Services & Organisation Committee, 10 September 2024
Date: Tuesday, 10 September 2024 at 1:30PM
Location: Noosa Shire Council Chambers , 9 Pelican Street , Tewantin , QLD 4565 , Australia
Organiser: Noosa Shire Council
Duration: 00:41:39
Synopsis: ALH lease renewal at Sunrise Shops approved with valuation and tender exemption, Precinct metrics and revenue discussed, Data privacy noted, Cultural Plan wrap-up, DFV network referred.
Meeting Attendees
Committee Members
Karen Finzel Jessica Phillips Frank Wilkie Nicola Wilson Non-Committee Members
Executive Officers
Director Community Services Kerri Contini Director Corporate Services Trent Grauf Chief Executive Officer Larry Sengstock Acting Director Infrastructure Services Shaun Walsh AI-Generated Meeting Insight
Key Decisions & Discussions Frank Wilkie: Secured approval for Nicola Wilson to attend via Microsoft Teams under s254K Local Government Regulation (00:51; Attendance & Apologies). Robyn Mercer: Presented renewal of Shop 5, Sunrise Shops lease to Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH) for 3 years from 2 Jan 2025, with two 1‑year CEO‑approved extensions (01:53; Item 5.1). Karen Finzel: Committee unanimously endorsed the ALH lease renewal and applied the tender exemption under s236(1)(c)(iii) as a renewal to the existing tenant (10:54; Item 5.1). Robyn Mercer: Confirmed a legislatively required market valuation was obtained and rent maintained at current levels for the renewal (03:10–03:24; Item 5.1). Robyn Mercer: Outlined Sunrise Shops mix: 8 tenancies, anchor IGA (since Nov 2022), allied health, pharmacy, physio, dentist, bakery, bottle shop; prospective new GP tenancy (05:36; Item 5.1). SPEAKER_08: Smart‑precinct data shows avg 1,240 visits/day and 734 vehicles/day via anonymised IoT and LoRaWAN sensors; informs business case/options to optimise site (06:00–07:39; Item 5.1). Frank Wilkie: Sought revenue disclosure; staff advised approx $400k revenue in last FY with ~50% surplus to Council, trending upward with IGA’s arrival (07:39–07:51; Item 5.1). Karen Finzel: Managed a brief suspension and resumption to resolve Wilson’s audio, then retook and passed the 5.1 vote (08:42–10:16; Item 5.1). Kerri Contini: Explained LGAQ Domestic & Family Violence Prevention Champions Network; councillor observer plus two staff participants; sharing, not advocacy/decision‑making (11:36–15:39; Item 5.2). Frank Wilkie: Moved to refer the DFV Champions Network item to General Committee due to significance; carried unanimously (13:30–14:12; Item 5.2). SPEAKER_08/02: Noosa Cultural Plan 2019–2023 close‑out noted; majority objectives met; COVID‑impacted items rolling into 2025–2030 plan; targeted sector engagement underway (19:09–23:36; Item 6.1). Jessica Phillips: Probed consultant procurement; Cred Consulting selected after open process; local proposal not cost‑competitive; cost quantum not disclosed (28:44–29:59; Item 6.1). Contentious / Transparency Matters Frank Wilkie: Stated $600k revenue; staff corrected to ~ for last FY with ~50% surplus—clarifies public revenue perceptions (07:39–07:51; Item 5.1). Jessica Phillips: Asked for consultancy cost; staff declined to state figure in session—raises transparency expectations on third‑party spend (29:44–30:15; Item 6.1). SPEAKER_08: Use of mobile device detection for foot‑traffic counting described as “fully anonymized”; no explicit reference to privacy impact assessment or IP Act notice (06:00–06:45; Item 5.1). Kerri Contini: Emphasised DFV network is not an advocacy forum; councillor role limited to observing/queries—clear boundary on mandate (11:36–15:39; Item 5.2). Robyn Mercer: Confirmed liquor store as “strategically important” anchor driver; community expectations around alcohol‑related impacts not canvassed publicly (01:53; Item 5.1). Legal / Risk Committee: Lease tender exemption relied on s236(1)(c)(iii) LGR 2012 (renewal to existing tenant); risk if “genuine renewal” scope is exceeded by material changes—none indicated (Item 5.1). Robyn Mercer: Compliance noted with market valuation requirement for renewals; mitigates undervalue risk and s104 LGA sound contracting principles (03:10; Item 5.1). Chair/CEO: Attendance via Teams approved under s254K LGR; meeting suspended and resumed properly by resolution—protects decision validity and quorum integrity (00:51; 08:42–09:28; Attendance & Item 5.1). SPEAKER_08: IoT/mobile analytics raise privacy obligations under Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) and council data‑governance; ensure de‑identification, signage/notice, and vendor controls (06:00–06:45; Item 5.1). Committee: Leasing to ALH (liquor) may attract social impact scrutiny; consider alignment with Council Community Health/Wellbeing policies to pre‑empt reputational risk (01:53; Item 5.1). Arts & Culture: Consultant procurement described as competitive; ensure audit trail meets s104 LGA value‑for‑money and probity, given non‑disclosure of fee in open session (28:44–30:15; Item 6.1). Sunrise Beach / Sunrise Shops Robyn Mercer: Centre metrics support commercial viability: 1,240 daily visits, 734 vehicles; IGA (since Nov 2022) lifted value; potential GP tenancy to deepen health mix (05:36–07:39; Item 5.1). Frank Wilkie: Tied asset returns to ratepayer relief; staff confirmed ~50% surplus on ~$400k revenue, trending up (07:39–07:51; Item 5.1). Committee: Lease continuity with ALH prioritised to sustain footfall and precinct economics; rent held at market‑tested current level (01:53–03:24; Item 5.1). Cultural Plan, Events, and 2032 Olympics Context SPEAKER_08/02: 2019–2023 plan largely delivered despite COVID; hundreds of events, mobile library launched, RADF success; new 2025–2030 plan in early scoping (19:09–23:36; Item 6.1). SPEAKER_02: Focus areas flagged: creative industries support, live music recovery, local