2016-17 A Year in Review

Corporate Plan Theme 2: The Noosa Community
“Our community is connected, safe and happy and able to meet their potential”
Key achievements as we work towards our long term goal include:

   Council adopted a three-year implementation plan          Council introduced a community support scheme
    for the Noosa Social Strategy. This includes an            for those residents living in the vicinity of Wallace
    annual update to Council on progress for                   Park who were directly affected by large numbers
    implementation of the Noosa Social Strategy.               of flying foxes that came to Wallace Park on an
    Included within the Social Strategy is the                 intermittent basis. The scheme included the
    establishment of the Noosa Community Round                 provision of cleaning materials, car covers and
    Table which has been successfully operating to             other tangible support materials to reduce the
    assist with the transition process at Johns Landing.       impact on local residents. Council also employed a
   There has been significant progress on the backlog         project officer for a period during 2016/17 to help
    of community lease renewals. A separate report to          roll out the support items.
    Council has identified the degree of progress that        Council undertook a sports field audit to provide
    has been made in the last 12 months to reduce the          additional assistance to sporting clubs who have
    number of outstanding community leases.                    the responsibility of maintaining their sporting fields.
   Staff have been working to develop a Sport and             Council agreed to provide membership to the
    Recreation Plan. This has included initial                 Sports Turf Association of Queensland to 12
    community engagement and a draft Plan has been             sporting clubs to assist in increasing expertise
    developed in preparation for a formal round of             within the clubs on field and turf maintenance.
    community consultation.                                   Council has commenced a process to review
   Council has entered into a three-year agreement            options for the future use of the Noosaville
    with the Cooroy Futures Group Inc for the operation        foreshore. This included an extensive community
    of the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre. This             engagement process which will be completed in
    agreement was entered into after a trial                   2017.
    management period following an extensive                  Council has reviewed and updated its Community
    community engagement process on the future of              Engagement Policy. Significant community
    the Cooroy Butter Factory.                                 engagement projects in 2016/17 included:
   Council has undertaken two community Council               o Cooroy Memorial Hall
    meetings during 2016/17. In October 2016, we held          o Sunshine Beach Skate Park
    a Council meeting at Cooroy and in April 2017, we
                                                               o Digital Hub, Peregian Beach
    held a Council meeting at Boreen Point.
                                                               o Botanic Gardens Masterplan
   Council commenced the development of a Noosa
    Arts, Culture and Heritage Plan. A Consultative            o Noosa Planning Scheme
    Committee has been established and work is well            o Noosa Transport Strategy
    advanced on the development of that Plan.                  o Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan
   Council undertook extensive community                      o Corporate Plan
    engagement with the Cooroy community regarding
                                                              Council has accepted a contract for the restoration
    the future of the Cooroy Community Hall. Council
                                                               and upgrade of the Sunshine Beach Skate park at a
    agreed to accept trusteeship of the Deed of Grant
                                                               cost of $380,000. This is an important facility for the
    in Trust and supported the establishment of the
                                                               younger demographic in our Shire.
    Cooroy Community Hall Association Inc. A lease is
    being provided to the Association in order that they      Council has undertaken numerous Library and
    can manage the Hall. Council has also agreed to            Gallery programs to support our community. Our
    fund 50% of the restoration costs (capped) with the        Library Services have physically issued over
    community funding the remaining 50%. This has              570,000 items to our community during the last 12
    been an excellent outcome for the Cooroy                   months.
    community.                                                After considerable work with the local community
   Council extended the lifeguard services agreement          including United Synergies and local Rotary Clubs,
    for a five-year term. This agreement enables our           Tait Duke Cottage was restored and open for
    community and visitors to safely use our beaches           community use in June 2017. This milestone was
    with a high level of safety based on our lifeguard         significant after many years of work to identify an
    services.                                                  appropriate site and working in partnership with the
                                                               local community to restore the building and make it
                                                               available for ongoing community use.