2016-07-18 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   18 JULY 2016




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                   18 JULY 2016

     OPERATIONAL PLAN 2015-16 PROGRESS REPORT                                                                      Quarter 4: 1 April 2016 - 30 June 2016
     WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY
     No. Project                                                         iC) elelar diel iia                       Update                                                                                        PS ELIT)
     1    Planning and design of Rufous Street Project                   Director Community Services               Material Change of Use for a development permit for the Rufous St precinct lodged on 29      Ontrack    ©@
                                                                                                                   April 2016. Public notification commenced 10 June 2016, closing 1 July 2016.

     2    Planning and delivery of the Floating Land exhibition          Gallery Director                          Floating Land 2015 festival delivered 29 August - 18 October. Preparing report for Council Completed   @
                                                                                                                   to consider future options for Floating Land.
     3    Community Jury - second topic                                  Community Engagement Manager              Second Community Jury successfully completed; Council resolving on 14 January 2016 to     Completed    @
                                                                                                                   retain the community jury as a Community Engagement tool; and Jurors acknowledged
                                                                                                                   with certificates.

     4    Undertake studies for development of new Planning Scheme       Principal Strategic Planner               Majority of studies are complete or nearing completion. There have been some delays           Behind    Q@
                                                                                                                   due to dependencies, consultant delays and updated data availability. All studies should    Schedule
                                                                                                                   be completed or significantly advanced in order to inform the new Planning Scheme
                                                                                                                   Directions Paper expected to come before Council in September 2016.

     5 _ Trial of electric buses in conjunction with Translink           Director Planning & Infrastructure        Negotiating with the preferred tenderer. Liaising with Energex regarding the design and       Behind   @
                                                                                                                   approvals for charging infrastructure.                                                      Schedule
     6   Work with our community by developing local economic initiatives Economic Development Officer             The new Council reviewed and discussed the Implementation Plan for the Local              Completed    @
                                                                                                                   Economic Plan and finalised the budget for the 2016-17 financial year. Project Plans will
                                                                                                                   now be finalised with implementation to commence 1 July 2016.

     SETTING POLICY AND STRATEGY
     No. Project                                                        Responsibility                             Uy ete ELC                                                                                    ELE)
     1    Development and adoption of Noosa Transport Strategy           Infrastructure Planning & Design Manager  More effort has been needed in reviewing the work of the Consultants and ensuring the         Behind    (.
                                                                                                                   community and stakeholders have been engaged. The strategic components of the plan          Schedule
                                                                                                                   are likely to come before Council by August and the detailed Action Plan, which requires
                                                                                                                   additional engagement will be reported in the following months.
     2    Development and adoption of Noosa Local Economic Plan          Economic Development Officer              The Local Economic Plan will be updated to reflect the views of the new Council. Updates  Completed    @
                                                                                                                   see the addition of Education as a priority industry sector.
     3    Koala Policy - mapping and policy adoption                     Principal Environment Officer             The consultation phase of the draft Koala Conservation Management Plan has been              On track  @
                                                                                                                   completed with a report on the results being presented to the July 2016 round of Council
                                                                                                                   meetings.
     4    Development and adoption of Social Plan                        Community Development Coordinator         Social Strategy adopted by Council at the Ordinary Meeting on 17 December 2015.           Completed    @
                                                                                                                   Implementation Plan going to July 2016 round of Council meetings
     5    Development and adoption of Sustainability Principles          Executive Manager                         Sustainability Principles adopted by Council on 19 November 2015 for the purpose of       Completed    @
                                                                                                                   guiding Council's strategy development. A further review of the principles will be
                                                                                                                   undertaken in association with the review and development of the new Corporate Plan.

     6    Development and adoption of Library Strategy                   Manager Libraries & Galleries             Library Strategy placed on hold while Service Review underway. Library Service Review         Behind   @
                                                                                                                   completed in May 2016. Library Strategy to be reviewed as a future project in 2016/17.      Schedule
                                                                                                                   Future progress of this project will be reported to Council as part of the Community
                                                                                                                   Services Departmental updates.

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