Ordinary Meeting - 23 January 2025 Transcript

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY ¶

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00:01:00 The deputation is about e-bike and e-scooter safety concerns from Penny McGuire. So Penny McGuire would you like to come and collect it and present your deputation in the next 15, up to 15 minutes if you need it. Speaker 3: Alright, I don't think I will. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you Penny. Speaker 3: Alright, good morning everybody. I'm just going to jump right into it. Thank you for the opportunity to voice the growing concerns regarding e-bikes and e-scooter safety. This is a follow-up from the notified motion from Councillor Jessica Phillips at the September ordinary meeting about the growing e-bike and e-scooter safety concerns in the community. I agree that the amendment was put forward by Councillor Stockwell about the education component and it is an essential part of the community. I'm aware that Councillor Phillips' focus for the notified motion was on the legislation aspect.

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7.1 DEPUTATION - E-Bike and e-scooter safety concerns Applicant: Penny Maguire Speakers: Penny Maguire ¶

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00:02:00 But it is clear she is also keenly aware of the community engagement necessary to implement preventative strategies for safety awareness. As that was part of her role while serving as a police officer. It seems it was appropriate and practical to employ the experience and the knowledge and the skill sets of our new councillors to ensure the needs and the concerns of our community are met in the most effective way. At the local level, it would be ideal if there was a coordinated effort with the council and the local police to send the same message and present a unified front to keep the kids and the other road users safe. The technology seems to have gotten ahead of its time. So there clearly needs to be an update to the safe road use education, even for those

00:03:00 who do not yet have driver's licences, so that potential accidents can be minimised and especially loss of life. So I am very interested to know the Noosa Council's remit for the Go Noosa program. This issue has come directly to my attention. After an incident on the 15th of November between 3.30 and 3.45 on Langura Street opposite the Gurrawin Sports Complex, a friend was hit at speed by a kid on an e-bike. Two kids on e-bikes riding side by side around a blind corner caused a T-bone collision, knocking the friend off his bike with enough force he was thrown onto the road and instantly into the path of oncoming traffic. Luckily the driver coming around the corner was able to stop, avoiding running over the friend.

00:04:00 The friend said the bikes were travelling at about 30km an hour on the pathway. He had no way to avoid the collision. Although the kid was apologetic and offered to pay for the damages, the other kid took off by the way. He seems to have given a made up story of the incident. He said that he wanted to give his phone number to the driver who avoided hitting the friend who got out to assist. She didn't think to ask for a name or address. Although she kindly gave the friend a lift home as his bike was unrideable and he sustained several injuries. The other drivers who had to stop also got out of their cars and were very and vocally angry at witnessing the kid's reckless behaviour. Asking if they could stop. What if he was in his 60s? The friend is in his 60s. He's just fit and the bike helmet covered his grey hair.

00:05:00 His lower back hit the corner of the kerb and his shoulder is still sore. He had a deep laceration on his leg and other grazes and bleeding wounds. You don't bounce so well as you get older. His bike is still unrideable, even after paying for some repairs. The handling has been affected enough, it is unsafe to ride on it. The bike will have to be replaced, as it is the friend's preferred mode of transport. Since then, I have personally witnessed a kid on an e-scooter matching my speed in a 60km zone, in the bike lane on Eumundi Noosa Road, in t-shirt, shorts and bongs. Two kids turning out onto Saltway Drive, Sunshine Beach, from a side street, narrowly missing being hit by an oncoming bus. The driver was quite alarmed. And then proceeding to ride on an oncoming bus. He started doing a wheel stand in the middle of the road, in front of my car, down to the traffic lights, where he then used the footpath to bypass the intersection.

