2018-01-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               15 JANUARY 2018


Options 2 – 4 are not preferred because:
   The provision of amenities and investment in new facilities would result in ongoing
     additional operating costs to ratepayers (i.e. operations, maintenance and depreciation);
   Changes to provision of amenities and allowing self-contained RV’s raises conflicts with the
     site’s development approval and are not supported by Planning Assessment; and
     The facility plays a role in Cooroy’s visitor facilities and the estimated annual cost of the
       current operation is considered modest and supportable.
It is recommended Council agree to enter a 1 year management services agreement with
Crimmins Enterprises with the potential for 2 x 1 year extensions subject to satisfactory
performance and mutual agreement of the parties. The management agreement drafted
incorporates amendments to the management model and will achieve the cost savings detailed
in this report.
Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 28 August 2014, Item 6, Page 17
Council note the report by the Executive Officer to General Committee Meeting dated 25 August
2014 relating to the provision of a recreational vehicle (RV) stopover area, waste dump point and
associated facilities at Cooroy, and request staff to:
A.   Enter into formal negotiations with the Combined Coastal Car Club to allow for a 12 month
     trial for an RV Stopover utilising the open space included in the Club’s permit to occupy
     over part of Lot 1 SP242414, 17 Mary River Road, Cooroy;
B.   Submit an application for material change of use to allow temporary use of the site for up to
     2 years by fully self-contained compact recreational vehicles (excluding big rigs over 12.5
     m in length), subject to satisfactory arrangements being made with the Combined Coastal
     Car Club;
C.   Develop a detailed minimum design and associated estimate of costs for a waste dump
     point and associated facilities to be located within Lot 1 SP242414, 17 Mary River Road,
     Cooroy (as per Figure 2 outlined in the report), together with associated directional and
     user signage with a view to a request for funding being submitted to the quarterly budget
     review process to allow construction to occur during 2014-15;
D.   Prepare a feasibility assessment of the project to ensure that all financial and risk issues
     are addressed including the approach to the management model for the 12 month trial; and
E.   Investigate options and estimated costs to provide parking spaces for long “recreational”
     vehicles in close proximity to Cooroy town centre and revisit usage of the Council freehold
     land opposite Cooroy Library for an interim parking area for longer vehicles until a
     permanent solution can be implemented.


Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 4 June 2015, Item 4, Page 15
That Council note the report by the Development Planner to the Planning & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 26 May 2015 regarding Application No. MCU15/0003 for a
Development Permit for a Self-Contained RV Stop & Waste Dump Point situated at 17Mary River
Road, Cooroy and:
A.   Approve the application subject to the conditions and grounds for approval contained in the
     Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda dated 26 May 2015 with the deletion of
     condition 11 and amendments to conditions 13 and 16 to read as follows:
     13.   To ensure the safety of visitors, the site must be managed by a caretaker.




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