2020-06-18 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                                 18 JUNE 2020


          Question 2:
          The Town Plan states clearly in Section 15.2 that the population estimates and
          projections it has adopted are used to determine the type, scale, location and timing of
          development and the desired standards of service the council delivers, and so I ask
          whether by adopting population numbers and projections for the Hinterland significantly
          lower than those of the ABS in its principal planning document, is Noosa Council set to
          deliver inadequate facilities and services, smaller in scale, than otherwise would have
          been the case had ABS data been the determining factor?
          Response by Kim Rawlings, Director Environment & Sustainable Development:
          As per the response to the previous question the answer is the same.
          Population both inside and outside the PIA is taken into account for infrastructure
          planning. This results in no difference in provision of “trunk” facilities and services as
          the “trunk” planning has included all residential and non-residential development inside
          and outside the PIA areas.
          It is important to note that “trunk” infrastructure in a LGIP is the higher order infrastructure
          i.e. Major roads/sports fields/open space etc. of a district and shire wide nature. The
          LGIP does not include “local” small local parks/pathways type infrastructure, this is
          planned for managed and determined through Council’s normal Asset Management and
          Capital Planning processes.
          The preparation process for the LGIP is strictly mandated by the State Legislation,
          Regulations and specifically the Minister’s Guidelines and Rules, under which the LGIPs,
          for both the current and new planning schemes, have undergone two extensive
          independent reviews followed by two Ministerial reviews prior to receiving final approval
          from the Minister allowing Council adoption. The rigour of these process ensure
          population figures used are appropriate and consistent with State population figures.
          To sum up this fairly lengthy response, as explained the assertion that incorrect
          population figures are being used for infrastructure planning is not correct.




12   NEXT MEETING

     The next Ordinary Meeting will be held on 16 July 2020 at the Council Chambers, 9 Pelican
     Street, Tewantin commencing at 5pm.




13   MEETING CLOSURE

     The meeting closed at 6.06pm.




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