00:06:00 And also, two kids doubling on a bike, once again travelling at speed, but the passenger behind the ride up was not wearing a helmet. I'm hearing of many other residents reporting similar stories. I understand it's not easy to get the safety message to transfer to Everyday Life to See the kids who find it hard to employ risk assessment. Especially, I have to say it, boys. There's even a saying, boys, less drama than girls, but harder to keep alive. There's even t-shirts for mothers of boys. Although after many years of martial arts training, I saw lots of kids successfully learning and implementing risk assessment, sometimes it just comes down to attitude and being made aware of consequences. Besides the physical and emotional stress of the day, I also saw a lot of kids struggling with physical and emotional injury risk. There's also, nowadays, a world of potential litigation out there that the younger ones are oblivious to. I have seen some videos of police apprehending reckless e-bike users in what has been dubbed

00:07:00 Operation Zippo Stoppie. It's good that they're doing what they can when they see it, but clearly there needs to be some preventative education approach employed where, if we are to avoid regrettable or tragic situations. The police can't be everywhere. We have lots of visitors, many of whom are unfamiliar with the roads and our new roundabouts, and may not be paying adequate attention to what the kids are doing on the roads. And e-bikes and scooters will have been popular Christmas presents, so there will be more of them sharing the roads and the pathways. Perhaps we can use the existing road rule training for learner drivers for younger teenagers as early training for the kids who will be using the roads. They will have to learn this before long anyway, and it may avoid bad choices, simply because without awareness of the road rules, they are less likely to understand how the traffic

00:08:00 flows. If the kids are going to be encouraged to use this kind of transport, say to and from school, there has to be a duty of care to ensure not only are the kids staying safe, but provide the framework to pursue the road rules. I was not the only one that was affected by something like this incident, that someone, or that someone will have to live with the rest of their lives, in the incident that somebody is actually killed. Let's try to avoid that. Surely it's feasible to have some local police officers addressing the kids in school, I believe they have a road safety talk in year five, but maybe the older kids need a refresher, especially appropriate to e-bike and e-scooter use. They need to be made aware of consequences before the fact rather than after stuff gets real. Police and other responders do not want to turn up to an accident or have to tell the families of an accident victim that their loved one has been injured or worse.

00:09:00 But on the positive side, increased police community engagement of this nature will build rapport with the local residents, something that has been somewhat eroded over the last few years. There are other issues that also arise from the situation, such as what happens when someone's hurt really badly? Who pays the medical bills? What if they can't work because of the injury? Will parents of the child have to be sued in protracted court proceedings for compensation? And take into account it's the only powered transport on the roads that doesn't require insurance or a licence to prove competent road use awareness. I get it, it's a tricky situation requiring multiple angles of approach, but it really does need attention. Thank you for your time and the platform to highlight this issue.

00:10:00 Mayor Wilkie: Thank you Ms McGuire. We have two submissions for public question time. First is an application with two questions from Mr Nick Lusko. Mr Lusko is not here, but has requested Councillor Lorentson read out the questions, which will be answered by Kim Rawlings, Director of Strategy and Environment. Followed by a comment from Councillor Stockwell, who was mentioned in the question. Councillor Lorentson. Councillor Lorentson: Question one. How does Council justify to ratepayers the need and cost of the car? Where can the Coast Map monitor the station on Noosaville Hill when all of the data collected exists free of charge and is available to all on government websites free of charge? How much should Council pay for the station and how much does it pay annually for the program, including associated costs, including all partners, including drone mapping, AI, each year and on what basis?

8.1 NICK HLUSZKO ¶

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00:11:00 Where can the collected Coast Map data be seen? By the community? Or is this data confidential? Director Rawlings: Thanks Councillor Lorentson and thanks Mr Lusko for the question. I may need 15 minutes to respond to this. It's fairly comprehensive. I would like to thank Mr Lusko for his thoughtful question about the Coast Snap monitoring station at Noosaville. As identified in Noosaville Council's endorsed Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan, which is a publicly available document on Council's website. There is a link to it in the description. There is a strong need for localised and long term data collection of Noos' dynamic coastlines. This data collection needs to integrate multiple data sets to inform robust decision making, as well as ensure transparency and accountability on the results and analysis from monitoring efforts.