participation in major events, disaster‑recovery arts for resilience (27:01–33:40; Item 6.1). Frank Wilkie: Queried “cultural Olympics” linkage; awaiting State guidance; expectation of arts funding aligned to 2032 opportunities; new gallery feasibility a priority (35:19–38:37; Item 6.1). Jessica Phillips: Confirmed Cred Consulting engagement for targeted creative‑industry consultation; other engagement done in‑house (28:44–29:59; Item 6.1). Domestic & Family Violence Prevention Network Kerri Contini: Network meets 3–4 times/year (virtual) to share LG learnings; Noosa to nominate one councillor (observer) and two staff; programs may later return to Council for funding decisions (11:36–16:55; Item 5.2). Amelia Lorentson: Sought clarity on councillor suitability; interest valued, no prerequisite experience required (17:38–18:01; Item 5.2). Committee: Referred to General Committee for fuller debate given significance (13:30–13:57; Item 5.2).
Official Meeting Minutes
MINUTES Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Tuesday, 10 September 2024 1:30 PM Council Chambers, 9 Pelican Street, Tewantin Committee: Crs Karen Finzel (Chair), Jessica Phillips, Frank Wilkie, Nicola Wilson “Noosa Shire – different by nature” SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES 10 SEPTEMBER 2024 1. ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES COMMITTEE MEMBERS Cr Karen Finzel (Chair) Cr Jessica Phillips Cr Frank Wilkie Cr Nicola Wilson (via Microsoft Teams) NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS Cr Amelia Lorentson EXECUTIVE Director Community Services Kerri Contini Director Corporate Services Trent Grauf Chief Executive Officer Larry Sengstock Acting Director Infrastructure Services Shaun Walsh APOLOGIES Nil. Council Resolution Moved: Cr Frank Wilkie Seconded: Cr Jessica Phillips That in accordance with Section 254K of the Local Government Regulation, Cr Wilson is approved to attend the Services & Organisation Meeting dated 10 September 2024 via Microsoft Teams. Carried unanimously. 2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES Committee Resolution Moved: Cr Frank Wilkie Seconded: Cr Jessica Phillips The Minutes of the Services & Organisation Committee Meeting held on 6 August be received and confirmed. Carried unanimously. 3. PRESENTATIONS Nil. 4. DEPUTATIONS Nil. SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES 10 SEPTEMBER 2024 5. REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMITTEE 5.1. Sunrise Shops - Shop 5 Lease Renewal Committee Recommendation Moved: Cr Frank Wilkie Seconded: Cr Jessica Phillips That Council note the report by the Commercial Business Advisor to the Services and Organisation Committee Meeting dated 10 September 2024 and A. Approve the lease renewal to Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group Pty Limited for Shop 5, Sunrise Shops for three (3) years commencing 2 January 2025; B. Authorise the Chief Executive Office to award a subsequent two (2) one (1) year extensions of the lease subject to the lessee complying with the terms of the lease; and C. Apply the exception to the requirement for tendering of the lease under Section 236 (1) (c) (iii) of the Local Government Regulation 2012 as the renewal is to the existing tenant. Committee Resolution Moved: Cr Karen Finzel Seconded: Cr Frank Wilkie That the meeting be adjourned to allow Council to resolve technical difficulties for Cr Wilson. Carried unanimously. Committee Resolution Moved: Cr Frank Wilkie Seconded: Cr Jessica Phillips That the meeting be resumed. Carried unanimously. Committee Recommendation Moved: Cr Frank Wilkie Seconded: Cr Jessica Phillips That Council note the report by the Commercial Business Advisor to the Services and Organisation Committee Meeting dated 10 September 2024 and A. Approve the lease renewal to Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group Pty Limited for Shop 5, Sunrise Shops for three (3) years commencing 2 January 2025; B. Authorise the Chief Executive Office to award a subsequent two (2) one (1) year extensions of the lease subject to the lessee complying with the terms of the lease; and SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES 10 SEPTEMBER 2024 C. Apply the exception to the requirement for tendering of the lease under Section 236 (1) (c) (iii) of the Local Government Regulation 2012 as the renewal is to the existing tenant. Carried unanimously. 5.2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CHAMPIONS NETWORK Committee Recommendation Moved: Cr Frank Wilkie Seconded: Cr Jessica Phillips That Services & Organisation Committee Agenda Item 5.2 be referred to the General Committee due to the significance of the matter. Carried unanimously. 6. REPORTS FOR NOTING BY THE COMMITTEE 6.1. NOOSA CULTURAL PLAN 2019-2023 IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE Committee Recommendation Moved: Cr Frank Wilkie Seconded: Cr Jessica Phillips That Council note the report by the Arts and Culture Manager to the Services & Organisation Committee dated 10 September 2024 regarding the conclusion of the Noosa Cultural Plan 2019-2023. Carried unanimously. 7. CONFIDENTIAL SESSION Nil. 8. MEETING CLOSURE The meeting closed at 2.31 PM
Meeting Transcript
Unidentified Speaker 00:01.624
All right we're good to go all Karen Finzel 00:10.181
Uh good afternoon and welcome to the services and good afternoon and welcome to the Services & Organisation 2024. I notice we have all the organisations 24. I notice we have all Councillors in attendance and in the Council gallery we have before we start I'd like to pay my gallery pay my respects to the before we start I'd like to pay my respects the before we to Kabi Kabi People, the leaders and acknowledge their inherent wisdom that they bring and acknowledge their inherent wisdom that they bring to our community and we honour them for their commitment and resilience to care for our land, waters and sea. To say? Frank Wilkie 00:49.885
