2014-08-25 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               25 AUGUST 2014


6    PROPOSAL FOR COOROY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV) STOPOVER
Author            Executive Officer, Narelle Reid
                  Executive Office

Index             ECM/ Project and Contract / PP01 RV’s – Recreational Vehicles

Attachments       1.   Site identification & supporting information – RV Stop Over and
                       Waste Dump Point & Associated Facilities


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
Council note the report by the Executive Officer to General Committee Meeting dated 25 August
2014 relating to the provision of a recreational vehicle (RV) stopover area, waste dump point and
associated facilities at Cooroy, and request staff to:
A.   Enter into formal negotiations with the Combined Coastal Car Club to allow for a 12 month
     trial for an RV Stopover utilising the open space included in the Club’s permit to occupy
     over part of Lot 1 SP242414, 17 Mary River Road, Cooroy;
B.   Submit an application for material change of use to allow temporary use of the site for up to
     2 years by fully self-contained compact recreational vehicles (excluding big rigs over 12.5
     m in length), subject to satisfactory arrangements being made with the Combined Coastal
     Car Club;
C.   Develop a detailed minimum design and associated estimate of costs for a waste dump
     point and associated facilities to be located within Lot 1 SP242414, 17 Mary River Road,
     Cooroy (as per Figure 2 outlined in the report), together with associated directional and
     user signage with a view to a request for funding being submitted to the quarterly budget
     review process to allow construction to occur during 2014-15;
D.   Prepare a feasibility assessment of the project to ensure that all financial and risk issues
     are addressed including the approach to the management model for the 12 month trial; and
E.   Investigate options and estimated costs to provide parking spaces for long “recreational”
     vehicles in close proximity to Cooroy town centre and revisit usage of the Council freehold
     land opposite Cooroy Library for an interim parking area for longer vehicles until a
     permanent solution can be implemented.



REPORT
The purpose of this report is to seek Council direction on:
   Preferred site for a short term RV stop over area in Cooroy for self-contained vehicles
     only;
   Preferred location and standard of construction for a free public waste dump point for RV
     vehicles; and
   Options for day time parking for RV vehicles.

The report has been co-ordinated by the Executive Office in view of the range of cross
organisation areas of responsibility involved with a project of this nature.



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