2019-07-15 General Committee Meeting Notes

RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY – NOT THE FINAL DECISION OF COUNCIL
GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                          15 JULY 2019


GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING - LIVE RECORD MEETING NOTES
15 JULY 2019 - Crs. Frank Wilkie (Chair), Jess Glasgow, Ingrid Jackson, Joe Jurisevic,
Frank Pardon, Brian Stockwell and Tony Wellington

3    CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION
     Motion
     Moved:           Cr Wellington
     Seconded:        Cr Glasgow
     That Council note the report by the Director Environment and Sustainable Development,
     Carbon Reduction officer and Climate Change Adaptation Program Coordinator to the
     Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 9 July 2019, and
     A.   Endorse the following statement:
          “Council accepts the latest science on climate change provided in the October 2018
          report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and acknowledges that the
          Noosa Shire is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change including heat waves, more
          intense storms and sea level rise all of which is likely to adversely affect the Noosa
          natural and human environment. Council therefore declares that we are in a ‘Climate
          Emergency” which requires urgent action by all levels of government”; and
     B.   Write to State and Federal Members of Parliament representing the Noosa Shire
          region, advising of Council’s declaration and requesting they also act with urgency to
          address climate change through legislated programs and policy positions, to drive
          action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to keep global temperatures to a
          maximum increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius.


     Amendment 1
     Moved:      Cr Jackson
     Seconded:   Cr Jurisevic
     The addition of Item C as follows:
     C.   That Council commit to
          (a)    Immediately fully inform the estimated 2232 property owners whose homes,
                    businesses and assets are affected;
          (b)    Support and assist them to take appropriate steps to protect their homes,
                 properties and assets;
          (c)    Advise them of the steps Council will take to protect their homes, properties and
                 assets;
          (d)    Where homes, properties and assets cannot be protected, advise property
                 owners of what alternative steps are available to them.

      Cr Jackson called for a division on the voting. The amendment was lost 1/6.
      For:      Cr Jackson
      Against: Crs Wellington, Wilkie, Pardon, Stockwell, Jurisevic and Glasgow



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