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Community Nursing

A base for Blue Care Community Nurses is provided within the administration office
on the ground floor of the RAC building. 5 ‘hotdesks’ are provided to allow nurses to
visit the office and complete administrative duties when attending to both on-site
clients and those within the local community. Hours of operation vary, and will occur
between the hours of 7.30am to 6pm 7 days a week.

Blue Care offers in-home nursing and clinic facilities to people in need throughout
Queensland and northern New South Wales. In-home nursing services (Blue Nursing)
are designed to encourage maximum independence and enhance quality of life.

Recreation Centre / Central Facilities

These facilities are provided for the use of residents of the on-site Independent
Living Units or Serviced Apartments and may include; café, function centre, pool,
barbecue area, children’s playground, cinema, games room, library, gym, multi-
purpose spaces/meeting rooms, reception and administration office, separate offices
and a hairdresser.

The Centre will operate from 7am until 6pm for meals 7 days a week. Outside these
times the function centre may be used for functions between 7am to midnight 7
days a week.

Hospitality Services
Hospitality Services are located within the RAC facility and include kitchen, laundry,
maintenance, cleaning and waste management services provided on site.

Maximum population density

It is our understanding that according to the proposed second round amendments to
The Noosa Plan, the maximum population density suggested for the development
located within the Community Services Zone, is for 320 persons per hectare for
residential aged care (RAC) and 160 persons per hectare for any other form of
Retirement and Special Needs Housing.

The RAC component of the proposed development will accommodate 98 persons on
existing Lot 6 (0.87 ha x 320 = max. 278.4 persons) and the remainder of the
development will accommodate an expected 194 persons on proposed part of Lot 1
(4.66 ha x 160 = max. 745.6 persons). Therefore, both parts of the proposed
development are well within the maximum allowable populations expected for the
subject site. Building height restrictions (two-storeys) and environmental buffers
(bushfire management and vegetation protection) limit the development achieving
the population densities allowable on the site.

According to the Noosa Plan, population density means the hypothetical population
of a site used for residential uses which is calculated in terms of—
a) anumber of persons per hectare; or