Services & Organisation Committee Meeting - June 2023 Transcript

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00:01:00 Can I please request before commencing the meeting that everyone have their brains signed off or turned off? Thank you. Confirmation of minutes. Can I please have a mover and a seconder? Thank you. Mover, Chris Tewart, seconder, Jo Jerusalem. All in favour? Thank you. Councillor Jurisevic: Chair, I'll just correct you there. Councillor Stockwell's not an apology because he's not required to attend the SNO meeting. Councillor Lorentson: He's on the P&E. He's on the P&E. And for those in the gallery, this is the second time I've chaired. That's all right. That's why. I've still got my pink plates. Councillor Jurisevic: There's no requirement for the councillor to attend because he's not on this committee. Councillor Lorentson: Presentations and deputations. There are no presentations and no deputations. So let's move to item five, reports for consideration of the committee. Firstly, item one, Maritime Safety Queensland Recreational Governing Facilities Demand Forecast Study 2022.

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00:02:00 Can I ask, are there any conflicts of interest? No? Welcome to the desk, Craig and Dean. Can we please have a second? Can you please firstly give us a summary or an overview of the report? Speaker 2: Sure. Thank you, Chair. So this is a joint report, both with environment and infrastructure. The report provides an overview of the Recreational Boating Facilities Demand Forecast Study 2022, which was commissioned by the Maritime Safety Queensland, a branch of TMR. The study identifies the latent demands for boat launching facilities on the New South Wales River and recommends a number of priorities. The study looks at an increasing number of boat ramps and parking. However, there's a concern that it doesn't take the regional approach. And there's lack of consideration of contemporary parking and river management demands and the

5.1 MARITIME SAFETY QUEENSLAND RECREATIONAL BOATING FACILITIES DEMAND FORECAST STUDY 2022 ¶

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00:03:00 increase of capacity on the river, what these impacts will be. The study identifies seven priority projects in a detailed assessment and recommendations are included, which Council has developed in consultation with workshops and with the councillors. Six of the projects have merit and should have further consideration and require extensive redesign due to the quality of the impacts on the river. And it's recommended that the priority one project, Chaplain Park, be rejected due to its inconsistent use with the foreshore land management. Thank you. And the impacts on the park lands and the community expectations. Amy, did you want to add anything as a summary? Councillor Lorentson: No, that's great. Thank you. Thank you. Questions? Do we have any questions and answers? Mayor Stewart: I do. Thank you.

00:04:00 Craig, on page five of the report, it says the proposition that Noosa needs to consider increasing demand for boating access to Noosa River consistent with population growth and increasing boat ownership is appropriate. However, this also needs to be considered in the context of capacity of the river and the capacity for car and trailer parks. The MSQ TMR Commission study is timely in this regard to initiate new planning responses. Can you talk about what can and is going to be done in light of this report and the data coming through? Speaker 2: So we did have a project initiation put up this year to look at this foreshore area as in a master plan. However, it was unsuccessful. But we are looking at master planning this foreshore area. And what we also do is we have a project this year to look at the Noosa foreshore master plan. So that's actually out to tender at the moment through an ITQ. So we're master planning the Noosa foreshore. And we're also looking at a timeframe for master planning this foreshore here also.

00:05:00 So they're two planning projects. Amy, did you want to add anything there or Dean? There's the unpowered water sports project that's underway also, and that'll be finalised shortly. Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think it's part of the Noosa river catchment management strategy as well. We should be considering infrastructure in that moving forward. There is funding available, as you know, through the Council Affairs for the Resilient Rivers Initiative. So there might be options there. But I think it's timely to start planning and preparing for this. Mayor Stewart: I know some of the information in the report, you've reported they haven't gone through the proper due diligence in regard to the capacity. They're saying 40 car parks could fit here, but that's not taking into account engineering studies or how would they turn or what the impact is on traffic in the area.

00:06:00 So there was ambitious potential graphs and statements made. And obviously, the information you guys provided back was that's just not feasible. So in the short term, because all those studies are great, but like every study, it takes time. What can be done? What's low hanging fruit that can be done in the short term to alleviate some of the impacts that this report is recognising? Speaker 2: There's nothing currently in the forward design program. There's nothing currently in the forward design program. And there's nothing currently budgeted in the 10-year capital works program to look at improving boat trailer parking. We're looking at a potential $30 million capital works program this year with carryovers, and it'll probably end up around $45 million with a capital works. We do have those two planning projects underway. However, there is nothing in the short term to look at boat trailer parking other than

00:07:00 the two planning projects that we've done. Speaker 7: As I mentioned, there was opportunity for proposed pontoons with further discussions with MSQ in some of those priority project locations. Mayor Stewart: Was one of those pontoons in the jetty, Moor's Jetty? Yes, it was. Speaker 2: Yes. Mayor Stewart: And that is in a capital works program? Speaker 2: Yes, a very good point there. Thank you. So as part of the transport strategy, there's an investigation of a new jetty that's been Within the Woods area. Yes, that's correct. Apologies there. Councillor Jurisevic: Or an upgrade to an existing journey perhaps. Councillor Lorentson: So to recap, I had a look at the 2017 demand for customs study and the key issues and priorities pretty similar to what's reported six years later. I note in the 2017 report there were eight boat ramp facilities containing 12 boat ramp lanes.

00:08:00 Six years later, in the report in front of us, we've now got nine boat launching facilities containing 12 boat ramp lanes. I think what I'm sort of hearing is that the constraints around funding, who pays. Can I ask, talking about opportunities for council, so it needs a lot of team work to come up with money. Is that likely? Are there the same sort of lobbying opportunities? Did we do the same over the last six years and did we succeed in attaining extra funding? Speaker 5: I just want to make the point as well that it is an independent study. The Maritime Safety Queensland made it quite clear that, you know, there are recommendations that have been made in 2017 and again last year,

00:09:00 but they actually don't accept all of those recommendations. When I spoke to the manager for boating infrastructure, Roger Priest, about how we might prioritise investment, he said that Noos would score well in MSQ's bespoke prioritisation software. So I think there's definitely the opportunity to continue talking with MSQ to, you know, see what might be possible. Councillor Lorentson: And one of the, you know, I keep saying that what's in front of us, and I think it's in the study, that the reports used it as information only or as a guide. And there were some highlighted rules and the mayors sort of highlighted one. And, you know, there wasn't much consideration in terms of traffic assessment. What were the other rules that they identified from regional waterway capacities?

00:10:00 Having looked at, you know, what's outside Moosa has been one of them. Can you expand on that or just highlight just some of the issues that they picked up on the report? Speaker 5: I think that the point there is that it's such a constrained waterway. And so, you know, it really has, I think, a limit in terms of its carrying capacity. And I think Council has always held the position in our desirable environmental outcomes in the old river plan, that jetties, pontoons, wards are designed to avoid cluttering of the Moosa River system. So I think that there's a limit in terms of infrastructure that can be put in. Councillor Lorentson: But in terms of existing infrastructure and demand management, I think there's also some mention in the report about that. Amy, can you talk about what's meant by demand management, time to pay parking,

00:11:00 as being an opportunity to free up some trailer parking? Speaker 2: So as part of the assessment of this report, we commissioned an external consultant to provide us advice. And one of the areas that the consultant looked at was Shute Harbour. And there's a concierge set up there where the boat can be launched. And then there's a facility where it's taken to a remote car park or else there's a sort of loading area as well. So there is more modern day practices that are being used in other places that could be investigated. So it was a very limited study in looking at infrastructure in the location of the boat ramp, whereas there may be some modern day processes. And practices that could be implemented. Councillor Jurisevic: Perfect segue into my question with regard to those sort of things.

