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Ordinary Meeting - 18 December 2025

Thursday 18 December 2025 · Ordinary Meeting · 39 substantive items

Agenda · Transcript · Video

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. Deputation

    Willy Ostwald, Friends of Noosa Botanic Gardens — Masterplan for Noosa Botanic Gardens

  2. Public question

    Pat Spicer

    Noosa Council's Facebook post on 28 January 2025 refers to land at 62 Lake Macdonald Drive, Cooroy as "unused" despite its zoning for community facilities and its allocation for cemetery expansion in 1999 with a supporting DA in 2008. Local residents, including those who as children played on the land in the1960s, have…

  3. Public question

    Mary Perry

    Can Council please explain the rationale for unexpectedly prioritising the Peregian Beach Active Street projects - which weren't identified as named initiatives in the Council's five or 10 year walking and cycling plans - over other initiatives throughout Noosa that were previously assessed as higher priorities? RESPON…

  4. Public question

    Denise Phipps

    Can Council please explain in detail how this "recreationally focused pathway" will address core community needs detailed in feedback in 2021 to Council's walking and cycling strategy, especially those aimed at improving safe connectivity, genuine cycling safety, every day usage, reduced traffic congestion and lower em…

  5. Public question

    Bruce Mouland

    Can Council point to an implementation anywhere in Australia that is similar to implementation of over 2 km of four consecutive active streets to validate Council’s assertion that the design is practical, evidence based and suitable for a Coastal residential area. RESPONSE PROVIDED BY SHAUN WALSH, DIRECTOR INFRASTRUCTU…

What was said

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Agenda

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  1. 1 DECLARATION OF OPENING 0:11
  2. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY 0:15
  3. 3 ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES 0:50
  4. 4 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES 0:56
  5. 4.1 ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES 20 NOVEMBER 2025
    RecommendationAttachment 1 - 2025-11-20 Ordinary Meeting Minutes open on council's site
  6. 4.2 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES 11 DECEMBER 2025
    RecommendationAttachment 1 - 2025-12-11 Special Meeting Minutes open on council's site
  7. 5 PETITIONS 1:34
  8. 6 PRESENTATIONS 1:36
  9. 7 DEPUTATIONS Deputations 1:43
  10. 7.1 Applicant: WILLY OSTWALD, FRIENDS OF NOOSA BOTANIC GARDENS Topic: MASTERPLAN FOR NOOSA BOTANIC GARDENS Speakers: WILLY OSTWALD, JILL BROWNLEE Deputations 2:09
    Deputation Application open on council's site
  11. 8 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME Deputations 2:12
  12. 8.1 BRUCE MOULAND Deputations 2:16
    Questions open on council's site
  13. 8.2 MARY PERRY Deputations 3:59
    Questions open on council's site
  14. 8.3 DENISE PHIPPS Deputations 7:26
    Questions open on council's site
  15. 8.4 PAT SPICER Deputations 11:03
    Questions open on council's site
  16. 9 MAYORAL MINUTES 17:59
  17. 10 NOTIFIED MOTIONS Notified motions 18:05
  18. 10.1 ADVOCACY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING Notified motions 18:09
    Notice of MotionAttachment 1 - 2025-12-18 Notice of Motion - Cr Lorentson - Inquiry into State Govt Plans for Affordable Housing Development on State-Owned Car Parks open on council's site
  19. 11 CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS 31:33
  20. 11.1 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS DATED 9 DECEMBER 2025 31:36
    Committee to Council - Header open on council's site
  21. 11.1.1 Single Use Coffee Cups Program 31:39
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  22. 11.1.2 Organisational Emissions Reduction Progress Report 31:41
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  23. 11.1.3 132004.4552.01 - PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL D114 OF 2025 FOR MINOR CHANGE TO A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR A DUPLEX DWELLING AT 1/27 DUKE STREET, SUNSHINE BEACH Court cases Development 31:44
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  24. 11.1.4 132005.638.04 - OTHER CHANGE TO AN EXISTING APPROVAL FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE - EXPANSION OF SPECIAL PURPOSE (WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING FACILITY) & ONGOING CLEARING PURPOSES AT 561 EUMUNDI NOOSA ROAD DOONAN Development 31:55
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  25. 11.1.5 PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY – OCTOBER 2025 32:10
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  26. 11.1.6 CONFIDENTIAL: NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – ENVIRONMENT LEVY PROPOSED LAND PURCHASE Closed doors 32:16
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  27. 11.1.7 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS EN BLOC 32:25
    EnBloc Recommendation open on council's site
  28. 11.2 SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS DATED 9 DECEMBER 2025 33:00
    Committee to Council - Header open on council's site
  29. 11.2.1 Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Annual Round Grant Recommendations 2026 Grants & funding 33:03
    Committee to CouncilAttachment 1 to the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting dated 18.12.2025 - updated Moderator Panel Summary RADF 2025-26 open on council's site
  30. 11.2.2 NOOSA HOLIDAY PARKS - FEES AND CHARGES Budget & finance 35:00
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  31. 11.2.3 CONFIDENTIAL – NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – PROPOSED DEDICATION OF TMR FREEHOLD LAND AS ROAD - DOONELLA LAKE Closed doors 35:04
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  32. 11.2.4 SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ENBLOC 35:13
    EnBloc Recommendation open on council's site
  33. 11.3 GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS DATED 15 DECEMBER 2025 35:37
    Committee to Council - Header open on council's site
  34. 11.3.1 NOOSA HOLIDAY PARKS - FEES AND CHARGES (Referred from Services & Organisation Committee Dated 9 December 2025) Budget & finance 35:41
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  35. 11.3.2 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT - NOVEMBER 2025 Budget & finance 35:43
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  36. 11.3.3 ADOPTION OF DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN 35:46
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  37. 11.3.4 CONFIDENTIAL: NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – ENVIRONMENT LEVY PROPOSED LAND PURCHASE (Referred from Planning and Environment Committee Meeting dated 9 December 2025) Closed doors 54:23
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  38. 11.3.5 GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS EN BLOC 54:26
    EnBloc Recommendation open on council's site
  39. 12 ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS 54:43
  40. 12.1 APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIRPERSON TO COUNCIL'S AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE 54:46
    Report open on council's site
  41. 12.2 ADOPTION OF TOURISM NOOSA ROADMAP 1:02:16
    ReportATTACHMENT 1_Tourism Noosa Roadmap open on council's site
  42. 12.3 2024 FRAUD EVENT CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND STATUS UPDATE 4:36:32
    Report open on council's site
  43. 13 CONFIDENTIAL SESSION Closed doors 4:57:32
  44. 14 NEXT MEETING 4:57:36
  45. 15 MEETING CLOSURE 4:58:43

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