2015-02-03 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                        3 FEBRUARY 2015


SECTION         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                          LOOKING AHEAD
Community       • Social plan Reference Group established      •   Undertaking literature and data         •   First draft of Social Plan due August
Development       and first meeting held.                          review phase of Social Plan                 2015.
                • MCU for Tait Duke House approved.                including community NFP facilities      •   Planning with United Synergies for
                  Stakeholder consultation undertaken for          audit.                                      new venue for annual Booin Gari
                  building design,internal layout completed.   •   Finalise building plans for Tait Duke       Festival, in April 2015 as this event
                • Conducted consultation with community            House and relocate building to the          previously occurred in Earl St.
                  stakeholders, State sporting body &              Earl St site.                           •   Reduction in graffiti offences through
                  cross-government agencies to determine       •   Working with Property and                   partnership, education and
                  a process to replace Cooran Sports               Contracts Branch in the preparation         development strategies.
                  Ground lights.                                   of a community tenure policy.           •   Negotiate expired leases on
                • Facilitated delivery of Graffiti Education   •   Preparation of discussion paper for         community halls, centres and sports
                  programs to 850 students in 5 Noosa              reduction of graffiti.                      complexes (pending community
                  Shire Schools utilising funding from Qld     •   Development online grant process in         tenure policy).
                  Safer Communities and Graffiti-Stop.             line with new grants policy.            •   Deliver Community Drought Support
                • Developed Get Ready for Storm Season         •   Update and improve Community                project.
                  awareness video for young people in              Development web information.            •   Next Community Grants Round
                  partnership with Noosa Flexi School.         •   Preparation of 2nd edition of Not for       Opens 16 Feb, Closes 31 March.
                • Prepared successful funding submission           Profit e-newsletter for release in
                  to Dept. Communities for Community               February 2015.
                  Drought Support ($40k).
                • Presented Social Procurement paper to
                  Leadership Team with agreement
                  reached to trial social procurement tender
                  for Cooroy Library Coffee Cart in Feb.
                • Review of Council Policy Community
                  Grants completed.
                • Contributed to negotiations for Noosa
                  Mens Shed to secure tenure over part of
                  Unity Water property at Girraween &
                  Pomona Mens Shed to secure tenure
                  over part of National Parks & Wildlife
                  property at Pomona & support for
                  hydrology planning from Plumbing
                  Services.
                • Inaugural Not for profit e-newsletter sent
                  to community organisations.



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