00:12:00 We talked about signage and timing, but what about car parking sensors and actual, you know, asking MSQ to go to the next step and actually having an app so people can see if they're monitoring how many car parks there are if a boat ramp is already full. So people can be pre-warned and, from a regional perspective, see which boat ramps might be better to go and launch from if one's already ready to impact and all the rest of it. So is there any, there's no mention of 21st century technology in what you've suggested in this report. Is that something we can add to look at some more modern sensing and sensors that may facilitate, and in fact message boards and or apps that might help facilitate better parking or management practices around these boat ramps? Speaker 2: So we're summarising the report. We're assessing the report that was provided to us. We've mentioned that there is other models out there that could be explored.

00:13:00 Councillor Jurisevic: Can we be a bit more specific about some of the solutions that we might be suggesting? Speaker 2: With regards to the trailer side of the boat ramps, that infrastructure is paid for wholly and solely by Council. So we currently don't have any money in the budget to investigate boat trailer car parking. Our priority has been more around the transport strategy. So we have funding in the budget to look at the Hastings Street precinct with regards to car park tech, signage. So our current focus is to do a car park technology trial within the Hastings Street precinct. We aren't prioritising the trailer side of boat ramps due to then being no capital program coming up. Councillor Jurisevic: I'm not suggesting we should, Craig. What I'm suggesting is what we need to do is go back to the State and say that we're talking about this, not looking at it from a regional perspective.

00:14:00 From a regional perspective, what could be implemented is better monitoring of the car parks that are being provided. Speaker 6: It seems to be dividing staff. Councillor Jurisevic: I'm just asking whether this is an opportunity. I'm not debating staff at all. I'm asking whether we can include an element of modern technology. We can include that. In our request. We can include that. Is that something? Do we need to make a change to what we've got here or is that something? Speaker 2: We can include that. Thank you. Councillor Jurisevic: That's all I was asking. The other side of that is the situations and we talked about boat trailer parking is can we advocate or can we, within the document or within the response, to look at differentiating uncoupled boat trailer, boat trailers from other vehicles so that they're not left to park over multiple days and are viewed differently from other vehicles with regard to parking regulation. Speaker 2: We can include that.

00:15:00 Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: Can I add to that and I'll try to phrase it in a question so I don't get point of order. But in Sydney, in 2020, they actually adopted, they went through proper community consultation. They adopted a trailer parking policy and what they have today, they've got installed signage and the signage actually says, no parking, motor vehicles accepted. So the idea is that in residential areas, the parking, trailer parking was getting pushed into. Certain areas in Sydney, so it was north Sydney, but the residents actually went up in arms about it. So throughout Sydney, they've got no parking, motor vehicles accepted signage as a possible solution when there's like flow on, you know, trailer parking for two, three days in some instances a month. So maybe that's something that we can look at as a possible.

00:16:00 Yeah. Restricted all types of trailer and caravans, but it was just a really interesting document that went through almost a year in consultation and three years down the track, it's actually been quite successful. But it just addressed trailer parking at the long term. So no parking, motor vehicles accepted. So a long time in place, you have those areas freed up. Speaker 2: And I can speak to that. So we'd require a local law. And the other thing that we'd need to consider is, what's the flow on effect? So as part of the new corporate plan, we've adopted an initiative to develop a parking management plan. So what that would do is look at all of the precincts, take a strategic look and look at what areas may be timed, what areas may be restricted, what areas may have trailers, may not have trailers and residential permits. So that parking management plan is the key to that.

00:17:00 And I may be wrong, but I think you'd find Sydney would have a parking management plan which would outline the different areas and the different requirements and that would have been engaged and consulted with the communities. Councillor Jurisevic: But within that, given that the state have the overall parking regulation and the understanding of what vehicles are, I think we've, along the lines of what I was saying earlier, that a boat trailer is viewed as a registered vehicle and can park anywhere a registered vehicle is, does that, do we then have to go back to the state? Is that something we can do internally with regard to how we categorise a vehicle? We can do a local rule. Or is that a state regulation that we need to look at? So that's, don't need to answer that now, Craig. I mean, that's the element with regard to how, from my perspective, how we, who we need to approach with that regard. If we can't manage it within our own traffic management assessment, do we need to then advocate for the state for the changes? And is that something that needs to be applied? Are we the only council that are having those issues? I doubt it.

00:18:00 Can it be applied on a wider scale across the state or across the region? Councillor Lorentson: In terms of budgeting, so you referenced that there is a demand and management parking study underway in the budget for the Hastings Street Precinct. Is there an opportunity to extend that study so that we capture traffic to our parking in Gympie Terrace and all those pockets and look at the feasibility of introducing the demand or demand management style parking in the trailer park? And I'm thinking we are to win an opportunity for us councillors to discuss, you know, allocating extra funding to certain projects. Larry? Speaker 1: Can I speak to that? Yes, please. The issue is I think we've got to take things in steps. You know, we can't, we can't pile off too much. So the first thing is really our time parking, our traffic studies and we've identified the biggest, the most critical area initially

00:19:00 is Hastings Street and that's that precinct. So we're focusing on that. But surely, absolutely, in time, there's no doubt that we could expand that and extend it, but we need to learn the lessons first and doing a smaller, more manageable study is what we're about. I think we've got to come back to what this, what this study is about as well. This is a, this is a study done by, or commissioned by, not by us, by the state government, the MSQ. Yep. And it was a statewide. So it didn't just look at Noosa, it looked at all different, different towns and different, different coastal regions. What it's done is, is, is identified that there's, in its, in what it says is there's more, more, more boats, more vehicles, more, more usage in our area. But it's also identified, which we all knew, that we're limited by our space.

00:20:00 So currently we're limited. It's made some recommendations or made some, or put forward some ideas that we'll now explore. And some of them you say, well, they're just not practical. Or what they've done is put block drawings, not, not detailed design drawings, on their, on their report. So you put a block drawing on a, on the car park at Thomas Street, and you say just a coloured block doesn't really tell the true story. Mm. And that's the part that you were talking about, Mayor. It's, it, it, you know, what it does is identify that you can fit this many cars on, but that's. Councillor Jurisevic: Doesn't make any of a difference. Expensive. Speaker 1: What else? So that work needs to be now done. So it's identified some of these things. It's identified, you know, there are other opportunities. And the review that we've done, there's other opportunities in terms of other parking, moving the, you know, putting, putting the, what do we call it? Speaker 2: Pontoons. The. Floating jetties. Speaker 1: No, no, no, no. Where you park your vehicle and so we take. Concierge. Concierge. Sorry, thank you.

