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00:00:00 Mayor Wilkie: 5pm and welcome Kin Kin community members. Thank you for turning out tonight to meet with us. We're meeting in the hall that was built in 1911 and thank you very much for the Kin Kin community group for its maintenance and also arranging tonight's event. I acknowledge that we're meeting on the traditional lands and waters of the Kabi Kabi people and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging and reiterate their invitation for us to join them as joint custodians in respecting and caring for this beautiful place that we all love, respecting and caring for each other. A bit of housekeeping. We have, in an emergency, exit through the kitchen, front door or side door. It says in an orderly fashion, not like George Costanza. The toilets are through the kitchen or front door and out to the left in a separate building. Disabled access only is through the side door behind the production desk.
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00:01:00 I note that all councillors are in attendance. Item 4 is confirmation of the minutes. May I have a mover and a seconder for the minutes of the ordinary meeting held on 17th July 2025. Happy to move. Moved by Councillor Finzel, seconded by Councillor Lorentson. All in favour? That's carried. Can I have a mover and a seconder for the minutes of the special meeting held on 4th August 2025, please. Happy to move. Councillor Finzel, pick up the feet again. And seconded by Councillor Wegener. All in favour? That's carried. We have three petitions to be presented to council. First from Councillor Lorentson of public safety at Sunrise Beach. Councillor Lorentson: The following residents hereby request that use of council rectify the following public safety issues notified to council over six months ago by Jeff Mallison of 235 Tingira Crescent, Sunrise Beach.
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00:02:00 1. Yellow line, no parking required in Soberon Street between Tingira Crescent and Davidlow Way. This is a major access to Sunrise Beach and Lookout. 2. Yellow line, no parking required in Soberon Street between Tingira Crescent and Davidlow Way. This is the narrowest street in the area, there is a constant risk of collision with cars, e-bikes, scooters and pedestrians, all are vulnerable. 2. The kerbside guttering in Tingira Crescent, opposite to the chalet, is very dangerous as no concrete pathway exists adjacent to it, just a worn away turf track heavily used by walkers. 3. The lookout in Tingira Crescent, where Council has provided seats, rubbish bins and dog water tap, has very bad and dangerous erosion and requires pavers, concrete or decking to sustain it from further degeneration. I present this petition to CEO for action and response.
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00:03:00 Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, we have another petition from the Councillor. Oh, sorry, we have a seconder for that. Seconder, Councillor Phillips, in favour? Petition's received. Second petition, also from Councillor Mary Lorentson, about the basketball hoop. Councillor Lorentson: The petition requests that Council remove the basketball hoop from Charles Bennett Park at the end of Horace, presented to New South Council on Thursday 19 June 2025. I present this petition to the Council. Thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Councillor Morrison. We have a seconder for that, please. We have a seconder. Seconder, Councillor Finzel. All in favour? That's carried. And the third petition from Councillor Morrison, regarding parking at Tewant. Councillor Lorentson: We, the undersigned businesses at Tewantin Plaza, support the attached letter and request immediate action from Council 2-1, remove the two-hour parking restrictions behind Tewantin Plaza, at minimum the duration of construction.
00:04:00 We, the undersigned businesses at the Rory-Mail Hotel, and 2, introduce business parking permits for operators who need extended parking access to safely and effectively run their businesses. We are all directly affected by the current parking limitations and call on the Council to provide an urgent and practical solution. Again, I present the petition to the CEO for action and response. Mayor Wilkie: And Councillor Morrison, we have a seconder for that, please. Councillor Phillips, all in favour? That's carried unanimously. Item 6, there are no presentations. Item 7, the deputations, and we have two this evening. 15 minutes per deputation is allocated. First is from Mr James Porter. The topic is access issues to Eastern Branch Creek Road. Mr Porter, would you like to come to the lectern and present your deputation, please?
00:05:00 Thank you. Speaker 7: Thank you, all of you, councillors and CEO. I've had the property at Twillio Bay and Twillio, and had that for about 40 years. And the access was on Eastern Branch Road, which is part of the trails. And there's been a lot of money keeping that road open over the years. And recently... It's been locked. We've locked in the work that was going on there. So we've got three million dollars spent with my family and children. There's a sort of movement on the other side of the hill, which is sitting down in someone's house. And before that, there was no road around the western side of Wackney Road that was open to a house, and that was it. That was developed for me recently.
7.1 Topic: Access issues to Eastern Branch Creek Rd, Applicant: James Porter Speakers: James Porter ¶
00:06:00 So I've got a lot of vision for the council and what they'd like to do with that road up a bit. Now, over the years, the area around Twillio Hills has had massive land collapses. There was a house on the other side which went down, and it split in half on the right from the other side. There were packs of bananas there that came off the hill years ago. The depot where you drive into the Eastern Branch Road off that bridge, that whole lot collapsed in 1945 on the floor. There's been some massive clutches in my place at times, and along Wackney Road, there's been three clutches outside, three times over the years, across a few other sites, and I put in a second access road out to, on the other side of Trinidad, out to Wackney Road, New Hampshire City, back in 22, the whole lot of that went down, not even a half, and I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really,
00:07:00 I think there was something on the lower side that went down about a million and a bit, and the whole paddock went down. And recently, the gully below that has moved down, whoops, moved down 100 metres, and when something moves now, and the butt of it goes, and above it all the land started to feel down, right up to the edge of that bridge road. And that bit of my road is gonna go this way. I've got bad eyesight. It's my injury. And what's happened during the works, I went up there one day, about eight or nine months ago, to do some work on the east and west coast side, and the next man up the hill there came down and swear at me and told me to get off there, and he said he'd bring a fuse and other people would go. I'd already done a lot of work there, probably, with the shooting equipment, so that didn't seem to happen. The next day, there were two big wire, you know, this wide wire thing, put in front of that wire on the front of my tank there, and some water barriers to be sent, big orange water barriers.
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00:08:00 So when some cattle got out the other side of the hill, all the potential was gone for the roadworks. And I had no cattle raising ever. You get these road cattle that... find some sweet grass on there, and they keep getting out. They jump, they jump and fall to the fence and get out. And they were getting out. And they'd come around, they'd all come running around the hill to the other side. And I couldn't get in because of these barriers. I couldn't physically move them. And the cattle all jumped into the micro-merchants, and it took us hours to get them out. And that's happened a few times now. And I rode in... Before the work started, I rode in, telling the Shire that that was my private road. And we maintained it. It was my best access. I wanted it restored to Tuba Drive. And then after the 22 lane collapses, that was the only way we could get out. And I was driving that road daily.
