2017-07-11 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 3 - Draft Sport & Active Recreation Plan

                Table 8.   Number and type of organisations providing physical activities in Noosa
                                                       Number of
                      Organisation Type                                           % of total
                                                      Organisations

                      Not For Profit (NFP)                    69                    47.9%


                           Commercial                         64                    44.4%


                             Schools                           9                     6.3%

                      Other Government
                                                               2                     1.4%
                    (NSC, State eg QPWS)

                               Total                         144                     100%



 In terms of facility provision, Council control/manage approximately one third of the facilities
 where physical activity occurs, with private ownership a significantly higher proportion (see
 table below). This highlights a risk to future service and facility provision if the private owners
 decide to exit the market. It is therefore in the community’s best interest to ensure these
 providers continue to see viability in offering these facilities to the public. It also demonstrates
 a need to recognise the shift from the model of predominately government provision of sport
 and active recreation facilities and services.

        Table 9. Ownership/management of facilities providing Sport and Active Recreation in Noosa
                 Facility ownership/management                        Number of
                                                                                            % of total
                           responsibility                             Facilities

                       Total Facilities available                          86                  100%

                  Commercial or Privately owned
                                                                           39                 45.3%
                    (including NFP freehold)

                    Council Controlled/managed                             29                 33.7%


             Other Government Controlled/managed                           18                 20.9%



       Outdoor Sports Facilities
Noosa has nine outdoor open sports field sites (servicing cricket, athletics, AFL, rugby union,
rugby league, oztag, touch and soccer) with Noosa District Sport Complex and Cooroy Sports
Complex hosting multiple fields catering for a range of sports. Playing fields at Cooroy Sports
Complex, Noosa District Sports Complex and Girraween Sports Complex offer seasonal tenure
to two or more clubs over the same playing surface to accommodate for traditionally winter and
summer based sports. This latter model of tenure is proving problematic for local clubs with
sports introducing longer seasons and off-season competitions which require 12 month use of
fields. Extensions of seasons is also a concern from an asset management perspective as
playing surfaces are not receiving adequate time to allow annual maintenance programs and
growth of turf to recover from intensive over-use. This is compounded by a predominately
volunteer-run maintenance program which struggles to adequately deal with complex turf
management issues. This is in addition to escalating facility maintenance, increasing emphasis
on meeting safety standards and on-going operational responsibilities eg power, water.


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