00:21:00 We park it elsewhere. Again, where do we find those spaces? That's all the work that needs to be done. So this has identified some of those things. We now need to look at it and say, well, what, what in the future can we look at? What's practical? What's not practical? So it's a good study for that. But there are some things in there that aren't practical that we've identified. And that's what this, this, our, our report against the port has shown that there's some things that just aren't practical. Some things we should be looking at and we will, we will look at. The pontoons in the water themselves is an obvious one because that's, that's a fairly easy, quick low hanging fruit that we need to identify and see what we can do quickly. Because that will alleviate some of the, some of the, the congestion around some of the existing boat ramps that we have. But ultimately everything costs money. Everything takes time. So we just now need to identify, bite this off of it and take it step by step and work out where we can and can't apply some of the, some of the things that have come out of this

00:22:00 report. So ultimately that's where I see it sitting. Speaker 6: So Craig and, and Dean, it would be fair to say that there's strong support for getting, for encouraging NSQ to get started on pontoons as soon as possible. Yes. And, and also that we do some proper planning to get some more better car parking and trailer parking happening. One of the parking recommendations is that we initiate a parking study in this year, financial year, to do an examination of car and trailer parking and of near boat ramps. To examine additional measures to manage capacity through contemporary parking and demand management techniques. Modern technology is generally limited. But the outcomes of this study should inform the consideration of the future. Thank you. So there's a lot of good stuff in this report that we can get started on and head down the right direction. So getting on water pontoons upgraded and also on ground parking properly designed. Yeah. Properly designed.

00:23:00 And there was one, I think it was the Hilton Terrace. Yeah. The Hilton Terrace proposed car park which is actually, appears to be out of the water. What's, what's going on there? It's proposed to be land reclamation. Yeah. Speaker 2: I think it's what the CEO referred to around placing a block in an area, just a big coloured square and not really investigating out the impacts on mangroves, the river approvals, filling into the Noosa River. Speaker 6: So basically in principle support all the suggestions except for Chapman Park. Mayor Stewart: Yeah. And I was going to come back to that Craig because immediate action here on page seven says redesign, I mean Albert Street, Thomas Street, redesign the facility is supported but with better design constructions because they aren't giving us such crude drawings. Design can be considered as partial management, infrastructure plan going out May this, so it's already gone out. It's gone out. 2023. Correct. Okay. So that's something that we can immediately and are doing. Yep. Lake Street, Tewantin boat ramp upgrade, installation of pontoon adjacent to an existing boat ramp

00:24:00 is supported to improve functionality. Frank's just spoken to the Hilton Esplanade. Noosa Waters is supported, the jetty, and Marendal Street is redesigned facility is supported potentially with our new ferry coming in. That's a perfect opportunity to look at additional car parks, boat trailer parking. So I agree there is in principle support I think to begin all of that, which is quite a significant amount of work in itself. And the only one as Councillor Wilkie said that's not supported is Chapman Street. Speaker 6: And Chapman Park. Thank you very much for joining us today and thank you very much for the planning for the parking we've all just asked for. Councillor Lorentson: I think the data provided also in the report is priceless. As of July 2022 there's a total of 5146 guesses and 95% have been trailable and on a good voting day activation rate is about 8%. This is 411 votes.

00:25:00 And I also note on page 26 of the report no significant increases to vote rank capacity in the last 30 years. There is a sense of urgency. And I get Hastings Street and traffic management huge priority that I think this must be close to it. We need to at a minimum look at existing facilities that are a bit outdated and do something. Now I've also got a note, oh the answer to your question, yes. Councillor Jurisevic: In the report one of the things that is alluded to is that they haven't, we don't believe that they've taken into consideration the amount of traffic on the river and the amount of activity on the river. It's rated as one of the busiest waterways in South East Queensland is it not? Speaker 5: Yes. Correct, yes.

00:26:00 Councillor Jurisevic: So I think that's something else we maybe need to reiterate, the element of where it ranks in the activity that is on there from a regional perspective. And the amount of facilitation of boating activities that are already undertaken is clearly there. The other thing is with regard to the floating pontoons, can we make a request to the State that they don't use styrofoam in them? If we're going to support those because I think we've had enough dealing with styrofoam floating pontoons. Maybe some 21st century alternatives might be some viable consideration. Speaker 6: Question for Amy. Would it surprise you in the feedback from this report that there was strong support for removing anchored water vessels from the river? Speaker 5: No, because as we know the committee has been asking for that for quite some time. Speaker 6: Pretty consistent message there at the time. Speaker 5: Yep. Councillor Lorentson: A quick question. I wonder if anyone can answer this. The report does say that recreational facilities such as canoe rinks and fishing platforms weren't considered as part of the report.

00:27:00 Given they sort of go hand in hand with launching facilities, where were they? Speaker 7: I'm not sure that was... Councillor Lorentson: I can probably jump in. Sorry Craig, I don't know. I just thought that was quite interesting. Yeah. Speaker 2: So TMR received funding from registrations. Mm-hmm. So a lot of this is driven around boating registration, whereas a non-powered watercraft such as a canoe or a stand-up paddleboard, anyone can buy one, sell one. It's not registered. However, Council is currently undertaking a non-powered water sport. So from a Council point of view, we're developing a non-powered water sports study. Mm-hmm. Councillor Lorentson: Any more questions, answers?

00:28:00 Councillor Jurisevic: Just to follow on from something you said about a foreshore management plan down here, Craig, does it incorporate the other side of the marina and the Hilton Estuarin area where cranes launch boats and things like that? Would that come into this consideration with regard to planning? Speaker 7: I think that scope, Councillor, was typically along the Tewantin foreshore, including Lake Street up until the marina. Okay. Up until the marina? Correct. Coming up or coming? Back this way from the marina and all of the foreshore parkland. It was dealing with our foreshore parkland and interface to the river. Okay. Speaker 6: Thanks. Very good summation of study. That's excellent. Very rational of you. Yeah. Yeah. Councillor Lorentson: Will we be asking, going out to community and asking that their feedback will be reported, or is that consultation is already in progress? It's been in progress. Okay. I'm going to throw it to Valerie, either Councillor Wegener or Councillor Finzel.

00:29:00 Any questions? I'll move that it goes to Jim. Councillor Jurisevic: I'll second that, based on the significance of the item four. Councillor Lorentson: All in favour, please. Speaker 6: Thanks, Craig. Thanks, Daniel. Thank you. Councillor Jurisevic: Thank you very much. Speaker 6: Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: Thanks, Daniel. Speaker 6: Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. In item 5.2, request for tenure to establish a new community garden in Y211, SPM 128963, Kinpah, Korang, and the Korang Organic Garden Incorporated. Good afternoon. Welcome to the table. Speaker 4: Pleasure to be here. Councillor Lorentson: Can I start by just asking if you can give us a summary or overview of the work that you're doing? Speaker 4: Absolutely. So, Council received a new application for a community garden from the Korang Organic Garden Incorporated,

5.2 REQUEST FOR TENURE TO ESTABLISH A NEW COMMUNITY GARDEN IN LOT 11 SP128963, KING PARK, COORAN - COORAN ORGANIC GARDEN INC. ¶

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00:30:00 requesting to establish a new garden in King Street, or Kinpah, sorry, in King Street in Korang. So, as part of that, community development and the property team undertook an assessment of it at quite a high level, doing internal consultation to make sure that we hadn't missed anything when considering new developments. So, we've got a new tenure or a new garden in this area. As a result of those assessment, a recommendation of a three-year freehold permit was proposed, and that all costs associated with the establishment of the garden and the maintenance ongoing would be borne by the group. So, this report now seeks to get Council to approve and apply the exception to having to tender before disposing of an interest in land. So, that's what we're here today to discuss. Councillor Lorentson: Fantastic. Questions, Councilors?

