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00:00:00 Councillor Finzel: Good afternoon and welcome to the services and organization. Good afternoon and welcome to the services and organization 2024. I notice we have all the councillors in attendance and in the gallery we have before we start I'd like to pay my respects to before we start I'd like to pay my respects to the Kabi Kabi people, the leaders, 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. Mayor Wilkie: Madam Chair, I'll move that. I move that in accordance with section 254 of the local government regulations and we councillor Nicola Wilson is approved to attend the meeting dated 10th of the 9th 2024 by Microsoft teams.
00:01:00 Councillor Finzel: Thank you. All in favour? Unanimous. Thank you. Thank you and we welcome councillor Nicola to the meeting. Everyone's in attendance. Thank you. Everyone's in attendance. Thank you. We would like to move. Mayor Wilkie: I'll confirm the minutes from the last meeting. Councillor Finzel: Yes, thank you, Councillor Wilkie. We 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 into item 5.1. We're going to move into item 5.1. We have the staff with us here today. Speaker 1: Hospitality Group Proprietary Limited, which is a liquor store for a base period of three years. Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group Proprietary Limited have been the lessee of Shop 5 since 2008.
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5.1 Sunrise Shops - Shop 5 Lease Renewal ¶
00:02:00 The liquor store offering at Sunrise Shops is strategically important. It drives consistent foot traffic and maintains a steady 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 a 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 the region. Thank you. Thank you. Questions, councillors? Mayor Wilkie: Thank you for the report.
00:03:00 Was there any consideration to the current rental? Was there a review of the rental to see whether it was appropriate to continue at the same rate or increase? Speaker 1: 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. Mayor Wilkie: So is there a change? Speaker 1: No, it's a maintain. Maintaining current levels. Yeah. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you. Councillor Finzel: Any further questions? Any questions from the gallery? Councillor Lorentson? Thank you. I'll move the recommendation. Thank you. And in seconds. That's moved by Councillor Wilkie, seconded by Councillor Phillips. All in favour? That's unanimous. Councillor Lorentson: And Nicola. Councillor Finzel: Nicola? Oh, and Nicola? Are you in favour? Mayor Wilkie: You're on mute, Nicola.
00:04:00 Councillor Finzel: So we've just got a technical issue. We're just waiting for Nicola, who's online, to be able to... Mayor Wilkie: Unmute. Councillor Finzel: Unmute and put a vote to the meeting. Mayor Wilkie: Yeah. Councillor Finzel: We just appreciate your patience for all those who are online tuning in today on Noosa Council TV. Councillor Phillips: Ad break. Ad break. That's right. Councillor Finzel: We've got a technical issue. She's got a lot of people holding her. So there's no problem. Councillor Phillips: I just came in.
00:05:00 Okay. Maybe you could back down a little further. Would you? Yeah. Mayor Wilkie: Were we not live in Noosa Council, I probably would. Okay. Councillor Finzel: So I do believe there's staff supporting the situation, and we've got some really well-trained staff here in Council. Mayor Wilkie: Just generally talking, while 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? Speaker 1: Yeah. So there's eight tenancies. They're spread across a gross floor area of about 950 square metres. Our anchor tenant is RGA, 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.
00:06:00 Mayor Wilkie: Yes. And what were the figures you quoted before about foot traffic and numbers? Speaker 1: Yeah. 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. Mayor Wilkie: That's amazing. Speaker 1: Some of those might be the same person in the morning and the afternoon. Yeah. It feeds off the unique component of a mobile phone. It's fully anonymised data. It just takes a read and captures a count. Yeah. And we've recently installed car parking sensors as a trial, so we can see utilisation of car parks as well. Mayor Wilkie: Yes. Yeah. Just a question. Can Nicola, Councillor Wilson, use the hand signal or something to indicate in favour
00:07:00 or not? I'll see. If they're having trouble with the sound. Councillor Phillips: Okay. Speaker 2: Yeah. This information, Councillors, will be really beneficial for us. As we look at whether there's any opportunity 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 or 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. Speaker 1: Draft business case development. Yeah. Mayor Wilkie: And it's great for keeping downward pressure on rates for rate payers. What can we disclose? How much income rate payers derive from that property each year? The $600,000? Speaker 1: Yeah. The total revenue derived was around $400,000. Okay. In the financial year just gone. I can confirm that.