00:12:00 With regards to the first part of the question, coastlines are highly dynamic systems influenced by numerous factors, including storm events, long term erosion, sediment, transport, human development and climate change impacts such as sea level rise. While Council continues to use useful tools like the Digital Earth Australia Coastlines data, available free from Geoscience Australia for valuable data insights into annual shoreline change, the tool is not sufficient on its own for managing Noosa Council's complex coastal systems, as it is a continental data set that focuses on annual shoreline positions and rates of change at a broad national scale. Effective management of a locally specific complex coastal system like that in Noosa requires higher spatial and temporal resolution data and a diverse set of indicators to capture change and inform decision making. For example, localised data collection can capture event scale changes, pre and post

00:13:00 storms, which are critical for coastal management and timely responses. The annual shoreline estimates from satellite can also be impacted. By environmental factors such as including clouds, breaking waves, sea spray. So whilst these free data sets are useful tools like CoastSnap, which is community photos, ground surveys, lidar elevation mapping, bathymetry and drones, high resolution imagery, provide complementary information about bed trip, dune stability, vegetation cover, sand movement, seabed topography and water depth, which the DEA free data sets cannot measure alone. Integrating a diversity of monitoring technologies and indicators creates a comprehensive understanding of the coastline. Using a variety of broad scale and localised data sets and monitoring approaches allows

00:14:00 Council to create a robust and diverse data set, ensuring decisions about beach nourishment, dune restoration or erosion mitigation are informed by local, precise and reliable data. Ensuring localised data collection was one of the strongest pieces of feedback from the community during the development of the CHAP, and that's the reason why it is a high priority action that we continue to implement the CHAP. In regards to the second part of the first question, the costs of the CoastSnap monitoring station and associated programs are relatively modest, particularly when compared to the value of bringing in, of engaging the public. The cost of the CoastSnap monitoring station is $2,420, including GST, to establish through the University of New South Wales World Redound Water Research Laboratory.

00:15:00 Annual shoreline mapping and beach width standard analysis using this data collected is voluntary and not a requirement of establishing the CoastSnap station. This costs between $5,000 and $6,200 per year, depending on inclusions, should Council choose to continue to obtain this analysis each year. These investments are important for building a local evidence base to manage Noosa's coastline sustainably and proactively. Thus far, the total annual coastal hazard monitoring budget of $80,000 has been leveraged to bring in roughly $495,000 in grant funds from the State and Federal Government to advance further coastal monitoring and modelling, demonstrating strong value for money and saving rate payer costs. Whilst Council partners with the University of the Sunshine Coast's Dr Javier Leon on other aspects of the coastal monitoring program, Dr Leon kindly dedicated his time free of charge to help establish the CoastSnap station and educate students on the importance of the

00:16:00 Sunshine program. In all images, with regards to the final part of the question, there were three questions in the first question, all images remain the property of individuals taking the photos. So by uploading images to the website or the app, the individuals agree that the University of New South Wales and Council have ongoing and distributable royalty-free licence to make use of the images for coastal monitoring research. As such, the CoastSnap data is held by the University and shared with Council. The results of the monitoring are not confidential and are intended to be actively used to inform and engage the community. The shoreline mapping and beach width trend report for the first year of monitoring was commissioned by the University of New South Wales. It is being reviewed. Council intends to share the report on its website and celebrate the key citizen science contributors through a media release in the near future.

00:17:00 Mayor Wilkie: Can I ask a question through the chair please? Councillor Lorentson: Yes. There is no mention of Councillor Stockwell in either one of these questions. I agree with that. I am unsure why he is allowed to reply. He was mentioned in the supported documentation. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you. Councillor Stockwell? Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Yes. So firstly I concur with the informed response just given by staff. I can further advise that CoastSnap is a global citizen science program designed to monitor coastal changes, developed in Australia by the University of New South Wales Water Research Laboratory. The CoastSnap is a global citizen science program designed to monitor coastal changes by involving the public in the monitoring of the coast. CoastSnap provides an effective way to raise awareness of coastal issues and engage the community in scientific research. The program is simple and accessible with no fee and no registration required for volunteers