00:31:00 Joe? Councillor Jurisevic: Yeah, does a proposal like this go out to the Kin Kin community for, ah, sorry, Kin Kin. Sorry, Korang community. The Korang community. Got Kin Kin on the right. The Korang community. Speaker 4: Yeah, look, the group undertook extensive community consultation, and as part of their application package to Council, provided us with letters of support and signatures of support, of some about 170 signatures, and about six or seven letters of support by the local businesses. So, yeah, so in preparation, they provided us with a lot of information so that we could consider that, and then as part of our joint assessment of that, the community development officer also went out and just fact checked some of that to make sure that we were seeing the right information. Councillor Jurisevic: So, as far as the choice of site, was that something that Council officers put to the group or the group proposed? Speaker 4: No, that was, that was the group that put it to the community in the first instance to make sure that they were happy with that site. It is relatively underutilised, a little corner pocket.

00:32:00 That was the next question I had. Yeah. Speaker 2: You're, you're pre-acting my question. Speaker 4: Yeah. So, they, they were quite good in their selections. They did have a look at a few others, but they all had either flood issues or some other hindrance to them establishing a community garden, so. Councillor Jurisevic: So, from the property perspective, as far as event applications and all the rest, we don't get a lot of requests for events in that area? Yeah, no, we, we don't at all, and. So, it's not, not a, not a, not a well utilised for any other. No, no. Facilitation apart from public, public open space. Speaker 4: Yeah, that's right. It's got a little BMX track there, but it doesn't impact the, the use from the wider community in that park. Thank you. Speaker 6: That was my question. Speaker 4: No, no, no. They can all play very happily there. Local laws were considering this for perhaps in the future an off-leash area, but that also lends itself to how the site will be shared amongst the community. Councillor Jurisevic: There are additional spaces there. There's another, there's another space further down. Yep. There's Straker Park over the other side that. Oh, look. Speaker 4: Karen is blessed with a lot of open space. Councillor Jurisevic: With a, with a potential for, for a master plan of that.

00:33:00 Speaker 4: Oh, absolutely. That whole area. Councillor Jurisevic: With regard to what the uses are overall, so. Speaker 4: Yep. Yep. They're very lucky out there. Speaker 6: It's beautiful. Do Tewantin build a shed there? Speaker 4: They will. Construction? Eventually. They're in their master plan. They're looking at just starting off small and establishing the group and getting everything up and running. And then they'll look at funding opportunities down the track for probably maybe a shed that they can keep things in or keep things safe and put in a gate to the, to where it is. So one of their big upfront costs though, will be connecting to water. There's no water there currently, so they will have to make application to uni water to connect there, which will be their first probably big expenditure. Councillor Jurisevic: Got a town water connection in Korea? Speaker 4: Yes, they do. I know. That was my thought, Joe, too. Sorry. Aren't they all on septics out there? I'm just wondering about town water. Yes. I had to go double check that. Councillor Jurisevic: Just thinking off the top of my head. I forgot. Speaker 4: No, my thoughts exactly. But yes, no, they have- Councillor Jurisevic: A lot of tank water in Korea. Speaker 4: Yes, there is.

00:34:00 And these guys are lucky enough to have access to potable town water. Councillor Jurisevic: Railway station nearby, probably. Speaker 4: Yes, I think so. I don't think all Korean is, but- That was the first question that popped into my head. Councillor Jurisevic: It'll be, yeah, it'll be metered. Speaker 4: That will all be into the future. Councillor Lorentson: Council, what's your question? Speaker 6: Forgive me if I'm missing it. How big is it? Speaker 4: Oh, I did not put that in there. It is relatively large. I'm going to hazard a guess about 4,000 square metres, but I can check that. Wow, that's massive. It's not small. Mayor Stewart: It's an acre. Yes, it's a big- Yes, it's an acre. Speaker 4: And it's freehold, so it's, it's, we've got the ability to be a bit more flexible in what we, what tenures we use there. Councillor Lorentson: That's my question, Hayley, so we're entering into negotiations for a three-year freehold

00:35:00 permit. Yep. Three years, is it long enough? What happens at the next version? Speaker 4: No, so this was a discussion we had with the group, and they wanted to firstly know that the community was supportive, and then the council was supportive. And then they just wanted a short-term tenure to make sure that they were able to go and get funding to actually establish it. So they just wanted to start small instead of launching into a lease, which costs, you know, there's substantial costs to enter into a lease. So they thought if they started with a permit, they can work their way to a lease. Councillor Jurisevic: And just continuing the hour again, they've become an incorporated body? Speaker 4: They have indeed, yes. So they've gone through a lot of, they've been a very, very active group. A lot of work to get to this point. Yep. No, they've done very well. They've been very active in giving us a lot of substantial information and supporting documentation. Speaker 6: What are the comparative sizes of the Cooroy permaculture? Speaker 4: Well, the Cooroy one is about 1,000 square metres, but it shares a lot with the Badminton

00:36:00 Club, and it goes actually behind it as well. Veggie Village is relatively small. Yeah. What about the new? Speaker 6: 4,000 is pretty big. Speaker 4: Oh, no, sorry. The lot is 4,000. The size of the garden won't be that, it will be, the size of the actual garden itself, it won't be the whole. It's not a whole lot. Yeah, sorry. It's not a whole lot. There's a site plan on the back of the report, I think, that shows indictively, and we will actually go out and get a proper site plan drawn up with dimensions. Councillor Jurisevic: So comparative size of garden area would be comparative to? Probably Cooroy. Speaker 4: Cooroy. Yep. Councillor Jurisevic: And or Tewantin. Yes, sorry. Mayor Stewart: And interestingly, at the top here, it says small, discreet cow park for two disabled bays and three short stay drop bays. Yes. Yep. Yep. Speaker 4: Yep. So they're looking at a very inclusive garden. Very good. Yeah. They've got a very large membership too, which is good for a group that's just newly established. Right. Speaker 6: What about access to power? Speaker 4: They don't need access to power at the moment, but that might be something they look at,

00:37:00 but in a solar format, as opposed to connecting to actual power. Councillor Jurisevic: Well, now that you've gone there, the level of interest, the number of members that they do have? Speaker 4: It was going to, because we couldn't attach it because it had names and addresses on it, but I'm going to have it. It was about 40. 40, 50. Yep. That's a great starting point for a community group. It was great. Yep. Councillor Jurisevic: That's an awesome community group. Yeah. That's great. Councillor Lorentson: And I know there's already an established mega tree. They're ready for the picking. Speaker 4: Yeah. And look, they've made connections with Landcare. So Landcare are going to help them establish and provide some of that advice about how they establish a garden that doesn't use much water and all the things. Perhaps some propagated plants from their Ural Forest nursery. Councillor Lorentson: That'd be good. I'll second. Speaker 4: We've been checking. Councillor Lorentson: Beautiful. Anyone wants to speak to any other questions? I just want to express excitement to the-

00:38:00 Can I speak to that? Oh, excuse me. Oh, excuse me. Speaker 6: Go ahead. No, you have a chance. Yeah. But it's just a wonderful idea. Yeah. I'm glad to see there's another community group forming out there. Yeah. This is, I thank staff for working cooperatively with the Quran group. And I wish them every success. Councillor Lorentson: Yeah. Speaker 6: That's a great- Councillor Jurisevic: Likewise. Great to see community coming together for something that they've all got a shared love and an interest in at IT. Yeah. Wish them every success going forward. And we don't often get new community groups. So this is- I said it's a great location. Great location for the facilitation. Well done. Mayor Stewart: Yeah. Yeah. Fantastic work. Speaker 4: And Monique, who isn't here from community development, did a lot of hard work. Mayor Stewart: Oh, she's here. Sorry. Oh, Monique. Speaker 4: Monique was, yep, in the trenches doing the hard work. Councillor Lorentson: And can I also add, you know, organic gardens, vegetable gardens, community gardens, it's