Madam Chair, I move that in accordance with section 254 of the Local Government Regulation, Councillor Nicola Wilson is approved to attend the meeting dated 10th of the 9th, 2024 via Microsoft Teams. Karen Finzel 01:08.347
That's all in favour? Unanimous. All in favour? That's unanimous. Thank you and we welcome Councillor Nicola to the everyone's meeting. To the meeting. Thank you everyone's in attendance. Thank you. I'll confirm the Minutes from the last meeting. Yes, thank you Councillor Wilkie. Can I have a seconder for that? Thank you Councillor Phillips. All in favour? That's unanimous. There are no presentations, deputations. We're going to move to consideration of the committee. We're going to move into item 5.1. We have the staff with us here today. Robyn Mercer 01:51.288
We have the hospitality group, Pty Limited, which a base which is a liquor store for period of three years. Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group, Pty Limited have been the lessee of shop five since 2008. The liquor store offering at Sunrise Shops is strategically important. It drives consistent foot traffic and maintains and a steady a customer base to the precinct. We know from our initial efforts in creating a smart precinct at Sunrise Shops that we achieve a consistent baseline visitation with an average of 1,240 person visits per day and an average of 734 vehicles per day. Having tenancies such as the liquor store is important to maintaining this consistent utilisation. Also, continuation of the lease is critical to support the economic and commercial performance of the surrounding tenancies and aligns with council's strategic objectives to maximise commercial returns from our assets and foster economic activity within Karen Finzel 02:53.979
The region. Thank you. Questions, Councillors? Frank Wilkie 02:59.231
Thank you for the report. Was there any consideration the current rental? Was there a review of the rental to see whether it was appropriate to continue at the same rate or increase? Robyn Mercer 03:10.900
There was, as part of our requirements under legislation, we need to get a market valuation for any renewal, which we did so, and that market valuation will be applied to the new lease terms Frank Wilkie 03:22.958
Terms. So there's a change? Robyn Mercer 03:24.803
No, it's a maintain. Maintaining current levels, yeah. Thank you. Karen Finzel 03:31.555
Any further questions? Any questions from the gallery Council? Thank you. I'll move the recommendation. That's moved by Councillor Wilkie, seconded by Councillor Phillips. All in favour? That's unanimous. And Nicola. Oh, and Nicola? Are you in favour? You're on mute, Nicola. So we've just got a technical issue. We're just waiting for Nicola, who's online, to be able to unmute and put a vote to the meeting. Let's see if we can get it out of the way. Mm-hmm. A minute. Question. We just appreciate your patience for all those who are online tuning in today on Noosa Council TV. At break. Larry Sengstock 04:50.910
That's right. She's going into technical issues. Karen Finzel 04:56.324
She's got a lot of people holding her back. Where are we not lost? Frank Wilkie 05:09.854
Were we not live in Noosa Council, I probably would. Karen Finzel 05:21.261
So I do believe there's staff supporting the situation, and we've got some really well-trained staff here in Council. Frank Wilkie 05:28.928
Just generally talking, well, we've still got the staff here. Just a reminder for those who might be listening, how many tenancies are there at the Sunrise Shops? Robyn Mercer 05:36.876
Yeah, so there's eight tenancies. They're spread across a gross floor area of about are 950 square metres. Our anchor tenant is IGA and they take up about 305 square metres. We've got an allied health mix with hopefully a new GP tenancy coming on board soon, a chemist and. Physio and also a dentist and a bakery and bottle shop offering. Frank Wilkie 06:01.099
Yes. What were the figures you were quoted before about foot traffic and numbers? Robyn Mercer 06:05.104
So over the past year we've been establishing some equipment there called internet of things which basically takes real-time data and feeds it back to a dashboard for us so we can see the utilisation. There's small pieces of equipment that use the LoRaWAN network in the region. So over the past 12 months we've seen that we get an average number of visits per day of 1,240. Of individuals? Yes. It's amazing. Some of those might be the same person in the morning and the afternoon. It feeds off the unique component of a mobile phone. It's fully anonymised data, it just takes a read and captures a count. And we've recently installed car parking sensors as a trial. So we utilisation of car parks as well. Yes, I'm just a question, can Nicola, Councillor Wilson use the hand signal or something I don't know. To indicate in favour? If they're having trouble with the sound. Disinformation councillors will be really beneficial for us as we look at whether there's any opportunity to optimise the solar. To optimise the site, expand usage of it, look at other sorts of tenancy mix, it gives us a great reading for how valuable that site is. What the site could be used for in the future. So it helps us make evidence based decisions on what we use that facility for in the future. Unidentified Speaker 07:37.912
Draft business case development. Frank Wilkie 07:40.100
Pressure and it's great for keeping on downward pressure on rights the side for of right the-pies. Thigh. What can we discuss? Disclose how much income ratepayers derive from that property each year? The $600,000? Robyn Mercer 07:52.209
