2021-07-15 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                             15 JULY 2021


3     GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT – 12 JULY 2021


1     MCU19/0119.02 OTHER CHANGE TO A DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR A MATERIAL
      CHANGE OF USE FOR MULTIPLE HOUSING - TYPE 2 DUPLEX AND SHORT-TERM
      ACCOMMODATION AND OPERATIONAL WORKS (DRAINAGE WORK, STORMWATER,
      EARTHWORKS, LANDSCAPING, CARPARKING & ACCESS) 2 NOLA STREET,
      NOOSAVILLE
      Deferred to Further Report to the Ordinary Meeting.

Council Resolution
Moved:            Cr Stewart
Seconded:         Cr Wilkie
That the operation of the Standing Orders or any relevant provision thereof be suspended to allow
Council to consider the issue of housing availability for permanent residents in Noosa.
                                                                              Carried unanimously.
Motion
Moved:            Cr Lorentson
Seconded:         Cr Jurisevic
A.    Request the CEO to urgently provide a report to Council on options available to Council to
      address the shortage of housing availability for permanent residents in Noosa with the report
      to include consideration of the following:
      i.     details of what additional data and empirical research is required into the housing
             situation in Noosa;
      ii.    details of the Ministerial condition for the Noosa Plan relating to short term
             accommodation and the timing for Council’s response to that condition; and
      iii.   what interim policy responses may be available to the Council in respect of the impact
             of short term accommodation approvals upon available housing supply
B.    Note that Council at its Ordinary Meeting of 18 March 2021 resolved to “update the Noosa
      Council Housing Needs Assessment prepared by Briggs & Mortar Pty Ltd in 2017 with regard
      to the provisions of Noosa Plan 2020 and the local housing situation and trends” and that this
      review shall address the supply of housing for permanent residents, and the impact short term
      accommodation has on this supply and inform the assessment of future development
      applications for short term accommodation.

Amendment No. 1
Moved:         Cr Stewart
Seconded:      Cr Finzel
That item A, iv be added to read:
iv.   commissioning a report by an independent specialist consultant into the housing situation in
      Noosa
                                                                           Carried unanimously.

Amendment No. 2
Moved:         Cr Stockwell
Seconded:      Cr Wilkie
That the first line below be inserted above Item A and that Item A be changed to read:
That Council acknowledges the current housing crisis is a priority issue for Council to address and

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