00:09:00 And I got the other people up the road, the main ones, who brought their vehicles around, and they'd put them on the other side of the strips and let me in and out for some weeks. And I was doing that too, of course, because it was safe in the walk, the other side where the road was clear because of the snakes and things you get at night driving along the cross. And anyway, then recently, the kids go riding down that road. That's East Inverness Road. And here's this over 9-and-a-grade cement block stuck there. And the kids couldn't get around their horses. And the cattle, when they get around there, they get scared of them walking down the road. And I want them to move. And I want them to clean the gate. Because each end of the trail, if you look out, there's a gate on the back of this road, which can't be pulled in, which is locked. And the other end, just before my gate on the side, if the road goes over there, it turns right and then down down, you get to the Murphy's side. That's locked too. And where you end up, the trail of Michael Murphy's,
00:10:00 which is on top of that road, there's a trail close on there. So it's plenty of feet. And then a little bit, about 200 metres from my gate, on the trail in Michael's, the land is collapsing. There's a two-metre drop there now, which has developed over the last two or three months. And on the lower side of that, further down, the whole hill's stripped away and the trail's not much wider than these chairs here. And there's a nine-metre drop there. And so it's closed, right? It's a settlement, but it's closed. But I'm not affected, because I entered my property well before that, and drive on this other road. Um... Ah, yeah. So, um... Yeah, I could argue with a lot of other points. Another major point was, I was dozing down in my creek. There was no funding section there. It was pretty all locked out of the town.
00:11:00 And I'm not going to be using this till I've got the stone, and it's lucky I was fully covered with a lot of deer around and wild stings. Before I drove that day, I was 100 metres. I couldn't see. I was in part of the river, and I lay down in the gully for five hours till I got enough wind in me, you know, trying to breathe, and enough recovery to drive the doze up the ridge and move the ambulance. And they couldn't get in the other way, because in the two of us, I went back and got in the trawl drive, to waste some time. And, um... It kind of helped me out. So, I do need two emergency accesses there. It's got no return. You have accidents in that country. And the barrier could stop a fire engine getting up there, a bushfire could get in, an ambulance, and anyone else wanting to get up there, the police, they couldn't get over those barriers. Um... So, I'd like them to move. And there's a good chance of moving now, because 18-8's contractors have rather finished their job. They're just doing the finishing and a few other jobs now. They've got an excavator there.
00:12:00 We can take them back and put them round at the ends of the place where they were used for. So, that's as stable as his house, which is preferably moving. Um... Anyway, I've lost the way to give it, but I'll get it in some brochures for Victor to give out. There's a map on there. And I'll cover the map. And the map of the Twin Hills area is showing some of the landslides that happened recently. And some photographs showing the barriers and, um... The trawl up there being used by cement trucks and the break in it. And what's happening on my truck, all the landslides there are massive. And, um... So, I'm probably going to be dropped in again. If we didn't have a dozer, we were never going to get out. And the dozer at the moment is in the workshop. It's a problem. Um... And, as you know, there are two or three streets happening on Wackney Road already, next to the works that are just off the highway. There's a massive street there.
00:13:00 There's a massive land from Wackney Road right through Mercury. It's a whole block of land that's been moved in the model environment 500 metres away. It's moving. And we had radar on that in May. It was something we looked at. It's the building environment and things. This is the radar about, like, two types of tallow and trench. And over that period of about a month, that whole block of land moved 10 centimetres. And over the next 15 months, we've got 10 centimetres. And it's keeping on burning. You know? And it's... It's just going to have to give up on the trail there. But I want my access. But it's safe. I can get in and out. So... Well, 18-8's are there. But I hope that the council will consider moving those blocks around somewhere else where they'll be useful. And they've given me a key to the lock gate onto Blackburn Trail.
00:14:00 But I need to get out. You know? It's a normal young man. And I've got health problems. And I did pull out of the consultation, which the anthology would invite me down, but I never put my name on the consultation list for dashboard or whatever. And after a while, I pulled out of that because I had medical problems in the bridge that we had to go to. And then my friend came down with breast cancer and I'd come down for a late-night spray-out. It took me about two months to get in and we were just taking it in. Um... So I decided that I... And I wanted to write to the council about this, you know, rather than trying to do it through a contract that I'd been sold. Um... So... I didn't follow that link up because I had been initially lost all day. Um... Anyway, that's the situation. Lots across the road. A lot go. And the looners don't have a chance to get out. And I've needed to go in and recover cattle and fix up fences and things. Um... And if there's any heavy earthworm coming,
00:15:00 I'll have to bring them in that way too because they're quite brave. They're stuck further down the road. Um... And the road is safe. You spent $3 million there. 9,000 cubic metres of soil wood. It's safe. It should be safe. And it was safe after the 22 collapse. There was a little bit of... We knocked down one of the shoulders there. There was a bit of a drop. Knocked that down. We were driving in and out. All the neighbours were driving in and out there. And... The jury rang me up and asked me when the whole Twin Hills, Eastern Branch Roadside Collective rang and couldn't let anyone out. So I let everyone drive through the place and didn't let all of them go. So you need a second access. You need to be accessible. So not only have you got the council to figure it out, and I've... And Vicky's got some of these and I want those to hand out to you after the meeting. OK? Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Mr Porter. Mayor Wilkie: Dr Porter.
00:16:00 That's OK. Thank you. In about... After we have the other deputation and the questions, there will be a 10-minute adjournment where councillors may want to have some time here to ask some questions. OK. And to chat a bit more about that, your situation. So we can understand. Thank you. The next deputation is from Mr Andrew Taylor. The topic, Cooroy Mountain Road. Mr Taylor, would you like to come to the lectern for your deputation? Andy Taylor: Good afternoon, Moosa Council. Sorry, excuse me. My name is Andy Taylor and I stand here on behalf of a group of concerned residents who rely on Cooroy Mountain Road, the gravel section, every single day.
7.2 Topic: Cooroy Mountain Rd Applicant: Andrew Taylor on behalf of the residents of Cooroy Mountain Rd . Speakers: Andrew Taylor, Alan Deering, Sarah Carter ¶
00:17:00 We are here because our road is unsafe. And despite years of raising these issues, we have been told by various council representatives that our road is not a priority. But for us, it is not only a priority, it is a matter of safety, fairness and responsibility. The road was originally approved for upgrade in 2013 by the Sunshine Coast Council. And I quote, to improve road safety. Since that time, 12 years ago, traffic conditions have obviously substantially increased. From 2013 to present, under the Noosa Council, our road has been totally moored with absolutely no funding provided for gravel road upgrading for the last 10 plus years. And no further funding until 2032. That is 19 years of complete inaction.