00:18:00 to participate in the coastal monitoring program. The key to this project is the involvement of our community. Citizen science takes a big task like monitoring long term change in our coastline and breaks it down so that anyone can get involved. Any non-professional can take part. In turn we effectively crowdsource the data collection task while providing the benefit of engaging, upskilling and creating a sense of stewardship amongst the community. As highlighted in the peer reviewed study by the scientists behind the DEA coastlines, independent data sets from diverse monitoring sources were critical to validate the accuracy and precision of DEA coastlines. NUSA's monitoring program continues to support these independent data sets to provide a higher resolution, localised and validated data for the community. The CoastSnap monitoring station at Sunshine Beach provides valuable data for NUSA Council's response to climate change impacts on local coastlines. With the help of citizens, coastal experts are able to monitor changes in the coastline

00:19:00 over time, helping to inform decisions on coastal management and contribute to the protection of Noosashire's beautiful beaches. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you Councillor Stockwell. Councillor Lorentson for the second question please. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. Second question. Council continues to model major coastal erosion risk to Q2100 along the eastern beaches and the Noosa North Shore. Loss of land away from an area of the shore in an extreme risk sense. Given the cost of living crisis and increasing inability for many ratepayers to get affordable insurance, how does Council justify and explain to the ratepayer the cost of such modelling when the most current IPCC reports indicate that the cost of living in the coastal areas These are historical evidence over the past 36 years in all areas except that between the river mouth north to Burst Cutting because of river mouth changes and dredging and more likely Burgess Creek where coastal erosion is not the direct cause.

00:20:00 It does not provide any empirical evidence of historical nor current erosion and in fact totally contradicts Council's models. Why isn't Council being held accountable for its flawed projections which seriously and negatively impact all property owners? Director Rawlings: Thanks Councillor Lorentson and Mr Willisco for your thoughtful question. Evidence from the IPCC, CSIRO, BOM and Geoscience Australia indicate that even though observations of sea level rise signature on coastal erosion are limited on our coast today, this does not mean this trend will continue into the future as pressures rise. In fact, all scientific bodies acknowledge that the projected impacts of sea level rise including accelerated risks of coastal inundation, storm surge, erosion and saltwater intrusion into groundwater systems. Additionally, sea level rise from climate change is required to be considered in planning and development assessment by the State Planning Policy's State Interest for Natural Hazards.

00:21:00 Council has a recognised responsibility and duty of care to provide up-to-date, accurate hazard information to inform community of potential risks based on best available data and methods at the time to help improve resilience and adaptive capacity. Council's modelling of coastal erosion in the CHAP is based on methodology outlined in the Queensland Government's Coastal Hazard Technical Guide 2013. The Council continues to work closely with the Queensland Department of Environmental Science, Tourism and Innovation to ensure that its coastal erosion calculations rely on best practice and latest science, as well as up-to-date, locally specific collected data through its long-term coastal monitoring program, which improves the accuracy of hazard modelling. In addition to the above, a number of references are provided for further interest. I won't talk to those, but we will provide them in the written response and they will be available in the minutes.

00:22:00 Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Director Rawlings. The second question, application with one question, is from Mr. Cooley. Penny, would you like to come to the lectern, please, and ask your question, which will be answered by Trent Graff, Director of Corporate Services. Speaker 3: Okay, all right, thank you. Small amount of context. After an incident in Noosa Junction early December last year, I emailed Mayor Frank Wilkie and Councillor Jess Phillips about an assault of two minors by a 35-year-old male outside an establishment. The attacker deliberately goaded and pushed one of the boys out of the establishment. When the other boy attempted to calm everybody down, he was punched in the mouth. He may yet even spill tea. The other boy was punched in the head three times. The 35-year-old male has assault priors. Only the actions of a quick-thinking Uber driver who called the police, who arrived just after the assaults, saved the outcome from being worse.

