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AGENDA
General Committee
Meeting
Monday, 14 January 2019
commencing at 10am
Council Chambers, 9 Pelican Street, Tewantin
Committee: Crs Frank Wilkie (Chair), Jess Glasgow, Ingrid Jackson,
Joe Jurisevic, Frank Pardon, Brian Stockwell, Tony Wellington
“Noosa Shire – different by nature”
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM PAGE
ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES -
PRESENTATIONS -
ITEMS REFERRED FROM PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE -
ITEMS REFERRED FROM SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE -
REPORTS DIRECT TO GENERAL COMMITTEE 3
1 PRE-RESPONSE REQUEST TO CHANGE CONDITIONS OF P&E COURT
ORDER (318/2008) FOR DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE
OF USE FOR A RESOURCE BASED SPRING WATER BOTTLING PLANT
(COOROY MOUNTAIN SPRING WATER) AT 314 COOROY MOUNTAIN ROAD,
COOROY MOUNTAIN 3
2 THE NATURE CONSERVANCY PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL - NOOSA RIVER
OYSTER REEF RESTORATION PROJECT 15
3 1819T063 - CASTAWAYS BEACH SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TENDER
AWARD 23
4 PROPOSED TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEASE AT COOYAR STREET, NOOSA
HEADS 28
5 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT - DECEMBER 2018 31
CLOSED SESSION -
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REPORTS DIRECT TO GENERAL COMMITTEE
1 PRE-RESPONSE REQUEST TO CHANGE CONDITIONS OF P&E COURT ORDER
(318/2008) FOR DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR A
RESOURCE BASED SPRING WATER BOTTLING PLANT (COOROY MOUNTAIN
SPRING WATER) AT 314 COOROY MOUNTAIN ROAD, COOROY MOUNTAIN
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION
Author Coordinator Planning, Patrick Murphy
Environment and Sustainable Development Department
Index ECM/ Application/ 132006.268.03
Attachments 1. Original Court Approval for Spring Water Bottling Plant (32 Page
attachment provided separately to this report)
2. Amended Court Approval (46 Page attachment provided separately to
this report)
APPLICATION DETAILS
Applicant Cooroy Mountain Spring Water Pty Ltd
Proposal Pre-request Response Notice - Change to Development Approval for
Resource Based Spring Water Bottling Plant
Properly Made Date 16 October 2017
Number of Submissions to 32
original application
PROPERTY DETAILS
Property Address 314 Cooroy Mountain Rd Cooroy Mountain Qld 4563
RP Description Lot 2 SP 143409
Land Area 48.17ha
Existing Use of Land Bottling plant/Detached House/Rural
STATUTORY DETAILS
SEQRP Designation Regional Landscape and Rural Production
Locality Cooroy and Lake Macdonald Locality
Zone Rural Zone
Overlays Biodiversity Overlay: Environment Protection Area, Riparian Buffer,
Streams/Rivers and Watercourses and Drainage Lines
Natural Hazard Overlay: Bushfire Hazard
Natural Resource Overlay: Water Supply Catchment Area
Assessment Type Pre-Response Request for a Minor Change to Conditions of Approval
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RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Coordinator Planning to the General Committee Meeting dated
14 January 2019 regarding Application No. 132006.268.03 for a Pre-Response Request for a Minor
Change to Conditions of Approval situated at 314 Cooroy Mountain Road, Cooroy Mountain and:
A. Advise the applicant that Council does not support the proposed change to increase truck
numbers as:
1. The proposed changes do not constitute a minor change under the Planning Act 2016
as the changes would result in a substantially different development.
2. The proposal would have a detrimental impact on Cooroy Mountain Road and the
residential amenity of properties along the truck route.
3. The proposal is not consistent with the Cooroy and Lake Macdonald Locality Code as
it would have adverse impacts on the amenity enjoyed by users of adjoining and nearby
properties.
B. Advise the applicant that Council would support a change to the development approval
subject to conditions 5A, B1, B2 and B3 being included and condition 5C, 8 and 9 amended
as follows:
5B. Prior to the Council completing the staged upgrade works to Cooroy Mountain Road,
weekly trucks shall be limited as follows:
(a) 40 water carrying trucks (namely all semi-trailers, tankers and other trucks
carrying water but excluding B-Doubles) per week;
(b) 20 ancillary trucks (namely non-articulated trucks and non-water carrying trucks).
5C. After the Council has completed the staged upgrade works to Cooroy Mountain Road,
weekly trucks shall be limited as follows:
(a) 50 water carrying trucks (namely all semi-trailers, tankers and other trucks
carrying water but excluding B-Doubles) per week;
(b) 25 ancillary trucks (namely non-articulated trucks and non-water carrying trucks).
Note: The road upgrade referred to is the upgrading of the remaining 2.2. kilometres of
Cooroy Mountain Road to provide two (2) 3.5 metre wide traffic lanes with a 1.0 metre
wide sealed shoulder to a total formation width of 9.0 metres.
8. The applicant must undertake improvement works to the existing site access to Cooroy
Mountain Road to the reasonable satisfaction of Council. The intersection between
Cooroy Mountain Road and the site access must be designed and constructed to
provide safe turning areas for the vehicles likely to use the access and passing
opportunities for other road users. The works must:
a. be generally in accordance with drawing number R01 - Revision C prepared by
Barlow Shelley Consulting Engineers dated 20 December 2018,
b. be designed and constructed in accordance with the most recent edition of the
Department of Main Roads Road Planning and Design Manual and The Noosa
Plan Planning Scheme Policy 5 Engineering Design Standards - Roads,
Drainage and Earthworks, and
c. the internal driveway at the access point must be widened sufficiently to ensure
that all vehicles exiting the site and travelling west can remain on the southern
side of the centreline of the improved Cooroy Mountain Road.
9. The full extent of the driveway from Cooroy Mountain Road to the loading area of the
facility must be sealed, designed and constructed in accordance with AS/NZS2890.1-
2004, AS2890.2-2002 and The Noosa Plan Planning Scheme Policy 5 Engineering
Design Standards - Roads, Drainage and Earthworks. The driveway shall be designed
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and constructed to grades that prevent vehicles from scraping and/or bottoming.
Should any driveways be constructed to grades that do not comply with
ASINZS2890.1:2004 and AS2890.2-2002, Council will require that the driveway be
removed and reconstructed to levels that do comply.
