2023-03-16 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                          16 MARCH 2023


3   NOOSA HEADS LIONS PAID PARKING – EXTENSION OF PARKING TO 1 MAY 2024
    Motion
    Moved:           Cr Wilkie
    Seconded:        Cr Jurisevic
    That Council note the report by the Project Manager Special Projects to the General Committee
    Meeting dated 13 March 2023 and
    A.   Note that Council’s resolution on 17 September, 2020 allowed temporary parking in the
         Noosa Heads Lions Park on long weekends and school holidays during the Queensland
         Government’s Covid 19 Public Health Declaration, principally to accommodate the
         South-East Queensland Drive tourism market during interstate and international travel
         restrictions that were imposed as a response to the pandemic;
    B.   Note that the Queensland Government’s COVID 19 Public Health Declaration ended
         from October 31, 2022;
    C.   Note that continued use of the Noosa Heads Lions Park greenspace for car parking on
         long weekends and school holidays is contrary to the Department of Resources park
         designation, the Noosa Design Principles, the Noosa Plan, The Transport Strategy and
         the spirit and intent of Council’s September 17, 2020 resolution;
    D.   Note that shire-wide free weekend buses, that provide alternative means of accessing
         the Noosa Heads precinct, was introduced to the network in February 2022;
    E.   Discontinue car parking in the Noosa Heads Lions Park on long weekends and
         Queensland July and September school holidays after this Easter Period, as per the
         September 17, 2020 Council resolution;
    F.   Approve the use of the Noosa Heads Lions Park Reserve for paid parking during
         Christmas and Easter School holidays for a further 12 months, with delegation to the
         CEO to reduce the days subject to weather, over the following periods:
         •      Queensland Christmas school holidays including Saturday 9, Sunday 10, Saturday
                16, Sunday 17, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 December 2023, Tuesday 26
                December 2023 to Sunday 14 January 2024, Saturday 20 to 21 January 2024;
         •      Queensland Easter school holidays from Friday 29 March to Sunday 14 April 2024;
    G.   Write to the Minister of the Department of Resources to request the proposed use of
         Noosa Heads Lions Park Reserve for peak period parking during the above-mentioned
         periods, and that community engagement and future use of the park is proposed to be
         undertaken as part of Noosa Council’s Destination Management Plan;
    H.   Delegate the CEO to work with the Tewantin Noosa Lions Club to determine new paid
         carparking pricing for Lions Park that offsets the reduction in revenue and better reflects
         the cost of carparking on community greenspace in the Hastings Street precinct;
    I.   Approve allocation of 50% of the car parking revenue after GST to the Tewantin Noosa
         Lions Club and the remaining revenue towards Go Noosa initiatives and park
         remediation;
    J.   That an amount equivalent to 50% of Council’s share of the ‘profit’ from car parking in
         the Noosa Heads Lions Park Reserve be held ‘in reserve’ and allocated to recreational
         improvements in Noosa Heads Lions Park for residents and visitors alike, noting that the
         term ‘profit’ refers to Council’s share of the revenue less costs associated with parking
         on the reserve; and
    K.   Seek community feedback on the use of Noosa Heads Lions Park for car parking as part
         of the proposed Destination Management Plan.
    L.   Request a report to Council advising of traffic modelling and future impact, should the

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