Annual Report 2017-18

    Corporate Plan Theme 4: Long term planning for
    Noosa Shire
    “Noosa Shire is well managed and sustainable”

•     Council undertook significant work on the                    management exercises to train our staff. Our long
      development of the new Planning Scheme during               serving Local Disaster Co-ordinator stepped down
      2017/18. Council adopted the New Noosa Plan                 from the role on 30 June 2018 and was replaced
      in May 2018 for the purpose of the State interest           by Council’s Director Infrastructure Services.
      review step of the new plan making process. We              Council also adopted the Noosa Local Recovery
      have undertaken a large range of studies and                Sub-plan 2018 to guide recovery processes in the
      assessments to support the development of the               event that a major disaster occurs.
      scheme including:
                                                              •   Council completed the Six Mile Creek Flood
      •   Agriculture & Agricultural Land in Noosa Shire;         Study after extensive consultation with the Lake
      •   Biodiversity Assessment Report;                         Macdonald Drive Community Reference Group.
      •   Centres Hierarchy;
                                                              •   Council began implementation of its Transport
      •   Extractive Resources & Minerals;                        Policy and Transport Strategy. We have begun
      •   Flood Management;                                       to work with some local schools on Walk/Ride
      •   Housing Needs Assessment;                               to School programs. Extensive research has
      •   Landslip Hazard Report;                                 also been undertaken on the other four priorities
                                                                  identified in the Strategy including parking studies,
      •   Nature-based Tourism Review;
                                                                  negotiations with Translink etc.
      •   Noosa Open Space Study;
      •   On-site Effluent Disposal;                            •   Council provided a charging station for electric
      •   Urban Design Locality Summary Report; and               vehicles at Cooroy as its contribution to the State
                                                                  Government’s Electric Super Highway stretching
      •   Waterways Assessment Study.
                                                                  from the Gold Coast to Cairns.
•     Council was able to provide significant input into
      the ongoing development of the draft South-East         •   Council adopted a Strategic Asset Management
      Queensland Regional Plan. The Plan, which was               Plan in September 2017. That Plan set the
      adopted in August 2017, resulted in recognition             framework for the adoption of more detailed Asset
      of Noosa’s planning approach. There was no                  Management Plans. To date, detailed asset
      expansion of the urban footprint which is a good            management plans have been adopted for the
      outcome for the Noosa community.                            Noosa Main Beach Sand Recycling System and
                                                                  the Noosa Aquatic Centre.
•     Council undertook a significant review of our
      infrastructure plans to enable us to meet new           •   Council developed its first 5-year Capital Program
      legislative requirements for the imposition of              allowing for a longer planning horizon for capital
      contributions from developers towards the cost of           projects. Our Infrastructure Planning, Design
      infrastructure. This included the adoption of a suite       and Delivery team now have future projects they
      of plans such as the Transport Network Plan as              can plan for. In addition, our teams delivered a
      required for the Local Government Infrastructure            significant number of capital projects including:
      Plan (LGIP). We were one of the first Councils               •   Weyba Road, Noosaville;
      in Queensland to develop a LGIP under the new
      legislation which was adopted by Council in May             •   Donnellys Road, Ridgewood;
      2018.                                                       •   Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin; and
                                                                  •   Major reseal program with 11.8 km of roads
•     Council undertook a review of our Local Laws                    either resealed, rehabilitated or spray sealed.
      and Subordinate Local Laws focusing particularly
                                                              •   Council was successful in securing grant funding
      on Local Law 1 (Administration) and Local Law 2
                                                                  to replace a number of bridges including the Mary
      (Animal Management). Council also established
                                                                  River Road Bridge in Cooroy and the Noosa Road
      a new Local Law (Local Law 7) dealing with waste
                                                                  Bridge in Cooran. Tenders have been awarded
      management on the basis that the State was
                                                                  for these two bridges with the tender for the third
      going to remove the legislative power on which
                                                                  bridge at Orealla Crescent, Sunrise Beach to be
      local governments regulated commercial waste
                                                                  undertaken in 2018/19.
      collection.
                                                              •   Council adopted its Signage Policy in August
•     Council adopted an updated Noosa Local Disaster
                                                                  2017. This provides for a more uniform and
      Management Plan that guides our responses to
                                                                  consistent approach to Council signage noting the
      natural disasters. Council has also undertaken
                                                                  importance of the Noosa “look and feel” as set out
      considerable work in developing our response to
                                                                  in our Noosa Design Principles.
      natural disasters including undertaking disaster
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