2018-10-09 Services & Organisation Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  9 OCTOBER 2018


2                        REGIONAL FACILITIES PLAN FOR DIFFICULT TO LOCATE SPORTS
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Mark Borgert, Sport and Recreation Officer
                                    Community Services Department

Index                               ECM/ Subject/ 10.03 Difficult to Locate Sports Facility Plan

Attachments                         1.    Draft Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Community Development Officer – Sport and Recreation to
the Services and Organisation Committee dated 9 October 2018 and:
A.                       Approve the Draft Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports, included at
                         Attachment 1 of this report, for the purposes of community consultation; and
B.                       Request the Chief Executive Officer to collate and consider this feedback for the purposes
                         of developing a final Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports for the future
                         consideration of Council.


REPORT
The purpose of this report is to present the draft Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate
Sports (the Plan) to Council for consideration and seek approval to undertake community
consultation regarding the draft Plan.

1.                       Background
Noosa Council lead the development of a Regional Difficult to Locate Sports Facilities Plan for
the Noosa, Sunshine Coast and Gympie Council areas (the study area). Funding was made
available by the three Councils and the Queensland Government (Sport and Recreation), under
the Sport and Recreation Planning Program.
The Plan focuses on four main sports:
•                        Aviation sports, such as hang gliding, paragliding, model aeroplane flying, fixed wing and
                         ultralight competitive/recreational flying;
•                        All disciplines of shooting;
•                        Motorcycle sports, such as motocross and trail bike riding;
•                        Competitive, powered water sports.
The Plan makes recommendations for the development of these four sports across the study
area.

2.                       Purpose
The purpose of this Plan is to provide a planned and consistent approach to provision of regional
level facilities for the four selected “difficult to locate” sports within the catchment of the three
Council areas. A key objective is to reduce duplication in facility provision, development and
management and to provide guidance on regional priorities. In preparing the Plan, a ‘desired
standard of service’ for regional facilities has been articulated for each sport, as well as
identifying/ determining, where possible, the preferred site locations for regional facilities for each
sport.
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