2023-03-13 General Committee Meeting Minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                             13 MARCH 2023


    Amendment No. 4
    Moved:         Cr Lorentson
    Seconded:      Cr Stockwell
    That Item M be added to read:
    M.   Offer assistance to transition to the Tewantin Noosa Lions Club in sourcing future
         fundraising opportunities as they become available.
                                                                    Carried unanimously.
    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:       Cr Wilkie
    Seconded:    Cr Finzel
    That Council note the report by the Project Manager Special Projects to the General
    Committee Meeting dated 13 March 2023 and
    A.   Note that Council’s resolution on 17 September, 2020 allowed temporary parking in the
         Noosa Heads Lions Park on long weekends and school holidays during the
         Queensland Government’s Covid 19 Public Health Declaration, principally to
         accommodate the South-East Queensland Drive tourism market during interstate and
         international travel restrictions that were imposed as a response to the pandemic;
    B.   Note that the Queensland Government’s COVID 19 Public Health Declaration ended
         from October 31, 2022;
    C.   Note that continued use of the Noosa Heads Lions Park greenspace for car parking on
         long weekends and school holidays is contrary to the Department of Resources park
         designation, the Noosa Design Principles, the Noosa Plan, The Transport Strategy and
         the spirit and intent of Council’s September 17, 2020 resolution;
    D.   Note that shire-wide free weekend buses, that provide alternative means of accessing
         the Noosa Heads precinct, was introduced to the network in February 2022;
    E.   Discontinue car parking in the Noosa Heads Lions Park on long weekends and
         Queensland July and September school holidays after this Easter Period, as per the
         September 17, 2020 Council resolution;
    F.   Approve the use of the Noosa Heads Lions Park Reserve for paid parking during
         Christmas and Easter School holidays for a further 12 months, with delegation to the
         CEO to reduce the days subject to weather, over the following periods:
         •     Queensland Christmas school holidays including Saturday 9, Sunday 10,
               Saturday 16, Sunday 17, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 December 2023, Tuesday
               26 December 2023 to Sunday 14 January 2024, Saturday 20 to 21 January 2024;
         •     Queensland Easter school holidays from Friday 29 March to Sunday 14 April
               2024;
    G.   Write to the Minister of the Department of Resources to inform of request the intended
         proposed use of Noosa Heads Lions Park Reserve for peak period parking during the
         above-mentioned periods, and that community engagement and future use of the park
         is proposed to be undertaken as part of Noosa Council’s Destination Management
         Plan;
    H.   Delegate the CEO to work with the Tewantin Noosa Lions Club to determine new paid
         carparking pricing for Lions Park that offsets the reduction in revenue and better
         reflects the cost of carparking on community greenspace in the Hastings Street
         precinct;
    I.   Approve allocation of 50% of the car parking revenue after GST to the Tewantin Noosa
         Lions Club and the remaining revenue towards Go Noosa initiatives and park
         remediation;
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