2016-08-09 S&O Agenda Item 8, Attachment 1 - CCIQ Noosa Convention and Cultural Centre Initiative Pre-feasibility Study

 CCIQ Noosa #3 Noosa Convention & Cultural Centre Initiative
 Pre-feasibility Study                                                                 April 2016

                           possibly held in Archives would hold extensive technical data relating
                           to The J site. In particular this would include levels and as
                           constructed drawings of the Master Drainage scheme constructed
                           under the car park and road access. These would also be held in
                           electronic form in Council’s Asset register.
              e.           At one stage Council considered the construction of a multi level
                           backpacker accommodation on the site (120+ persons) and or placing
                           the Transit centre on the site with bus terminus and multi storey car
                           parking, as an overflow to Hastings St and the Junction. There would
                           therefore be considerable data relevant to a major structure in that
                           location.
              f.           Tod and Partners’ Phil McGrath was the consulting engineer for the
                           site and Adam Britton a Council employee was the site project
                           manager.
              g.           The Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre has 1,500 cark parks
                           servicing a total of 172,000 m2 - 44 meeting and convention rooms
                           plus 20,000 sqm of exhibition floor. Their concurrent capacity is
                           35,000 people (includes 4 exhibition halls, great hall, plaza ballroom
                           and terrace room). This equates to about 1 car park per 23m2.
              h.           It will be important to understand where the building height for the
                           site will be measured. Street level at Grant St is the preferred
                           location to give the maximum permissible height.
              i.           What is Council’s 100-year Flood level for this site?
              j.           Need to engage with Council’s 2016 20yr Transport Plan




              a.   This project is capable of being initiated and completed within one Council 4-
 Harnessing        year term of office
Council and   b.   Any decision in 2016 to conduct the Feasibility Study will align with the 35th
                   anniversary of the Noosa Regional Gallery
Community     c.   This project is capable of becoming one manifestation of a successful delivery
   Support         of Local Economic Plan (LEP) Essential Infrastructure and of the LEP itself.
              d.   A visually-iconic design, in conjunction with the achievement of a 6-Star
                   Green Building Council of Australia accreditation, could further augment
                   Noosa’s already-iconic image globally
              e.   The project is an excellent way for a new council to engage the community to
                   support the initiative at a number of levels:
                         An iconic facility bringing new and interesting cultural and business
                            opportunities to Noosa
                         Economic benefit in terms of new and different employment
                            prospects, greater food, beverage and retail stability, new businesses
                            creation to service new needs
                         Seasonal risk would be further reduced resulting in broader job
                            security
                         Supports various levels of overall Brand Noosa with flow on to real
                            estate values, liveability index and improved community
                            infrastructure / assets




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