Yeah, the total revenue derived was around $400,000. The financial year just gone. I can confirm that post and approximately 50% of that we obtain as a surplus. Both those figures have consistently increased over time as we getting we're IGA on board of 2020. In November 2022 was critical to increasing the overall value of tenancies there. So it's a constant drive upwards. Karen Finzel 08:24.193
Yes, Councillor Wilson Larry Sengstock 08:26.976
Can't hear either, so she doesn't want to present. Frank Wilkie 08:32.462
So she can't make a hand signal because she can't well, we do have a quorum. Can we proceed with the quorum? We can suspend the meeting for five minutes while we get this sorted out. Okay, good idea. That's a good idea. Karen Finzel 08:43.631
Do we have to move the motion for that? Okay, I'll move forward a motion that we suspend the meeting for what, five minutes, yeah. So we can sort out the technical issues with Councillor Wilson online. Frank Wilkie 08:56.069
I'll second that. Karen Finzel 08:57.170
Thank you, all in favour? Larry Sengstock 08:59.291
To allow Councillor Wilson online. Thank you Madam Chair. Karen Finzel 09:01.732
Thank you, thank you Mr. CEO. Okay. Unidentified Speaker 09:08.200
Cathy with her or? Unidentified Speaker 09:20.422
Now we want to bring this over to Karen. Karen Finzel 09:26.136
Right, Karen, we're good to go. Good to go. Good afternoon and welcome back. Thank you everyone for patience. The technical issues have been resolved and we're all back online. For clarity, due to the suspension, due to the technical issues, we're taking 5.1 back for the vote after reopen the meeting via the vote. Madam Chair, I'm happy to move that we reopen the meeting. Councillor Wilkie, do I have a seconder? Thank you, Councillor Phillips. All in favour? Thank you, that's unanimous. Nicola? Yes. That's a yes from Councillor Wilson. Thank you. So we're taking it back to the vote on item 5.1, Sunrise Shops, 5, lease renewal. I'm calling. You want to ask a question? Is. Yeah, so. Do you would like to speak to the motion? Frank Wilkie 10:18.922
No, I don't. Well, the motion for those listening is that we note the report and we approve the lease renewal to Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group, limited for shop 5, Sunrise Beach, for three consecutive years. They're the existing leaseholder. That's the liquor shop. Thank you very much for the report. It's important we have continuity there. They're a good tenant. They drive business to the shops and I'm hoping I can understand why you've recommended that, Unidentified Speaker 10:51.815
This extension of the lease. So thank you. Karen Finzel 10:53.657
Thank you. To the staff. Thank you for your report. We'll take it to the vote. All in favour? That's Councillor Wilkie, Councillor Phillips and we have a line Councillor Wilson, Councillor Contini. Yes. That's unanimous. Thank you. Okay, so we're moved. Thank you. Robin. Thank you, Trent. Thank you. So we're moving into item 5.2, local government, domestic and family prevention champions network. We're just going to hear from the staff to give us an overview of what the position entails and what it means to the organisation. Kerri Contini 11:34.141
Thank you, Councillor Finzel. So the local government domestic and family violence prevention champions network, which is a very long title, so I'm just going to call that champions network, DV Champions Network. It's been set up by the, through the LGAQ and the domestic and family violence prevention Council as an opportunity for local governments around Queensland to share the work that they are doing, both within a community setting, but also within their Council setting to respond to and put in place preventative measures as well to drive down domestic and family violence. So the network meets maybe three to four times a year, the meetings are virtual and it's really a sharing platform, it's definitely it's not a lobbying or advocacy network, it's very much a sharing of what other local governments are doing in this space, and the experiences, it's a really good opportunity for them to be able to say look, you know, we tried this program, these parts worked well, these parts didn't work so well, so it's a really good learning and sharing opportunity. So on sitting. As noosa's representative, we would have one Councillor, and today we're seeking a nomination of that Councillor, and two staff would be the representatives as well. Typically what happens is it's the staff that are presenting and sharing the works that we're doing, and the Councillors listening to what the other councils are saying as well. Unidentified Speaker 13:24.409
So principally the Councillor Wilkie be an observer Frank Wilkie 13:27.319
Yes it's an observer role yes Madam a I think there's a bit of interest in this and I'm happy to move that it be shifted to the general. Karen Finzel 13:36.164
Of course. Frank Wilkie 13:36.645
Due to the interest in the matter, broader interest in the matter. Karen Finzel 13:43.376
Okay. Well, thank you for your report. Thank you. Yes, we're happy to move that by Councillor Wilkie. Do we have a seconder? By Councillor Phillips. Frank Wilkie 13:57.789
I don't wish to speak to the motion but other Councillors may still wish to ask questions are there any at this stage. I do. Unidentified Speaker 14:09.417
So I've waived my right to speak. You've waived your right to speak, Karen Finzel 14:12.240
Thank you, Councillor Wilkie. And Councillor Phillips? Jessica Phillips 14:17.027
So the role of the Councillor, just to confirm, is for not Kerri Contini 14:23.193
Just to observe. It's an observer role, yes. The network itself, as I said, is principally a sharing platform and so it is the staff that are sharing with each other the projects that undertaking, whether that's within a community setting or within a Council in terms of say an employee program that they might be running. Jessica Phillips 14:48.560
