2021-03-18 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                                18 MARCH 2021


The application form was placed on Council’s website asking for details of the applicant, what user
sectors they would represent, whether they were representing an organisation and two questions by
which the application would be assessed;
     Describe your knowledge and experience with regard to management issues of the Noosa
      River and its catchment. Please include relevant positions held, employment and business
      and/or individual interest.
     Describe how you are linked to your community or stakeholder representative group and the
      way you will bring forward the views of that group to NRSAC, and feedback discussions and
      decisions.

A third question was asked, that was optional and did not form part of the assessment;
     What are the top 3-5 issues that you feel are the priority for the Noosa River and its catchment,
      and briefly describe what solutions would you propose in order to address them.

Assessment process
Twenty (20) applications were received. These were assessed against the two criteria above. Seven
of those applications were received together, requesting to be considered as a group submission
with all seven as candidates. These seven applicants were considered individually by both Council
and MSQ.

The initial assessment was undertaken by a staff member of Noosa Council and a staff member of
Maritime Safety Queensland. Each criteria was scored out of 10 by both officers, providing a total
score out of 40 for each candidate. At the end of the scoring, an assessment was also made that all
river use sectors identified in the Terms of Reference were appropriately represented.

This initial assessment was presented to Council’s Chief Executive Officer and the Maritime Safety
Queensland General Manager for review.

The 12 selected nominees were, in alphabetical order:
  Name                   Sectors represented (as nominated by       Organisation representing (if
                         the candidate, primary sector first)       relevant)
  Ben Broadfoot          Recreational fishing, conservation group   OzFish Unlimited
  Bruce Davidson         Recreational fishing
  Michael Gloster        Conservation group, recreational boating   Noosa Parks Association
  Jane Harris            Recreational boating
  Nick Hluszko           Other – community leader experienced in    Noosa North Shore Association
                         river issues
  Richard Howard         NRM group, conservation group              Noosa Integrated Catchment
                                                                    Association
  Peter Hunnam           NRM group, recreational boating
  Chris Massoud          Commercial fishing
  Phillip Moran          NRM group                                  Noosa & District Landcare
                                                                    Association
  Noel Playford          Other – residents and ratepayers, Other    Noosa Residents & Ratepayer
                         – recreational users                       Association
  Lachlan Stevens        Commercial boating, tourism                Noosa Commercial Boatman’s
                                                                    Association
  David Stielow          Commercial operator, tourism




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