00:08:00 Yes. Post. And approximately 50% of that we obtain as a surplus. Both those figures have consistently increased over time as we're getting the IGA on board in November of 2017. Okay. So I think that 2022 was critical to increasing the overall value of tenancies there. So it's a constant drive upwards. Mayor Wilkie: Yes. Councillor Finzel: Councillor Wilson can't hear either. So she doesn't want to. So she can't make a hand signal because she can't. Mayor Wilkie: All right. 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. Okay. Councillor Finzel: Do we have the remuneration for that? Yes. 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. I'll second that. Thank you. All in favour? To allow Councillor Wilson online.
00:09:00 Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you. Thank you. Mr Seagate. Mayor Wilkie: All right. Councillor Finzel: Good afternoon and welcome back. Thank you everyone for your 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 we 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. Yes, that's a yes from Councillor Wilson.
00:10:00 Thank you. So we're taking it back to the vote on item 5.1, Sunrise Shops, Shop 5, Lease Renewal. Do you would like to speak to the motion? Mayor Wilkie: 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. Mm-hm. 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 this extension of the lease. So thank you. Councillor Finzel: Thank you. 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,
00:11:00 Councillor Cavan. Yes. That's unanimous. Thank you. Okay. Okay, so we're moved. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Robin. Thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Trent. Councillor Finzel: Thank you. So we're moving into item 5.2, Local Government Domestic and Family Violence 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. Thank you. Thank you, Karen. Speaker 3: Thank you, Sarah 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
00:12:00 share the work that they are doing, both on the domestic and family violence prevention network 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, this part, these parts worked well, these parts didn't work so well. So it's a really good learning and sharing opportunity. Thank you. So on sitting as Noosa's representative, we would have one counsellor and today we're
00:13:00 seeking a nomination. We would have a nomination of that counsellor and two staff would be the representatives as well. And typically what happens is it's the staff that are presenting and sharing the works that we're doing and the counsellors listening to what the other counsellors are saying as well. Mayor Wilkie: So principally the counsellor will be an observer? Speaker 3: Yes. It's an observer role. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Mayor Wilkie: Madam Chair, I think there's a bit of interest in this and I'm happy to move that it be shifted to the general. Councillor Finzel: Of course. Mayor Wilkie: Due to the interest in the matter. Yes. The broader interest in the matter. Councillor Finzel: Okay. Thank you for your report. Thank you. Yes, we're happy to move that by Councillor Wilkie. Do we have a seconder for that? Seconder by Councillor Phillips. Mayor Wilkie: I don't wish to speak to the motion, but other counsellors may still wish to ask questions
00:14:00 at this stage. Councillor Phillips: I do. Mayor Wilkie: I'll waive my right to speak. You waive your right to speak. Thank you, Councillor Wilkie and Councillor Phillips. Councillor Phillips: So the role of the counsellor, just to confirm, is it for not just to observe? Speaker 3: It's an observer role. Yes. There's 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 they've been undertaking, whether that's within a community setting or within a council in terms of, say, an employee program that they might be running. Councillor Phillips: And then if there was a recommendation, how would that work? Like, would I then see something come to... Just explain the connection. Speaker 3: So it's not... It's not a... It's not a group that makes recommendations.
00:15:00 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 counsellor definitely is that they're hearing what they're doing, 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. Mayor Wilkie: And we did say, observer, that the council would be free to ask questions and... Speaker 3: 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.