00:18:00 There has been a huge change in population and usage of this road since 2013. Our road links two rapidly growing areas, being Cooroy and Dunhamton. And in recent years, the impact of this population growth has highlighted the immediate and well overdue need for our road to be upgraded to a compliant standard. The gravel section of Cooroy Mountain Road is steep, narrow, winding. Loose gravel, blind corners. Erosion from rain makes it treacherous. Dust pollutes our air and our drinking water. The speed limit of 100 kilometres an hour allows for dangerous and reckless driving by irresponsible and careless people. This is not just a minor inconvenience. This is a dangerous road that has been overlooked for far too long.
00:19:00 This is not just a minor inconvenience. Because Council has not taken steps to assess and act, we the residents engaged our own independent RPEQ Credential Engineers, Colliers International Engineering and Design Pty Ltd. We have provided you a copy of our report on the 6th of May. Our report highlights the current condition and the many deficiencies of our road. Our engineers report also offers cost effective solutions to bring our road up to compliance. In my email I offered to meet and discuss the report with you and I have not heard back from you since. Our engineers find it clear, and in particular we note, the road fails to meet modern safety standards and design standards. Our road fails to meet the requirements of the IPWEA assessment guidelines. That's the Institute of Public Works and Engineering Australia.
00:20:00 Where any score over 20 means the road must be sealed, our score today is 44. Without doubt this confirms our road is entirely overdue for sealing. One other very concerning result is that 20% of our traffic are heavy vehicles. This is an extremely high average for our classification of the road. Heavy vehicles dramatically add to the health, safety and environmental risk of what is already a standard road. When a community has to fund its own engineering report just to be heard, something is seriously wrong. To then have this report ignored is unacceptable. I reaffirm to you today my ongoing offer to engage and discuss this issue with you Deputy Mayor Stockwell: directly. Andy Taylor: I would like to thank all of you for your support. This isn't just an abstract issue. This is about real people.
00:21:00 Our road is constantly used by walkers, cyclists and horse riders. Both local residents and many surrounding looser people regularly use Coromant Road. Local commuters use our road as a convenient shortcut. Family isn't heading home after dark on a very dark and dangerous road. The entire group that I am representing today have used our road as a convenient shortcut. There are numerous stories of near misses. Accidents, dangerous conditions and the ever increasing dust, erosion and environmental damage due to poor condition of the road. Each journey carries unnecessary risk. We fear it is only a matter of time before we face the preventable tragedy of a serious accident. And when that happens, the question won't be a council view. It will be why a council chose not to act. And when that happens, the question won't be a council view. Councils.
00:22:00 Safety is your duty. Your responsibility is not only to balance budgets but to safeguard residences. The message we've received that our road is not a priority is unacceptable. We are ratepayers. We contribute. And we deserve the same level of facilities, safety and respect as any other community in the Noosa Shire. We're calling on council to 1. Immediately prioritise our road. Prioritise safety upgrades to the grammar section of Cooroy Mount Road. 2. Allocate funds for sealing and remediation in the upcoming budget. 3. Publish a transparent timeline for works with progress updates to the community. These are not unreasonable requests. They are common sense measures to protect lives. Councils. We are not here today to complain. We are here to urge action. The time for deferring, delaying and dismissing is over.
00:23:00 Cooroy Mount Road is dangerous. It must be fixed. And we are asking you today to commit to make it safe before tragedy forces your hand. Thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Mr Taylor. And if you're going to be here during the break, we'll catch up with you. The next we have three submissions for public comment. First is an application from Ms Helen Nugent. Is Helen Nugent over here? Would you like to come to the lectern, Ms Nugent? And your three questions, which will be answered by Shaun Walsh, who is the Director of Infrastructure Services. Speaker 3: Thank you for hearing me today. Just as associated background material, I'd like to bring to your attention, on the 18th of December 2024, we received an email from Alex Neville to the resident of 15 Homestead Drive, thanking the rate payer and the resident for his time, and committing
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00:24:00 to the below, in reference to identity number RM2024-24967. He stated, I've pruned trees around the road and drained this channel, cutting back the trees, blocking street lights, and updating the new year on the progress of our permit application. To National Parks Department. Maintenance to the drainage channel. Treaties of tidying up at Homestead roundabout and adjacent fences. Management of all the Singapore daisy. Pressure washing and bridge repair of slug tires. On the 28th of March 2025, we received an email from Sebastian Copley. This time with a new reference number, RM2025-06740.XUY. He said, I'd like to come to the lectern. Committing to the repair of the bridge in a fortnightly, and a fortnightly mulching schedule, and improved ways to manage the watercourse.
00:25:00 My question is, what is the timeline for the remediation works to restore them and rehabilitate the new sedentary estate, including, but not contained to, removal of obnoxious weeds, tree pruning, fallen debris, mowing and slashing of the causeway, in addition to ongoing maintenance and management for the estate land and assets. Director Walsh: Thank you for the question, Helen. In the next two months, we have scheduled the following works in preparation for the traditional storm season. Cleaning out the culvert on Golflands Drive, and adjacent to the National Park, under the conditions of the permit issued by National Parks and Wildlife Service. Tree pruning at various locations. Scheduled mowing. We're also scoping the site for the next two months. Scoping the following additional initiatives. Engineered rehabilitation of the open drain, to encourage water flow and reduce ponding
00:26:00 of water in areas. This will take time to survey and design, and come up with an effective solution. Additional street signage to support children's safety in Homestead Drive. Council staff have commenced the preparation of a site-specific maintenance plan for Daintree Estate, to respond to the specific drainage characteristics. Inclusive of a more proactive inspection regime, in order to shed less debris, and control any reactive maintenance. The preparation of an exclusive and site-specific maintenance plan is an initiative in response to Council's desire to maximise the drain performance, to the maximum extent possible during main events. Thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Ms Nugent, would you like to read your second question, please? Speaker 3: Yes, my second question may have been part of the answer there, but an email we received from the Noosa Electoral Office, from Dylan Hacking, on the 9th of April, 2025. The Noosa Electoral Office advise they have continued conversations with the Minister for the Environment, including a need for a long-term solution.
