2023-02-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               13 FEBRUARY 2023


6.    REPORTS DIRECT TO GENERAL COMMITTEE



3     NOOSA PLACE PROGRAM – PILOT PLACE SELECTION


Author            Principal Strategic Planner, Michelle Tucker
                  Environment and Sustainable Development Department

Index             ECM/Project and Contract: Placemaking Pilot

Attachments       1.    Indicative Draft Pilot Program Outline 23/24


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Noosa Council endorsed in its 2019/2020 budget and subsequent budgets to establish a whole of
Council approach to place making. This included the development of a Place Program Framework
and the selection and commencement of a Pilot Place Project with the option to continue this in
the longer term across the Shire. This report presents an outline of the Noosa Place Program to
date including the key aims and objectives of the program. The report outlines the establishment
of an internal governance structure including an evaluation and monitoring process, initial
community consultation via a Liveability Survey and the selection and recommendation for the
Place Pilot location. The report will also include a schedule identifying potential locations to
continue the roll out of the program, if successful, for the upcoming coming 23/24 Budget.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner to the General Committee Meeting
dated 13 February 2023 and approve Pomona to be the location for the first Place Program pilot.

REPORT
The concept of ‘Place’ is a values-based connection that an individual or community associates
with a particular location. Where a person or communities values align with a place it is called
‘place connection’. This connection is an emotional connection which can be very individual or
unique to a person or community. Great places are where people feel good, want to come back to
and feel connected to. The experience and connection to a place is ultimately about wellbeing.

Place-based programs seek to deliver sustainable social, economic and environmental benefits
through place-based partnerships and program interventions customised to a specific location and
the needs of its different communities. It is critical that a placed based approach must truly reflect
the uniqueness of different localities and communities and in order to achieve this it involves
multiple stakeholders and takes a wholistic approach. A place-based approach involves looking at,
listening to, and asking questions of the people who live, work and play in a particular space in
order to discover the needs and aspirations of those people and to create a common vision for that
place.

A successful place-based approach is reliant on clear goals, strong community ownership,
leadership and facilitation. As all places are different, place-based programs need to be tailored to
reflect the specific scale, status, role and resources of the place.

There are a number of various ways to describe different approaches and interventions to place
planning, including place making, place management, place programming and place planning. The
process of place-based approaches has shifted over the years from general planning of public

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