2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 DRAFT 20191202-Noosa Plan Consultation Report

 Submitter   Submission and Grounds of Submission                                                                            Planners’ Response                                                                                     Recommendation
             Plan within the proposed Noosa Plan (via the auto electricians and Andrews Auto Mechanical Repairs
             carpark at No.15 Factory Street) with a superior route via the drainage easement.
             The pedestrian crossing on a state-controlled road would better serve the movement of people travelling on
             foot or bicycle to The Majestic Theatre and to the adjacent medical practice, as well as those heading to
             the bus stops either side of Factory Street. It would also better serve those travelling on the Noosa Trail
             Network, which aligns with the railway station crossing point.
             Andrews Mechanical Repairs is not suitable as a pedestrian and bicycle path corridor due to the frequent
             movement of cars and trucks there and the requirement that vehicles undergoing service be delivered there
             and parked for pick-up. This site, and the activity that occurs there, is not conducive to pedestrian and
             bicycle movements.
             Restricting the area in which these vehicle movements occur to accommodate a safe pedestrian path
             would impact adversely on the business operations currently operating there and would force customers of
             Andrews Mechanical Repair to park vehicles in Factory Street (affecting motorists' visibility) or nose-in
             against the fence of the railway reserve.
             Council support for the drainage easement alignment for the east-west shared pathway at Pomona would
             make compelling the case for a pedestrian crossing built at state government (i.e not council) expense.
             Pomona would have a strong east—west shared pathway network that would be the lynchpin of a town
             active transport network, connecting to the Noosa Trail Network into the adjacent national park and
             countryside beyond. (In turn, this supports complementary planning to support hiking and mountain biking
             as part of a local eco tourism and nature-based tourism economic strategy.)
             Factory Street is a state-controlled road. A raised pedestrian crossing would act as a traffic calming device
             on a busy section of road. A defined crossing point would assist safety, as pedestrians would be drawn to
             cross at that point, and not elsewhere where visibility is not as good. It would connect the bus stops on
             either side of Factory Street.
             Based on a similar project at Cooroy funded, by Noosa Council, the new pedestrian crossing would cost
             $75,000.
             The Principal Bicycle Network at Pomona be altered to maximise the new investment in infrastructure —
             both the cross-town path (already funded) and the proposed raised pedestrian crossing over Factory Street
             (unfunded at this stage).
             The Principal Bicycle Network via Factory Street and Reserve Street, through the Reserve Street level
             crossing be not designed for bicycle paths, as is the case currently, given the inappropriate short distance
             between the stanchions that support the boom gates. The cost to alter the level crossing to allow for two
             traffic lanes and two bike paths two metres wide would be significant.
             The better proposition is that the cross-town path and raised pedestrian crossing represents a considerably
             cheaper investment that would achieve the same result, while contributing to road safety. QR might be
             more conducive to this proposition, as the additional cost to make the Principal Bicycle Network function at
             Pomona, across the railway tracks (incorporating the $75,000 pedestrian crossing), would be a cost to
             TMR, not QR.
 20858479    Opposes proposed footpath adjoining their vehicle service business on 15 Factory Street Pomona site as it       Agree that encouraging pedestrians and cyclists along this pathway could potentially present some      That the pedestrian/cycle link be amended to go south along factory St and link to main
             will impact operations and compromise pedestrian & cyclist safety. Staff are constantly moving cars and         health and safety risks. The drainage reserve that is mentioned in the submissions does not formally   entrance of Cooroora Creek Park.
 20835227    presents a safety issue. Supports alternative pedestrian path from town across railway and through              exists on council records and therefore an alternative route south along Factory St to the existing
             Council’s drainage reserve off factory Street.                                                                  entrance is proposed and recommended.
 20840899    In Pomona, there are on-road motorcycle parking bays marked out on the bitumen. Mainly these cater to           Noted.                                                                                                 That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of this submission.
             the out-of-town bikers who come to Pomona every weekend. We don't see areas set aside, and signed as
             such, for mobility scooter parking and catering to the ratepayers with genuine need.
             There are an estimated 48 people in Pomona reliant on a mobility scooter for their access to town along
             shared pedestrian/bicycle paths that are not continuous or not there at all.
             A start would be to include in the design of streetscapes at Pomona one or two designated spots where
             people can park a mobility scooter they have ridden from home to the shops or to community facilities such
             as Pomona and District Community House.
             A spot in Joe Bazzo Park, adjacent to Community House would be an ideal location. It is a location where
             Noosa Council is about to rip out a barbecue. Don't reinstate it with concrete, or grass, but be imaginative
             and convert it into a location where three mobility scooters could park.
 20867140    Supports proposed zone change of 61 Pavilion Street from Rural Settlement to part LDR and Part Rural.           Noted                                                                                                  That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of this submission.
 20820311    Noosa Council's Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP), which informed the new Noosa Plan,                 There are no plans for a new “sporting complex” at Pomona.                                             That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of this submission.
             includes reference to [at Map 5 (12)] a 'future sports area' at Pomona involving purchase of six hectares of
                                                                                                                             LGIP Map LGIP-PC-3 Public Parks and Land for Community Facilities identifies the site at Pomona


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