00:27:00 As you are aware, activities in a protected area fall under the specific legislation. In this instance, the Nature Conservation Act 1992, Nature Conservation and Protected Areas Management Regulation 2024, and the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003, require careful consideration when permitting water to be used. Noosa Shire Council requested and received a permit and provided the associated appropriate documentation to, one, remove palm fronds by hand up to five metres beyond the existing cleared area, and two, maintain that area to ground level, as per approved plans from 2014. The intent is to improve water flow and reduce flooding risk. It does not permit broader debris clearance through to McKinnon Drive, as per approved design under the Nature Conservation Act. The Electoral Office further stated they encourage Council to seek to revoke the area from protected
00:28:00 area to Council ownership, allowing them to progress works on the area without permits, and will work with Council to progress the revocation request once submitted. The current permit is 12 months, allowing work this season and next, just reminds, 2014, revocation of the area. This will, in effect, provide a two-year period for the Council to apply for a revocation. A further email we have received in question from Alex Neville dated 18 December 2024, an update in the new year on the progress of our permit application to the National Parks Department. Mayor Wilkie: Mr Newton, would you be able to move to the question, please? Speaker 3: Certainly. My question is to you. Has or will Noosa Council apply to the relevant department to revoke the permits required
00:29:00 for ongoing maintenance for Noosa Daintree Estate through to McKinnon Drive? Thank you, Helen. Director Walsh: Council currently operates under a short-term permit from Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service to undertake maintenance works in the open drain area adjacent to Gulf Course Drive, but within the adjacent Parry Springs Conservation Area. Council has submitted an enduring revocation request to the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service to extract a portion of Parry Springs Conservation Park to allow drain maintenance work in this location to more efficiently deliver future works. This revocation only applies to the existing cleared area adjacent to Gulf Course Drive and as envisaged by the original stormwater system design. To be clear, it does not extend to include the Natural Creek Corridor through the conservation area. It is important to note that Daintree Estate's stormwater channel is designed to hold stormwater
00:30:00 during rain events, and the inundation of the parkway and the roadway is a normal and expected function of the system. The topography downstream of the site is very gentle and low-lying, and slow drainage characteristics perform as expected as part of the Natural or Moori Creek and adjacent Noosa River system. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Nick. The next application is from Mr. Nick Cook. Mr. Cook, would you like to come to the lectern to read your questions? Yes. This will be answered by Richard MacGillivray, Director of Development and Regulation. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Speaker 5: Since 2020, Noosa Council has assured the community that the impacts of the Kin Kin quarry were being addressed through legal action in Noosa Council v. Corwell Resources.
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00:31:00 However, these proceedings have failed to restrict Trump movements or yield any tangible result. Council has chosen not to pursue. It is due over $160,000 in fines issued to the operator and the situation continues to escalate largely unabated. Residents need assurance that we have not been forgotten by Council committing to a forward plan to deal with the quarry in light of the recent failures, including specific actions it will now take to address these enforcement limitations, compliance issues and actions to protect hinterland residents' amenity and safety. Particularly, how will Council enforce the quarry management plan when most attempts have failed? What will be done differently? To assure hinterland residents that the Council will effectively enforce the quarry management plan, can Council outline the specific actions it will take to address the enforcement constraints identified through the failed court action in Noosa Council v. Corwell Resources and the decision not to pursue over $160,000 in fines issued to the Kin Kin quarry operator?
00:32:00 Speaker 4: Thank you, Nick, for the question. In relation to the QMP, Council understands the community concerns and the remains committed to ensuring compliance with the approved conditions, including the QMP. In response to the court's proceedings, it is acknowledged that Council was successful in part of the proceeding, with an enforcement order being granted with respect to the covered loads. It is also relevant to highlight that Council has also successfully defended an appeal against an enforcement notice relating to the fixed-plant infrastructure related to the fixed-plant infrastructure in Noosa. These were not pursued through the Magistrates' Court as Council focused its legal efforts on the broader compliance issues in the Planning and Environment Court. Due to statutory limitations, these past infringements can no longer be pursued. However, Council remains committed to considering all available enforcement options should any clear breaches be identified and validated moving forward.
00:33:00 In terms of ongoing compliance monitoring, regular inspections are being conducted at various times to assess quarry operations in line with the Council approval requirements. Council is also working with contractors to introduce automated data capture systems, reducing reliance on manual monitoring and improving the consistency and reliability of compliance data, and this data is supported by photographic and video evidence. Ongoing review of this data demonstrates that the quarry operations are generally in accordance with the Planning and Environment Court's recommendations. There are no obligations under QMP regarding vehicle queuing and departure intervals. Council is also working closely with the State Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, who regulate the quarry operations through an environment authority. Speaker 5: Residents have repeatedly been assured that Council would not extend the Kin Kin quarry permit
00:34:00 beyond its end-of-life 2033 sunset clause, which marks 46 years since the original approval. As previous actions to reining the quarry have failed, I and many others look toward the 2033 date with trepidation. We need assurances and a commitment that the quarry will end in 2033, and the Council will do everything to stop it extending. There are avenues the Council could and should be exploring before an application to extend is made. This is one of the most important issues facing us at this point in time. Can Council continue to assure the Hinterland community that the Council will not extend the Kin Kin quarry permit beyond its end-of-life 2033 sunset clause, which marks 46 years since the original approval? Speaker 4: Thank you again, Nick, for your question regarding the future of the Kin Kin quarry and Council's position on the 2033 sunset clause. Council acknowledges the strong community interest in ensuring that the quarry operations do not extend beyond the current approval period.
00:35:00 If an application is made to extend the sunset clause, Council will assess the application thoroughly, with full consideration of the community concerns, environmental impacts and planning requirements. It is also important to acknowledge that the site is subject to a State-imposed key resource area overlay. If no application is made to extend the currency period, the current sunset clause remains in place and is enforceable. We appreciate the community's ongoing interest on this matter, and will continue to provide regular updates in due course. Thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Mr Cook. Thank you, Richard. The next two questions are from Ms Hayden Huss. Ms Huss would like to come back in and read the questions, which will be answered by Kim Rawlings, Director of Strategy and Environment, please. Okay. Speaker 6: Background. The destination management plan discussion paper detailed some disturbing proposals from ANUSA on the transformational scenarios.
00:36:00 Including making Hastings Street and Hippie Terrace pedestrian-only zones during peak times. Make park road access to Noosa National Park by free bus only during peak times. Burn single-use coffee cups along Hastings Street and Hippie Terrace. Noosa Council advocate for restricted access and a booking system to the Shire's iconic landscapes, e.g. Noosa National Park and Noosa North Shore. Mandate that all tourism experience and service operators are zero waste and zero emissions. And iconic events must be zero emissions, carbon neutral. Based on the last round of consultation, Council has stated that the community wants transformational change. As the draft EMP is somewhat vague compared to the discussion paper, we need clarification as to whether the intent is still to restrict access and mandate these scenarios. Question. Could Council please clarify whether the draft destination management plan still intends to investigate, implement the transformational scenarios outlined in the discussion paper, including pedestrian-only zones and no-use parking spaces.
