Minutes Ordinary Meeting 17 Arpil 2025

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                        17 APRIL 2025


   8.4.     PAT SPICER

            QUESTION 1
            What is the council’s plan if the remediation of 62 Lake Macdonald Cooroy exceeds
            the sum generally outlined in the report 16 May, 2024?

            Response provided by Kim Rawlings, Director Strategy & Environment
            While appreciating there are complexities in remediation, Council has assessed
            the site at 62 Lake Macdonald Dr Cooroy thoroughly to estimate remediation costs
            as accurately as possible prior to works commencing. This includes remediation
            techniques, estimated soil depth and areas to be remediated identified in the
            Remediation Action Plan as provided by the qualified consultant. From this, the
            soil quantities required to be removed from site have been estimated. Supervisory,
            operational and transport costs for this work have been assessed and re-
            checked. In preparing for this work, project contingency costs have been
            included. Project tender responses, when received, will further inform the final
            estimated project cost and the final decision regarding the next steps with the
            project.

            QUESTION 2
            In relation to 62 Lake Macdonald Drive, Cooroy, what grant funding options are
            available to Noosa Shire Council for open space, true full community use,
            landscape and amenity rather than tied to investigation for housing or
            infrastructure for housing?

            Response provided by Kim Rawlings, Director Strategy & Environment
            At present, Council is focused on delivering the remediation and subdivision works
            for the existing project for which federal and state grant opportunities do exist for
            projects that enable housing. This may allow the remediation cost to be partially-
            funded by grant funding. Future use of proposed lots 2 & 3 have not been fully
            considered at this point and, as per the Council resolution of 23 January 2025, any
            future plans will involve community consultation. Grants come up from time to time
            across a range of areas that enable projects to be implemented with the assistance
            of grant funding. Council keeps abreast of these grant programs as they arise.
            These are often subject to particular eligibility requirements and time frames and
            can often change when governments change. We are unaware of any eligible
            grant programs available at the moment for the uses outlined in the question,
            however we will continue to pursue any that are relevant.

   8.5.     RHEA DEN BRAASEM

            QUESTION 1
            Why was Coast2Bay chosen, through a process that lacked transparency, to be
            the recipient of Lot 1 of the proposed subdivision of 62 Lake Macdonald Drive,
            Cooroy?

            Response provided by Kim Rawlings, Director Strategy & Environment
            Coast2Bay (C2B) is a well-regarded local Tier 1 Community Housing
            Provider. C2B have been active in the Noosa Community for many years. In the
            development of the Noosa Housing Strategy, community-wide consultation
            occurred, including in Cooroy. A range of local stakeholders were invited in 2022
            to form a Housing Stakeholder Reference Group to assist Council with social and
            affordable housing solutions in Noosa. Coast2Bay has been a member of the
            Housing Stakeholder Reference Group since it was established in 2022. A
            Memorandum of Understanding between Coast2Bay and Noosa Council was
            executed in 2022. It was from this long-standing relationship that the opportunity