ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES 16 OCTOBER 2025 · 2025-10-16 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                     16 OCTOBER 2025


8.     PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

8.1.          PAT SPICER

              QUESTION 1
              What implications/impact does receiving a grant through the Residential Activation
              Fund for infrastructure work at 62/64 Lake Macdonald Drive, Cooroy have for
              future use of Lots 2 and 3 of the subdivision?

              Response provided by Kim Rawlings, Director Strategy & Environment
              The Residential Activation Fund is for infrastructure to support housing not for the
              construction of housing itself. Proposed Lot 1 will provide housing, as the lot will
              be sold to Coast2bay Housing Group for the construction of 25 much needed
              community housing units, once the subdivision is finished. Proposed Lots 2 and 3
              will be investigated for a range of land uses including housing, in accordance with
              the Council resolution dated 23 January 2025 (including community consultation).


              QUESTION 2
              As Council has a grant of $4.1million for trunk infrastructure for 62/64 Lake
              Macdonald Drive, Cooroy from the Residential Activation Fund and the cost of the
              contract which will result in this infrastructure being provided on 64 Lake
              Macdonald Drive is approximately $6 million, will Council be activating the loan
              facility or using Council reserves to cover the balance of the cost?

              Response provided by Kim Rawlings, Director Strategy & Environment
              Council continues to explore opportunities as outlined in Item D of Council
              resolution dated 23 January 2025. A loan facility is being investigated along with
              pursuing further grant funding opportunities.


8.2.          RHEA DEN BRAASEM

              QUESTION 1
              What implications/impact does receiving a grant through the Residential Activation
              Fund for infrastructure work at 62/64 Lake MacDonald Drive, Cooroy have in
              relation to community consultation on future use of Lot 2 and 3?

              Response provided by Kim Rawlings, Director Strategy & Environment
              Council is committed to community consultation to help shape future land uses on
              proposed Lots 2 and 3 and Council's success in the Residential Activation Fund
              does not impact on that commitment. The Residential Activation Fund is for trunk
              infrastructure not for the housing itself. The infrastructure works will be completed
              by around March 2026, meeting the three year time frame requirement of the
              Residential Activation Fund comfortably. Community consultation on future uses
              for Lot 2 and 3 will likely occur in 2026.


              QUESTION 2
              Will community consultation regarding the future uses of Lots 2 and 3, 64 Lake
              Macdonald Drive, Cooroy be held before the subdivision works which will provide
              the trunk infrastructure part of the development?

              Response provided by Kim Rawlings, Director Strategy & Environment
              No. Community consultation will not take place prior to the subdivision works being