Deputations and public questions to council, each opening on what council's minutes record of it.
2025-04-17
Public question
Ordinary Meeting
Brian O'Connor
Heard at the meeting. Council's recording has these questions from 0:28; our transcript is below.
▶ Hear it — council's recording, from 0:28
The feed timestamps the whole public question block rather than each speaker, so this starts at the top of that block.
What the minutes record
Question 1
As stated in 2018, so seven years ago, and reaffirmed at least twice since, is Noosa Council still committed to a Pomona Showgrounds Masterplan?
Response from Brad Chalmers, Acting Director Community Services
Thank-you Mr O‘Connor for your question and ongoing interest in the Pomona showgrounds.
As a follow up to your public question in 2023, Pomona Showgrounds are freehold land, owned by Noosa Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society, also known as Noosa Show Society. As freehold land, it is therefore up to the owner, Noosa Show Society, as to, if or when, a master plan is developed. To that point, council staff have met with members of the show society committee on the 11th March 2025. At this meeting the Show Society indicated a desire to undertake a master planning process and staff will now look to assist them on the commencement and development of a plan.
Question 2
If the answer to Question 1 is in the affirmative, why the delay and how will the commitment manifest itself, and against what timeframe?
Response from Brad Chalmers, Acting Director Community Services
Thank-you for your additional question.
Noosa Show Society is an independent community organisation with its own priorities. We are happy to discuss a potential master plan with the Show Society and provide support in the development of this plan, commencing over the next 12 months. Council has funding available to assist organisations to undertake planning processes like this and would work collaboratively with the Show Society on an important project such as this.
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Transcript of the recording
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0:28 Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Councillor Finzel. Thank you, Councillor Lawrenson. All in favour? That is unanimous. There are no petitions, there are no presentations, there are no deputations. We have five submissions for public question time. The first is from Mr Brian O'Connor. Mr O'Connor, would you like to come to the lectern, read your questions, which will be answered by Acting Director Brad Chalmers. Thank you, Mr O'Connor.
0:57 Speaker 5: My question is this, as stated in 2018, so seven years ago, and reaffirmed at least twice since, is Noosaville Council still committed to a Pomona Showgrounds Master Plan?
Also by Brian O'Connor
Others who spoke that day