Ordinary Meeting Minutes Dated 20 February 2025
That the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 20 February be received and confirmed, with A. The addition of the following words, highlighted below, to the Response to Public Question Time 8.4 Q1 to Craig Ve… Full wording ↓
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That the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 20 February be received and confirmed, with
A. The addition of the following words, highlighted below, to the Response to Public Question Time 8.4 Q1 to Craig Vella as follows:
"Thank you for your question regarding the Go Noosa program and the potential use of the Sustainable Transport Levy for boat ramp and parking improvements. Firstly, to clarify, while the Sustainable Transport Levy is budgeted to raise approximately $933,000 in the 2023/24 financial year, these funds are allocated to various sustainable transport initiatives as outlined in report. The Free Bus Service, while significant, does not account for the entire levy amount. Following Council’s recent decision to cease the Free Weekend Bus Services, options for the reallocation of these funds will be considered in due course. However, under the existing levy framework, all funded initiatives must align with the primary objectives of sustainable transport management, congestion reduction, and encouraging active and public transport use. The Sustainable Transport Levy is not intended to fund infrastructure improvements for private vehicle and boat trailer parking, including those at Hilton Esplanade or other boat ramps in Noosa Shire. As outlined in Council’s Transport policy, the levy is specifically designed to support initiatives such as public transport services, park-and-ride facilities, intelligent transport systems, and congestion management strategies. Council acknowledges the importance of boat ramp facilities and associated parking for the community and note that the ‘on-land component’ of the Hilton Esplanade boat ramp and parking area has been identified for planning and design work in the 2025-26 Financial Year. Council will also continue to explore funding opportunities for these desired upgrades. We appreciate your engagement on this matter and encourage continued community participation in shaping Noosa’s transport and infrastructure priorities."
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B. Update the 20 February 2025 Minutes accordingly.
Carried unanimously.
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Moved: Frank Wilkie · Seconded: Karen Finzel
That the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 20 February be received and confirmed, with
A. The addition of the following words, highlighted below, to the Response to Public Question Time 8.4 Q1 to Craig Vella as follows:
"Thank you for your question regarding the Go Noosa program and the potential use of the Sustainable Transport Levy for boat ramp and parking improvements. Firstly, to clarify, while the Sustainable Transport Levy is budgeted to raise approximately $933,000 in the 2023/24 financial year, these funds are allocated to various sustainable transport initiatives as outlined in report. The Free Bus Service, while significant, does not account for the entire levy amount. Following Council’s recent decision to cease the Free Weekend Bus Services, options for the reallocation of these funds will be considered in due course. However, under the existing levy framework, all funded initiatives must align with the primary objectives of sustainable transport management, congestion reduction, and encouraging active and public transport use. The Sustainable Transport Levy is not intended to fund infrastructure improvements for private vehicle and boat trailer parking, including those at Hilton Esplanade or other boat ramps in Noosa Shire. As outlined in Council’s Transport policy, the levy is specifically designed to support initiatives such as public transport services, park-and-ride facilities, intelligent transport systems, and congestion management strategies. Council acknowledges the importance of boat ramp facilities and associated parking for the community and note that the ‘on-land component’ of the Hilton Esplanade boat ramp and parking area has been identified for planning and design work in the 2025-26 Financial Year. Council will also continue to explore funding opportunities for these desired upgrades. We appreciate your engagement on this matter and encourage continued community participation in shaping Noosa’s transport and infrastructure priorities."
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B. Update the 20 February 2025 Minutes accordingly.
Carried unanimously.
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| Council Resolution |
| Moved: | Cr Frank Wilkie |
| Seconded: | Cr Karen Finzel |
| That the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 20 February be received and confirmed, with A. The addition of the following words, highlighted below, to the Response to Public Question Time 8.4 Q1 to Craig Vella as follows: "Thank you for your question regarding the Go Noosa program and the potential use of the Sustainable Transport Levy for boat ramp and parking improvements. Firstly, to clarify, while the Sustainable Transport Levy is budgeted to raise approximately $933,000 in the 2023/24 financial year, these funds are allocated to various sustainable transport initiatives as outlined in report. The Free Bus Service, while significant, does not account for the entire levy amount. Following Council’s recent decision to cease the Free Weekend Bus Services, options for the reallocation of these funds will be considered in due course. However, under the existing levy framework, all funded initiatives must align with the primary objectives of sustainable transport management, congestion reduction, and encouraging active and public transport use. The Sustainable Transport Levy is not intended to fund infrastructure improvements for private vehicle and boat trailer parking, including those at Hilton Esplanade or other boat ramps in Noosa Shire. As outlined in Council’s Transport policy, the levy is specifically designed to support initiatives such as public transport services, park-and-ride facilities, intelligent transport systems, and congestion management strategies. Council acknowledges the importance of boat ramp facilities and associated parking for the community and note that the ‘on-land component’ of the Hilton Esplanade boat ramp and parking area has been identified for planning and design work in the 2025-26 Financial Year. Council will also continue to explore funding opportunities for these desired upgrades. We appreciate your engagement on this matter and encourage continued community participation in shaping Noosa’s transport and infrastructure priorities." andB. Update the 20 February 2025 Minutes accordingly. |
Carried unanimously. |
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Frank Wilkie0:00I acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional lands and waters of the Kabi Kabi people and I pay my respects to the elders past, present and emerging and also repeat their invitation for us to join them as joint custodians and respecting and caring for this beautiful place that we all love and respecting and caring for each other. I note that all Councillors are in attendance. We have Councillor Tom Wegener attending online. The first item is the confirmation which I will move. The confirmation of the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 20 February 2025 with a slight change as shown on the screen which is a the addition of the words in the 2025-26 financial year. This is in response to.4, public question time question 1 to Craig Vella, as shown on the screen, and B, update the 20th of February for 20. Craig Vella as or 25 minutes accordingly. May I have a seconder please? I'll give you a second. Thank you Councillor Finzel. This extra information was included in the directors verbal response at the February meeting but was not captured in the Minutes accordingly. This extra wording needs to be updated. All in favour? That's carried unanimously. There are no petitions, there are no presentations, there are no deputations. We have six submissions to public question time. The first is an application from Ken and Desley Nixon who have requested Councillor Lorentson to read the question which will be answered by Shaun Walsh, Director Infrastructure Services. Councillor Lorentson.
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