2017-10-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                             10 OCTOBER 2017


 Individual discussions with Council officers;
 Your Say Noosa;
 Council website;
 Facebook; and
 Council Press Release and Community Connections E News (targeting not for profit
   organisations in the Shire).

This feedback was then collated, reviewed and provided to relevant stakeholders (including the
Sport and Active Recreation Plan Community Reference Group) for consideration prior to the
development of the final Plan.

Generally, those individuals and organisations who responded to the opportunity for input to the
draft Sport and Active Recreation Plan were complimentary and supportive of the proposed
directions contained in the draft. An overwhelming majority of responses agreed with the
proposed vision and the five principles in the draft. There was significant support for greater
partnerships and networking between government, not for profit and commercial organisations in
the local sport and active recreation industry. Also highlighted was the need for greater
community use of school facilities, in addition to community partnerships with schools to increase
the physical activity of children and young people.

As a result of feedback received some minor amendments were made to the draft text, and
statistics. Finally, an action plan was developed. This action plan has been reviewed by the
Leadership Team, who proposed a small number of changes and additional actions.

A number of the actions identified in the Plan require cross-Council collaboration to implement
including:
 Completion of detailed plans (Shire-wide Bicycle Plan, Noosaville Foreshore Land Use
    Master Plan, Noosa Community Health Plan, Noosa River Plan);
 Review and investigation of current Council policies (commercial use of community land, low
    use commercial permits, facility management on Council owned – club leased sports
    facilities);
 Development of a Desired Standards of Service for sport and recreation facilities;
 Provide training and develop action and management templates including guidance materials
    for environmentally friendly practices for sport and active recreation providers including
    reducing water and energy consumption rates, financial costs, reducing waste and increasing
    organic turf management practices;
 Review the management models used for sports facilities that are owned or controlled by
    Council with the view of prioritising the core activity of the club.

Other actions will be led by external agencies such as Tourism Noosa (eg Noosa Trail Network
Master Plan) or Sport and Recreation Queensland.

Next steps
Actions in the Plan have been broken into short (one to three year), medium (three to five year)
and long (5 to 10 year) term actions.

Recognising that some of the proposed actions in the Plan will require additional resourcing, the
Leadership Team recommended that following its adoption by Council, a 12 month
implementation plan be developed and resourcing for this implementation plan be considered in
the 2018/19 budget process.



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