00:39:00 a community. Yeah. And it brings community together. And that's why this is such exciting and important. Speaker 4: Well loved. Councillor Lorentson: Well utilised. Well used. Well, absolutely. I'd like to say- Yeah. Speaker 4: They're one of the fun groups. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you for the great report. No worries. No worries. Thank you for your hard work, Monique. Acknowledged and thanked. Speaker 4: These are the fun reports to bring up. Thank you, Hayley. Councillor Lorentson: Thanks. Speaker 4: Thanks, everybody. No, thank you. Sorry. Councillor Lorentson: Sorry. Sorry. Speaker 4: Jumped the gun. Sorry. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you, Hayley. No worries. Speaker 4: Thank you very much. Thanks, Hayley. Well done. We like the approvals. That's fine. Good. Mayor Stewart: Everyone's happy. Councillor Lorentson: Everyone wins a prize. So, next report in front of us is Report 5.3. Welcome, Ally, to the table. Speaker 3: Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: And we're discussing the regional arts development plan and the grant recommendations Speaker 6: for 2023. Okay. And I'd like to note that I've got a prescribed conflict of interest because Noosaville

00:40:00 is one of the great applicants. I'm the President of Noosaville. So, it's often a conflict of interest. I'll leave it there. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. Can I ask any more conflicts of interest, Councillor Jo? Councillor Jurisevic: Yes. I do have a... I would consider a declarable conflict of interest, having been associated with the great upcycle challenge. I mean, from the outset, I have been a judge on the great upcycle challenge and been involved in the awarding of prizes and that through the great upcycle challenge. As a result of my conflict, I too will leave the room. Councillor Lorentson: You will leave it. Okay. You will leave. Councillor Jurisevic: I have done in the past. Councillor Lorentson: Okay. Councillor Jurisevic: So, I'll be consistent with my situation. Councillor Lorentson: Okay. All right. Thank you. Sorry. You're going to have to give me that board. So... I thought we said that at the... I'd like to move a... Mayor Stewart: No, we'll be all right. We can do it with the two of us. Yeah. Yeah, I'll move the recommendation. Councillor Lorentson: That's it.

5.3 REGIONAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT FUND (RADF) - GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS 2023 ¶

▶ 00:40:12· Carried unanimously 2-0 from council's minutes

00:41:00 I'm happy to second the recommendation and I'll hand it over to you, Eileen. Can you please give us a summary or a review of what's in front of us? Speaker 3: Yes. Sure. No problem. So, the Regional Arts Development Fund supports cultural activity through the professional development and employment of arts and cultural workers in Queensland. This funding is 50-50 in partnership with Arts Queensland. The Council has a funding agreement which runs from October 2022 to September 2023. So what we're considering in this grant round is funding from the 2022-23 budget. We're recommending... Okay. Out of the 13 applications that were received, the RATF Committee, which is made up of external people who assess all our grants, are recommending that six applications receive funding totaling $36,285. Councillor Lorentson: All right. Thanks, Eileen. Mayor Stewart: I don't have any questions. This one's... Thank you.

00:42:00 Thank you and the Committee. Eileen, for all the hard work, because there's a lot to go through and I think a really exciting, great range, really versatile, diverse range of groups and people who are getting the grants. So, it's great to read about all the exciting things that are being done in our community in this space. Arts is so important to Noosa. So, thank you. Speaker 3: Absolutely. Thank you. I'll pass that on. A question, Annie. Councillor Lorentson: Yep. In terms of the internal process, I noticed that RATF had an outcome to report. Can you explain a little bit about that? Speaker 3: Yep. So, all our community grants, including RATF, once the funding agreement has been expended and the project has been completed, every applicant needs to acquit their funding back to Council. So, they need to show us what they actually spent their funding on and how they spent their money and how they've actually acknowledged Council on doing so. That's it. Councillor Lorentson: And in terms of the next round of grants, when are they scheduled to be open? Speaker 3: Yep. So, from September to September, to report back to Council in December, so projects can

00:43:00 start on the 1st of January. Councillor Lorentson: Fantastic. Yep. I'd also like to add, thank you. Great report and again, happy news. We'd like encouraging the community to participate in grants and also encourage our arts and culture sector and it's a life and well. Excellent. Thank you very much. Speaker 3: I'll certainly pass that on to Belinda and Michael. Thank you. Thank you. And Councillor Finzel was the chair of that committee, so I'll pass that on as well. Yes. Please do. Councillor Lorentson: Appreciate it. Yep. Thank you very much. Okay. So, can I have a move on? No, I moved it. You seconded it. Okay. So, all in all, carry the news. We might ask the Councillors Jo and Councillor Frank to come back. Thanks, Ali. Oh, you're back. You're still there. Speaker 3: I'm still here. Councillor Lorentson: It's been a while, I think, Ali. Speaker 3: Yep. You've stuck with me for a little while.

00:44:00 Councillor Lorentson: Welcome back to the room, Councillor Jo. Thank you, Councillor Frank. Thank you. Okay. Councillor Lorentson: Next report for consideration of the committee. Five points. Round one. 2023-2024 Community Grants Program Community Project Grants. Round one. We have Ali still at the desk. Ali, can you please give us a summary or overview of the reporting from us? Speaker 3: Yep. Certainly. This particular report is an overview of all our Council community grants. So it summarises the four different categories that we have at hand, which is events, equipment, infrastructure and program projects. We have two grant rounds per year. This will be the first round for the 2023-2024 budget. As we know, the budget is yet to be adopted. So this is what the Council officers are putting forward as part of the budget process.

5.4 2023-2024 COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM - COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS (ROUND ONE) - OVERVIEW ¶

▶ 00:44:27· Carried unanimously 2-0 from council's minutes

00:45:00 We received a total of 21 community grants that were eligible applicants to receive funding at a delivery value of just over $500,000. So that's quite a significant amount. Through the assessment process, 15 projects are recommended for funding with a total delivery value of $371,646. So in total, we're recommending that $157,296.68 is recommended for our overall Community Grants Program and this will go into detail in the next four preceding reports. Yes. Councillor Jurisevic: I'll second it. Speaker 3: I'll move to stop it in the dark. Councillor Lorentson: Any questions, Councillors? No. Okay. All in favour? Carried unanimously. Thank you. Thank you, Allen. arlos. You...? Councillor Jurisevic: Councillor Driscoll. Councillor Driscoll. I'm allowed to ask a question. Councillor Lorentson: Councillor Driscoll. Motion. Councillor Leith is seconded. No, I seconded. Councillor Leith is seconded and all in favour?

00:46:00 Thank you. We'll move to the next report for consideration of Community 5.5, the 2023-2024 Community Program Program Funding, Community Project Grants, Project Grants, Round 1, Program Projects. Again, can I ask you to please give us a summary of... Sorry, I have a conflict. Excuse me. Mayor Stewart: In accordance with Chapter 5B of the Local Government Act 2009, I, Councillor Stewart, inform the meeting that I have a declarable conflict of interest with the application of Katie Rose Cottages, as I am in friendship with the Head of Fundraising and Partnerships, Lee McCready. As a result of my conflict of interest, I will now leave the meeting room and that is considered and voted off. Thanks, Alex. And Councillor Finzel is also... Councillor Lorentson: I would like to say that Councillor Finzel is also required to leave. Councillor Jurisevic: Could we have anything else? Could we have anything for you? Speaker 6: Round 5.5. Councillor Jurisevic: Yes. Councillor Lorentson: 5.5. Councillor Jurisevic: Which is Round 1, Community Project Grants, Program. Yes.