And then if there was a recommendation, how would that work? Like would I then see something come to? Does that make, just explain Kerri Contini 14:54.744
The their connections. So it's not, a, group that makes recommendations. It's not an advocacy or lobby group. It is a sharing network. And so it might well be that, for example, the Noosa representatives hear of a project that another council's doing and think that might have application within our community and they might come back and think we might look at whether we implement something like that in our community. So the advantage for a Councillor is that they're hearing all of the different projects that are happening around the State and so are then well informed if, for example, a project is brought to Council for consideration. Frank Wilkie 15:40.621
We did say observer but the Council would be free to ask questions? Kerri Contini 15:44.304
Definitely, yes, and certainly could ask questions, could provide their thoughts or experience around the issues, just that it is not a, it's not a platform to be making decisions, it's not a decision making environment and it's not an advocacy forum. Karen Finzel 16:06.631
You're welcome, I'll just have a question. If something was considered that comes back before Council, would that also include like Kerri Contini 16:14.633
The request for budgets to do it? Oh, it may well be that we would come back if there was a project that we thought had benefit for Noosa community and application for Noosa community. It might be that it came back and was moved particularly through our community groups is where we would normally sit in a partnership space. But for example, there might be a project that's been run for employees and we might come and say this is something that's been really beneficial. Group that we've shared so we've certainly shared for example our tiny houses project that we've that's been a partnership project which with uturn so we've shared was great interest around being able to provide a way of implementing transitional housing for young people leaving domestic and family violence so we've shared that project other councils have shared projects around for example in employee programs to create a safe workspace for employees who are experiencing domestic and family violence. Karen Finzel 17:37.904
Councillor Lorentson? Amelia Lorentson 17:39.466
Think you've answered most, probably the only other question is that given that the Councillor is sitting in observer only, not a decision making spot, would be designed for someone comes to come through. From some sort of background or has a particular interest in this area. Kerri Contini 18:03.144
It would be open to Councillors that have an interest, that you don't require any experience at all. It would be somebody that has a genuine interest in improving the situation around domestic and family violence. Thank you very much. Karen Finzel 18:19.239
Thank you. Any further questions? No. Thank you, Kerri. That was a really in-depth overview. Thank you. So we will move that to the next. Frank Wilkie 18:29.369
I don't wish to. Close. I don't to close. You don't wish to close? Call for a vote. Karen Finzel 18:34.345
So we'll take this to the vote to move this to the general one. All in favour? Thank you. So we'll that's Councillor Wilson. Yes. Councillor Wilson. Councillor Phillips. Unanimous. Thank you everyone. Thank you. So now we're going to move to item 6, reports for noting by the committee 6.1 Noosa Cultural Plan 2019-2023 Implementation Update. Thank you and welcome to the table and we look forward to hearing your report. Thank you. Afternoon Councillors. Paul 19:12.094
So this is a report that was completed a little while ago prior to the new Council where we thought it would be beneficial to hold it over until the new Council started. This is a report on the cultural plan that we had running from 2019 to 2023 which will now close out that period and we've started working now on the next cultural plan and a pretty seismic period of time going through COVID for this cultural plan so the cultural plan was very beneficial to us but just basically an overview the report goes through the primary objectives we feel that we have met the majority of those objectives with very good racing as to the ones that we haven't actually completed and many of those have been rolled over into the new plan many of the objectives that weren't completed would because of COVID and that period of time we fantastic major we have some events that happened during that period of time we implemented our new mobile library service which was a huge part of our cultural offering to our community we continued with our Regional Arts Development Fund program that we run together with Arts Queensland which has been very very successful and we've had hundreds of events at our various arts and cultural facilities that have really engaged our community particularly during that difficult period of time. So the cultural plan was a very valuable document. It has proven how important supporting arts and culture in our community is to the health and well-being of our community and we would look forward to this final report being endorsed and then us moving forward to create the next plan which will run from 2025 through to 2030 we're currently in the process of undertaking community engagement at the moment sector engagement specifically for arts and cultural industries to start with to get an idea of what our community is looking for in the next plan for Council that's isn't very exciting isn't it is Karen Finzel 21:20.972
Yeah yeah um thank you for your report too to Council is there any further questions regarding the matter Frank Wilkie 21:29.221
