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)

              Table 3: Regional Facility options, sites and recommendations
                            Regional Facility Plan                                  Implementation priorities
                                Lee LCE                                               (short, medium, long’)

               1. Aero modelling sports identified the need for       Short-term
                  a regional facility to accommodate events. Two      a. Confirm Caloundra and Gympie aerodromes as sites for
                  preferred options were initially identified and the    recreational and sport flying (light aircraft, parachute and
                  recommended option is to designate the Tin Can         gliding launching).
                  Bay Model Flying Club airfield as the regional      b. Seek clarification and a final outcome from the Sunshine
                  facility; the Suncoast Model Flying airfield is        Coast Airport expansion plan as to the impact on the
                  unlikely be retained or enhanced as a regional         continuing use by Suncoast Model Flyers at Coolum. If
                 facility.                                               the expansion plan does not preclude the club's activities
               2. The Suncoast Model Flying airfield at Coolum,          then:
                  while a good location for development of the        c. Advocate to the Department of State Development,
                  regional competition facility, has a limited future,   Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning (DSDMIP) to:
                  primarily due to new constraints arising from the      -  Reconsider the current plan to dislocate the Suncoast
                  expansion of Sunshine Coast Airport and tenure            Model Flyers;
                  uncertainty due to State government aspirations        -  Allow the transfer of the land to SCC to enable a
                  for the land to be used for high impact industrial        secure lease to be established for the club.
                  uses. When this club finally has to vacate the      d. If the model aero use can stay at Coolum then this is the
                  current site it is recommended they relocate to        preferred regional facility to host competition events.
                  the Tin Can Bay facility.                :          e. If the Sunshine Coast Flyers are unable to remain on
               3. There are a number of local model aero airfields,      their current site then designate the Tin Can Bay Model
                  with varying issues that will likely impact on         Flying Club as the regional facility and begin planning
                  their long-term operations; if, due to changes in      to relocate the club’s activities to Tin Can Bay unless
                  current circumstances any of these are required        the club chooses to identify and relocate to a facility on
                  to relocate, then it is recommended that model         private land.
                  aero use be consolidated at the proposed regional   Medium-term
                  eit (Fin Can Bay Model Fiying clu Panel) ct         f. If (e) above eventuates then partner with Queensland
                                ge  sp      quirements       SP          Government to prepare a detailed master plan for Tin
                  there were no other alternative sites immediately      Can Bay Model flying club site. Considerations should
                  identified. In the event of clubs relocating to the    wnclude.         ying         ,
                  regional facility, either shared club arrangements     -  Closure of Rifle Fish Ra (if road reserve) and
               4 or amalgamation ote       ng nn ht                         incorporation into the property (Lot 69 on CP910971).
                ,     giieing, smal                   ig     syege          Adjacent part of same allotment should be included in
                  participants it is important that existing facilities     the master plan
                  and access be maintained at the four airport/          -  Possible relocation of the adjacent Tin Can Bay SSAA
                  aerodrome facilities and that access to the North         club to new SSAA regional facility and expansion of
                  Shore Landing Ground be retained (Ultra-Light             model aero onivities into this cin      P
                 use).                                                                            .          .
               5. Should Caloundra Airport be relocated, retention    9. Resolve tenure and certainty for those local clubs that
                     .     ae         .               -                  require it and if unsuccessful, work towards relocation to
                  of its existing capacity to support aviation sports         .
                   .          aa       eee                               the Tin Can Bay Flyers field.
                  (including airside facilities) is recommended to be
                  :                    .                              Long-term
                  included at the new site.
               6. For other Aviation sports, no specific need         h. Ensure that any planning for relocation of the Caloundra
                  was identified for a new regional facility to         airport includes transfer of the aviation sport uses to the
                  accommodate events and competitions.                   new site.

              ° Short = within 1 to 3 years; Medium = within 4 to 10 years; Long = within 11 to 20 years

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