2018-10-09 Services & Organisation Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   9 OCTOBER 2018




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                9 OCTOBER 2018

                                                   Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports (Consultation Draft —- August 2018)

              1.4     STRATEGIC CONTEXT

             Planning and provision of facilities for Difficult to     Sunshine Coast Council (which included Noosa Shire at
             Locate Sports (those that are generally noisy or have _ the time) has accurrent Difficult to Locate Sports Strategy
             other impacts or safety requirements making them          (2009-2028). The analysis and (still to be implemented)
             hard to Locate) is a challenge for local governments and  recommendations relevant to regional facilities from
             for the sports themselves, especially in rapidly growing _ the current strategy have been considered in this project.
             and changing regions. There are often pressures on        GRC investigated the feasibility of the development of
             existing  facilities from  urban   growth, population     a combined multi-discipline regional shooting facility
             growth and encroaching non-compatible development.        in the Curra Forest and decided not to proceed due to
             These pressures make it difficult to protect existing use __ the implications of the findings. North of the study area,
             sites and to identify new sites for facility development. the Wide Bay Burnett Regional Organisation of Councils
             In  acknowledging    these   difficulties, this report’s  (WBBROC?) is currently reviewing and updating their
             analysis of options has included recommendations          regional sport and recreation strategy; the 2010 version
             for appropriate protection of existing regional level     included a range of recommendations for difficult to
             facilities that could be upgraded.                        locate sports.
             As the main focus of this report is the provision of      |The study area houses approx. 8.2% of the State's
             regional level facilities, there has been an emphasis     population (2016), with this projected to increase to
             on identifying the regional competition needs of the      8.4% by 2026 and 8.5% by 20367. The Sunshine Coast
             subject sports and what needs and options there are       _LGA is the fifth largest (population) area in Queensland;
             to develop new regional level facilities or enhance the _ the study area is the fourth largest (population)? area.
             capacity of existing facilities to meet regional standards. As the study area develops, its role in the provision of
                                                                       regional sport and recreation facilities will continue
             In recognition of the challenges involved in locating,    to be important for the benefit of its residents and to
             developing and managing facilities for difficult to       support its increasing profile as a destination.
             locate sports, the three Councils have agreed on a
             collaborative approach that aims to share the overall
             planning and investment priorities for the four specific
             sports.                                                       TERMINOLOGY
                                                                           In the context of this plan:
             Prior planning undertaken by the individual Councils          »  The area covered by the three combined
             focused on local provision and was inconclusive in               Councils is referred to as ‘the study area’ or
             regard to regional facilities servicing the study area.          the ‘three combined Councils’;
             Similarly, the respective State level sporting bodies are     » The use of region’ refers to South East
             at different stages in their overall facility planning.          Queensland and/ or Wide Bay Burnett and
                                                                              will be identified as such, and includes the
             Some sports such as motor cycling, have had success              three combined Councils; and
             in confirming a facility presence and have continued to       yams 1e Le) ay-1 Mi 0m ol-MUL-le Mm com lel <a) di am aal
             invest in their capacity to host competition events but          hierarchy of sports facilities and refers to
             suffer from uncertainty of tenure at a key location.             the scale as being above that of district or
                                                                              local Council area and usually implies that
             Other sports have developed facilities on available land         it services a regional catchment comprised
             within their limited club resources or currently rely on         of more than one Council area. Regional
             participants travelling outside the study area to access         facilities are generally those that support
             regional competition facilities. All of the sports have          competition events above the local level
             indicated some issues with confirming or developing              and will cater for the broader “regional”
             facilities within the study area for competition for some        catchment of the three combined Councils
             disciplines. In addition, some sports (such as shooting),        (the study area)
             are already used to a more regionally focused approach
             to facility provision and competition planning.

             * Gympie Regional Council is a member of WBBROC
             ? Analysis completed using Queensland Government population projections, 2015 edition; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Population by age and sex,
              regions of Australia, 2014
             3 Determined from Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2016-17 and Queensland Treasury and Trade estimates; published by Queensland Government
              Statisticians Office.

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