00:16:00 It's not a decision-making environment, and it's not an advocacy forum. I just had a question. Councillor Finzel: If something was considered that it comes back before council, would that also include, like, the request for budgets to deliver it? A project or... Speaker 3: It may well be that we would come back if there was a project that we thought had benefit for Noosa community. An 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 being run for employees, and we might come in and say, this is something that's been really beneficial. And that might go up, for example, as a new initiative in the budget, which would come before counsellors. Councillor Phillips: Could you give me an example, prior to my time, about a program that might have come from this group? Speaker 3: That we've shared. So, we've certainly shared, for example, our Tiny Houses project that we've...
5.2 Local Government Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Champions Network ¶
00:17:00 That's been a partnership project with U-Turn. So, we've shared that, which 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. Other councils have shared projects around, for example, employee programs to create a safe workspace for employees who are experiencing domestic and family violence. Councillor Finzel: Thank you. Any further questions? Councillor Lorentson? Councillor Lorentson: I think you've answered most. Probably the only other question is that, given that the counsellor is sitting in observer only, not decision-making... Yes. ...spot, it would be desired if someone comes from some sort of background or has a particular interest in this area.
00:18:00 Speaker 3: It would be open to counsellors 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. Thank you. Councillor Finzel: Any further questions? No. Thank you, Kerri. That was a really in-depth overview. Thank you. So, we will move that to the next... Mayor Wilkie: I don't wish to close. Oh, you don't wish to close? Call for a vote. Yeah. Call for a vote. Councillor Finzel: Oh. So, we'll take this to the vote to move this to the general one. Yeah. Mayor Wilkie: All in favour? Councillor Finzel: All in favour. Thank you. Thank you. That's Councillor Wilson. Yes. Councillor Wilson. Councillor Phillips. Unanimous. 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
00:19:00 Plan 2019-2023, Implementation Update. Thank you and welcome to the table and we look forward to hearing your report. Speaker 4: Thank you. Good afternoon, councillors. Thank you. We submitted a little while ago prior to the new council, but 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 in 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 is 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.
00:20:00 Many of the objectives that weren't completed were because of COVID and that period of time. We had some fantastic major 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 has been very successful. 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 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.
00:21:00 We're currently in the process of undertaking community engagement. At the moment, sector engagement, specifically for arts and cultural industries. So we're looking forward to that. We're going to be looking at all the different plans to start with to get an idea of what our community is looking for in the next plan for Council. Councillor Finzel: That's very exciting, isn't it? Speaker 4: It is, yeah. Councillor Finzel: Yeah. Thank you for your report to Council. Is there any further questions regarding the matter? Mayor Wilkie: Yeah. Yeah, Paul, you mentioned that community engagement with key stakeholders is under way. Can you just give us an overview of the stakeholders that you're engaging with currently? For sure. Speaker 4: So we've 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 we will undertake that first
00:22:00 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 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 libraries. We've chosen to take this approach of 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. So 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 real keystone ideas from them to build into the plan as we develop it and work through our various drafts that we'll have as we slowly go wider and wider into our engagement process.
00:23:00 Speaker 3: It would also be fair to say that through engagement, such as the livability study and the corporate plan, we got a lot of genuine feedback. We got a lot of general community input around the importance of arts and culture. So that broad input has been received through a range of engagement mechanisms. It's the very specific pieces and sectors that we really need to go quite deeply on about what's important to them going forward. Mayor Wilkie: And what will be some of the key milestones for reporting back to Council on this new plan? Speaker 4: On the new plan? Yes. Well, it's hard to say at this stage, because we've got a lot of work to do. 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 it 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
00:24:00 still relevant in today's world, which is very different to the world of 2018, 2019 when it was first put together. But certainly one area that I'm personally really looking at being able to support is our creative industries. Creative industries is a really important part of every community to engage with our local creatives, make sure that we're creating as best as we can in an environment that supports creative industry people to manage to live and work and survive in a very tricky environment, because the wider benefits of the community are going to be really, really important. And I think the opportunity 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.
