Agenda of Economic Development & Communications Committee Meeting

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AGENDA

Economic Development & Communications Committee Meeting

Open Portion

Thursday, 30 January 2020

at 4:30 pm

Lady Osborne Room, Town Hall

THE MISSION

Working together to make Hobart a better place for the community.

THE VALUES

The Council is:

People	We value people – our community, our customers and colleagues.
Teamwork	We collaborate both within the organisation and with external stakeholders drawing on skills and expertise for the benefit of our community.
Focus and Direction	We have clear goals and plans to achieve sustainable social, environmental and economic outcomes for the Hobart community.
Creativity and Innovation	We embrace new approaches and continuously improve to achieve better outcomes for our community.
Accountability	We work to high ethical and professional standards and are accountable for delivering outcomes for our community.

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Economic Development & Communications Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held Thursday, 30 January 2020 at 4:30 pm in the Lady Osborne Room, Town Hall.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Thomas (Chairman)

Zucco

Sexton

Dutta

Ewin

NON-MEMBERS

Lord Mayor Reynolds

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

Briscoe

Harvey

Behrakis

Sherlock

Apologies:

Leave of Absence: Nil.

1. Co-Option of a Committee Member in the event of a vacancy

2. Confirmation of Minutes

The minutes of the Open Portion of the Economic Development & Communications Committee meeting held on Thursday, 21 November 2019, and the Special Economic Development & Communications Committee meeting held on Monday, 2 December 2019, are submitted for confirming as an accurate record.

3. Consideration of Supplementary Items

Ref: Part 2, Regulation 8(6) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

Recommendation

That the Committee resolve to deal with any supplementary items not appearing on the agenda, as reported by the General Manager.

4. Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest

Ref: Part 2, Regulation 8(7) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

Members of the committee are requested to indicate where they may have any pecuniary or conflict of interest in respect to any matter appearing on the agenda, or any supplementary item to the agenda, which the committee has resolved to deal with.

5. Transfer of Agenda Items

Regulation 15 of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

A committee may close a part of a meeting to the public where a matter to be discussed falls within 15(2) of the above regulations.

In the event that the committee transfer an item to the closed portion, the reasons for doing so should be stated.

Are there any items which should be transferred from this agenda to the closed portion of the agenda, or from the closed to the open portion of the agenda?

Item No. 6.1

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Memorandum: Economic Development & Communications Committee

T21 - 2030 Visitor Economy Strategy

Committee members are advised that Tourism Tasmania CEO John Fitzgerald and Director Visitor Economy Strategy Anne Greentree will attend the meeting to outline work being undertaken on 2030 Visitor Economy Strategy.

The current 2015–2020 Visitor Economy Strategy is concluding December 2020 and work has commenced on the development of the 2030 Visitor Economy Strategy.

The Visitor Economy Strategy sets the strategic direction for tourism and the visitor economy for Tasmania and is developed through the T21 partnership between the Tasmanian Government and the tourism industry represented by the Tourism Industry Council Tasmania (TICT). Tourism Tasmania is the T21 lead for government.

Extensive industry consultation with approximately 450 industry leaders and visitor economy stakeholders including local councils was completed in December 2019. The City of Hobart was represented in the workshops and is also currently preparing a separate tourism strategy for the council.

A range of priorities have emerged from the consultation prior to Christmas and these have also been informed by domestic and global trends around the economy, environment and community.

Mr Fitzgerald and Ms Greentree will overview the context for the 2030 Visitor Economy Strategy and emerging priorities, and questions and feedback from Elected Members is encouraged.

REcommendation

That the information be received and noted.

As signatory to this report, I certify that, pursuant to Section 55(1) of the Local Government Act 1993, I hold no interest, as referred to in Section 49 of the Local Government Act 1993, in matters contained in this report.

Iris Goetzki

Manager Activation Programs and Tourism

Luke Doyle

Acting Director Community Life

Date: 23 January 2020

File Reference: F20/8469

Item No. 6.2

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Memorandum: Economic Development & Communications Committee

Conference Reporting - Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference - Cairns - 2 - 4 December 2019

Alderman Sexton has submitted the attached report following completion of professional development in accordance with Clause 3(H)(2) of the Council’s policy titled Elected Members’ Development and Support.

REcommendation

That:

1. The information be received and noted.

N D Heath

General Manager

Date: 18 December 2019

File Reference: F19/161212

Attachment a: Report - Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference - Cairns - 2 - 4 December 2019 ⇩

Item No. 7.1

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7. Committee Action Status Report

7.1 Committee Actions - Status Report

A report indicating the status of current decisions is attached for the information of Elected Members.

REcommendation

That the information be received and noted.

Delegation: Committee

Attachment a: EDCC Open Status Report

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8. Questions Without Notice

Section 29 of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

File Ref: 13-1-10

An Elected Member may ask a question without notice of the Chairman, another Elected Member, the General Manager or the General Manager’s representative, in line with the following procedures:

1. The Chairman will refuse to accept a question without notice if it does not relate to the Terms of Reference of the Council committee at which it is asked.

2. In putting a question without notice, an Elected Member must not:

(i) offer an argument or opinion; or

(ii) draw any inferences or make any imputations – except so far as may be necessary to explain the question.

3. The Chairman must not permit any debate of a question without notice or its answer.

4. The Chairman, Elected Members, General Manager or General Manager’s representative who is asked a question may decline to answer the question, if in the opinion of the respondent it is considered inappropriate due to its being unclear, insulting or improper.

5. The Chairman may require a question to be put in writing.

6. Where a question without notice is asked and answered at a meeting, both the question and the response will be recorded in the minutes of that meeting.

7. Where a response is not able to be provided at the meeting, the question will be taken on notice and

(i) the minutes of the meeting at which the question is asked will record the question and the fact that it has been taken on notice.

(ii) a written response will be provided to all Elected Members, at the appropriate time.

(iii) upon the answer to the question being circulated to Elected Members, both the question and the answer will be listed on the agenda for the next available ordinary meeting of the committee at which it was asked, where it will be listed for noting purposes only.

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9. Closed Portion Of The Meeting

RECOMMENDATION

That the Committee resolve by majority that the meeting be closed to the public pursuant to regulation 15(1) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015 because the items included on the closed agenda contain the following matters:

· Confirm the minutes of the Closed portion of the meeting

· Questions without notice in the Closed porton

The following items are listed for discussion:-

Item No. 1 Minutes of the last meeting of the Closed Portion of the Council Meeting

Item No. 2 Consideration of supplementary items to the agenda

Item No. 3 Indications of pecuniary and conflicts of interest

Item No. 4 Questions Without Notice