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Ordinary Meeting - 20 March 2025

Thursday 20 March 2025 · Ordinary Meeting · 20 substantive items

We have not written this meeting up yet. Below is council's own agenda structure, with each item cued to the video.

From the floor

People who addressed council at this meeting, from its minutes. The full register is at deputations.

  1. Public question

    Rhea Den Braasem

    In regards to stormwater on the 62 Lake MacDonald site, our steering committee has stressed on numerous occasions that the removal of 2200 trees is going to have an immediate worsening effect of stormwater flow due to a lack of canopy to help slow this down. We also don’t see how any storm water controls in the plan ca…

  2. Public question

    Paul Noonan

    Subject: 62 Lake Macdonald Drive - Late last year Council committed to conduct roof and water tank cleaning at surrounding homes during and after site works (as necessary). Is Council planning to undertake professional 'background' data collection in the adjoining residential area and cemetery before site work starts? …

  3. Public question

    Pat Spicer

    In the council development application for expansion of the cemetery in 2008, a vegetated buffer zone was included on all perimeter boundaries of the plan for the cemetery. This included Lake Macdonald Drive boundary. The Cooroy Cemetery Management Plan repeatedly refers to the highly attractive and strong sense of enc…

  4. Public question

    Nick Cooke

    Why are new actions, like "Accommodation options for visitors" and "Investigate future commercial and industrial land for Pomona," being added to the final Place Plan in response to a single submission, such as one calling for "a world class 4 or 5-star enviro-resort similar to Kingfisher Bay Resort on K’gari," when th…

  5. Public question

    Ken & Desley Nixon

    Will Council implement regulated parking on the eastern side of Kingfisher Drive North of Brolga Place? Response provided by Shaun Walsh Director Infrastructure Services Noosa Council is currently developing a Parking Management Plan, a key initiative under the Noosa Corporate Plan, designed to ensure equitable, sustai…

  6. Public question

    Hayley Hass

    Why is CCTV listed as an action in the Place Plan (Appendix B) when residents expressed in the consultation that "Pomona already feels safe" and did not support CCTV in parks and around town, as confirmed by council in the plan, prior Placemaking reports, and recent council meetings, especially when many submissions sp…

Agenda

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  1. 1 DECLARATION OF OPENING 0:12
  2. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY 0:17
  3. 3 ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES 0:23
  4. 4 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES 0:33
  5. 4.1 ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES DATED 20 FEBRUARY 2025 1:20
  6. 5 PETITIONS 1:24
  7. 6 PRESENTATIONS 1:26
  8. 7 DEPUTATIONS Deputations 1:29
  9. 8 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME Deputations 1:33
  10. 8.1 KEN & DESLEY NIXON Deputations 1:39
  11. 8.2 PATRICIA (PAT) SPICER Deputations 3:56
  12. 8.3 RHEA DEN BRAASEM Deputations 8:54
  13. 8.4 PAUL NOONAN Deputations 12:46
  14. 8.5 NICK COOKE Deputations 17:15
  15. 8.6 HAYLEY HASS Deputations 19:15
  16. 9 MAYORAL MINUTES 21:14
  17. 10 NOTIFIED MOTIONS Notified motions 21:21
  18. 11 CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS 21:25
  19. 11.1 AUDIT & RISK COMMITTEE REPORT - 14 FEBRUARY 2025 21:28
  20. 11.2 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT - 11 MARCH 2025 21:59
  21. 11.3 SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE REPORT - 11 MARCH 2025 22:27
  22. 11.4 GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT - 17 MARCH 2025 23:03
  23. 12 ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS 1:31:27
  24. 13 CONFIDENTIAL SESSION Closed doors 1:31:29
  25. 14 NEXT MEETING 1:31:32
  26. 15 MEETING CLOSURE 1:31:35

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