5.5 2023-2024 COMMUNITY PROGRAM FUNDING – COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS (ROUND ONE) – PROGRAM/PROJECTS ¶

▶ 00:46:45· Carried unanimously 1-0 from council's minutes

00:47:00 Councillor Lorentson: Program and Projects. Correct. Councillor Jurisevic: Bridge and Bridge Community Council. Councillor Lorentson: And I would like to ask you to please give us a summary of the report in front of us, can't you? Speaker 3: Not a problem. So this is one of the first categories out of the four. So projects or programs need to respond to a specific opportunity or need within the community. There are unable to be ongoing projects or programs that have passed their three-year period. So they can only be funded up to three-year period. We have five programs or projects being presented to you today. As a council officer, I'm recommending two of those to you. The other three are not being recommended for a variety of different reasons. Some didn't have...they had insufficient information or did not rate as highly as other grant applications that we have put forward. As council officers, we will continue to work with those other three organisations that aren't recommended

00:48:00 to look for external grant applications. We will look at external grant opportunities or help them fundraise, et cetera, to support them. Councillor Jurisevic: Thank you. Questions? Incorporated. That has improved their...if their application was...needed a little bit of work, we'll work with the groups to improve that. That's correct. Speaker 3: Yeah. So whether we look at external grant opportunities or encourage them to apply for round two. Councillor Lorentson: Do you have any further questions or looking for questions? Speaker 6: I'm just wanting a look. Councillor Lorentson: A croquet club, only 14,000 allocated to renovate the courts, plane services. How...Noosa Croquet Club, how many members do they have? Just out of curiosity. Speaker 3: To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure at the moment. I can certainly find out for you and take that on notice if you like. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you very much. Speaker 3: That's okay. But yeah, that's really exciting, the croquet club here. They're based at Noosa Waters. They're holding the national croquet championships, which is, yeah, it's an exciting opportunity

00:49:00 for Noosa. Councillor Lorentson: It's a beautiful space. Speaker 3: It is a beautiful space. Yeah. Councillor Jurisevic: And what a further end they have to be, undertaking such a...such an undertaking as the championship. Absolutely. Yeah. Within our local area. Speaker 6: Listen, Chair, I am unsure whether I'm a member of the Christmas Community Council or not. So out of an abundance of caution, I don't know. I'm not sure. Councillor Jurisevic: Frank, you're only as a member. You're not on the executive. Speaker 6: I may be a member. I'm not on the executive. I may be a member. But membership should... Councillor Jurisevic: Membership shouldn't preclude you from... Speaker 6: I know. But I'm a bit nervous. Councillor Jurisevic: You're going to... Speaker 6: So... Councillor Jurisevic: That's why I flagged it. Speaker 6: Sort of... Yeah. What's he saying actually? I'll end that. I'd just like to flag...declare that I may be a general member of the Bridgenwich Community House and that out of an abundance of caution... Frank Wilkie will lead the meeting. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. We appreciate your diligence.

00:50:00 That's all. Bridgenwich. Councillor Jurisevic: That's why I flagged it with him before we began. Yeah. Just in case. Speaker 6: That's all. As I may be a member. As I may be a member. Councillor Lorentson: As I may be a member. Speaker 6: Be a member of the Bridgenwich Community House and out of an abundance...out of an abundance of caution... Councillor Lorentson: Any further questions, Councillor? Councillor Jurisevic: No, no. I'll move it. Councillor Lorentson: No. I'm happy to stay. Councillor Jurisevic: Nothing further. Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: Nothing further. All in favour? Carried unanimously. You may ask if we can have the councillors back in the room. Thank you, Barry. Councillor Jurisevic: So how do I get to the same one? Go backwards. Councillor Lorentson: Go back.

00:51:00 Councillor Jurisevic: One, two, three, four. There. That one. Item six. Councillor Lorentson: Welcome back, councillors. Councillor Wilkie, Councillor Lovable, Newcastle. I'm liking this lovely. Speaker 5: I'm excited because it's your birthday tomorrow. It's special. Councillor Jurisevic: Councillor Wilkie and I are fairly unspecial, right? Councillor Lorentson: The debit arc. So next, reports for consideration of the community. We still have Alice and Hanlon in the room. Report 5.6, 2023 and 2024 community progress. Round one, infrastructure. Ally, can I hand it over to you again? Can I also note that Councillor Finzel has also entered back into the room. Thank you, Ally. Speaker 6: Any conflicts? Anyone on this one? Councillor Jurisevic: No. Speaker 6: No. I may not. Yeah.

5.6 2023-2024 COMMUNITY PROGRAM FUNDING - COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS (ROUND ONE) - INFRASTRUCTURE ¶

▶ 00:51:59· Carried unanimously 3-0 from council's minutes

00:52:00 Speaker 3: So infrastructure projects relate to any type of building works or improvements to their facilities. So whether it's lights or within the building. This is where the community organisations need to contribute 50%. So that 50% can either come from in-kind cash at bank or an external grant opportunity. So they must contribute that 50% and the other 50% can come from council. I need to let you know that I have put forward an amendment to the attachment for this particular one with new information that was forthcoming. So as per the attachment, do we have that? Yeah. Speaker 5: Because you sent it to everyone. Speaker 3: Yeah. I've sent it to everybody as well. Yeah. When did you send that, Ally? This morning. Yeah. Councillor Jurisevic: This morning. Okay. Councillor Lorentson: Just give me a moment. Yes. I'll put it up on the screen. Just to say.

00:53:00 Speaker 3: So we had seven infrastructure-related projects. Yeah. Yeah. Councillor Jurisevic: Come to council. Okay. So, yeah. We want to reiterate. Yeah. Was 28.5, now 12? Is that it? Speaker 3: Yep. Yep. I can talk through that. Councillor Jurisevic: Oh, we've got perimeter fencing and ... Yep. Speaker 3: Okay. I can talk through that. So seven infrastructure projects were put forward to council. We are recommending three of those. The one where the amendment is to occur is the Federal Memorial Hall and Community Centre. We were recommending just over 28,000 for that particular one. We have been successful in getting some funding through an external source, which is through the Queensland Government Local Recovery and Resilience Grant. For the fence. Which is for the fence only. Excellent. We're unable to get the same, because the fence was actually affected by the floods. Yep. Because the shade sale is new, we weren't able to tap into that source, and we are recommending that council funds the new shade sale at Federal Hall. We've got it shared on the screen there, as well as sent to you by email.

00:54:00 Mayor Stewart: Yep. Got it. Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: And has the Federal Memorial Hall and Community Centre, have they been contacted with the correct news? No. No. Okay. So we're listening. Speaker 3: So until ... Can't be contacted until ... Until, after an ordinary meeting, correct. Yes. They may see it live, but yeah, otherwise it's ordinary meeting. Great news. Councillor Lorentson: Yes. Questions, council fund or council's? No. Speaker 3: No, I'll move it. Councillor Lorentson: I'll second it. Have you seconded? Yeah. Any questions from the council? No. Tell the council, can I? Correct. Thank you. Anyone want to speak to the ... Yep. Mayor Stewart: Yep. Councillor Jurisevic: I'd love to speak. I'm delighted to see some progress with a couple of these, in particular the Federal Memorial and Community Centre perimeter fencing, and the sun protection trade sale over the playground that they installed not long ago, so that's a fantastic outcome for that group. I'm sure the Federal Memorial will be thrilled, as will the Cooroora Woodworkers and the Ridgewood Hall Association for their grants. Councillor Lorentson: Any other council members to speak?