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00:25:00 So that's the particular area that I'd 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. Mayor Wilkie: Paul, you mentioned that the plan will be 2025 to 2030. Does that mean you'd like to have this plan signed off on early in 2025? Speaker 4: Yes. Mayor Wilkie: Definitely. Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah. Mayor Wilkie: 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.
00:26:00 How are you dicing and sizing? Speaker 4: The Janji Centre doesn't do that. It doesn't have a definition of creative industries. So it's very hard to get baseline stats out of the Census. So that's why a lot of survey work we're undertaking currently, targeted survey work, to actually work out who's who in 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 practising in what would be more traditional art forms, all the way through to graphic designers. We also have a lot of work to do with technology. We work quite a bit through the Peregian Digital Hub with people that would classify themselves as working in creative industries. Mayor Wilkie: My last question, thank you, is you bring a fresh set of eyes to the organisation. And in terms of Noosa's national cultural scene, what's going well and what are some
00:27:00 areas that need support? Speaker 4: I think across all the areas that I've worked in, there's a lot of people that need support. So that's Australia. A lot of councils are 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. They're 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 will also all feed into that. So look at ways in which we can support our local creatives. So I think we have a lot of fantastic things that happen 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 locally that could be better for that as well. So it's making those connections, it's being a conduit to that.
00:28:00 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 Inns land and the sea. We have an audience. I think we have one of the highest age populations in Queensland. And what comes with that is people with a certain level of ability to have discretionary spend. And that discretionary spend can be really helpful. And I think that's something that is seen potentially going to arts events and participating in engaging with the arts. So I think that's something that's a little better for the Europeans. Councillor Phillips: Yeah. Mayor Wilkie: I've asked enough questions for the time being. Councillor Phillips: Just, yes, thank you. One question. You mentioned consultancy. Who explained to me who were engaging with consultants on this? Speaker 4: Cred Consulting. Yeah. Cred, C-R-E-D. We had a normal procurement process through there where we called for applications to
00:29:00 that consultancy. They're 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 I think is the most important part, 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. So, yeah. Councillor Phillips: So a lot of procurement process for that. Was there no consultants from the Noosa Shire that were? Speaker 4: We had altogether three applications. One of those was from the Noosa Shire. They weren't.
00:30:00 Councillor Phillips: So then on cost, can you tell me how much the consults will be? I don't know if I can make that part of the question. OK. Thanks. No further questions? Councillor Finzel: 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 line with our... ..what is it? Our... ..moving forward, 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's that intersection? Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a great intersection, a fantastic question, because arts and culture have been proven to have a therapy Mayor Wilkie: for disaster management. Speaker 4: Very much so, yeah, very much so,
00:31:00 particularly when you're looking at natural disasters. So 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 go, 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, OK, well, 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 cathartic ability for people to express their emotions
00:32:00 and experiences is really, really important. And the major bushfires 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 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 a natural disaster actually happens. So when a disaster happens, we're well placed to roll out those kind of programs in our facilities. Speaker 3: Particularly you, Noosa, because our artists are very well connected into their local communities. So they have a unique opportunity to act
00:33:00 as they are bringing together a conduit to gather people. So it should be something similar for all several shires and the floods. Speaker 4: Obviously, this is also really fantastic. In our last natural disaster, the libraries played a key role in engaging with our community, letting community engage with each other. So facilitating that engagement as well. And libraries are seeing safe places. Galleries are seeing safe places. So naturally, there is that feeling around those spaces where people can feel comfortable in coming. Speaker 3: And through arts, 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 we often feel is a more comfortable way of being able to express what we've experienced.