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00:37:00 Noosa Council's proposed transition plan is to include pedestrian-only zones in Hastings Street, Hippie Terrace during peak times. Access to Noosa National Park by free bus only during peak times. Restricted access and booking systems for Noosa's iconic landscapes. Ban single-use coffee cups along Hastings Street and Hippie Terrace. And mandates on iconic events and all tourism and service providers to be zero waste and zero emissions. Director Rawlings: Thanks for the question, Holly. In response, the transformational scenarios presented in phase one destination management plan discussion paper were intended as thought starters to encourage community dialogue around potential solutions. A detailed analysis of phase one feedback revealed initial community interest in several of these ideas. As a result, some have been included in the phase two draft destination management plan for further consideration. The phase two engagement process is designed to assess the level of community support and support for some of the ideas. Recognising that Noosa's population continues to evolve and that some proposals may have
00:38:00 both positive and negative implications, depending on your perspective. Council is therefore using this comprehensive second phase of engagement, which runs for six weeks until the 14th of September, to seek clear feedback and input around levels of support from our community before finalising the DMP and advancing these actions. Speaker 6: Question two, background. Noosa Council's proposed transition plan is to include pedestrian-only zones in Hastings and New South Wales. The traffic, parking and access restrictions quoted in the DMP discussion paper and draft DMP will have numerous consequences for the people of Noosa, not just tourists. The proposals to date have been radical and residents and businesses must know the detail. According to the Ordinary Meeting report tabled on the 14th of December, 2023, the initial consultation yielded 791 survey responses, with only 201 responses in the detailed survey, where the transformational scenario of the transition plan was considered to be the Of the individual submission, only 3, or 4%, represented businesses.
00:39:00 It is not surprising that I find most in the community have no idea what has been suggested in the DMP process, especially businesses and those in the hinterland, who will be heavily impacted. Surely Council have investigated the economic impacts of access restrictions, zero-emissions mandates and the impacts to those who are car-dependent, like hinterland residents, as recognised in the Noosa Council's transport strategy report. Businesses face a significant loss of traffic as a result of access restrictions and deterring tourists, which will no doubt negatively impact their businesses. Question. Does Council recognise that the proposed vehicle, parking and access restrictions in Noosa, as quoted in the destination management plan, will severely impact car-dependent Noosa hinterland residents, but also local businesses who face a reduction in visitor traffic? Director Rawlings: Thanks, Hayley. As held on tomorrow, the face-to-face meeting will be held on the 14th of December, 2023, and the new engagement process is intended to gauge the level of community support for
00:40:00 the priority concepts identified by the community following Phase 1 community engagement on the draft Destination Management Plan Discussion Paper. Council acknowledges that many of these ideas suggested by the community are interdependent. For example, the effectiveness of any potential changes to vehicle access or parking would rely on the availability of viable alternative transport options, such as smaller, more frequent bus services, including public transport. This includes services to the hinterland. Such potential actions could enhance connectivity between hinterland and coastal areas, benefiting not only residents, who rely on private vehicles, but also those who are ageing, no longer wish to drive, or lack access to a vehicle and may currently experience isolation. Dynamic and regulated parking, which is discussed in the draft DMP, can in fact improve car parking availability and turnover of vehicles. Council recognises that some ideas and concepts suggested by the draft DMP, including the community and reflected in the draft DMP, may be unacceptable to other community members.
00:41:00 Therefore, Phase 2 community engagement is seeking input from everyone to assist Council to determine if there is clear support, or otherwise, from the community on all actions and tasks within the draft DMP. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you for your views on the DMP and the question. The next two questions are from Mrs. Pat Spicer. Pat was unable to attend today. So we have our CEO, Larry Sengstock, with us today. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Who will be answered by Kim Rawlings, Director of Environment Strategy. Speaker 2: Sorry, Kim, I've stolen your microphone. First question from Pat Spicer, who cannot be here. How is the tender cost being funded for remediation and subdivision of 62 to 64 Lake MacDonald Drive in Cooroy? Director Rawlings: Thank you, Larry. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thanks, Pat. As part of the Council resolution on the 20th of January, 2025, Council determined to support
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00:42:00 advancing the subdivision and remediation works subject to securing a loan facility, whilst continuing to actively pursue grant funding opportunities. Grant applications have been submitted to relevant state and federal bodies, with responses from these bodies not yet finalised. Depending on the outcomes of these grant applications, an application may be made to the Queensland Treasury Corporation, QTC, for a longer period of time. Speaker 2: Okay, the second question is from Pat Spicer again. Thank you for the comprehensive list of land other than 62 to 64 Lake MacDonald Drive, owned by Nurser Council in Cooroy at the July meeting. Could you please add to this list, so it is an exhaustive list, including land labelled as lazy land, as 62, now 62 to 64 Lake MacDonald Drive, Cooroy, was labelled as lazy land.
00:43:00 Thank you, Kim. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Director Rawlings: Thanks, Pat. Council does not label land lazy, as all land is allocated for a purpose. As stated in the last question, public question on the 17th of July, 2025, Council owned land is mostly for parks, environmental protection, and land for community facilities, such as libraries and grounds, supporting activities with much land constrained by natural hazards. The land in bold in the following table has been added since the last public question at the last meeting in July. There are some park areas in Cooroy that are owned by the State of Queensland and not Council. I won't list the land. It was in the table that we were provided in July, other than to list, identify the additional land that's been added, which is 66 Garnet Street times two lots, which is part
00:44:00 of the Cooroy Sports Complex. 11A Maple Street, which has a data centre on it, Garnet Street, which is a car park next to the railway, 81 Marara Street, which is Cooroy Creek Reserve, and 73 Mary River Road, which is Mary River Bushland Reserve. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Kim. That brings us to the end of the deputations and question time. We now have a ten-minute adjournment, where councillors can meet with their deputies and question questions. Question askers or they may meet with the staff, rural staff, and have any further details clarified. We have a ten-minute adjournment. Speaker 1: We'll start back at 5.55. Thank you.
00:58:00 Right, we're live again. Mayor Wilkie: Let's clear the meeting up again. Item nine, there are eight American minutes. We have no notified motions. Item 11, there are eight American minutes. 11 brings us to consideration of committee reports. 11.1 is the planning and environment committee recommendations. One is the upgrade to the infrastructure charge use resolution. Two, short-state letting and home-hosted accommodation local or operational review. And three, application for a minor change to an existing development approval for material change of use extension to an existing shop at 12 Maple Street, Cooroy. Four, request for another change to an existing development permit for material change of use to the accommodation type four convention visitor hostel
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00:59:00 to include 11 additional beds in 102 Pacific Avenue, Sunshine Beach. Item five, planning applications to sign by delegated authority June 2025. Item six, plan a place pilot evaluation report. Item seven is the planning and environment committee recommendations. On block may I have a mover and a seconder for the services and organisation committee recommendation to be adopted by Councillor Finzel. Sorry, I got excited. Seconder? Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Councillor Wilkie, you called for a movement on the Services and Organisations Committee when it was Planning and Environment that you were dealing with. Mayor Wilkie: Planning and Environment Committee recommendations, I thought. Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Yeah, you just read out the wrong one. Mayor Wilkie: Oh, thank you Councillor Stockwell. Now this isn't the Planning and Environment. That's right. It's not even in front of you. Oh no, it's written down at the bottom, yes, Services and Organisations. Planning and Environment.