B1. The road reserve opposite the site access must be landscaped. The works must
be undertaken in accordance with an Operational Works approval and the Noosa
Plan for that specific area and must include in particular:
a. An accurate account of trees removed for the works including species,
amount visual dominance in the landscape and approximate age.
b. Replacement planting of trees removed in a minimum pot size of 45L.
c. landscaping treatment to the northern road reserve including the provision
of advanced tree stock of local native species to provide and maintain
visually the rural nature of the road corridor.
d. A 36 months maintenance program to ensure the growth of the
replacement plantings.
B2. All landscape works must be established and maintained in accordance with the
approved design for the life of the development, and in a manner that ensures
healthy, sustained and vigorous plant growth. All plant material must be allowed
to grow to full form and be refurbished when its life expectancy is reached.
B3. All landscape works must be maintained generally in accordance with the
approved design for the life of the development.
C. Refer the proposed upgrade of Cooroy Mountain Road and Topaz Street to the Director of
Infrastructure Services to determine the timing of the upgrade works within the 10 year
Capital Works Program.
REPORT
1. PROPOSAL
The applicant has requested Council provide a pre-request response notice to change conditions
of a Development Permit for a Material Change of Use for a Resource Based Bottling Plant issued
by the Planning & Environment Court. The Planning Act allows an applicant to seek a pre-request
response notice from Council before making their change application to the Planning and
Environment Court. Under the Planning Act changes to Court Orders where submissions were
previously received can only be made by the Court.
The owner of the site is looking to modify the current freight arrangements for the business
operating on the site. Currently the number of vehicles is restricted by condition 5C as per the
judgement ref: 4884 of 2014:
5C. Trucks attending the site must not exceed a total of 8 trucks per day and must not
include B-Doubles.
The current owner wishes to alter this condition to allow additional trucks to the site per day,
proposing to differentiate volumes based on the completion of the upgrade works to Cooroy
Mountain Road.
The applicant seeks to re-introduce condition 5B (with some amendment) and change condition
5C to now read:
5B. Prior to the Council completing the staged upgrade works to Cooroy Mountain Road,
weekly Trucks shall be limited as follows:
a) 60 Trucks (namely all semi-trailers, tankers and other trucks, but excluding B-
doubles) per week
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5C. After the Council has completed the staged upgrade works to Cooroy Mountain Road,
weekly trucks shall be limited as follows:
b) 75 Trucks (namely all semi-trailers, tankers and other trucks, but excluding B-
doubles) per week
Note: the road upgrade referred to is the upgrading of the remaining 2.2 kilometres of Cooroy
Mountain Road to provide two (2) 3.5-metre-wide traffic lanes with a 1.0 metre wide sealed
shoulder to a total formation width of 9.0 metres. It is envisaged that the upgrade works to
Cooroy Mountain Road will be completed in the financial year (Insert year to Council’s
discretion).
2. SITE DETAILS
2.1. Background
A development approval for a Home Occupation (Bottling of Natural Spring Water) was granted in
September 1991 and has since operated as Cooroy Mountain Spring Water. Over time, the
business expanded significantly.
In February 2006 an application was lodged for the Resource Based Spring Water Bottling Plant.
The use included on-site bottling and packaging of spring water from 3 bores and employed up to
60 people in peak periods. The associated factory on the site is approximately 3,000m2 in size.
During the public notification of the application 28 objections were received as well as 3 letters and
1 petition with 264 signatures in support of the application. The objections were primarily concerned
with amenity impacts - that the use could be more appropriately located, lack of need, excessive
traffic and the use being inappropriate in a water supply catchment area.
Staff recommended the application be refused because the subject development was considered
likely to impact on the amenity of residents in the area and did not demonstrate sufficient planning
need to operate from the site to overcome the conflict with The Noosa Plan. Noosa Council decided
to approve the application and issued a Development Permit on 6 March 2008. The applicant
subsequently made representations to the development approval conditions. Council agreed to
some of the changes and issued a Negotiated Decision Notice.
On receipt of the decision, six submitters who objected to the development lodged an appeal to
the Planning and Environment Court (No. 314/08) seeking that the application be refused. The
applicant (Cooroy Mountain Spring Water) also lodged a separate appeal to the Court seeking
amendments to Conditions 5 and 16 relating to hours of operation, vehicle movements and
roadworks contributions.
On 2 August 2010 an agreement was reached by all parties after the applicant agreed to include
additional conditions on the approval. The decision is included as Attachment 1.
Administrators were appointed for the Cooroy Mountain Spring Water companies in September
2011 and the operation ceased around August 2012. The new owner purchased the company from
the receivers in July 2013.
The new owner made a change application in February 2014. The application sought a pre-
response request for a permissible change to conditions of approval and the proposed changes
were agreed to by Council in May 2014. An amended Court order was issued on 23 January 2015.
The amended approval resulted in the deletion of Condition 5B and amendment to Condition 5C.
These conditions had placed limits on the amount of truck visits to the site. Separate limits were
set for pre and post the completion of staged upgrade works to Cooroy Mountain Road. The staged
upgrade works were to be carried out by Council. Comments within the original delegated report
include, “as this additional traffic would affect the serviceability of the road it is considered
appropriate that this development would pay a monetary contribution towards upgrading of Cooroy
Mountain Road and Topaz Street.”
Condition 5C was also amended so that truck visits were limited to 8 trucks per day with B-Doubles
not permitted. The pre and post staged upgrade limits were removed given the proposed reduction
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in truck numbers and as at the time it was understood that the road upgrade works were generally
complete. Infrastructure Services have since advised that although some minor works were
undertaken those detailed in the approval have not been completed.
Advice from Council’s Infrastructure Planning Design and Delivery team is that the type of works
required to be undertaken will be captured under the priority programs for narrow sealed roads. At
this stage the required works are currently not scheduled.
At the time of the original application the cost of the required road works were assessed as follows:
• 1380m of full road reconstruction (estimated cost $690,000); and
• 250m of 7m wide overlay (estimated cost $26,000).
This results in a total estimated cost of $716,000 for the road improvements to Cooroy Mountain
Road.
Based on the percentage of vehicles attributable to this business from their consultant’s traffic
study and Council’s own traffic count adjacent to the business, it was considered appropriate at
the time to charge in accordance with the following percentages. The fact that there was a
wreckers/salvage yard also using a section of the road was taken into account.
The applicant was charged at a rate of 12.5% of the cost of the first 710m of reconstruction at the
western end of the road section ($44,375). For the section from the east of the wreckers/salvage
yard to the business site the applicant was charged 32.3% of the cost of the remaining works
($116,600). In addition there was a contribution of $5,960 towards the road network of Cooroy
Township.
Council’s Infrastructure Planning Design and Delivery team have advised that these costings are
still relevant today.