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00:23:00 Unfortunately, this is only one of the number of incidents in the last 12 months. So my question is, this is a follow-up from the notified motion presented by Councillor Phillips regarding the assessment of the current possible expanded coverage of CCTV cameras in the Hastings Street and Noosa Junction hospitality precinct. Does the Council have a plan to address this security situation in these areas where some recent events have resulted in serious injury? Are there plans to assess and remedy the situation? Please outline what they will look like. Thank you. Speaker 2: Thank you, Penny. Mayor Wilkie: Mr. Speaker 2: Okay, in response. With the adoption of the 24-25 budget, Council adopted to develop a CCTV strategy. This document was intended as a holistic assessment and plan to address security technology across the Shire in all townships and business precincts.

00:24:00 This document was intended as a holistic assessment and plan to address security technology across the Shire in all townships and business precincts. It was intended not just to include the following of condition assessment and service continuity and quality assessment of the existing infrastructure, but also a gap analysis and a technology options assessment. But importantly, the strategy also aims to address some of the key surrounding factors around CCTV in our Shire, which was including engaging with QPS businesses and business associations as a key partner on their needs. The role of CCTV is a broader multifaceted approach to the security of CCTV. As such, it is an inclusive model of security and safety. And as such, the CCTV strategy has strong linkages to Council's own community strategy, QPS's service delivery model, Hastings Street's community precinct safety charge as well, and security patrols. The role of public versus private CCTV addresses any uncertainties over the technology we use

00:25:00 and the ownership of the assets and the data contained within. We're ensuring that any technology, new technology we put in place in a public space meets privacy legislation requirements, ensure a clear and consistent funding model, not just for the installation of new technology but as ongoing operation and maintenance and replacement given it's a short life asset, and finally that that plan becomes the necessary document that we can use for pursuing grant applications and funding given that the cost of this infrastructure when spread out to further precincts or even to replace existing could range in excess of a million dollars. Note it was not the intent of that strategy and that funding initiative to undertake physical work to undertake or install more CCTV units. Now as you mentioned we had a notified motion by Councillor Phillips about redirectioning the focus in the short term to address some of the issues regarding Hastings Street precinct. Now following Councillor Phillips recommendation, Council

00:26:00 officers have started exploring a holistic approach known as CPTD or the crime prevention through environment and environmental consistent guidelines with Queensland Police and in doing so are looking at ensuring to complement active security surveillance and proactive precinct improvements that including space stewardship and an activation that make it safe from a proactive perspective to prevent opportunity for crime in the future and Council will continue to work with advancing this topic with precinct stakeholders. Now in terms of immediate works we've also been working to assess the Hastings Street connectivity and network stability. That includes field of view, accessibility and consistency of connection for QPS and all those sites as well as an infrastructure gap analysis and the schedule of works which in that piece of work should come back to Council over the next week.

00:27:00 Now separately to that understanding that there is a timeline for during progressing that piece of planning work and coming back to Council. Council officers also through the Christmas period and the holiday season put in some emergent temporary CCTV units in the Hastings Street precinct to address some of the critical gaps in the CCTV catchment area and they're still in place as I understand through this holiday season. Council continue to acknowledge that the ongoing concerns raised by the community about public safety and security is not only just in the Hastings Street precinct which is impacted by the current technology issues but as mentioned in your question spreads across a range of community areas and precincts in the Shire and it's hoped once we get through this initial piece of work address these security the quality issues and the existing infrastructure the long-term plan should give us a framework to move forward in those security measures.

00:28:00 Thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you Director Graff. Next item is a mayoral minute. This mayoral minute is regarding the Shire water treatment and supply and I move that Council note there are no plans to remove fluoride from the Noosa Shire water supply due to the logistical complexity of isolating Noosa water from the SEQ water grid, cost to Noosa rate payers, potential weakening of Noosa's water security in times of drought and a way to advise from federal health authorities. Given the recent heightened interest in this topic it's useful to clarify the Council has researched the risks and costs of removing fluoride from the Shire water supply and has no plans to do so due to the logistical complexity of removing Noosa's water supply from the interconnected SEQ water grid, the significant and ongoing financial burden for rate payers estimated at over $20 million by 2013 figures for the defluoridation of existing supplies and the water received via the northern interconnected pipeline, plus the possible need to fluoridate