01:00:00 And all in favour? That's carried. Now we can move on to the Services and Organisations Committee recommendations. Item 11.2.8 was referred to the General Committee. Go and miss the report. Next is Mayor's Attendance of the Asia-Pacific City Summit and Mayor's Forum via Council of Mayors, SEQ International Committee. Council of Travel. 11.2.10, Capital Program 2012-24-25 Delivery Status. 11.2.11, Noosa Holiday Parks Update. 11.2.12, Councillor Remuneration Update. 11.2.13, Services and Organisations Committee Recommendations en Blanc. Now for move up and second up for the Services and Organisations Committee recommendations to be adopted. Councillor Lorentson: I'm happy to move, thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Move, Councillor. Happy to second. Second, Councillor Finzel. All in favour?
11.2.13 SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ENBLOC ¶
01:01:00 That's carried. We will now move on to the General Committee Recommendations. The first item there is the Go and Miss the Report referred from the Services and Organisations Committee dated 12 August 2035, item 7.1. Councillor Morrison. Councillor Lorentson: I'd like to make an amendment to the Go and Miss the Report to read as follows. We'll move it a second here for you. Oh, thank you. Mayor Wilkie: We have someone to move and second. I'm happy to move. To move. The report is moved by Councillor Finzel, seconded by Councillor Wegener. Thank you. Councillor Lorentson. Oh, sorry. Councillor Finzel, do you wish to speak to the motion? No, I don't wish to speak to it. Thank you. And Councillor Lorentson, you have an amendment. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. I'd like to amend G to read as follows. As part of the 2026-27 budget process, investigate the costs, resourcing and feasibility of the
11.3.14 GO NOOSA REPORT (Referred from Services & Organisation Committee dated 12 August 2025 - Item 7.1) ¶
01:02:00 inclusion of other high demand areas, such as Peregian Beach and Cooroy, with a view to improving traffic flow, enhancing pedestrian safety and supporting a positive visitor and community experience, and investigate a broader range of sustainable transport initiatives that include the use of public transport. In terms of affordable residences and reduced reliance on private vehicles. Thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Madam, have a seconder for that please. I have a second. Councillor Stockwell. Councillor Lorentson: Councillor Lorentson. The amendment's making is about making sure that the Go Noosa program, which is funded by the Sustainable Transport Levy delivers fairly for everyone in our community. At $30 a year, every rate payer makes a contribution so we need to ensure that the benefits are The benefits are shared right across the Shire, not just in our busiest tourist hotspots, but in places where our residents live, work and travel every day.
01:03:00 As part of the 2026-27 budget review, I'm asking that we expand our thinking, and that means investigating how the Go News program can better serve areas like Peregian Beach and interland villages like Kin Kin, like Cooroy, and improve daily life for residents. It means places where we're already seeing growing traffic and pedestrian pressures. It also means looking at new opportunities, exploring new opportunities, like using our waterways as part of Noosa's transport network. Our river connects communities, and with the right investment, whether that's improved jetty access, better integration with buses and bike paths, whether it's full bike storage, shaded waiting areas, or even subsidised, or free ferry travel for Hastings Street workers,
01:04:00 we can create a modern transport option that takes cars off the road and improves daily life for residents. The current Go Noosa program has done important work. It's provided through buses and congestion management clear wings, but we can't stop there. We know what's ahead. We've got a growing and ageing population. We've got increased visitation, and also the opportunities and pressures that come with the 2032 Olympics. If we want to protect our lifestyle and environment, then we need to plan now, not play catch-up later. The amendment in front of us doesn't change the intent of Go Noosa. It simply builds on its success, and it ensures that when Council does come to the 2026 budget process, we have the data, we have the costumes, and the resourcing advice we need to make informed, future-focused decisions. I hope you support the amendment in front of us.
01:05:00 Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Councillor Morrison. I'll speak in favour of the amendment. The salient part of the amendment is that as part of the 2026-27 budget process, we investigate how we may need to change the transport. It is currently $30 per weightable property. As we heard from staff earlier in the week, they have no capacity or resourcing to increase the scope of the Go Noosa project. Under the current budget, this is the correct process if we want to expand the program. We will be able to discuss by, do we need to double or triple the levy? How many more staff do we need to employ? What resourcing is required? We may only need to increase it to the same as the Sunshine Coast Council, which is only $43. We're currently at $30, but the budget process is exactly the right space where all these new ideas come together. So I certainly support the amendment.
01:06:00 Anyone else wish to speak? Can I ask a question? Councillor Phillips: Yes. Thank you. Just a quick question to Director Shaun Walsh. I think it would be, because I support the amendment. I just want to check from the general meeting part F around the baseline data collection that we worked on. Will there be data collection prior to the end of the year? So when we're looking at picking to land, that the baseline data will also form that process? Please. That's it. Director Walsh: Thank you, Councillor. Our first step is actually to have a workshop with the councillors to actually determine what data your idea would like and how we should collect it. So there will be an opportunity to inform the data selections that we've got. We'll be prepared with advice on what data we already have. We can actually build on that. Thank you.
01:07:00 Mayor Wilkie: The councillor's wish to speak to the amendment. Question? Councillor Finzel: Yeah. Thank you for the question. Just to the Mayor, I'm just wondering about the necessary need for this amendment, in your opinion. Is it this normal part of the process anyway without bringing to the floor an amendment? Mayor Wilkie: Look, I can answer that. I can answer that. This amendment changes the motion, which was originally an amendment, moved at Monday's general committee meeting. It's talked about as part of the 2026-27 budget process, increasing the scope of the GoNUSA program to include other high demand areas such as Bridge and Beach and Cooroy, with a view to improving traffic flow, enhancing pedestrian safety and supporting a positive visitor and community experience. This adds to that, suggesting we investigate a broader scope for the GoNUSA program, including
01:08:00 enhancements to NUSA's river transport network, boating facilities, and associated land-based infrastructure to better serve. So it's building on the amendment that we worked on Monday, and it is going by the correct process. That is, as part of the 2026-27 budget process. Discussions for how the program may be changed for the next financial year, because we currently don't have the scope to do this work now. I hope that answers your question. Councillor Finzel: To some degree. Thank you. Just a question to Councillor Lorentson. Is this further clarification in response to a comment when this was first raised about vagaries? Is this to give further clarification? Yes. Councillor Lorentson: Question back to you, Karen. Councillor Finsel, vagaries. Can you define what you mean by vagaries?