00:55:00 Councillor Whitton? No. Speaker 6: No, thank you. It's ... No. I think, council, there isn't any dissent at all in the reports. Speaker 3: Yeah, it's exciting times, and these particular organisations have either had to fundraise or apply for external grants to reach that 50% contribution, and yeah, and come to us for the other remaining funds, so ... Speaker 6: We're hoping those have got themselves. Speaker 3: Absolutely. Yeah. Councillor Lorentson: Fantastic. Thank you very much. And we, I think, have still got two for the next report in front of us. Correct. Are we all in favour? So I report the consideration of a community ... You're in favour. You're in favour. Excuse me. Councillor Zafira. Vote. All in favour of this. Carried unanimously. Thank you. Now I'm going to report the consideration of a community. Report 5.7, 2023-2024 community program funding, community project grants, round one, events. Firstly, any conflicts of interest around the table? No. Ali, can I please ask if you could give us a summary of what's going on in front of us?

00:56:00 Speaker 3: Not a problem. So events is related to community-based festival events that bring residents together. So it needs to be beyond the membership base of their own organisation. And it can include cultural, sports, or community festivals. We've had three applications put forward to Council, two of those that we're actually recommending. One, unfortunately, was outside the funding period where we would fund, so they would need to make sure that the event was on the 1st of July. And unfortunately, they had their event in June. We'll be having their event in June. So it makes them ineligible. Again, we would have a conversation with those organisations that are either ineligible or unsuccessful to support them looking for other grant opportunities. Councillor Lorentson: Questions, concerns, Jay? Councillor Jurisevic: I'm assuming this is the first time that the Ridgewood Hall Association are running the photo fair awards and photo presentation? Speaker 3: No. So this is not their first time. So it's an existing event. So we're actually just supporting them by giving them a bit of a seed fund so they can

5.7 2023-2024 COMMUNITY PROGRAM FUNDING - COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS (ROUND ONE) - EVENTS ¶

▶ 00:56:11· Carried unanimously 3-0 from council's minutes

00:57:00 actually expand what they're offering to the community. Councillor Jurisevic: Okay. So the reason behind the, is for the expansion of the, so it's something they've done on a smaller scale. This is to take it to a larger scale and actually take it to an external audience. Yep. Correct. Thank you. I'm happy to move it. Speaker 7: I'm happy to move it. I'll second. Councillor Lorentson: Any further questions? No. I asked a question. Councillor Jurisevic: That's right. Councillor Lorentson: Yeah. I haven't spoken to them. Councillor Jurisevic: I haven't spoken to them, which I will. Delighted to see the opportunity for the Ridgewood Hall to expand their photo fair awards and photo presentation. And for Richard and the team at Nursa District Softball to once again host one of the state softball championships. This time the under 18 women's state softball championships. Delighted to be a softball club. That's exciting. Councillor Lorentson: Anyone else wish to speak? No. Could this do the vote? All in favour please.

00:58:00 Carry unanimously. Thank you, Ali, for all the support. And I say we've got to, yet again, report 5.8. So next report for consideration for community, report 5.8, 2023-2024 community program funding, community project grants, round one, the equipment. I've got a couple of questions, just give me a moment. Thanks. Mayor Stewart: Thanks, Linda. I, Councillor Stewart, inform the meeting that I have a clear conflict of interest in this matter in relation to the applicant of Noosa Rugby Union Club.

00:59:00 My husband is a member and sponsor of the Drupal Dolphins, the charitable arm of the club. My son also plays for the Drupal Dolphins. This club. I also have a declarable conflict of interest in relation to the applicant, Tewantin Noosa Rugby Club, as my son is a player of the Tewantin Noosa Rugby Club. As a result of my conflicts of interest and to be overly prudent, I will leave the room and all this matter is decided and voted on. Thank you. Thanks, Councillor. Speaker 6: I think they should bring it later on, not load it up. Speaker 5: Oh, that's not very good. Councillor Jurisevic: So you load it up, did you? I missed that, good pick up, I didn't see it. Councillor Lorentson: But I don't, I haven't in the past worked with you, I don't want to add any information, I just clearly just walked out of the room because the children need this. Councillor Jurisevic: The primary reason is her husband does funding within the club, actually sponsors the club, sponsors an element of the club.

5.8 2023-2024 COMMUNITY PROGRAM FUNDING - COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS (ROUND ONE) - EQUIPMENT ¶

▶ 00:59:12· Carried unanimously 2-0 from council's minutes

01:00:00 Councillor Lorentson: So, Ali, can you please give us a summary overview of the reporting from us? Speaker 3: Not a problem. So application, eight applications were received for equipment. Equipment refers to the purchase of equipment in response to a specific opportunity or need within the community. All eight applications were recommending that they receive funding with some special conditions attached to those as well, which I'm happy to discuss. Councillor Lorentson: Questions, councillors? No, I'm happy to leave it. I'll second it. Thank you. Joe, would you like to speak now? Always. Councillor Jurisevic: It's wonderful to see all of our organisations and the levels of work they undertake and the equipment. I'm sure we'll be very, the equipment funding will be very, very handy to all of them to progress their activities into the future. Councillor Lorentson: This really excites me the most. We were at Pomona over the weekend with the Demons and when you're sitting there on a Sunday afternoon

01:01:00 or a Sunday morning in this instance and you see community gather, it's, you understand how important these sorts of things are. These clubs rely on this. It's what builds and strengthens community. So, thank you, Ali, again for a great report. Not a problem. And congratulations to all the successful applicants. Not a problem. Fantastic. Thank you. Speaker 6: Just a question about the Kin Kin community work. That's a good-sized grant. Can we be able to do a fair amount of that? And it looks like one of the equipment. Three participation programs, including with community sports, Mums and Beings, Mums and Bubs. What exactly does that mean? Speaker 3: Yeah, so we're getting an external provider, well, they're getting an external provider

01:02:00 to support them. So, that's where some of the expenses is going towards, as well as the equipment. And their focus groups that they're wanting to look at are the youth community sports and mums to be. So, what the activity is to be precisely is not yet determined. Yeah. But they're the focus groups that they'll be looking to work with. The issue we have, and it is a significant amount of money, and I think it will be great for Kin Kin community, is to ensure that it is sustainable into the future. So, that's why we're saying that the sport and rec officer would need to work with Kin Kin Association to ensure that, you know, this is a one-off funding, it won't be continuous over the years. This is definitely a one-off funding. So, they'll need to look at a sustainable model moving forward. Speaker 6: And I assume this will involve sports on the overlap too. Yep. And during the night. While we were out there the weekend, it was raised that the overlights aren't working on one side of the level. Yes. And what's the reason for that? Speaker 3: So, that's something I've been talking to Councillor Jones. I've raised it. I've raised it with Councillor Jones. He's raised it with property as well. Speaker 6: Yeah.

