Overview Of Community Engagement Program For 2024

Frank Wilkie66:08

The motion. Councillor Lorentson, have a seconder please. Councillor Nicola Wilson. Councillor Lorentson would you like to speak to the motion? I'm happy to support the motion. Any other Councillors wish to speak? The motion goes in favour. That's carried unanimously. Thank you. Make 9.2 overview of community engagement program for 2024.

Karen Finzel87:07

Just thank you. With regard to the table, the overview of the community engagement program for 2024, I'm and going to direct this question if that's applicable. There's some items on there. The Noosa River Catchment Management Plan and the Destination Management Plan phase two with TBD Council decision. For the benefit of those living. Listening at home in their lounge rooms or. They are this evening, can you give us a quick overview as to why that's left to a Council decision.

Thank you, through the Chair. So Noosa Council continues to design, plan and deliver an extensive range of community and stakeholder engagement across the Noosa Shire. This includes several major strategic projects that have benefited from community input and insights to inform decision-making together with ongoing targeted engagement and communications projects. So over the last term Council engaged the community on a range of key strategic projects including but not limited to the Waste Strategy 23 to 28, the Corporate Plan, the Housing Strategy, the liveability survey, eastern beaches foreshore reserve management plan, Destination Management Plan phase one, Noosa Drive pathways concept designs, Noosaville Foreshore infrastructure master plan and concept for resilience phase one and the Noosa regional gallery future needs and options. This term of Council continues to finalise a significant schedule of engagement for 2024, including but not limited to the Destination Management Plan phase two, Amendment No. 2 to the Noosa Plan 2020, 2020, Noosaville seville foreshore infrastructure master plan and concept designs for resilience phase two, and a Council decision on the next steps to take regarding Noosa River Catchment Management Plan. Due to the extensive program of ongoing community engagement and stakeholder communications across it's important that Council strategically conducts community engagement and communications in line with Council's community engagement framework and policy. This will ensure that the community is engaged on matters where community interest, impact and influence will meaningfully inform in matters where community interest, impact and influence are limited, Council will focus on communications approaches to keep stakeholders and the community informed by clearly identifying the level of influence the community will have on a decision, and communicating this accordingly, Council may minimise engagement fatigue within the community. Council also continues to leverage valuable engagement data captured across key strategic projects to inform Council's ongoing operational priorities. For example, the quality and extent of information gathered from community engagement in phase one of the Destination Management Plan continues to inform internal engagement and strategic directions such as partner management, event management and infrastructure planning considerations. On major strategic projects Council continues to support approaches to engagement that provide at least one or two opportunities for the community to engage. Where feasible Council also supports co-development opportunities with the local community for example the Pomona placemaking pilot project. In line with our community engagement framework Council will endeavour to close the loop with the community sharing what was heard from the community and how this has informed Council decision-making.