The amended approval given in January 2015 also resulted in a change to conditions 8 and 9
regarding access, removing the requirement to relocate and upgrade the existing access. The
amended access requirements were supported due to the reduction in truck movements to the
site. Upgrading works to the existing access required by the amended conditions have not been
undertaken.
The amended approval also included changes to the hours of operation, staff numbers, required
car parking and effluent treatment requirements to reflect the proposed downsizing of the scale of
the business.
Attachment 2 represents the current development approval.
2.2. Complaint History
The previous operation of Cooroy Mountain Spring Water had an extensive history of complaints
spanning almost 10 years. Generally speaking, the complaints began as the development
expanded from an approved home based business to a much more substantial industrial operation
and the majority of complaints related to traffic generation. The complaints resulted in various
breach actions being pursued by Council and also the lodgement of the application that led to the
current development approval.
More recently complaints have been received in relation to B-Double trucks attending the site in
contravention of the existing approval. The complaints were primarily concerned with the impact
on the amenity of residential properties along the truck route and the impact on the safety of road
users.
The operator advised that the B-Doubles were being used by a new contractor who was sourcing
water from the site and has now rectified this aspect of non-compliance with the approval.
2.3. Site Description
The subject site is a rural property of approximately 48 hectares in area and contains the Cooroy
Mountain Water bottling plant. A detached house is also situated on the site and the remaining
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land is rural. Access to the site is from an existing crossover which is situated approximately 25
metres north of the intersection of Lukes and Cooroy Mountain Roads.
The following images provide a Locality Plan for the site:
Figure 1: Site location
Figure 2: Subject site
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Figure 3: Subject site
2.4. Surrounding Land Uses
Surrounding properties are rural and generally contain detached dwellings. Mount Cooroy
Conservation Park directly abuts the eastern boundary of the subject site. Surrounding properties
vary in size from approximately 1 hectare to 43 hectares in area.
3. ASSESSMENT
3.1. Statutory Process
The proposed change to the development approval requested by the applicant is required to
constitute a minor change in accordance with the Planning Act 2016.
The proposed change to the development approval requested by the applicant is determined to
not be a minor change as the proposed changes would result in a substantially different
development. The increase in articulated vehicle movements as proposed by the applicant would
have a significant impact on Cooroy Mountain Road. Furthermore, the site has a history of
complaints regarding the impact of truck movements on the amenity of residential properties along
the truck route and it is considered that the proposal would increase the severity of these impacts
for residents.
The proposed changes would require an application for a Material Change of Use and would be
subject to Impact Assessment, requiring public notification.
The recommendation of this report provides for an alternative solution to that proposed by the
applicant. The alternative solution meets the test for a minor change.
3.2. Assessment
Details and assessment of the requested changes to the existing conditions are provided below.
Condition 5C – Truck movements
5C. Trucks attending the site must not exceed a total of 8 trucks per day and must not
include B-Doubles.
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Applicant’s request
The current owner wishes to alter this condition to allow additional trucks to the site per day,
proposing to differentiate volumes based on the completion of the upgrade works to Cooroy
Mountain Road.
The applicant seeks to reintroduce condition 5B (with some amendment) and amend condition 5C
to now read:
5B. Prior to the Council completing the staged upgrade works to Cooroy Mountain Road, weekly
Trucks shall be limited as follows:
a) 60 Trucks (namely all semi-trailers, tankers and other trucks, but excluding B-doubles)
per week
5C. After the Council has completed the staged upgrade works to Cooroy Mountain Road, weekly
trucks shall be limited as follows:
b) 75 Trucks (namely all semi-trailers, tankers and other trucks, but excluding B-doubles)
per week
Note: the road upgrade referred to is the upgrading of the remaining 2.2 kilometres of Cooroy
Mount Road to provide two (2) 3.5-metre-wide traffic lanes with a 1.0 metre wide sealed
shoulder to a total formation width of 9.0 metres. It is envisaged that the upgrade works to
Cooroy Mountain Road will be completed in the financial year (Insert year to Council’s
discretion).
It is the applicant’s opinion that this additional demand should be supported by Council as it is not
substantially different to what was originally approved as per judgement ref: 318 of 2008. The
original judgement included the conditions as shown below:
5B. Prior to the Council completing the staged upgrade works to Cooroy Mountain Road, weekly
Trucks shall be limited as follows:
a) 40 water carrying trucks (namely all semi-trailers, tankers and other trucks carrying
water but excluding B-doubles) per week
b) 20 ancillary trucks (namely non-articulated trucks and non-water carrying trucks).
5C. After the Council has completed the staged upgrade works to Cooroy Mountain Road, weekly
trucks shall be limited as follows:
a) 50 water carrying trucks (namely all semi-trailers, tankers and other trucks carrying
water but excluding B-doubles) per week
b) 25 ancillary trucks (namely non-articulated trucks and non-water carrying trucks
The applicant maintains that these conditions allowed for a total of 60 trucks to access the site over
the course of a week prior to the upgrade of Cooroy Mountain Road and 75 trucks once the upgrade
is completed.
The applicant requests that the provisions specified in condition 5C be incorporated into the revised
condition, to allow the option of additional trucks once the road upgrades have been completed.
The applicant notes that the owners of the premises have paid a substantial contribution to Council
as part of the original approval for this upgrade to occur.
Assessment
There is concern with the applicant’s proposal which essentially reverts to the original 2008 court
approved conditions, but without the limits on the number of AV’s accessing the site per week that
were included in the original conditions, and without requiring relocation of the existing access.
The original approval conditions were arrived at through a rigorous court process in 2008, including
involvement of experts for both Council and the applicant, as well as submitters. That approval
placed limits on the number and composition of trucks that can access the site, as well as requiring
a new upgraded access. When the application was submitted the applicant did not identify any
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changes to the existing traffic environment, compared to that which existed in 2008, that would
warrant changes to those original conditions of approval.
Council engaged an external traffic consultant who has recommended that if the applicant wants
to revert to the number of trucks permitted to access the site under the original 2008 approval, then
the original 2008 court issued conditions of approval should be reinstated verbatim. This includes
the reinstatement of the original wording for conditions 5B, 5C and amended wording to conditions
8 and 9, relating to the re-location of the access, from the 2008 approval. Subsequent to this advice
the applicant provided traffic reports to address the existing access and the concerns of Council’s
consulting traffic expert and included a proposal to widen the road to facilitate turning movements
and vehicle passing at the existing access point. These reports have been reviewed by Council
officers and consulting traffic expert and the proposed upgrade of the existing access found to be
a satisfactory solution.