Yep yeah Paul um you mentioned that the community engagement with key stakeholders is underway can you just give us an overview of the stakeholders that you're engaging with currently for sure so we've Paul 21:42.468
Engaged a firm called CRED Consulting who some of you might know from work on the Pomona Placemaking Program they're doing a very bespoke part of our current community engagement which is specifically to start with our creative industries so on Thursday we'll be having a meeting at The J where J, undertaker. That first level of asking our creative sector particularly creative industries on what they would be looking at in a new cultural plan we will then move on to our nations First Nations so I have a meeting with Kabi Kabi this week as well to introduce the ideas of the new plan to them and get their feedback following that we'll go to our different sectors so that's heritage that's we've this approach of libraries we've chosen to take very specific targeted engagement because ultimately the beneficiaries of this plan will be those people that are working within those sectors and then that feeds out to the wider community. Given we're at the very foundational stage of developing our new plan this is the idea is that we're able to get those keystone ideas from them to build into the plan as we develop it and work through our various that drafts that we'll have as we slowly go wider and into it would also be Kerri Contini 23:02.077
Fair to say that through engagement such as the liveability study and the Corporate Plan we've got a lot of general community input around the importance of arts and culture so there's that broad input has been received through a range of engagement mechanisms it's the very specific pieces and sectors that we really need go to quite go quite deeply important on what's to them. Important to them. Frank Wilkie 23:30.385
Going forward and be some of the key milestones for reporting back to Council on this new Paul 23:36.648
Plan on the new plan well it's hard to say at this stage because it's still in very very early development we're even just trying to lock down at the moment our key areas the previous plan had six specific areas that have looked at so we're going to be reviewing those and also looking back to this report to see what parts that we didn't manage to complete in the previous plan and see whether they're still relevant in today's world which is very different to the world of 2018-2019 when this task was put together, but when one area that I'm personally really looking at being able to support is our creative industries. Is a really important part of. Every community to engage with our local creatives to make sure that we're creating as best as we can an environment that supports and creative industry. People to manage to live and work and survive in a very tricky environment because the wider benefits to the community of having creatives as part of our community mix is huge. So we play a role, we're not the most significant role, we're part of the solution of enabling creatives to live here, move here, prosper here and then give back to our community in that way. So that's the particular area that. I would like to see and hopefully our networking event on Thursday, we will get some great ideas from those people as well because in my short period here in Noosa, I have realised that there's a lot of things going on in the agricultural space, kind of underground. For want of a better word, that is happening with specific communities but the wider community don't necessarily know about it because it's so hard to get it out to the wider community. So that's something that maybe we can help you as Council. Frank Wilkie 25:30.431
And Paul, you plan will be 2025 to 2030. Does that mean you'd like to have this plan signed off on early in 2025? Ah yes, definitely, yeah. The it's interesting when you look at how creative industries are defined. Do you go by the census definition of what constitutes creative industries? Some definitions that I've seen include people working in newspapers and graphic design. How are you dicing and slicing? Paul 26:03.014
The janji census doesn't have a definition of creative industries, so it's very hard to get baseline stats out of the census. That's why a lot of survey work we're undertaking currently, targeted survey work to actually work out who's who at the zoo and who's actually here. Because you're right, the terminology of creative industries is very broad, but it does include graphic designers, it goes from visual artists practicing what would be more traditional art forms all the way through to tech. We work quite a bit through the Peregian Digital Hub with people that would classify themselves as working the industry. In creative industries. Frank Wilkie 26:45.994
My last question, thank you, is you bring a fresh set of eyes to the organisation and in terms of noosa's arts and cultural scene, what's going well and what are some areas that need support? Paul 27:01.894
I think across Australia, a lot of councils have been looking at ways in which they can support live music industries, which have been hit very heavily by COVID and haven't necessarily recovered. Also, the festival industries have been really challenged lately. It's not unique to Noosa, it's Australian-wide, and we are currently as a Council working through an event strategy, and of course our destination marketing plan also will feed into that, to look at ways in which we can support our local creatives. So I think we have a lot of fantastic things that have happened here. But it would be great to actually create pathways where our local creatives can participate in some of those major events that maybe traditionally have more external creatives coming into Noosa to be a part of the content, when in fact we probably have people who are completely best at that as well. It's making those connections, it's being a conduit to that. So I think that's something that we can definitely work on. What's doing well is we've got a fantastic environment, we've got an inspirational landscape, both in the inland and the sea. We have an audience, think I we have one of highest the age populations in the inland and what comes with that is people with a certain level of ability to have discretionary spend and that discretionary spend seen in potentially going to arts events and participating in engaging with the arts. So I think that's something that's a little bit of a deal for us. Frank Wilkie 28:42.608
