2021-08-16 General Committee Meeting Minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                              16 AUGUST 2021


        Committee Recommendation
        Moved:            Cr Lorentson
        Seconded:         Cr Wegener
        That Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner and Carbon Reduction
        Officer to the Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 10 August 2021 and:
        A.    Note the report on submissions received during the community consultation on the
              draft Climate Change Response Plan;
        B.    Adopt the final Climate Change Response Plan, provided at Attachment 1 to the
              report;
        C.    Request the CEO to establish a community reference group within 3 months of
              adoption to assist with the implementation of the plan and in particular request that
              group include representatives from the Kabi Kabi First Nations People;
        D.    Request the CEO to investigate options for the formation of a Youth Reference
              Group or the like, to participate in Council’s climate change response and
              contribute to practical solutions to include indigenous youth;
        DE. Request the CEO to develop a detailed implementation action plan in consultation
            with the community reference group to inform Council’s future budget processes;
        EF.   Note that Council has been awarded $310,000 in state government grant funding
              for two climate change resilience pilot projects to work in collaboration with other
              southeast Queensland councils to increase local government capability to mitigate
              and adapt to climate risk.
                                                                          Carried unanimously.


    4   NOOSA TRAIL MASTERPLAN UPDATE
        The following material was presented to the meeting in relation to this item:
         Cr Finzel – amended map - refer to Attachment 2

        Committee Recommendation
        Moved:            Cr Finzel
        Seconded:         Cr Stockwell
        That Council note the report by the Principal Environment Officer to the Planning &
        Environment Committee Meeting dated 10 August 2021 and resolve to:
        A.    Rename the Noosa Trail Network to the Noosa Biosphere® Trail, consisting of the
              Hinterland Trail and the Coastal Trail;
        B.    Adopt the Noosa Biosphere® Trail Concept map as a basis for the development of
              a Shire-wide Trail Implementation Plan with an amendment to the Map legend to
              provide greater clarity regarding the type of users that use the trail; and
        C.    Note the progress of the Trail 5 Pomona to Cooran Upgrade Works.
                                                                          Carried unanimously.




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