The road widening is predominately in a cleared area to the south of the current road formation,
with clearing of vegetation on the northern side of the road limited to accommodate the proposed
table drains and batter formation. The vegetation in this area is a mixture of regrowth and mature
tree species, characteristic of the area. Camphor laurels (weed species), Brushbox, Soap woods,
Acacias, Figs, Bumpy Ash and Guioa are representative of the vegetation in the road reserve. The
location of the road works in this area will result in less clearing when compared with the original
approved access location, due to existing cleared areas in the southern road reserve section.
Additional conditions may also be included to require replacement planting within the road reserve.
Accordingly, it is recommended that conditions 8 and 9 be amended to address the change to the
existing access and road widening as follows:
8. The applicant must undertake improvement works to the existing site access to Cooroy
Mountain Road to the reasonable satisfaction of Council. The intersection between Cooroy
Mountain Road and the site access must be designed and constructed to provide safe turning
areas for the vehicles likely to use the access and passing opportunities for other road users.
The works must:
a. be generally in accordance with drawing number R01 -Revisions C prepared by Barlow
Shelley Consulting Engineers dated 20 December 2018,
b. be designed and constructed in accordance with the most recent edition of the
Department of Main Roads Road Planning and Design Manual and The Noosa Plan
Planning Scheme Policy 5 Engineering Design Standards - Roads, Drainage and
Earthworks, and
c. the internal driveway at the access point must be widened sufficiently to ensure that all
vehicles exiting the site and travelling west can remain on the southern side of the
centreline of the improved Cooroy Mountain Road.
9. The full extent of the driveway from Cooroy Mountain Road to the loading area of the facility
must be sealed, designed and constructed in accordance with AS/NZS2890.1-2004,
AS2890.2-2002 and The Noosa Plan Planning Scheme Policy 5 Engineering Design
Standards - Roads, Drainage and Earthworks. The driveway shall be designed and
constructed to grades that prevent vehicles from scraping and/or bottoming. Should any
driveways be constructed to grades that do not comply with ASINZS2890.1:2004 and
AS2890.2-2002, Council will require that the driveway be removed and reconstructed to
levels that do comply.
The additional conditions to address the replacement planting within the road reserve are
recommended to read as follows:
Landscaping Works
B1. The road reserve opposite the site access must be landscaped. The works must be
undertaken in accordance with an Operational Works approval and the Noosa Plan for that
specific area and must include in particular:
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a. An accurate account of trees removed for the works including species, amount visual
dominance in the landscape and approximate age.
b. Replacement planting of trees removed in a minimum pot size of 45L.
c. landscaping treatment to the northern road reserve including the provision of advanced
tree stock of local native species to provide and maintain visually the rural nature of
the road corridor.
d. A 36 months maintenance program to ensure the growth of the replacement plantings.
B2. All landscape works must be established and maintained in accordance with the approved
design for the life of the development, and in a manner that ensures healthy, sustained and
vigorous plant growth. All plant material must be allowed to grow to full form and be
refurbished when its life expectancy is reached.
B3. All landscape works must be maintained generally in accordance with the approved design
for the life of the development.
With regard to the number and composition of trucks proposed to visit the site the external traffic
consultants advises:
(i) Prior to upgrading of Cooroy Mountain Road west of the access, until which time sections of
the road will remain with sealed widths of only 5.5-6.0m, there are traffic safety and
operational issues associated with having large vehicles using the road. In that regard, the
narrow sections of road, combined with its undulating nature, means that provision for
passing of large vehicle and cars in the opposing direction is substandard, such that one of
the vehicles will occasionally have to travel off the narrow sealed pavement area. The larger
the trucks, the greater the issue. Thus, prior to the upgrading of the road, truck numbers
should be limited as much as possible, and in particular the number of articulated vehicles
should be limited as much as possible.
(ii) After Cooroy Mountain Road has been upgraded west of the access, the safety and
operational issues will be largely eliminated, and the impacts of trucks would then be amenity
related. The amenity impacts will be on the residential streets in Cooroy used to connection
to Cooroy Mountain Road, and on the rural part of Cooroy Mountain Road. For the original
appeal, that limit as far as it was influenced by the development, was agreed to be 50 water
carrying trucks (including AV’s) plus 25 ancillary trucks (not including AV’s) per week.
(iii) Rigid vehicles are much more common on the road than articulated vehicles. Rigid vehicles
(such as a refuse truck, and furniture truck) regularly travel on residential streets, but the
occurrence of articulated vehicles on residential streets is rare. Thus, amenity impacts of
articulated vehicles on residential streets are perceived as being greater than the amenity
impacts of rigid vehicles.
Having regard for the above, in my opinion, until Cooroy Mountain Road is upgraded west of the
access, the number and composition of trucks should be limited as much as possible, for traffic
safety and operational reasons. Thus, it would not be appropriate to approve an increase in the
number and composition of trucks as was required in the original approval prior to the upgrade of
Cooroy Mountain Road.
After Cooroy Mountain Road is upgraded, the truck impacts are amenity related. However, in the
original appeal, that limit was agreed to be up to 50 AV’s and up to 25 rigid vehicles per week. The
amenity impacts of AV’s are greater than the amenity impacts of rigid vehicles, so simply limiting
the number of vehicles to 75, with all potentially AV’s, would increase amenity impacts. Whether
or not that is acceptable is a matter of resident perception… a 50% increase in the number of AV’s
per week is a substantial increase.
With regards to B-Doubles accessing the site the external consultant notes that the access route
passes along Miva Street which is a residential street environment. Thus, under no circumstances
should Council consider approval of the route for B-Doubles, nor should they consider increasing
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the limits of the number of articulated vehicles that can access the site as specified in Conditions
5B and 5C of the original approval.
Therefore based on the above it is recommended that the original conditions 5B, 5C be re-instated
and conditions 8 and 9 be amended.
4. CONSULTATION
4.1. Referral Agencies
The application was not required to be referred to the any Referral Agencies:
4.2. Other Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following internal Council officers:
Infrastructure Services
Development Engineer
External traffic consultant: Stuart Holland - Holland Traffic Consulting Pty Ltd
5. SUBMISSIONS
The application did not require notification however it is noted that five (5) submissions were
received. The following table provides a summary and assessment of the issues raised by
submitters.
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Matters Raised Comments
Traffic
Impact on amenity in residential area Agree that the application in its original form would
associated with noise of commercial truck use have detrimentally impacted on the amenity of the
on Miva Street residential area.
