2016-10-17 General Committee Meeting Notes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                   17 OCTOBER 2016



6                       COOROY MEMORIAL HALL - UPDATE REPORT
OCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Director Community Services – Alan (Fox) Rogers
                                    Community Services

Index                               ECM/Subject/Branch Management/Community Services

Attachments                         1.    Property lot boundaries Maple St Cooroy
                                    2.    Building condition report for the Cooroy Memorial Hall and School
                                          of Arts by Independent Building Inspections


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Director Community Services to the General Committee
Meeting dated 17 October 2016 and:
A.                       Agree to accept trusteeship of the Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) for Lot 1 on Crown
                         Plan C56038 on which sits the Cooroy Memorial Hall (the Hall) and the Cooroy RSL
                         Services and Citizens Memorial Club;
B.                       Request the CEO to undertake consultation with the Cooroy community and the
                         Department of Mines and Natural Resources about possible future uses and
                         management of the Cooroy Memorial Hall and then report back to Council;
C.                       Have this consultation identify:
                         1.   a clear use or purpose for the land on which the Hall is located;
                         2.   the local community’s ability to contribute to the repair, maintenance and
                              management of the Hall;
                         3.   potential adaptive re-uses for the Hall;
                         4.   the possibility of replacing the Hall with a memorial or recreational park;
                         5.   the financial implications and risks of each of these options;
                         6.   potential funding options for the chosen course of action.
D.                       Authorise the CEO to enter into negotiations for a thirty year lease to the Cooroy RSL
                         Services and Citizens Memorial Club Inc. over part of Lot 1 on Crown Plan C56038 to
                         enable the Cooroy RSL to continue its current operations.



REPORT
Background

At a Returned Soldiers meeting in March 1921 it was agreed that the park adjoining the existing
School of Arts building was the most central and suitable site for a new community hall to serve a
growing population. New by-laws were drafted whereby the Returned Soldiers League were
represented on the Park Trust. The community wished to build a grand hall to stand as a
permanent memorial to their fallen soldiers. The Returned Soldiers and Citizens then began
fundraising to build the hall.



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