2021-02-09 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    9 FEBRUARY 2021


COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                              CURRENT PRIORITIES                              THE NEXT QUARTER
DIRECTOR’S OFFICE
Rufous St Precinct Development    Tender process completed for the new           Council to consider tender outcome and        Commence construction
                                    Peregian Beach Community House and               contract to be awarded                        Complete concept plans for
                                    Greenspace                                     Finalise project construction schedule          FireTech Lab
                                  Extension on BBRF grant timeframe              Review design of conversion of existing       Finalise resolution of outstanding
                                    requested and granted                            Community House to extension of Digital         Ri-Con claims
                                  Digital Hub awarded $1.9M QRA grant to           Hub in consideration of FireTech grant
                                    establish FireTech Lab in old community
                                    house
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Social Strategy Implementation    Delivered key initiatives: Mayor’s             Ongoing support to social service             Progress Cooroy gymnastics hall
                                    Christmas Appeal; Ageing Well Noosa              agencies and emergency relief services,         and soccer/cricket clubhouse
                                    program; 16 Days of Activism saying No           including weekly meal delivery.                 redevelopment project - commence
                                    to Domestic & Family Violence and              Supporting scaling up of Social Services        boundary realignment.
                                    Hinterland Social Sports Program.                HUB including advocating for Housing and      Investigate youth “Passion
                                  Provided support for community activities:       Centerlink outreach to resume.                  Mentoring” program in partnership
                                    Santa’s Classy Helpers, National               Continue to investigate opportunities for       with Digital Hub
                                    Homelessness Day; mental health                  proposed Tiny Houses for youth                Investigate insurance bulk buy
                                    workshop                                         transitional housing.                           options for Halls & Community
                                  Facilitated local networking events: Halls     Ongoing participation in Place-Based            Centres.
                                    & Community Centres Meet Up; Sunshine            Response to Homelessness                      Work with QShelter to host Squalor
                                    Coast Northern Network.                        Ongoing promotion & maximising                  and Hoarding training.
                                  Facilitated strategic planning process for       attendance at Ageing Well Noosa classes       Engage Sunny Kids to undertake
                                    Pomona Men’s Shed.                             Progress detailed design of the Noosa           research and position paper
                                  Participated in key partnership programs:        District Sports Complex internal road.          identifying gaps in family support
                                    USC research on the response to rough            Seek funding for construction.                  services in Noosa Shire.
                                    sleepers during the COVID-19                   Partner with Sunshine Coast Creative
                                    pandemic; Healthy Ageing Partnership             Alliance on Connector program
                                    (HAP); Youth Connect Network                   Work with stakeholders to re-establish the
                                  Continued to progress Noosa District             Weekly Community Dinner at Tewantin.
                                    Sports complex masterplan                      Commence concept designs for the
                                    implementation: detailed design for stage        Cooroy gymnastics hall and soccer/cricket
                                    1 civil works & stakeholder consultation to      clubhouse redevelopment project
                                    develop the ReGen Wellbeing Hub model.
                                  Completed audit of school sporting
                                    infrastructure for community use.


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