Increase of truck movements in a residential Conditions of the existing approval limit truck access
area to the hours of 7.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday -
Double trailer trucks will be in residential street therefore there will be no trucks on the weekends.
in early evening and on the weekends Further conditions limit the speed on Topaz Street and
Damage to road surface Cooroy Mountain Road to 60km/hr.
Detrimental impact on safety
Other
Decrease in property values Impact on property values is not a valid planning
Application should have involved notification ground
The application in its original form does not constitute
a minor change and notification would be required.
There is no requirement for public notification to
reinstate the original conditions for trucking numbers
or amendment to the site access.
6. CONCLUSION & REASONS FOR DECISION
The proposal seeks a Pre-Request Response to change the existing approval for a resource based
spring water bottling plant (Cooroy Mountain Spring Water) at 314 Cooroy Mountain Road, Cooroy
Mountain. The applicant’s proposal does not constitute a minor change due to the impacts
associated with increased truck visits to the site. It is recommended that an alternative solution be
supported which allows for increased truck visits to the site in accordance with conditions of the
original approval. The original conditions provide specific limits to articulated and rigid vehicle visits
and also address safe access to the site.
Departments/Sections Consulted:
Chief Executive Officer Community Services Corporate Services
Executive Officer Community Development Financial Services
Executive Support Community Facilities ICT
Libraries & Galleries Procurement & Fleet
Local Laws Property
Waste & Environmental Health Revenue Services
Executive Services x Environment & Sustainable Development x Infrastructure Services
Community Engagement Building & Plumbing Services Asset Management
Customer Service x Development Assessment Buildings and Facilities
Governance Economic Development Civil Operations
People and Culture Environmental Services Disaster Management
Strategic Land Use Planning x Infrastructure Planning,
Design and Delivery
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2 THE NATURE CONSERVANCY PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL - NOOSA RIVER OYSTER
REEF RESTORATION PROJECT
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION
Author Director Environment and Sustainable Development, Kim Rawlings
Manager Environmental Services, Craig Doolan
Environment and Sustainable Development Department
Index ECM/ Subject/ 63.03 Waterway Management – Noosa River
Attachments 1. The Nature Conservancy – Partnership Proposal 2019 (24 page
attachment provided separately to this report)
2. The Nature Conservancy, 2015, Report to The Thomas Foundation
and Noosa Parks Association on assessment of aquatic restoration
and management options for Noosa Estuary and Lakes (19 page
attachment provided separately to this report)
3. University of the Sunshine Coast 2018, Monitoring of the Noosa
River Oyster Reefs; November 2017 – November 2018 (31 page
attachment provided separately to this report)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report outlines a proposal from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) which at its broadest level is
to form a strategic partnership with a highly reputable Non-Government conservation Organisation
(NGO) and more specifically to undertake the next phases of the restoration of oyster reef project
in the Noosa River. The proposal provides for $1.2 million towards this initiative from The Nature
Conservancy and seeks a matching investment from Council of $1.2 million over 3 years.
The proposal seeks to establish a collaborative partnership between the Nature Conservancy and
Noosa Council as core funding agencies, however identifies a range of further key stakeholders
and project partners including Kabi Kabi traditional owners.
A core focus for this proposal and partnership is to implement the next phases of the current oyster
reef pilot restoration project ‘Bring Back the Fish’ utilising the learnings, monitoring and evaluation
of that trial to improve, enhance and expand on a range of environmental, economic and social
outcomes for the Noosa River system, broader environment and community.
The proposal aligns with the Council’s Draft Noosa River Plan, Draft Environment Strategy core
focus areas and provides an outstanding opportunity for Council to establish a strategic partnership
with TNC as well as achieving significant investment into the Noosa River system. This proposal
is provided for Council’s consideration; the Nature Conservancy have requested an indication of
Council’s interest or otherwise to this proposal by the end of January 2019. Should Council decide
to support this proposal and enter into a partnership arrangement with the Nature Conservancy,
year 1 of the partnership and funding would be required in 2019 – 2020.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Director Environment and Sustainable Development and
Environmental Services Manager to the General Committee Meeting dated 14 January 2019,
consider the proposal from the Nature Conservancy as detailed in this report, and
A. Agree in principle to partner with the Nature Conservancy in accordance with the Partnership
Proposal 2019 ( Attachment 1);
B. Develop a Partnership Agreement outlining at a minimum, partnership and project
governance arrangements, funding requirements and accountabilities, monitoring,
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evaluation and reporting requirements, and that this agreement be reported back to Council
for endorsement; and
C. Note that any partnership agreement would commence from 1 July 2019 and refer
consideration of the funding to the 2019/20 budget process
REPORT
Background
Noosa Council, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the Thomas Foundation, the
Noosa Parks Association, the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation (NBRF), and the University
of the Sunshine Coast (USC) have undertaken extensive background studies to determine the
history of the Noosa River fishery over a number of years. This work was undertaken with the intent
of developing future projects with the aim of improving marine biodiversity and ensuring ongoing
sustainability of fish stocks.
Alongside this specific body of work about the Noosa River Fishery, Council has been and
continues to research and seek contemporary and evidence based information on the Noosa River
system, its biodiversity and aquatic environment and a range of broader river system and
catchment issues. This includes, but is not limited to the development of a whole of Noosa River
Catchment Plan, investigation into fisheries and fisheries reform, a Noosa river benthic study to
compare and understand change over 20 years, a hydrological study of the river mouth as well as
a wide range of monitoring and research activities by various organisations including University of
Sunshine Coast on species distribution and movement.
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy has been established for more than 6 decades and is considered one of
the most trusted non-government conservation organisations. TNC work across over 74 Countries,
has more than 600 scientists and has delivered hundreds of successful projects with immense
environmental and global impact.
The TNC vision is a world in which people and nature thrive, with their core mission being to
conserve the lands and waters of which all life depends. TNC have identified 8 key global
challenges which are:
invasive species
climate change
agricultural expansion
unsustainable wood products
over fishing
urban sprawl
energy production and sprawl
source water quality and waste water.
They have further identified 5 core areas of focus to which it states can be the most immediate,
measurable and most powerful contribution to addressing the global challenges. These 5 areas
are:
protect land and water
tackle climate changes
provide food and water sustainability
build healthy cities
connect people and nature.
TNC have offered Council an opportunity to establish a collaborative, mutually beneficial strategic
partnership which seeks to explore, investigate and address a number of these global challenges
at a local level with a specific and tangible focus on improving marine, aquatic and estuary
biodiversity and environments through the implementation of the next phases of the oyster reef
project.