9.1 SHIRE WATER TREATMENT AND SUPPLY ¶

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00:29:00 water being sent south from Noosa to other areas of the grid and the reputable medical, dental and scientific evidence and advice provided by credible federal and state authorities in support of water fluoridation and its public health outcomes and potentially disadvantageing the Shire's water security in times of drought. Under the Act, Council can decide whether water supplies are fluoridated or not and this decision must take into consideration the interests of the community and must not affect another local government's water supply or security without agreement from the other local governments that would be affected by the change, in this case, Moreton Bay City and Sunshine Coast Councils. Noosa's water supply is connected to the broader SEQ water grid that is operated by Sec Water. This arrangement allows Sec Water to move treated water around the region and plays a critical role in ensuring water security and supply continuity for the community. Isolating Noosa from the SEQ grid to remove fluoride would likely result in delivery of poor water security to the community.

00:30:00 While the interconnected nature of the grid ensures water security and supply to the community, it would make the implementation of a decision to cease fluoridation in Noosa's water supply an extremely complex and costly process. Noosa's water supply is also fluoridated prior to arrival in Noosa through the northern pipeline interconnector. Stopping fluoridation would require alterations to the existing connections with Sec Water and the Unity Water distribution system to cease dosing at Noosa, also removing fluoride flowing north to Noosa, and also fluoridating water heading south and heading connection points. In accordance with the Act, Noosa Council ratepayers would be required to bear the costs associated with the decision to withdraw fluoride from drinking water. Unity Water and Sec Water would be required to withdraw fluoride from drinking water to recover additional and ongoing financial costs from Council that are incurred because of the decision to cease fluoridation.

00:31:00 Fluoridation of SEQ water supply is a Queensland Government health measure, regulated in accordance with the Act and Water Fluoridation Regulation 2020. Water fluoridation as supported by Queensland Health has been endorsed as a safe and effective public health measure by more than 150 scientific and health organisations, including the National Health and Medical Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Dental Association, the Australian Medical Association and the World Health Organisation. The National Health and Medical Research Council report advises that in children, fluoridation reduces tooth decay by 26-44% while in adults, tooth decay is decreased by 27%. There is reliable evidence that community water fluoridation at current Australian levels is not associated with cancer, Down's syndrome, cognitive dysfunction, lower intelligence or hip fracture, or other human health conditions. And existing bodies of evidence consistently shows that water fluoridation reduces tooth decay.

00:32:00 Consistent with information circulated to Councillors in response to petitioners that will report to Councillors and the background report in October 2024, the Council has no plans to remove fluoride from the water supply. Any other councillors wish to speak to the motion? I'll put the motion those in favour. Yes. So moved. That's unanimous. Next item. There are no notified motions. That brings us to consideration of committee reports. 11.1, planning and environment committee report. There was no planning and environment committee report for January. 11.2, services and organisation committee report. There's no services and organisation committee reports in January. We've just all reports going straight to the general committee in January as per usual. That's unanimous. 11.3, general committee reports, 20th of January 2025. 8.1, Gondusa interim report.

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00:33:00 8.2, contract number RP00073, register of pre-qualified suppliers for provision of parks and landscaping services. 8.3, community grants policy revised. 8.4, community grants policy revised. 8.5, financial performance report, December 2024. 8.6, budget review two for the 24-25 financial year. 8.7, planning applications decided by delegated authority, November 2024. 8.8, there's a legal council update. 9.1, there's a confidential matter not for public release. The integrated landfill capping solution tender consideration plan. And 9.2, regarding 628 McDonald Drive was deferred to today's ordinary meeting to be dealt with in the confidential session coming up. May I have a move and a seconder for the general committee recommendations to be adopted please. Councillor Robinson, quick to the feet. Councillor Wilson.

