2017-10-10 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 6 - Sport and Active Recreation Plan

                                                                                                                                                                                          Sport and Active Recreation Plan




8.1 Existing Facilities and                            This highlights a risk to future service and facility      This latter model of tenure is proving problematic     LGA based reports from Tennis Qld will provide
                                                       provision if the private owners decide to exit the         for local clubs with sports introducing longer         clear evidenced-based direction for tennis
    Management                                         market. It is therefore in the community’s best            seasons and off-season competitions which              participation and facility development in the Shire
                                                       interest to ensure these providers continue to see         require 12 month use of fields.                        with a proposal to partner and source external
Noosa is well serviced in terms of sport and
                                                       viability in offering these facilities to the public. It                                                          funding to meet financial implications raised in
recreation facilities and services. Our residents                                                                 Extensions of seasons is also a concern from
                                                       also demonstrates a need to recognise the shift                                                                   the report.
participate in 55 different sport and active                                                                      an asset management perspective as playing
                                                       from the model of predominately government
recreation pursuits that fall under the scope of                                                                  surfaces are not receiving adequate time to allow      Queensland Netball has secured State
                                                       provision of sport and active recreation facilities
this Plan. There are 144 organisations identified as                                                              annual maintenance programs and growth of              government funding to develop a state-wide
                                                       and services.
providing physical activity opportunities to Noosa                                                                turf to recover from intensive over-use. This is       facility development plan in the 2017/18 fiscal
residents and visitors. The table below indicates      Table 10. Ownership/management of facilities               compounded by a predominately volunteer-               year. The introduction of a successful national
that almost half of the organisations identified       providing sport and active recreation in Noosa             run maintenance program which struggles to             team based on the Sunshine Coast (Sunshine
in Noosa are privately or commercially run. This                                                                  adequately deal with complex turf management           Coast Lightning) is having a positive impact on
clearly demonstrates the national trend of the          Facility ownership/              Number of       % of     issues. This is in addition to escalating facility     local interest and participation in netball with
increasing commercialisation of physical activity       management responsibility        Facilities      total
                                                                                                                  maintenance, increasing emphasis on meeting            junior participation increasing significantly in the
participation and a need for council to work with       Total facilities available       86              100%
                                                                                                                  safety standards and on-going operational              last three years.
private and NFP organisations to increase physical      Commercial or privately          39              45.3%
                                                                                                                  responsibilities eg power, water.
activity levels of residents.                           owned                                                                                                            Currently the Noosa District Netball Association
                                                        (including NFP freehold)                                  In 2016 Council commissioned an independent            use outdoor courts at Noosa District Sports
Table 9. Number and type of organisations               Council Controlled/              29              33.7%    turf specialist to undertake a sports field audit to   Complex, indoor courts at Noosa Leisure Centre
providing physical activities in Noosa                  managed                                                   assess the condition of 22 volunteer maintained        and at Good Shepherd Lutheran College. Netball
                                                        Other Government                 18              20.9%    sports fields in the Shire. The audit results showed   would benefit greatly from an increase in indoor
Organisation Type      Number of         % of
                                                        Controlled/managed                                        despite the clubs’ willingness to provide the          court space in order to accommodate a growing
                       Organisations     total
                                                                                                                  best possible fields, turf management skills,          membership.
Not For Profit (NFP)   69                47.9%
                                                                                                                  resources and funding were lacking with general
Commercial             64                44.4%                                                                                                                           Eleven outdoor sites that are ‘single use’ (golf
                                                                                                                  turf management principles (eg mowing heights
Schools                9                 6.3%          8.2 Outdoor Sports Facilities                                                                                     courses, lawn bowls, croquet, equestrian/pony
                                                                                                                  or field usage) not being followed while more
Other Government                                                                                                                                                         club) have been identified in the Shire. These sites
                                                       Noosa has nine outdoor open sports field sites             complex areas (eg nutrition, pests and diseases)
(NSC, State eg         2                 1.4%                                                                                                                            are a mix of commercial freehold, NFP freehold,
                                                       (servicing cricket, athletics, AFL, rugby union,           were difficult for clubs to know that underlying
QPWS)                                                                                                                                                                    Council and State owned properties. Golf courses
                                                       rugby league, Oztag, touch and soccer) with                problems existed. The assessments identified
Total                  144               100%                                                                                                                            and pony clubs in particular require extensive
                                                       Noosa District Sport Complex and Cooroy Sports             some risk maintenance issues that need to be
                                                                                                                  addressed which are beyond the capabilities of         land parcels that contribute significantly to the
In terms of facility provision, Council control/       Complex hosting multiple fields catering for a
                                                                                                                  the volunteers.                                        calculation of land area allocated to ‘sport and
manage approximately one third of the facilities       range of sports.
                                                                                                                                                                         active recreation’ purposes across the Shire.
where physical activity occurs, with private
                                                       Playing fields at Cooroy Sports Complex,                   Noosa has 10 outdoor court sites accommodating         Significant costs are also attributed to these sites
ownership a significantly higher proportion (see
                                                       Noosa District Sports Complex and Girraween                netball and tennis. Tennis Qld is currently            due to the specialised nature and maintenance
table 10).
                                                       Sports Complex offer seasonal tenure to two                undertaking extensive facility and club audits to      required of the playing surfaces.
                                                       or more clubs over the same playing surface to             develop 10 year maintenance and infrastructure
                                                                                                                  plans in extensive consultation with local             Golf clubs are unique in that they service a large
                                                       accommodate for traditionally winter and summer
                                                                                                                  governments and local clubs.                           membership and visitor (local and tourist) market,
                                                       based sports.
                                                                                                                                                                         with local clubs working together for the tourist
                                                                                                                                                                         market, but competing in attaining local visitors
                                                                                                                                                                         and memberships.

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