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In delivering this project, it is intended that through the partnership arrangement, TNC can provide
some strategic oversight and integration of not only the range of initiatives that are occurring locally
in and around the Noosa River, but draw on significant scientific expertise from across the globe,
thus enabling coordination across effort, integration of outcomes and access to world best practise.
Specifically, as identified in the background studies referred to above, a report was prepared by
TNC (Attachment 2) detailing management options to restore the ecology of Noosa River for the
benefit of fisheries habitats. It identifies restoration of oyster reefs as one of the key components
to restore the health of fisheries habitats, and therefore fisheries, in the Noosa River.
Oyster Restoration Scoping – December 2014–June 2015
A preliminary scoping study was undertaken by The Nature Conservancy between December 2014
and June 2015, funded through a partnership between Noosa Shire Council and the Thomas
Foundation. The aim of the project was to determine the abundance and recruitment potential of
oysters growing in the estuary across 11 sites. Results of this study showed moderate spat (oyster
larvae) settlement within the estuary. It identified that sediment was a potential issue, and that
typically reef-forming species were not among the main oyster recruitment. Species other than
oysters were able to make use of growing substrates, also with the potential to contribute to
enhancing food webs in the river. The project recommended installing a number of pilot reefs for
further monitoring and assessment.
Oyster reef restoration trial – November 2017-current
Following this scoping study, Noosa Council co-funded (via the Noosa Biosphere Reserve
Foundation) and provided in-kind support for a small scale oyster reef restoration trial. A University
of Sunshine Coast (USC) project team identified that 15 sites were needed for the oyster
restoration reefs, which equated to about 10m3 of reef.
The 15 sites selected are all located within the Declared Fish Habitat Area A (FHA A) section of
Noosa River. The Declared Fish Habitat Area has the highest level of protection by the State, with
strict policies on what activities can occur within it. FHA A area is only allowed to facilitate fishing
activities and does not allow for substitution of any habitat type (i.e. a sand substrate is considered
equally as important to fisheries as oysters), resulting in restrictions around the design of the Oyster
Restoration Reefs.
State approvals for this trial require that annual reporting is provided to show the objectives are
being met and further states that if this cannot be demonstrated, the reefs will need to be pulled
out. The monitoring specifically looks at four areas related to the project, each of which have clear
monitoring methods and performance targets:
1. Oyster restoration unit stability (i.e. oyster reef restoration units remain within the allocated
resource allocation areas).
2. Restoration of natural recruitment processes over the long term (i.e. spat recruitment rates
demonstrate that the biogenic matrix will be sufficient to hold the structure of the oyster reef
restoration units in place following complete degradation of the supporting coir material
during the establishment phase, and to facilitate ongoing natural recruitment processes).
3. Equitable community impacts (i.e. ensuring fair community use of the river system is not
impacted by placement of the Oyster Reef Restoration Units within the Resource Allocation
Areas - to be monitored using a Council-operated community feedback system).
4. No negative impact on marine plants or shoreline erosion (i.e. ensuring the oyster restoration
units do not impede natural marine plant growth or accelerate coastal erosion processes).
In November 2018, the first report from USC (Attachment 3) regarding the monitoring of the oyster
reefs was received, 12 months after the reefs were initially placed into the Noosa River. It does not
include associated biological research (such as on fish) that is also being undertaken by USC
students, from which we have received no published reports.
The report was mostly positive, noting:
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The reef units had remained stable with a mean recorded change in distance of 0.16m and
no single unit having moved more than 1m, or outside of their allocated area.
There had been substantial spat settlement at all sites, with the size increasing between May
and November 2018. Not included in the report, but later clarified by USC scientists, was that
spat settlement was mostly of Sydney Rock Oysters (Saccostrea glomerata), the typical reef-
forming oyster historically in the Noosa River, and the target species for the success of the
project.
There has been some human damage, probably from boat propellers, exacerbated by the
removal of many of the marker buoys. In the May 2018 monitoring round, only one reef
required repair, but by November 2018, most reefs required some repair. There was no
evidence of deliberate interference with the reefs, and Council has received no complaints
about the reefs.
There had been no negative impacts on adjacent seagrass or mangrove habitat, or on
shorelines, as a result of the reef placements.
Of the four monitoring targets, Target 1 and 4 have been fully met (reef unit stability, no impact on
plants or shorelines). Target 2 is tracking favourably with oyster and other invertebrate growth as
expected after one year. One part of this target is establishment of a stable biogenic matrix (how
well the oyster recruitment is holding together the reef structure), which has not yet occurred, with
100% of shells able to be moved when tested. While it is expected that this would not be achieved
in the first 12 months, it is a key component of the long-term success of the project.
The design of future reef structures to increase the stability would be a key consideration in the
next phase of this initiative.
Proposal for the phase 2 and 3 of the Oyster Reef project
In August 2018, representatives of The Nature Conservancy provided a presentation to
Councillors, Council officers and key community representatives on a proposal to move from pilot
to the next phases of the oyster reef project in the Noosa River. The proposal is for a second and
third phase to the project, and seeks to restore an oyster reef system comprised of several
individual but connected reef patches (collective known as a reef ecosystem) throughout the
lower sections of the Noosa River estuary. The project builds on the ecological studies and
trials led by University of Sunshine Coast (2016-2018) identified as the feasibility component
of this project to significantly expand on the outcomes being sought for the river.
A subsequent more detailed project proposal outlining the proposed process, funding,
management and implementation and how stakeholders would be engaged has since been
received from the Nature Conservancy. Refer Attachment 1
Key elements of the project proposal are:
The ecological purpose, or ecosystem goal, is to re-establish a reef ecosystem developed
by the Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) in the lower estuary.
The project is proposed to be funded through a partnership with Council contributing $1.2
million, The Nature Conservancy contributing $1.2 million, and the aim of sourcing another
$1.2 million during the first 18 months of the project.
The first 12 months of the project will deliver activities required to effect successful ecosystem
restoration and community engagement. These include:
o development of a project implementation plan
o habitat suitably modelling and reef design
o project risk assessment and communications framework
o construction briefs and permits
o project governance and monitoring and evaluation reporting framework.
Between 12 and 24 months, the focus will shift to project implementation, and include;
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o preparation of tender documents and legal contracts for procurement of materials and
reef construction by third parties
o final preparation of reef design, locations and site management
o execution of permit requirements
o reef construction.
