2014-10-14 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda - Pages 51 - 117

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   14 OCTOBER 2014




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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               14 OCTOBER 2014

        Ly                     PROPOSAL FOR A BOUNDARY CHANGE

            COMMUNITY OF INTEREST

            Under regulation there are a number of key elements that constitute a
            community of interest:
                «= Reflect local communities such as the geographical pattern of human
                   activity and linkages between local communities
                "  Have a centre/s of administration and service easily accessible to its
                   population
                "  Ensure effective elected representation for residents and ratepayers
                =  Have external boundaries that do not divide local neighbourhoods, follow
                   water catchment principles and do no dissect properties
            Geography and Linkages
            In 2006, residents in the EDV area were heavily using the facilities of the Noosa
            Shire as illustrated by survey data, a McNair Anderson study of use of Noosa
            Council facilities such as libraries, sporting faculties, shopping centres and clubs
            and a study of commuting along the Eumundi Noosa road.        They also relied
            heavily on the local Noosa newspapers for information, as no free papers from
            further south were ever distributed in the EDV area.

            In  2014,  nothing has changed.      The commissioned 2014 Survey® which
            canvassed a sample of 10% of households across the EDV area showed the
            following:
                =  81% of residents shopped in Noosa for their groceries and food often or
                   very often (once a fortnight or one or more times a week) compared with
                   49% of residents often or very often shopping in Eumundi or Doonan;
                   43% in Cooroy, and 18% in areas further South such as Peregian Springs,
                   Nambour and with only 8% in Maroochydore;
                *  When shopping for clothing, electrical goods and household items, the
                   Noosa areas stands out above all other shopping areas          (46% of
                   respondents shopping in Noosa often or very often) followed next by 14%
                   who shopped on line and 7% who went to Nambour or Maroochydore;
                »  EDV respondents also indicated that their regular doctor in mainly located
                   in Noosa area (57%) followed by 16% in Cooroy 13% in Eumundi.      Only
                   5% went to Nambour or Yandina;
                *" Of the EDV residents who said that they or their children were attending
                   an educational institution (there were 28 different educational institutions
                   accessed across a wide geographical spread), 28% go to one or other of
                  the local state schools in the EDV area, 31% go to an institution in the
                   Sunshine Coast and 41% go to an institution in Noosa

            8 A copy of this survey is provided under separate cover
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            Submission from the EDV Group

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