2020-01-16 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                            16 JANUARY 2020


9    ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS

     1      DRAFT SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND KOALA CONSERVATION STRATEGY 2019-
            2024
            Council Resolution
            Moved:             Cr Wilkie
            Seconded:          Cr Jurisevic
            That Council note the report by the Principal Environment Officer to the Ordinary Meeting
            dated 16 January 2020 and note the release of the Draft South East Queensland Koala
            Conservation Strategy 2019-2024 provided at Attachment 1, which is open for public
            consultation until 31 January 2020; and
            A.    Approve Council making a submission to the Queensland Government on the Draft
                  South East Queensland Koala Conservation Strategy 2019-2024 based on the key
                  issues outlined in Attachment 2 to the report;
            B.    Authorise the CEO to make minor amendments to the submission following the
                  Department of Environment and Science training sessions scheduled for Council’s
                  development assessment officers prior to the submission close; and
            C.    Note that a 2020/21 budget submission will be made to undertake a
                  comprehensive review of local koala habitat mapping, as a requirement of the
                  Queensland Government transitional map validation process.
                                                                         Carried unanimously.



10   CLOSED SESSION
     Nil.


11   PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

     1      BRIAN O’CONNOR
            Question 1:
            By withdrawing Noosa Council from the South-East Queensland Council of Mayors that
            is negotiating with the state and federal governments a 2020 City Deal funding
            agreement centred around a bid for the 2032 Olympic Games, has not our shire lost out
            on a share of the reported $58 billion in infrastructure investment, economic and other
            benefits that will flow from the signing of the City Deal involving all other local government
            areas in South-East Queensland, except Noosa?
            Response by Mayor Tony Wellington:
            Noosa Council has not been a member of the SEQ Council of Mayors since 2015. Noosa
            Council was not getting sufficient value-for-money from its membership. The policy
            agenda for the SEQ Council of Mayors focuses on city and population growth based
            issues and does not align strategically with Noosa Council’s future priorities and needs.
            Not all South East Queensland Councils are a member of the SEQ Council of Mayors.
            The Gold Coast City Council, for example, is also not a member.
            There is very little that Noosa Council is likely to gain from City Deals, which is primarily
            focussed on high population growth areas requiring significant public infrastructure to
            support that growth. It is highly doubtful that Noosa can benefit from City Deals in terms


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