Concurrent with project implementation will be a number of community engagement and
volunteering opportunities, to be determined collaboratively by project stakeholders during
the detailed planning phase of the project. It is intended that this project has early
engagement with Kabi Kabi Traditional Owners as key stakeholders and ideally as project
partners. Traditional ecological knowledge will be an important source of information to
support restoration suitability modelling in addition to supporting education activities
associated with the cultural importance of oysters, oyster middens and the Noosa River to
Traditional Owners. Depending on the extent and desire for engagement by Kabi Kabi,
additional opportunities that support the project such as Indigenous rangers, project support
officers, aquaculture and tourism ventures will be explored.
During the planning phase of the project a comprehensive Monitoring, Evaluation and
Reporting framework will be developed to support the project. Post-implementation
monitoring targets will be defined under five key ecological and social categories:
o Shellfish - assessment of density, growth and survival of the ecosystem engineer, S.
glomerata
o Biodiversity - assessment of increase in marine life and biomass
o Fish - assessment of increase in desired fish species and biomass
o Reef Integrity - assessment of structural features of the reef including height, shape
and movement
o Social-economic - assessment of social outcomes including volunteering, job creation,
community support.
TNC will act as the Project Lead for the duration of the project and be the principle point of
contact between the project partners, and have the primary responsibility and accountability
for project delivery and financial spend. Noosa Council through a partnership agreement will
be a Project Partner, providing financial and organisation support, and will be included in all
major decision-making related to the project.
It is intended that the project’s annual progress will be reported in digestible, community
friendly project report cards. A more detailed technical monitoring report and annual project
report will also be developed.
The project is proposed to run over 3 years, commencing in 2019 and operating until at least 2021.
Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 20 November 2014, Item 1, Page 3
That Council note the presentation to a Council workshop on 14 November 2014 from The Nature
Conservancy and the Thomas Foundation in relation to proposed projects to improve the
environmental outcomes for the Noosa River, and
A. Authorise the Chief Executive Officer to write to The Nature Conservancy and the Thomas
Foundation advising that the Council will provide support for the two initial proposed projects
with a Council financial contribution of up to $25,000 and with Council also providing support
for any required interface to government agencies; and
B. Request the Chief Executive Officer to continue liaison with both The Nature Conservancy
and the Thomas Foundation regarding possible future projects for consideration and to
provide Council with updates as required.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 22 October 2015, Item 7, Page 8
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That Council note the report by the Environment Officer (Rivers and Coast) to the Planning &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 13 October 2015 and:
A. Confirm support for the establishment of a small scale pilot oyster reef restoration project to
build further knowledge in this area of aquatic restoration of the Noosa Estuary; and
B. Agree to provide in kind technical support to the Thomas Foundation for the development of
a detailed project proposal.
Ordinary Meeting, 15 December 2016, Item 10, Page 11
That Council note the report by the Environment Officer to the General Committee Meeting dated
12 December 2016, and:
A. Accept the Draft Resource Allocation Authority conditions proposed by the Department of
Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries on behalf of the project partners;
B. Authorise the development application for the project to be submitted as soon as possible to
facilitate deployment of the oyster reef restoration units in the March to May oyster spat
recruitment season;
C. Authorise the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and enter into a formal agreement with
relevant project partners, which will result in nil additional cost to Council (following payment
of development application fees) associated with the project, following receipt of the
development approval.
Finance
The Nature Conservancy Proposal provides for funding of approximately $1.2 million and seeks
matching funding of approximately $1.2 million from Council over three years, starting in the
2019/20 financial year. While this is enough to deliver on the project, the TNC proposal outlines an
intention for further funding to be sought from the public and private sector. It is proposed to aim
for a further $1.2 million from such sources in the first 18 months of the project.
It is proposed that should Council agree to partner in this initiative that funding allocation be spread
over the 3 phases and 3 financial years of the proposal as outlined in below table. Funding would
commence from 1 July 2019 and can be considered as part of the 2019/20 budget process.
The proposed funding and budget for the 3 year initiative is outlined here:
Year 1 - Year 2 – Year 3 – Total
DRAFT PROJECT COSTS
2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Activity #1 - Strategic planning support 132,904 136,069 139,329 408,303
Activity #2 - Site visits, exchanges, workshops 52,246 52,799 53,368 158,412
Activity #3 - Oyster restoration 404,438 646,999 310,860 1,362,297
Activity #4 – Communication and engagement 62,472 57,920 58,877 179,269
Activity #5 - Project management 106,413 92,136 94,366 292,916
Subtotal 758,473 985,924 656,800 240,1197
Noosa Council contribution 379,237 492,962 328,400 1,200,599
Total Expense (GST exclusive) 758,473 985,924 656,800 2,401,197
The Nature Conservancy propose to leverage additional matching funding and a final budget will
be agreed as part of the partnership agreement.
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Under the Local Government Regulation 2012,
A local government may give a grant to a community organisation only—
(a) if the local government is satisfied—
o (i) the grant will be used for a purpose that is in the public interest; and [s 195] Local
Government Regulation 2012 Chapter 5 Financial planning and accountability Part
6 Spending Page 136 Current as at 1 December 2013
o (ii) the community organisation meets the criteria stated in the local government’s
community grants policy; and
(b) in a way that is consistent with the local government’s community grants policy.
It is anticipated that subject to Council’s decision, funding for the Partnership arrangement and
next phases of the Oyster Reef Restoration Project could be provided in accordance with the Local
Government Regulation. In this instance specific procurement for suppliers, equipment, materials
etc. will be managed by The Nature Conservancy, with Council’s procurement principles reflected
in a partnership agreement through which the funding is provided.
Risks & Opportunities
The offer of this funding with matched Council’s investment for this project is a very rare opportunity
alongside a partner organisation with an excellent track record of attaining and leveraging further
funding for major projects. TNC is also an experienced and globally-respected project manager,
with specific experience in oyster reef restoration projects. The Nature Conservancy have
requested an indication of support for this proposal or otherwise by Council by the end of January
2019.
The partnership opportunity presented through this proposal is a significant one, one that opens
up immense opportunity for Council and the community. The focus of this partnership on the next
phases of the oyster reef project and the staged approach being taken will provide an opportunity
for Council to establish a constructive and robust strong working relationship with TNC.
The prioritisation of the next phase of the oyster reef project of this partnership proposal provides
a greater opportunity to better engage with and involve local recreational and commercial
fisherman as part of a second and third stage of the oyster reef project, who were not heavily
engaged in the first stage of the project. Early community engagement is proposed to build support
and understanding of the proposed next phases of the project and also provide for volunteering
opportunities.
