Unitywater Noosa Netserv Plan - Planning Assumptions

Simple so Councillors the purpose of this report is to seek Council's endorsement of the planning assumptions and growth projections derived from Unitywater's DMAT model and tracking it's a demand modeller and we call it DMAT to inform Unitywater's Netserv Plan the Draft Technical Note is attached to this report and it provides the methodology planning assumptions and growth forecasts for Noosa Shire's population, dwellings, gross floor area, employment and network demand in five year increments up to 2046 and ultimate so the ultimate capacity of Noosa Plan. So they've requested that we Council endorse these assumptions under chapter 4b part 1 section 99 BK of the South East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009. That we that Council endorse so these we have been involved in the preparation of this model, so we work closely with Unitywater and have done over many years refining the model. It is a population and development forecasting tool which takes the provisions of Noosa Plan and forecasts what development capacity what the development capacity is of the and how it will develop in five-year increments and then the ultimate capacity. So there's a number of inputs to that plan. So all of the provisions of Noosa Plan including the constraints on land so removed the constraints and then they forecast how much development can occur on that based on the provisions of Noosa Plan. They've considered the Queensland Government Statistician's Office projections as well as the SEQ Regional Plan dwelling targets. Dwelling as and projections. Well so they're all inputs to the model and then they put it into the mix that they do the modelling and then forecast how that might pan out in five year increments based on which land would develop more likely before other parcels based on their readiness and attraction. Attractiveness for development. So we're not asking Council to endorse this for our LGIP at this stage because we do have the Planning Scheme amendments out there so might be some changes to that the model can be following the consultation phase if things change. For the purposes of our LGIP planning.

Amelia Lorentson0:00

Declare the meeting open at 9:30. Firstly, I'd like to begin by an Acknowledgement to Country. I would like to respectfully acknowledge the Kabi Kabi people as the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters that form the region we call Noosa. Council pays its respect to elders past, present and emerging and welcomes the ongoing role that Indigenous people play within the Noosa community. I'll start with attendance and apologies. I note Councillor Wegener and Councillor Stockwell are in attendance. I note an apology from Mayor Frank Wilkie who's on leave at the moment. Can I please request before the meeting starts that everyone has their phones on silent or turned off. And I'd also like to remind Councillors of their obligations under the Council code of conduct to treat fellow Councillors and Council employees respectfully. I'll start firstly with confirmation of minutes. Can I have a mover and a seconder please? To move. Thank you, thank you Tom. No discussion. All in favour? Thank you. There are no presentations and no deputations so we'll go to the only report for consideration on the committee. Unitywater Noosa Netserv planning and assumptions and I'll move it over to Kim and Anita and ask if you can start with a summary or an overview of the report in front of us.