01:09:00 There was no reference to vagaries at the general meeting. Yes. Councillor Finzel: Just to clarify then, that was raised, but I'm not going to go into that debate now. In terms of you bringing this to the fore tonight, is that because you want to bring clarity to what you actually want mentioned? Yes. Given that the budget process should cover this anyway, in my opinion. Councillor Lorentson: At the general meeting, I approved the amendment G that we brought in the scope to include high-traffic areas like the Ridge and Beech and Hinterland areas. I also moved an amendment that we review the sustainable transport levy that was deemed by the Chair as outside the scope of the report. So, I'm not going to go into that. So, I reworded it so that a review of the sustainable transport levy, which funds the GoNUSA report, and which the report actually contains a full page on the sustainable transport
01:10:00 levy, that it pertains to the scope of the report and doesn't sit outside. So, there was an adjustment of wording. I worked with Director Shaun Walsh to ensure that it fits within the scope of the report. I hope that answers your question. Thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Councillor Fletcher, did you wish to speak to the amendment? No. No, okay. Any other councillors wish to speak to the amendment? Councillor Stockwell? Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Yeah, I'm happy to support the amendment. It's important to note that the concept in red in regard to the water transport is something that was around at the time we did the 2017 transport strategy. It was something that I advocated strongly for. When it came to priorities, it was the first one that didn't make the list of actions to work first. So, it is a good time to look at new opportunities, as is a good time to look at how GoNUSA may
01:11:00 be able to expand. And deliberations in the budget next year will be informed by the results of the DMP consultation. So, one of the opportunities in the DMP consultation is to go to a system of paid parking lots, where day-trippers would be contributing to resolving the congestion problem, which may free up aspects of other revenue, like business and sustainable transport, maybe for other uses. So, it is a good time to start reconsidering this. We are already underway with investigations of potential checker locations down near Hastings Street. So, I think it is worthwhile just to highlight that if the DMP does come up with solutions that may result in more revenue coming out of our visitors, then we may have more revenue
01:12:00 Councillor Phillips: to look at the levies. Is it possible that you can answer, Mr CEO, whether there is an appetite from Council that we will be doing a consultation for next year's budget? Mayor Wilkie: This is more of a question about the budget process, not the GoNUSA program. Councillor Phillips: I accept that. I don't have anything further to say. Mayor Wilkie: You may speak to the amendment and express your wish that there be a consultation about the levies. Councillor Phillips: I will support it, given that I would like to see always the Shire-wide perspective. The Shire does, everyone pays for the levies, and so I do believe that everyone should have a voice in where their levies are distributed and making sure that they are receiving the
01:13:00 services across the board. I just don't want to get, I don't want to make sure that we're not doing a consultation without really understanding the GoN term effects from Hinterland if they haven't asked for this. But I will say that I'll advocate for that through the budget process, which will be the appropriate time. But thank you, Councillor Emilia, for bringing it to the table today. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Councillor Phillips. Any other councillors wish to speak to the amendment? Councillor Finzel: Councillor Morrison. Mayor Wilkie: Sorry. Councillor Finzel. Councillor Finzel: Yes. Thank you. I think you just, on the back of what was just raised, especially when we look at the scope for the Hinterland, as we're looking for equity when everyone's making that contribution towards the levy, we want to make sure, and perhaps that is the right form of the budget, to make sure that we do debate for that equity. You know, only this afternoon I was hearing people speak to me out there that we have
01:14:00 young people out in this Hinterland between ages 12 and 17 that still cannot access somewhere down the coast. They can't even link in with their friends and mates from the local district state high school. That's still a real problem out here. You know, I understand that we've got to look at these and investigate these, but I want to make sure that at a top priority is our residents in the Hinterland. You know, everything west of Tinbeewah and that horseshoe around that area, in my opinion, does need to look at it almost in a separate light, and I don't know how we can do it moving forward. That the needs of the rural community out here, our young people, differ substantially to down the coast, and I don't know how we're going to do it, but we do need to find ways moving forward that there is that equity through the levy or however that's raised to address those issues of transport, especially when we've got young people out here. We understand that social isolation is a real problem for mental health, connecting with
01:15:00 your friends. I'm very much aware of that. I've lived here since 1986, and those issues, after talking to people here today, through our conversations this afternoon, that is still a real concern here for our young people. So hopefully that we can address those issues of equity for our rural Hinterland and also across the Shire, because we are facing a lot of challenges moving forward, but just to make sure that that conversation doesn't fall off the table about how we address access and accessibility to services. Thank you. I think people are going to have a lot of issues in their Hinterland, especially if we're looking at public transport, whether that's through the buses, whether it's through the transport system on the river, whether it's public transport and private or how we're going to move forward, either access to trains, which we're looking at that. Back in the day, this line was electrified. At that time we thought there would be more transport and passenger services. We still haven't had that. We're still waiting for that. So there's a lot of conversations, in my opinion, to be had.
01:16:00 Yes, it's great. Thank you, Councillor Lorentson, for raising this. It will start to start those conversations around the levy. So I appreciate that. But I think we've got to make sure that at the top of that is how do we address that equity through the levy to address the needs of the entire residents. Thank you. Director Walsh: Thank you, Councillor Finzel. I might just wish I had a clarification about the 25-26 program, which does address that. It does? Yeah. With your permission. Mayor Wilkie: Yes, certainly. Director Walsh: Thank you, Mayor. Just for the benefit of the audience, earlier in the report under Resolution A, it actually already includes work on reviewing the flex ceiling program, the council cab program, which actually already services the hinterland. And that would be part of the engaging program. And that's a program for this financial year. So that's already in budget as part of the levy. And I also note that also budget. And that's part of the levy this year is actually advocacy work with TransLink and TMR for the Northern Sunshine Coast public transport strategy, which is about getting better TransLink services up to this end of the hinterland.
01:17:00 So that's already part of the 25-26 program, which is addressed earlier in the report. So thank you for allowing me to clarify that. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Director Walsh. Councillor Walsh, you're so close. Thank you, Director Walsh. Thank you, Director Walsh. Councillor Lorentson: I probably want to just close by saying, talk about consultation. Consultation is not just obligation. Mayor Wilkie: Sorry, Councillor Morrison, raising new material. Councillor Lorentson: Oh, no, no, I'm not raising new material. I'm just referencing some comments made in closing about the need that we need to consult for any changes that we make to the levies or the go-to-supply.
