2014-01-13 Deamalgamation Report Attachment

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Noosa Transfer
     Team

 e  Timing — Obviously the timeframes are very short but the tactical staging of the program
    will be important. Key milestones include:

    9 March 2013                               De-amalgamation poll conducted
    29 April 2013                              Transfer Manager commenced
    Last quarter 2013                          Election of new Noosa Shire Council and
                                               Mayor
    1 January 2014                             New Noosa Shire Council comes _ into
                                               existence

 e  Influences — the external influences on community engagement will need to be
    considered in designing the community engagement activities.
 e  Activities — the detailed design of the community engagement activities will take all of
    the above elements into account.

Intent

The primary intent is to undertake a Community Engagement and Communications Plan
which will achieve connectivity, information provision and feedback mechanisms for
community concerns.

To clearly identify intent, provides an underlining purpose for engagement activities. It is this
purpose which will enable messages to be clearly articulated. The objectives mentioned
above contribute to this purpose as well as requirements set out in the De-amalgamation
Methodology to develop and undertake a Community Engagement and Communications
Plan.

Message

There are many possible messages that may need to be conveyed or sought (remembering
importantly that community engagement is a two-way exercise). The following messages
have been identified and will be tailored to different target audiences.

Key Messages:

e   Toclarify the role and responsibility of the Transfer Manager;
e   To explicitly address differences in Council’s roles and responsibilities and that of the
    Transfer Manager;
e   To clarify the role and responsibility of the Local Advisory Committee and the fact that
    they are the primary conduit for advice on issues impacting the community;

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