSEQ, the draft new South East Queensland Regional Plan including the following
    additional changes to Attachment 1:
    A.   The inclusion of the word "which" in the sentence: "Noosa Council has adopted a Local
         Economic Plan with an aim to achieve growth in 'smart', high value industry sectors
         which are not dependent on population growth, but rather, which export services and
         products ..."
    B.   Change the sentence "Current initiatives to protect koala habitat is an example of
         important natural values being put at risk." To read: "The potential on-going loss of
         essential koala habitat is an example of important natural areas being put at risk."
    C.   Change "CSR" to "Halcyon" in the following sentence: "Council received
         correspondence from Halcyon regarding land under contract to the company at Emu
         Mountain near Peregian Beach."
    D.   Change the words "New Noosa Plan" to "new planning scheme" in the sentence: The
         new planning scheme will likely identify..."
                                                                                Carried.


7   DRAFT QUEENSLAND PROTECTED AREA STRATEGY
    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:           Cr Wellington
    Seconded:        Cr Glasgow
    That Council note the report by the Principal Environment Officer to the General Committee
    dated 13 February 2017 and make the submission, provided at Attachment 2 to the Report,
    to the Queensland Government in response to the Draft Queensland Protected Area
    Strategy including the following addition to the comment on Page 14:
    "However, for the headland section of Noosa Heads National Park, due to its essential
    tourism function and thus importance to the Noosa economy, we do not recommend an entry
    fee or public pass be implemented. A payment to utilise this national park would conflict with
    the Noosa approach to public access, would be difficult to manage given the many surfers
    who access the park, and may have deterrent effect on visitors to the area."
                                                                                         Carried.




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