2020-10-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        6 OCTOBER 2020


Finance
The Go Noosa Schools Program budget for the 2020/2021 financial year is $33,600 which is
funded by the Sustainable Transport Levy, which stands at $2,152,877 as of 30 June 2020.

                                                                         Current Year            Additional
     Costs
                                                                     Approved Budget        Budget Required
     Delivery of cycle skills to all primary schools at $1,500 per
                                                                                  $16,500
     school
     Incentives for Noosa Coastal Precinct Schools at $1,300 per
                                                                                   $9,100
     school
     Printing of flyers, posters and tokens                                        $3,000
     Go Noosa App enhancements                                                     $5,000
     Traffic counts                                                                                  $2,860
     Bike On Bicycle Workshops St Teresa’s Catholic College                                          $2,650
     Total costs                                                                  $33,600            $5,510
     NET COST                                                                                       $39,110

The following items were not budgeted for in the 2020-2021 financial year:
    $2,860 for traffic counts as internal counters were unable to be used. This will be an
      additional cost to consider when the program is reviewed and counts are required for new
      precincts, if internal resources are still not available.
    $2,650 for the Bike On Bicycle Workshops at St Teresa’s Catholic College, this expense was
      identified as part of the working group meeting to encourage more students to ride.

Not budgeted for items will be recovered through savings in incentives and a Community Road
Safety Grant, from the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR). The grant application has
been submitted and if successful, would see the roll out of additional cycle skills sessions across
the Shire’s primary schools, as well as guided bike rides and bike maintenance workshops for
teenagers. The Grant would be 100% funded by TMR with in-kind support from Noosa Council.
The project is on track to be delivered on budget.

Risks & Opportunities
a)       Risks
 Item                           Risk                                 Mitigation
 Walk and Wheel to Child safety                                      All materials and promotion state that
 School Routes/maps TMR identified the need for safe                 the routes are unsupervised and
                    crossings at Sea Eagle Drive at                  parents are responsible for the
                    St Teresa’s Catholic College                     supervision and safety of their children
                    intersections.                                   when walking or riding to school.
                                                                     The request for improvements to Sea
                                                                     Eagle Drive have been reported to the
                                                                     Infrastructure Planning, Design and
                                                                     Delivery teams for review.
                                                                     A road safety upgrade at St Teresa’s
                                                                     Catholic College is awaiting approval
                                                                     from TMR.
 Operation of the Kiss Vehicles blocking roundabouts Education on how to use the kiss and
 and Drop at Noosaville and the potential for accidents drop effectively.
 State School           with vehicles and buses.



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