01:03:00 Speaker 3: Yeah. So, that's... Yeah, we're just writing a response from property. Speaker 6: So, are they likely to be able to repair the lights or...? Speaker 3: What was your...? Haven't had a response. Councillor Jurisevic: I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Officers looking into the reasons why at this point in time. Yeah. Yeah. Once I get a response, I'll make sure all councillors are aware. Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Councillor Jurisevic: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 1: Yeah. Councillor Lorentson: I note in the report the club has applied and have been successful in the purpose of a trailer, but I do note a special condition that is subject to approval from the permit, which I have sort of worked with. So again, just to exercise abundance of caution, I will not vote on them now.

01:04:00 So I can step out of the room and I'll hand over the chair. Councillor Jurisevic: You don't, you don't decide on that, so if you step out of the room, I'll take over the chair. Councillor Lorentson: Yep. Speaker 1: I think that's, that's just written on the news. Councillor Jurisevic: I'll move the Councillor Wilkie to be appointed chair, in the absence of Councillor Lonerston. Mm-hmm. Speaker 6: Alright. Okay, do you want to move or second to the motion? Councillor Jurisevic: I'll second, I'll move it. Speaker 6: Okay, and I'll second it. Councillor Jurisevic: Just a question, to follow on from the question that Frank asked, Ellie, that, that, that effort at the Kin Kin Community Group with regard to youth community sports clubs to being mums and bums programs, is that a follow on from the Come and Try Day, the, the non-specific sports element that we had at Come and Try Day a year or so ago?

01:05:00 Speaker 3: So it's not a follow on as such. It's sort of a follow on. It's certainly been discussed as part of the Sport and Rec Officer in the work that they've been, correct, yeah, so bringing community together and connecting community, social activities through recreational sporting. Councillor Jurisevic: Wonderful to see that opportunity going out to the Kin Kin Community, who probably don't have a lot of organised sporting activities in that area, so opportunities for the kids and, and parents to be involved in, in recreational activities, organised recreational activities, fantastic, great one. Speaker 3: It's all about connecting communities, so. Speaker 6: So, Joe, you've moved it, I'll second it, do you wish to speak to it? Councillor Jurisevic: Only, only to ask that question. Speaker 6: I'll, I'll, actually will, spoken to it. Yeah, yeah, nothing further. All right, I'll put it, put it in favour. That's unanimous. Great, thanks, Joe. Come back in the room. Speaker 3: Thanks, Alison.

01:06:00 Not a problem, thank you. Thanks, Ali. Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: All right, we're now up to item 7.1, Confidential Session, and I note there is a confidential attachment to the report. Two. There's two confidential attachments. Two confidential attachments. So, the discussion relating to confidential matters is behind closed doors. Before moving to close the session, I want to just put on record the reasons for confidentiality under the Local Government Act. The reports, the two reports are confidential in accordance with section 254 of the Local Government Act 2012, which permits the need to be closed to the public for business relating to the following. F, legal advice obtained by the local government or legal proceedings involving the local government, including, for example, legal proceedings that may be taken,

01:07:00 by or against the local government. G, negotiations relating to a commercial matter involving the local government, in which a public discussion would be likely to prejudice the interest of the local government. And H, matters that may directly affect the health and safety of an individual or a group of individuals. So... Given the circumstances, we're over. I'll move. Councillor Jurisevic: I'm happy to move. Councillor Lorentson: Okay, fantastic. Thank you. So, we've got a mover. Councillor Joe Jarisomy, a seconder. Councillor Frank Wilkie. Councillor Jurisevic: And just to clarify, the words of the resolution are that the meeting be closed to the public pursuant to section 254 . F, Local Government Regulation 2012, which permits the meeting to be closed for public for business relating to matters that may directly affect the health and safety of an individual or group of individuals. And two, that the meeting be closed to the public pursuant to the same section of the Local Government Regulation, which permits the meeting to be closed for public business

01:08:00 negotiations relating to commercial matter involving the local government, for which a public discussion would likely prejudice the interest of the local government. Item 7.2.

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01:21:00 Speaker 6: Thank you. Mayor Stewart: Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Closed session for a confidential note. In front of us we have a recommendation that Council note and report by the Property Office of Development and Regulation to the Services and Organisation Committee meeting dated 6 June 2023 regarding a request to increase to a lease area of the Salvation Army Community Housing Services Limited and a surrender the existing lease to the Salvation Army Community Housing Services Limited. B, apply the exception to the requirement for tendering under section 236.1b.2 of the Local Government Regulation 2012 with disposal of a non-current asset other than by tender or auction if the valuable non-current asset is disposed of to a community organisation.

01:22:00 C, enter into a new lease with the Salvation Army Community Housing Services Limited for the lease area increasing the lease area from... C, enter into a new lease with the Salvation Army Community Housing Services Limited for the lease area increasing the lease area from 2,552 square metres to 4,540 square metres for a term of 20 years and D, delegate the power to the Chief Executive Officer to authorise, negotiate and finalise the terms of the lease to be executed by Council and to do any other acts necessary to implement Council's decision. Can I have a move on lease? Councillor Stewart, would you make a second? Councillor Wilkie? Mayor Stewart: All in favour? I'll just say I'm really happy to move this. It's really great. Thank you. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. Anyone else? Councillor Jurisevic: No, just to conclude with the lease. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. Carried unanimously. Thank you, Clinta and Hayley.

7.1 CONFIDENTIAL - NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - REQUEST TO INCREASE LEASE AREA - COMMUNITY HOUSING SERVICE LIMITED ¶

▶ 01:22:01· Carried unanimously 2-0 from council's minutes

01:23:00 Thank you, Carly. Oh, sorry, we've got another combination matter in front of us. Thank you. So, confidential report 7.2, not provided for lease, telecommunications, facility leases, Cooroy Street, Noosaville. It's a recommendation for us that council note the report by the property officer, development and regulation to the services and organisation committee meeting dated 6 June 2023 regarding telecommunication facility leases located on council freehold land and A, agreed to enter a commercial lease with Amphitel, the fire chief admitted, as trusted with the town's business operating trust for the lease area described as lease

7.2 CONFIDENTIAL - NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY LEASES - COOYAR STREET, NOOSA HEADS ¶

▶ 01:23:48· Carried unanimously 2-0 from council's minutes

01:24:00 T, involved in DNS P177649, Cooroy Street lease aheads in accordance with the terms generally outlined in this report. C, apply the exception of reference in section 2361 of the local government regulation 2012, as both leases are for telecommunication purposes and D, agree to enter a commercial We authorise the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate, make, vary, sign and discharge the telecommunication leases into any required variations of the leases on the Council's behalf. Can I have a mover and a seconder? I'll move. Councillor Jo. Seconder. I'll second, sorry. Moved by Councillor Stewart. I'll second then. Would you like to speak to the motion, Councillor Jo?

01:25:00 Councillor Jurisevic: I need to acknowledge that the lease has been, the equipment has been in place for some time. This is just a reiteration of that lease of central data communication or mobile communications equipment for the use of the community. Councillor Lorentson: Can I put it to the rightful owner of the data, please? Kerri, unanimously. Again, thank you, Hayley, Clint. Thanks, guys. Mayor Stewart: Thank you very much. Well done, Chair. Well done, Chair. Are we in the news? Yes. We're in the news. We're in the news. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. Thanks, Hayley. Now the meeting is closed at 2.59pm and the next meeting will be the general meeting, 17th April, 2022. Got it. Well done. 7th April, 2024. 2023, excuse me. 17th. 17th, that one. 17th April. 17th. Councillor Jurisevic: It's the July, the July meeting.

01:26:00 Mayor Stewart: The next general. You said general. The next general.

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