2020-08-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      11 AUGUST 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                  RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
                                        analysis work (Phase 7).                     public consultation (Phase 8).               review and sign off.
Whole of Shire Climate Change         Final draft of literature review.          Integrate with ZEN Organisation            Ensure alignment and cross-project
Adaptation Plan                                                                      Strategy to from Comprehensive               support occurs with QERMF work
                                      Identifying key sectoral experts for
                                        invitation to participate in sectoral        Climate Change Response Plan                 being lead by Council’s Disaster
                                        advisory working groups.                   Report Climate Change Response               Management Officer.
                                                                                     Plan Scope to Council
Business as Usual activities          General advice and advocacy.               General advice and advocacy.               General advice and advocacy.
                                      Customer enquiries.                        Customer enquiries.                        Customer enquiries.
                                      Demographic update for Council.
                                      Contribution to development
                                        application assessments.
Economic Development
Local Economic Plan (LEP)             The strategic intent of the LEP and        Implementation of the COVID                Continued implementation of the
implementation                          the associated 68 actions continue           Business Recovery Framework that             COVID Business Recovery
                                        to be delivered by Council and its           includes: Destination Marketing,             framework
                                        partners.                                    COVID Safe business support and            Expansion of the Peregian Digital
                                      A review of the LEP action plan is           monitoring, direct council business          Hub and its programs
                                        underway, beginning with the                 support measures, infrastructure
                                                                                                                                Commence targeted consultation on
                                        discovery phase that includes a              investment, and re-skilling programs
                                                                                                                                  the review of the LEP
                                        Shire-wide Business Survey.                Deliver actions that respond to the
                                                                                                                                Deliver Firetech Connect programs
                                      Following the establishment of a             finding of the Business Survey
                                                                                                                                Continue to support business
                                        COVID Business Response
                                                                                                                                  associations to build capacity and
                                        Roundtable, the group adopted 9-
                                                                                                                                  deliver value to members
                                        point recovery framework.
                                      The Business Survey in May and
                                        June was completed by 680 local
                                        business people. Results can be
                                        found here:
                                        https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/busine
                                        ss-survey-1/business-survey
Business Support and Development      Establishment of the COVID                 Continue to support all business           Focus on business support elements
                                        Response Business Roundtable has             groups including the operation of the        of the COVID Business Recovery
                                        provided to be an invaluable source          Business Roundtable.                         Framework.
                                        of support for the business                Providing ‘concierge’ services to key      Continue to lead a flexible and co-
                                        community. Its success has been in           clients on an as needs basis.                ordinated approach across Council
                                        creating a sense of togetherness,

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