2019-07-15 General Committee Meeting Notes

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


    E.    Request the CEO to investigate options to undertake detailed community land
          management planning for the Hastings Street Precinct in accordance with the Land Act
          1994 for future Council consideration;
    F.    Request the CEO to investigate options for and feasibility of an environmental
          management charge to apply to attendees of tourism events, corporate events and
          events run by for-profit organisations as foreshadowed in section j) of the policy; and
    G.    Note the table of events shown on page 6 of the Services and Organisation Committee
          Agenda dated 9 July 2019 is incorrect and should read as follows:
           Event Type                               2016      2017       2018

           Tourism                                  6         7          7
           (e.g. Noosa Tri, Noosa Food &
           Wine and Festival of Surfing)
           Community                                27        29         26
           (e.g. nippers carnivals, surf                                  4 – Main Beach
           contests, ocean swims and charity                              17– Main Beach West
           events)                                                        4 – Noosa Woods
                                                                          1 – Lions Park
           Corporate                                20        16         18
           (e.g. corporate dinners, team                                  5 – Main Beach West
           building and conference events)                                12 – Noosa Woods
                                                                          1 – Hastings St (Cup Day)
           Total:                                   53        52         51
                                                                                                   Carried.


5   EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVATION LEVEL 1 OF PEREGIAN
    BEACH SURF CLUB
    Cr Wellington declared a perceived conflict of interest in this matter (as defined in section 175D of the
    Local Government Act 2009) due to local resident and former Committee member of Ocean Life
    Saving Association Inc and current Committee member of Peregian Beach Community Association,
    Barry Cotterell providing a $200 donation to his 2016 election campaign on 17/03/2016. Cr Wellington
    further advised that Mr Cotterell does not appear to be a current Committee member of Ocean Life
    Saving Association Inc (one of the EOI submitters) but he may have once held a position on that
    committee. Further, he advised that Mr Cotterell is not a submitter on the EOI process but he is
    president of the Peregian Beach Community Association which has some affiliation with Ocean Life
    Saving Association Inc. Cr Wellington also advised that as far as he is aware, there is no direct or
    indirect pecuniary benefit to Mr Cotterell arising from the Council decision in regard to the EOI. Cr
    Wellington also advised that he has not nor has ever been a member of Ocean Life Saving Association
    Inc, Peregian Beach Community Association or Surf Life Saving Queensland. Cr Wellington believed
    that he could consider this item impartially and in the public interest and requested to remain in the
    meeting room to participate in the debate and vote on this matter.

    Cr Wilkie declared a perceived conflict of interest in this matter (as defined in section 175D of the
    Local Government Act 2009) due to local resident and former Committee member of Ocean Life
    Saving Association Inc and current Committee member of Peregian Beach Community Association,
    Barry Cotterell providing a $200 donation to his 2016 election campaign on 12/02/2016. Cr Wilkie
    further advised that Mr Cotterell is the president of the Peregian Beach Community Association but
    that organisation did not provide any donation to his electoral campaign. He advised further that the
    Peregian Beach Community Association is not an applicant in the EOI process. Cr Wilkie advised
    that Ocean Life Saving Association Inc is an applicant in the current EOI process and Mr Cotterell is
    not an executive member of that organisation. Further, Cr Wilkie advised that Ocean Life Saving

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