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

        Ey                     PROPOSAL FOR A BOUNDARY CHANGE

             Perceived Benefits for the Noosa Council
                 1. Rates revenue - at present the EDV area contributes $4.48m in revenue
                    pa to the SCC and costs the SC $4m on an average, fully allocated basis
                    to service and provide infrastructure.   Given the small difference in
                    revenue and expenditure, this is effectively a rates neutral situation.
                    However, with the major extent of cross border traffic and use of Noosa
                    facilities by the EDV community, NC would at least have the benefit of
                    this revenue without having to cross subsidise EDV
                 2. Building more of an integrated hinterland Tourism experience would
                    broaden the experiences currently offered under the Noosa brand, similar
                    to the successful “Sunshine Coast Hinterland” branded destinations of the
                    Montville/Maleny area. The inclusion of the Eumundi Markets within the
                    Shire would value add further to the cache of the Noosa Brand.
                 3. Coordinated management of Lake Weyba, its catchment area and creeks
                    would facilitate unified management of the greater Noosa River and lake
                    system.
                4. Better control on planning decisions close to the Shire border (e.g. the
                    level of density of development that occurred with Peregian Springs is an
                    example that is likely to occur if EDV remains in the SC area in the longer
                    term.
                 5. Provide improved capacity to effectively manage appropriate usage and
                    demand on existing and planned future services and infrastructure within
                    the Noosa area as the boundary re-alignment would provide a buffer
                    from  the  development    pressures  currently being   experienced  by
                    proposals such as Noosa on Weyba.

             Perceived Benefits for the Sunshine Coast Council
                1. The SCC geographic area is significant and over twice the size of Brisbane
                   City and Gold Coast City and excising some 89 square kms from northern
                   part of the Shire would reduce the coverage and workload of the
                   Councillors
                2. Given the significant focus to the South with the number of major projects
                   occurring south of the Maroochy river, excising the EDV area would enable
                   more attention to be paid to these areas
                3. The loss of the EDV area is essentially rates neutral and would not impact
                   in any negative way on the Council budget
                4. Having the catchment for Lake Weyba totally under the control of the
                   Noosa Council would alleviate the SCC of the complexities of responding
                   to current or future development applications

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            Submission from the EDV Group

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