2020-01-13 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                13 JANUARY 2020


    Expansion of the Cooroy Gymnastics Centre
    Work in consultation with user groups and State Government to resolve property and
      tenure boundary conflicts to better reflect current and future functional use.
    Upgrade/redevelopment of shared club amenities to support an increase in participation
      particularly relating to the establishment of female teams.
    Upgrade/redevelopment of a shared clubhouse and the creation of a hub for community
      based physical activity programming for inactive target groups.
    Installation of environmentally sustainable infrastructure such as LED lighting, water
      harvesting and solar panels.
    Playing field upgrades including field lighting, turf, irrigation and drainage improvements to
      improve functionality.
    Expand existing pathways and create new pathways to improve cycle and pedestrian
      movement to and through the site and connectivity to the Cooroy township.
    Improve visual amenity and recreational functionality through appropriate landscaping,
      improved signage (including wayfinding), picnic area, shade, fitness equipment etc.

6    Community Consultation

In addition to the targeted stakeholder consultation detailed in section 2 of this report, general
community consultation on the Draft Cooroy Sports Complex Master Plan was conducted
through Council’s Your Say Noosa website from 27 November 2019 to 2 January 2020. Two
submissions were received through this period. One from a resident requesting a swimming pool
be included at the site as the Cooroy Pool (located at the Noosa District State High School) is
closed on public holidays and for 2 weeks of the year for maintenance. Council staff considered
this to be unfeasible due to lack of demand for an additional aquatic facility in Cooroy, lack of
space at the complex and cost implications. The second submission was from the Cooroy
Chamber of Commerce requesting minor amendments to the Draft Master Plan including the
consideration of provision of power at the RV site to provide Wi-Fi in the near future. This
amendment has been included in the final Plan.

7    Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting, 21 November 2019, Item 3, Page 14
That Council note the report by the Community Development Officer (Sport and Recreation) to
the Services and Organisation Committee Meeting dated 12 November 2019 and:
A.    Approve the Draft Noosa District Sports Complex Master Plan included as Attachment 2 to
      the report, for the purpose of community consultation;
B.    Approve the Draft Cooroy Sports Complex Master Plan, included as Attachment 1 to the
      report, for the purpose of community consultation, subject to the following amendments:
      1      Page 29: Delete the section titled “Tenure” at the bottom of the page;
      2      Pages 39 – 40: Delete section 9 titled “Revised Tenure Plan” including the map on
             page 40; and
C.    Request the Chief Executive Officer to collate and consider the feedback for the purposes
      of developing final Master Plans for the future consideration of Council.

8         Finance

Funding of $50,000 for the development of the draft master plans was allocated in the 2018/19
and 2019/20 budgets. This has been predominantly used to engage the external consultants.

The Master Plan proposes a range of infrastructure changes and improvements which have
financial implications: preliminary costings have estimated this at $8.8 million across ten years.
The financial responsibility for these improvements will be shared between various stakeholders

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