00:34:00 Any discussion? All in favour? Yes. That's unanimous. We have no reports direct to the ordinary meeting. That brings us to the final item on the agenda, which is a confidential session. Ladies and gentlemen, which is 62 McDonald Drive revised subdivision layout. Now ladies and gentlemen, this is the final item on the agenda which is a confidential session. The final motion will be moved in public session. So if you'd like to wait outside, it could be some time. But any decision made today will be made in open session. If you're not able to wait, you'll see it on the live recording and in the minutes of the meeting. So I'll ask if you're not a staff member, would you kindly make the gallery please. And if you'd like to wait, we'll let you know when we're going to open. Thank you. Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Okay. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. Is there anyone else? I can't see. Speaker 1: Thank you.

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00:35:00 Thank you. Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Just a point of order. I think we should move the motion before public hearing. Mayor Wilkie: Yes. Okay. I move the meeting be closed to the public. Pursuant to section 254J3G of the local government regulation for the purpose of discussing contracts proposed to be made by council for potential commercial negotiations in relation to those contracts, items 13.162, Lake MacDonald Drive, Cooroy, revised subdivision layout.

00:36:00 I'll move that. We have a seconder, please. Councillor Wegener, all in favour? Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Just before you do, I believe what you recited is not fully recorded on the minutes there. You talked about the... Deputy Mayor Stockwell: I did. Commercial profits. Mayor Wilkie: What I've read out on my script being what was... Yes. Moved? Can we make sure that happens to this? Speaker 1: I can make sure, yeah. Mayor Wilkie: Yes. Because it has reference to potential commercial negotiations in relation to those contracts for items. Speaker 3: On your script? Mayor Wilkie: Yeah. Okay. Whatever wording I've just read out. Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Do you want me to do it right now? Mayor Wilkie: Yes. Deputy Mayor Stockwell: All right. Thank you. All right.

00:37:00 Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: We could use the wording under section 254J, which says negotiations relating to a commercial matter involving the local government, which a public discussion would be likely to prejudice the interests of the local government.

00:38:00 Speaker 3: We're just reading from the script here, which could change the contracts for the general committee. So that's exactly what you read out there. Councillor Lorentson: Yeah, that's what I've read out there. Speaker 3: Okay, thank you. Councillor Lorentson: But we didn't read the motion. Oh, good. Okay, good. Speaker 3: No, we just don't know. Councillor Lorentson: It's just not seeing the difference. Speaker 3: We're still live. Councillor Lorentson: We're still live. Yeah, that's fine. Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Yeah, very close. Mayor Wilkie: All right. All right, so we're going to move from second up. All in favour? Carried unanimously. Speaker 1: Now, maybe going to close session.

06:09:00 Speaker 3: Yep. Speaker 1: I'm just going to. Okay. Speaker 3: So we're back on live. Just let me. Okay. Welcome back, everyone. Mayor Wilkie: Okay, we have a motion. I would like to move that Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner to the General Committee dated 20th of January 2025 regarding the Cooroy Affordable Housing Project, 62 Lake MacDonald Drive, Cooroy.

06:10:00 B. Approve the revised proposed subdivision on lot 105 on SP118458, Rev C, prepared by Murray & Associates and dated 9th of 12-24, contained in Attachment 1 to the report. In accordance with Council resolution on 16th of May 24, approval of remediation and subdivision works required to occur for the delivery of the revised subdivision layer contained in Attachment 1 to the report. Support advancing the subdivision and remediation works subject to securing a loan facility whilst continuing to actively pursue grant funding opportunities. E. In endorsing this option, any process to consider future uses of the remaining two sites should consider investigating options for the sites, including open space, cultural heritage, housing, community uses, landscape and amenity, and other land use planning matters, and ensure this process involves community consultation. And F. Remove the confidentiality of the Attachment 1

06:11:00 to the report. May I have a seconder for that please? Councillor Wegener. Now, because there are confidential matters associated with this, we're putting this straight to the vote. All in favour? Yes. Councillor Wegener? Yes. Councillor Wegener, Stockwell, Finzel, Wilkie. Those against? Councillors Lorentson, Wilson, Phillips. That's carried. Thank you everyone. That brings us to the end of the agenda. The next ordinary meeting will be at Noosa Council Chambers on Thursday 20th of February at 10am. Thank you everyone for your patience. The meeting is closed at 4.14. Thank you everyone. Thank you.