01:18:00 Mayor Wilkie: So the point of order is that Councillor Phillips was not able to talk about consultation on the levy because we're talking about the go-to-supply matter. So please. Councillor Lorentson: In closing, the amendment is about fairness and equity, and I just want to stress that any changes to the levies, which is part of the discussion and part of the 2026-2027 review, consultation is a legal obligation. It's not a must-have or a nice-to-have. It's actually under the Local Government Act a legal obligation of all councillors. We must consult first. So, again, our job is to serve you and work with you to deliver outcomes that you want. So I really want to stress that. But thank you for the support and conversation around the table. I just think in light of, you know, the draft destination management plan, knowing what, you know, we have the oldest, medium-age, you know, in Queensland, in local councils.
01:19:00 So I just think this is just timely that we review the scope and broaden the opportunities of the go-to-supply agreement. Thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Thank you. I'll put the amendment those in favour. That's unanimous. Now I go to the original motion, which was voted by Councillor Finzel and Councillor Wiganek. Anybody wish to speak to the original motion? Councillor Wiganek. Councillor Lorentson: Councillor Wiganek. Mayor Wilkie: Councillor Wiganek. Councillor Lorentson: In everything we do, we need to make sure there's equity for all our caves, that we're planning ahead and that our decisions are backed by solid data and community consultation. We don't need just any data. We need baseline data that reflect community expectations. We need to be clear about what we're trying to manage and how we're going to measure it.
01:20:00 Because at the end of the day, you can't manage what you can't measure. What excites me about this stage is the opportunity, as we've just discussed, to expand the scope of both of the go-to-supply programs. For too long, our focus has been mainly on the broad network. But I think it's time to think beyond, particularly about our waterway networks. The river is one of Noosa's greatest assets, and yet it remains an untapped part of our transport future. And given that the sustainable transport levy, which funds the go-to-supply programs, is paid by all rateable landholders across the Shire, it's just really important that it benefits, that the benefits are shared equitably across the Shire. We know that congestion isn't just a hasty process. It's something that happens only at our busiest beaches. It's also a reality in our hinterland villages and for families around schools, especially a drop-off and pick-up. These are everyday challenges for locals, not just visitors.
01:21:00 That's why planning ahead and investigating how we can expand the scope of the program is so critical. Again, with population growth and the ageing population and rising visitor numbers, we need to stay proactive. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Morrison. Mayor Wilkie: It was mentioned earlier, but I'd like to mention the council caps and the flexi-link service, in case anyone's unaware of it. It's been in the program for quite some time, and it is a way of ensuring that $30 is paid by all rateable property owners. It does fund the service, but it's also a way of ensuring that people are able to use the service for those in the hinterland who are unable to access easily the other public transport services. So, it's taxi transport costing $2 and $1 to the hinterland residents aged over 60 who
01:22:00 are living in more important lanes. A big part of this year's going to be the transport program. For the over-60s, council caps will collect you from your home in the morning from 8.30 a.m., depending on passenger numbers, and drive you to your local shopping centre. If you book a return trip, you'll be collected around 11.30 a.m. You'll be picked up at the same location. You'll be dropped off and returned to your home. Cooroy, Federal, Black Mountain, Croy Mountain and Lake MacDonald residents are driven to Emerald Street, Cooroy, on Wednesdays. And Pomona, Cooran and Kin Kin residents are transported to Memorial Avenue, Pomona, on Thursdays. Booking is essential. And Boring Point residents are driven to Tewantin every day between Monday and Saturday. There are three connecting services there. And the intention of that is to ensure that no-one is left behind in the goings-out program. And referencing something that Councillor Finzel referred to about assisting young people, when we talk about discussing the scope of the goings-out program as part of next year's
01:23:00 budget, we can also discuss about, perhaps, extending the scope of the program. We can also talk about the council of care of service or a similar service for young people. That would be an entirely appropriate topic for discussion then. But also, everything comes at a cost. We also understand whether there's appetite for raising the transport levy, to put on unit more staff or more consultancy, whatever's required, or finding alternative revenue sources to do this work. Any other councillors wish to speak to the original motion? We have a motion. The motion goes in favour. That's unanimous. That's carried. Now come to the financial performance report, July 2025. 11.3.16, budget review, BR1 for the 2025-26 financial year. 11.3.17, operational plan, 24-25, quarter four, quarterly reporting.
01:24:00 Item 11.3.16, financial performance report, July 2025. Item 11.1.8, this is confidential, not for public release. Planning and requirement report, appeal number 3746 of 2023. Application for short term accommodation, 15 eco cabins at 94 and 142 Moosa Drive, Moosa Hents. This is the appeal of the RACV Resort Council Stockwell. Oh, that's cold. Yes. Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Oh, it's here. I know, it's OK, I've got great glasses. I'm going to declare a conflict of interest and do a Harry Pocker and go to the Coven. In accordance with Chapter 5B of the Local Government Act, I inform the meeting that I have a prescribed conflict of interest in relation to Item 9.1, as you read in front of you, on this agenda, because RACB is a sponsor of the Noosa Lions Football Club, which I am currently president of. As a result of my conflict, I will now leave the meeting room while the matter is considered and voted on.
11.3.18 CONFIDENTIAL – NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL NO. 3746 of 2023 – APPLICATION FOR SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION (15 ECO CABINS) AT 94 & 142 NOOSA DRIVE, NOOSA HEADS ¶
01:25:00 Thank you, Councillor Stockwell. Mayor Wilkie: We have a mover and a seconder for the recommendation, please. Councillor Lorentson, moved. Seconded, Councillor Wilson. Any discussion? All in favour? That's unanimous. And Councillor Stockwell, of course, did not vote. Councillor Stockwell, will you look out from this cupboard, please? Go on back. Now we have Item 11.3.19 for the General Committee Recommendations on Lockout, a move and a seconder for the General Committee Recommendations to be adopted, except we are dealt with separately. I'll move that. I'll move it. May I have a seconder? I'll move a seconder. All in favour? That's unanimous. Item 12, we have no reports direct to the ordinary meeting. Item 13, there are no confidential sessions.
01:26:00 Item 14. We are to close at 9 Patting Street, Tewantin, at 10am on 18th September 2025. Declare the meeting closed at 6.26pm. And thank you, everybody, very much for your attendance. I would also like to just draw attention to the efforts of our IT crew who are here most of the day. News Australia, who are the technology and the support. And Cathy and Vicky, who are setting up the room and providing the catering. Anyone else? Preparing all the papers. Preparing all the meeting papers and just our general comfort and yours as well. So thank you, staff. Thank you. There's time for a long evening. Thank you.
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