2014-01-13 Deamalgamation Report Attachment

Section 3 – Community Engagement
The Transfer Manager consulted and engaged extensively with the community focusing primarily
on residents and ratepayers of the Noosa area but also across the Sunshine Coast region
generally, to ensure information on the process of de-amalgamation was readily available. The
Transfer Manager communicated with individuals, community representative groups, local
businesses, representative business groups, potential vendors, government agencies and the
media.

A Community Engagement and Communications Plan was established to guide this process and
ensure connectivity and information provision to the community and provide a feedback
mechanisms for community concerns. That plan was developed around the following objectives:

    to connect with key stakeholders, particularly Noosa Shire residents and ratepayers to inform
     them in relation to transitional plans;
    to connect with key stakeholders to enable them to express concerns, make suggestions or
     raise queries in relation to the transition;
    to gather and collate information from all key stakeholders and present it to the new council
     specifically in relation to:
     o     the contemporary issues that should be addressed;
     o     the future needs and aspirations of the community that should be considered in
           strategic planning.

A Noosa Transfer Team web-site was developed to provide a key source of information to
stakeholders. That website provided public access to documents and regulations integral to the
de-amalgamation process such as progress reports, media releases and updates. The website
can be viewed via the following link www.noosatt.qld.gov.au




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