00:34:00 Councillor Finzel: Thank you. And one last question. So you said earlier, Pauline, you were doing targeting, targeting engagement. In that, are you targeting like specific groups around disaster management? How are you engaging with that particular cohort? At the moment, Speaker 4: 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 staying on the new report. So how that actually emerges and comes out of this various drafts will be, you know, that will be reflective of the community need and what the community is expecting from that new report. And I think by the time we get to sort of draft 34, we'll be slowly engaging with wider and wider parts of our community. And that's probably when those kind of aspects can be massaged
00:35:00 or included when we're talking about all of those that sort of spider web of benefits that supporting arts and cultural will have in our wider community. Yeah. Councillor Finzel: Thank you. Councillor Lorentson, any other questions from the gallery? No. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. It's exciting. Yes. Councillor Walker. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you. What influence has 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 Noosaville for the next five years and beyond? Yeah. Speaker 4: We're still waiting on information from the state government around that. What runs parallel to the normal Olympics is the cultural Olympics. It's been very quiet. So... Could you explain Mayor Wilkie: what you mean by the cultural Olympics? Speaker 4: The Olympics has been... It's an unofficial term, isn't it? Yes. It is. It is, but also there is an expectation
00:36:00 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 other than a massive store of food. And that's where the terminology of cultural Olympics came out of. And so successful bidders are ones that have also pledged money and resources towards growing a cultural component to that Olympic experience. And so that's where the arts and cultural industry of Queensland is currently waiting to see whether the state government or what kind of commitments the state government is going to put towards more than just sports part of the Olympics. Because it is an expectation from the Olympic Committee Councillor Phillips: that Speaker 4: there are cultural events and support as part of the Olympic Games. So... We would expect Speaker 3: for example
00:37:00 that the funding that comes through Queensland Arts Arts Queensland would have a start to development of Olympics 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 to that soon and we will need time to develop their curatorial theme et cetera. Speaker 4: And many of those things will be around celebrating the cultural uniqueness of the place. So I would be surprised that if the funding that does eventually come isn't based around supporting those kind of events that with a global audience how are we showcasing Brisbane and Queensland
00:38:00 and Australia through cultural events about who we are and where we are in the world and what makes us special. Speaker 3: 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 for what might come out of in that Olympic space around expectations there. It will be very much about telling the story of Noosa. Mayor Wilkie: Will 2032 be a floating land year? No. Speaker 3: No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Speaker 4: 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.
00:39:00 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 plan, this kind of thing. We have planned this, and these are all the benefits of it. So that's the great importance of making sure that our plan, like the 19-2023 plan, worked very well during that period. The 2025-2030 plan will do the same and will be quite a tool for us. Councillor Finzel: Thank you. Any further questions? Well, thank you for the staff. That was comprehensive. We're going to look forward to the future, I think, with great anticipation of what lies before us. And knowing, feeling 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.
00:40:00 So thank you, everybody. Mayor Wilkie: Happy words of note, Chair. Councillor Finzel: Yes, thank you. I'll second that. Thank you. Okay, all in favour? Mayor Wilkie: I'd just like to... Oh, we're really close, sorry. Thank you, staff. I'm really, it's really gratifying to hear that the former plan, the Cogford 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, and see it come to fruition as well. Speaker 3: There will definitely be, through the process, opportunity both for councillors to participate in some of the broader engagement, but also to have, we will have engagement with councillors as well. Mayor Wilkie: The beneficiaries are, of course, the broader community. Definitely. Yeah, yeah, so thank you, Kerri. I know you're a big driver behind that. Thank you, Paul. Thank you. Thank you, Paul. Thank you. Councillor Finzel: Right, so we know the report, and we'll take it to the vote, only because we...
00:41:00 Yeah, I know, but I didn't see Nicola's hand. Councillor Phillips: Nicola? Mayor Wilkie: Nicola, we need to... Yes? Yes? All in favour? Councillor Finzel: All in favour? Mayor Wilkie: Yeah, that's good. Thank you. Councillor Finzel: Yes, okay, thank you. So that's unanimous, all in favour? Mayor Wilkie: Okay. Councillor Finzel: There's no confidential session. Item number eight, the meeting has closed at 2.31pm. Thank you, councillors. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you. Speaker 2: Thank you, Mr...
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