Meeting minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                          20 JUNE 2024


            considered at some stage as part of the overall River Plan. To ensure the Draft
            Fact sheet accurately reflected the required process, Council of course sought
            input and advice from the relevant State Government Department on its drafting.
            As a result of the deferral motion this Draft Fact Sheet was not completed at the
            time.
   11.4.    SHIRLEY NOCENTE

            Question 1.
            I am an 81-year-old local resident who has lived in Noosa and paid rates since
            1969. I enjoy spending time at the Noosaville waterfront every week and many
            times during the year with my family for picnics and BBQs. Why, as a part of the
            Noosaville Foreshore Master Plan, does the Noosa Council want to use our own
            Rates to limit Residents' access to the river by taking away over 100 riverside car
            parks? Does this action reflect a covert Noosa Council policy to reduce the car
            park numbers at key locations around our shire, as the Council did at the surf club
            at Christmas?

            Response provided by
            Council has prepared the DRAFT Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Master plan
            for community consultation. Council welcomes diverse views from the community
            as part of the consultation program for the DRAFT plan to help set the optimal
            direction for this cherished foreshore and will certainly consider these views as
            part of its final deliberations. A key consideration is the opportunity to create more
            green space along the beautiful water edge for community enjoyment, which it
            can achieve through relocation of carparking spaces from the foreshore, to other
            nearby locations. The DRAFT Master Plan proposed several locations to
            relocation of carparking spaces, but it is noted that drop off areas and disabled
            carparking spaces will need to be provided. In terms of the broader Noosa Council
            program about carparking management, Council is committed to encouraging all
            residents and visitors to embrace public and active transport to reduce congestion
            as part of its endorsed Transportation Strategy, rather than trying to accommodate
            peak time carparking demand, which would be at the loss of open space and
            further exacerbate traffic congestion . Council is also committed to ensuring all
            our foreshores and public spaces are also as attractive as possible as part of our
            Noosa character and experience which is coveted by residents and visitors.

            Question 2.
            I was lucky enough to live opposite the Lions Park in Noosaville during the 1970s,
            and my family has been fortunate to grow up around our beautiful river during that
            time and since. Why does the Noosa Council plan to forever ruin the feel and soul
            of this special place, our beloved Noosaville foreshore, with its overly elaborate
            plans, including fake sand dunes that will take up valuable picnic areas and
            separate the grass and river bank spaces, making it impossible for parents to keep
            an eye of their kids? Doesn't the Council believe that our Noosaville foreshore is
            beautiful as it is and only requires the lightest touch?

            Response provided by
            Council has prepared the DRAFT Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Master plan
            for community consultation. Council welcomes diverse views from the community
            as part of the consultation program for the DRAFT plan to help set the optimal
            direction for this cherished foreshore and will certainly consider these views as
            part of its final deliberations. A key challenge for the foreshore is increasing
            erosion and tidal inundation arising from climate change. Early feedback from the
            community sought nature based solutions to enhance the parklands and the
            DRAFT plan proposes naturalised coastal protection barriers such as low sand
            mounds and living sea walls to help protect the public areas of the foreshore from