I've asked enough questions for the time being. Just, yes, Jessica Phillips 28:45.691
Thank you. One question, you mentioned can you explain to works? Engaging for consultancy? Paul 28:53.880
CRED Consulting, yeah, credit so that's CRED. We had a normal procurement process through there where we called for applications to that consultancy. They're a Brisbane based consultancy which a Brisbane based consultancy which have vast experience working in similar kind of work in developing particularly arts and cultural engagement and so that's why they were successful to have that tender. It is definitively for this one part of our consultation which is for creative industries. We're not using consultants for the other parts of our engagement, it's the other parts of our community that can be a part of our strategy. Jessica Phillips 29:44.984
For that. Was there no consultants from the Noosa Shire that worked. We had altogether three applications, one of those was from the Noosa Shire but they weren't cost competitive. Capability that I did have in the experience. So then on cost, can you tell me how much the consultancy will be? Paul 30:06.710
I don't know if I can I'm not make that part of the question. Thanks, okay, thanks for that question. Karen Finzel 30:14.369
Okay, thank you. Just a question around, you mentioned COVID a few times, you know you'll agree you are fundamentally changed by COVID and we've got to rebuild moving forward. Can you tell me a little bit about how we're bringing in like building resilience through the creative arts in our, what is it, moving forward with sorry, I'll just go on. Moving forward with resilience and community building through the arts. How does that integrate with our disaster management? Where does that where's intersection? Paul 30:50.085
Yeah, it's a great intersection, fantastic question, because arts and culture have been proven to be therapeutic. Very much so. Yeah, very much so. Particularly especially when you're looking at natural disasters. The various bushfires that we've had over years and floods, often there is an arts triage component of that where the economic development bears this out that we tend to look straight away after a natural disaster and think how can we feed into our businesses starting up again. Over recent natural disasters, there's been a bit of a shift now to say how are we also triaging our community health and we can do that through arts and cultural practice and so the work that we can do before the natural disaster is what brings the resilience so by once again by supporting a creative community that has access to multiple places and spaces and events to have a catholic ability for people to express their emotions and experiences is really really important and the magical twice that we had a while ago, exhibitions that have come out of that. Of people sharing their photographs, sharing their stories have been a fantastic way to rebuild community and rebuild connection between residents so I believe that should be a pretty big part of our 2025-2030 cultural plan is addressing how we can set in place objectives of where we can approach and develop that kind of work before the natural disaster actually happens so when the disaster happens we're well placed to roll out those kind of programs in our facilities. Kerri Contini 32:52.556
Particularly here in Noosa our artists are very well connected into their local communities so they have a unique opportunity to act as they are bringing together a conduit to gather people. So tree service and all sorts of bushfires and floods. Paul 33:10.972
Library services also were fantastic. In our last natural disaster the libraries played a key role in engaging with our community, letting the community engage with each other, so that engagement as well. And libraries are seen as safe places. Galleries are seen as safe places. So naturally there is that feeling around those spaces where people can feel comfortable when you come in. Kerri Contini 33:38.032
Us. Through arts, you know, arts and healing is about sharing story and experience and often through art you can do that in a safer way than simply having to sit and tell a story rawly. Through arts practice it can be done in what people often feel is a more comfortable way of being able to express what they've experienced. Karen Finzel 34:01.633
Thank you. And one last question before that. So you said earlier, Paul, you were doing targeted engagement. In that, are you targeting, like, specific groups around disaster management? How are you engaging with that particular cohort? Paul 34:15.955
At the moment, we're mainly looking at the arts and cultural, the clearly defined arts and cultural groups that would relate to it. And then that spins further out. I guess it's qualifying that, you know, this report is closing out the previous report. We're only just starting on a new report. So how that actually emerges and comes out of this various drafts will be, you know, reflected that as of a the community-made need and what the community is expecting from that new report and I think by the time we get to sort of draft 3/4 we'll be slowly engaging with wider and parts of our and that's probably when those kind of aspects can be massaged or included when we're talking about all of those that sort of spider web of benefits that supporting arts and culture will have in our wider community. Thank you. Karen Finzel 35:12.912
