MCU14/0102 PM Submission Support Geoff Meyer

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    28 April 2015

    Noosa Council
    PO Box 141
    Tewantin QLD 4565




    To the Assessment Manager

    RE: File no MCU14f0102 - Application fer 139 Eumundi Rd Noesaville

    I support the application and all uses proposed on 139 Eumundi Rd Noosaville.

    The application is well made and the material accompanying the application and information        request that is
    online provides accurate detail on the proposed development.

    As CEOof IRONMAN Asia-Pacific with up to 35 staff working at any time along with during major event times 40+
    volunteers I see the service station, shop, cafe, industrial uses as being a great mix for the area providing many
    jobs during construction and ongoing jobs once operational. This is a very good thing for Noosa's economy. The
    range of uses on site are complimentary    and needed within the industrial area particularly the Autopark.

    My comments relate specifically to the proposed Shop within the Service Station and the "Tradies Cafe" which
    from reading are the impact assessable and not preferred uses.

        1.   The size and scale of the shop presents as described by the applicant, the opportunity for convenience
             items to be sold. This to me is ancillary to the service station and what you expect to see, as it is when you
             look at the BP in Noosaville and Bougainvillea Tewantin, Shell in Noosa Junction and the Puma at Peregian
             Beach all show a range of convenience shopping products. These products take up approx. three f four
             aisles along with fridge space and back of house storage. This convenience is not available in the locality
             when you need something quick and it is simply not logical to go to one of the main shopping centres.

        2.   The service station will be to my knowledge the first newly constructed service station in Noosa for many
             years and is evident that its size and shape is what required for operation. Recently the Roundabout
             service station at Hilton Terrace Noosaville closed and it appeared to be the last of the just pump fuel
             models, it seems this range of convenience products is needed to make a service station viable.

        3.   The provision of a tradies cafe or cafe of any sorts is needed. At present there is no easily accessible
             option for my staff to be able to safely walk to during their breaks. There is no cafe within this precinct of
             the industrial area known as Autopark. There are cafes in the other areas on Eumundi Rd, Production Av
             and Rene St. It appears this catchment misses out.




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