Meeting minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                           15 DECEMBER 2025


8.2   ADOPTION OF DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
      Motion
      Moved:            Cr Amelia Lorentson
      Seconded:         Cr Nicola Wilson
      That Council
      A. Note the Draft Noosa Destination Management Plan and the submissions received,
         acknowledge the need for further analysis and refinement, and defer adoption of the
         current draft to the April 2026 round of meetings; and
      B. Engage a suitably qualified, independent destination management professional to finalise
         the 10-year Destination Management Plan.

      Lost.
      For:              Cr Amelia Lorentson, Cr Jessica Phillips, Cr Nicola Wilson
                        Cr Brian Stockwell, Cr Karen Finzel, Cr Tom Wegener, Cr Frank
      Against:          Wilkie

      Motion
      Moved:             Cr Frank Wilkie
      Seconded:          Cr Tom Wegener
      That Council
         A. Note the report by the Director Environment and Strategy and Manager Economic
             Development and Destination Management to the General Committee dated 15
             December 2025;
         B. Endorse the Destination Management Plan (DMP) – For the Love of Noosa -
             provided at Attachment 1;
         C. Note the Draft Implementation plan, provided at Attachment 2, to support the
             implementation of the DMP, noting this plan will be refined with input from
             partner/support organisations, reviewed and updated on an annual basis and
             informed by Council’s annual budget considerations; and
         D. Delegate authority to the CEO to make minor changes or amendments to the DMP
             and associated appendices if required prior to designing and publishing final
             documents on Council’s website.


      Amendment No. 1
      Moved:             Cr Brian Stockwell
      Seconded:          Cr Nicola Wilson
      That Item C be amended to read:
      C. Note the Draft Implementation plan, provided at Attachment 2, to support the
      implementation of the DMP noting this plan will be refined with input from partner/support
      organisations, reviewed and updated on an annual basis; with this process including:
         1. Consideration by Council of the advice provided by the Destination Stewardship
         Council; once established, in accordance with its Terms of Reference (form and function)
         to be specifically agreed to by Council (noting a key function of the proposed Stewardship
         Council is to provide recommendations on refinements to the Monitoring and Evaluation
         Framework);
         2. The specific actions relating to parking will be refined and determined by Council
         through the Parking Management Plan process currently in progress as approved in 25/26
         Council budget; and
         3. Project outlines including, any proposed community or stakeholder consultation,
         costings and resourcing for each priority action be considered and agreed to by Council
         as part of the budget process.