Councillor Lorentson, any other questions from the government? No, thank you. It's exciting. Oh, yes, Councillor Lorentson. Thank you. Frank Wilkie 35:22.570
As the approach of the 2032 Olympics had on the way in which we're looking at positioning arts and culture, the development of arts and culture in Noosa Shire for the next five years and beyond. Paul 35:35.875
Yeah we're still waiting on information from the State government around that. What runs parallel to normal? Runs parallel to the Olympics is the cultural Olympics. It's been very quiet. Unidentified Speaker 35:49.046
Could you explain what you mean by the cultural Olympics? Paul 35:54.819
The Olympics have been unofficial terms. It is, but also there is an expectation when cities bid for the Olympics to also include in their bid a significant part of it is what other benefits happen to your communities and to your city. Than that, I don't think it's a big deal. Than a massive store of it. And that's where the terminology of cultural meetings came over. And so successful bidders are ones that have also pledged money and resources towards growing a cultural component to that community and experience so that's where the arts and cultural industry of Queensland is currently waiting to see whether the State government, what kind of commitments the State government is going to put towards more than just the sports part of the Olympics because it is an expectation from the Olympic committee that there are ANWB cultural events as part of the Olympic Kerri Contini 36:58.529
Games so. We would expect for example that funding that comes through Queensland arts, Queensland would have a start to the development and fix criteria to it so that as we're applying for grants or as other organisations are applying for grants that they would have to be tailoring that grant to meet that criteria is what we would normally expect. We would hope to start to see a sense of that soon because you know many arts events are planned years in advance and they will need time to develop their curatorial themes etc. And any of those things will- And be around celebrating the cultural uniqueness of the place. Paul 37:45.680
So I would be surprised if the funding that does eventually come isn't based around supporting those kind of events that with a global audience, should how are we showcasing Brisbane and Queensland and Australia through its through cultural events about who we are, where we are in the world and what makes us special. Kerri Contini 38:08.384
Critically for us is our work on the potential for a new gallery as we move through the feasibility and business case process to be able to have that important piece of work complete for the council's consideration in plenty of time and for what might come out of in that Olympic space around expectations there, because it would will be very much. About telling the story of Noosa. Frank Wilkie 38:37.855
Will 2032 be a Floating Land year? Kerri Contini 38:49.871
Yes but Paul 38:56.423
I think also the benefit of going back to the plan, the benefit of the previous 2019-2023 plan and then a 2025-2030 plan, when those opportunities come, we're not just growing things out of the air, we have a plan, we'll have objectives in here of things that we want to do, so when opportunities to get support from state or Federal government agencies is there, we'll be able to say no, this isn't just a pie in the sky. Planned this, these are all the benefits of it. So that's the great importance of making sure that our plan, like the 1923 plan, worked very well during that period, the 2530 plan will do the same and be an important tool for us. Karen Finzel 39:40.584
Thank you. Any further questions? Well, thank you for the staff. That was comprehensive. We're looking forward to the future, I think, with great anticipation of what lies before us and knowing, feel confident that the foundations behind us are solid and we're stepping towards the process of some great. Creative outcomes to benefit our whole community. So thank you everybody. Frank Wilkie 40:04.905
Happy birthday to you. Karen Finzel 40:06.129
Yes, thank you. I'll second that. Thank you. Okay, all in favour? I'd just like to thank myself. Frank Wilkie 40:12.873
I'm really, it's really gratifying to hear that's a form former plan, cultural the colford plan was successful. It was great to be part of that process initially and to see it come to fruition is very satisfying and hopefully the new plan is something the current cohort of Councillors can feel a part of. Can and save country for oceans. Kerri Contini 40:36.261
There will definitely be through the process opportunity both for councils to participate in some of the broader engagement but also to have we will have engagement with Councillors as Frank Wilkie 40:47.753
Well as the beneficiaries are of course the broader community definitely yeah yeah so thank you Karen I know you're a big driver. Karen Finzel 40:56.013
Thank you Paul thank you right so we know the report and we'll take it to the vote because Unidentified Speaker 41:06.283
We yeah I know I didn't see nicola's hand Nicola Frank Wilkie 41:12.072
We need to that's good Karen Finzel 41:21.006
Thank you yes okay thank you so that's unanimous all in favour there's no confidential session item number eight the meeting has closed at 2:31pm. Unidentified Speaker 41:34.485
Thank you Councillors thank you Madam Chair Related Noosa Council Meetings
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