In terms of risks and considerations this proposal is being considered in isolation of other
environmental actions and their benefits, and there is an opportunity cost to spending $1.2 million
on this project compared with other environmental initiatives. There are many other initiatives (such
as biodiversity improvements, climate change resilience, zero net emissions and strategic land
purchases etc.) that this project has not been strategically assessed against for such equivalent
funding. Council has not yet completed its Environment Strategy which would provide the overall
strategic framework for such an assessment, however there is no doubt that this partnership
opportunity and oyster reef project aligns with the core areas of focus specifically the area of
Waterways, Wetlands and Coast in the draft Environment Strategy.
In the draft Environment Strategy under the Key Focus Area of Waterways, Wetlands & Coasts,
the first Priority is Maintain and improve the health of waterways, wetlands and catchments. The
Bring Back the Fish program is highlighted in the Strategy as an example of what can be achieved
in improving aquatic health through the creation of partnerships with multiple stakeholders.
Also in this Key Focus Area, the following Strategic Outcomes have been identified;
Aquatic biodiversity is improved through the preservation and enhancement of diverse
instream, riparian and wetland habitats.
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Recreational and commercial fishing is undertaken in a sustainable way so there is no long-
term decline in fish abundance and diversity.
In the Key Focus Area of Adaptation and Resilience, one of the strategic outcomes is Noosa’s
natural environment is prepared for climate change through the maintenance and increase of
healthy, well-functioning ecosystems that facilitate diversity and movement both within and beyond
Noosa Shire.
It is also considered this opportunity will provide the potential for innovative projects to better
prepare Noosa’s environment for climate change.
The first year of monitoring results from the oyster reef pilot project are good, and suggest the
project is tracking well. There are some key areas where targets for success have not yet been
achieved, and these would be better assessed after another year of monitoring, in what was
originally planned to be a 3 year monitoring program by USC. Of particular note is the lack of
evidence to this stage of the current reef design forming a stable matrix, essential to the long term
success of the project. We also do not yet have detailed results from fish studies being undertaken
associated with the project.
Current State approvals do not allow for the next stage of the project, so significant liaison will be
required in the planning stage on the next stages of the project with State Government agencies.
Early engagement with State agencies as the approvers of this initiative will be crucial.
Consultation
External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder
Many external stakeholders have been consulted as part of the current Oyster reef pilot project, it
is also understood that in the development of this proposal by the Nature Conservancy,
consultation has occurred with Noosa Parks Association and Noosa Biosphere Reserve
Foundation.
Community engagement is a key tenet of this initiative and is proposed throughout all stages of
this arrangement with all key stakeholders.
Internal Consultation
Departments/Sections Consulted:
x Chief Executive Officer Community Services Corporate Services
Executive Officer Director Director
Executive Support Community Development Financial Services
Community Facilities ICT
Libraries & Galleries X Procurement & Fleet
Local Laws Property
Waste & Environmental Health Revenue Services
Executive Services x Environment & Sustainable Development Infrastructure Services
Director x Director Director
Community Engagement Building & Plumbing Services Asset Management
Customer Service Development Assessment Buildings and Facilities
X Governance Economic Development Civil Operations
People and Culture x Environmental Services Disaster Management
Strategic Land Use Planning Infrastructure Planning,
Design and Delivery
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3 1819T063 - CASTAWAYS BEACH SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TENDER AWARD
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION
Author Project Manager, Mark Poynter
Infrastructure Services Department
Index ECM \Projects (T1) \ Castaways Beach Safety Improvements - CAP.WORK
– 500678
ECM\Subject\Contracting\Tenders
ECM\Subject\Contracts\Projects
Attachments 1. Castaways Beach Safety Improvements Tender Assessment
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Project Manager to the General Committee Meeting dated 14
January 2019 and award tender 1819T063 for Castaways Beach Safety Improvements to Exceed
Concrete Construction Pty Ltd for the lump sum price of $240,975.57 (excluding GST).
REPORT
This project is to improve the safety for all users at the Castaways Beach carpark on David Low
Way, Castaways Beach. The safety improvements involve the expansion of the beach side
carpark, installation of pedestrian refuge islands and improved footpath connectivity. These works
are being coordinated with Council’s annual resurfacing program for David Low Way, to maximise
production and minimise disruption to the travelling public.
1. Tender Process
Council called a public tender for the construction works through the Vendor Panel Public Tenders
portal on the 9 November 2018, with advertising in both the Noosa News (9 November 2018) and
Sunshine Coast Daily (10 November 2018). The tender closed on the 4 December 2018 with one
(1) conforming tender received.
2. Tender Evaluation
The tender evaluation panel undertook an assessment of Exceed Concrete Construction Pty Ltd
(Exceed), using the following criteria:
Capability and resourcing;
Contract experience and capacity;
Methodology;
Quality;
Health and safety;
Environment and sustainability;
Contribution to local economy; and
Price.
The submitted tendered price from Exceed is $240,975.57 excluding GST. Exceed is a local Noosa
business and is a supplier on Council’s SA161 Construction of Concrete Pathways supplier
arrangement panel. Exceed have previously provided construction services on a number of Council
projects and are currently providing services for Council.
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Whilst only one submission was received for this tender, Exceed successfully demonstrated their
capability and the necessary resources to complete this project and provide a cost effective
solution.
3. Program & Next Steps
Pending Council approval, Exceed propose to construct all works up to the existing pavement
surface within a month. At this point, the works will be handed back to Council for asphalt surfacing
under the annual resurfacing program. Upon completion of the resurfacing, Exceed will install the
precast traffic islands, completing the project.
This coordinated approach was selected to minimise disruption to the travelling public and
maximise efficiency with the resurfacing program.
4. Construction Management & Inspections
Under the construct only delivery model, Council will maintain the overall project management role,
coordinating Exceed’s works with the resurfacing contractor.
Previous Council Consideration
Nil.
Finance
Council has allocated a total of $666,000 for this project during the budget review for the 2018-
2019 Capital Works Program. The total budget to implement the safety improvements and the
resurfacing of this remaining section of David Low Way is outlined below:
Item Cost
Costs to Date (up to November 2018) $51,387.46
Tendered Contract Value $240,975.57
QLeave (on $) $1,144.63
Asphalt surfacing $294,300.00
Vegetation maintenance $15,000.00
Sub-total $602,807.66
Contingency $60,000.00
Total $662,807.66
Project Budget $666,000.00
Risks & Opportunities
Financial risks
Non-competitive tender evaluation with one submission received. This risk is mitigated
through the tenderer being a prequalified supplier to both Noosa Shire and Sunshine Coast
Regional Councils through the SA161 Construction of Concrete Pathways supplier
arrangement panel.
In addition, this was an open market tender with public advertisement, satisfying Council’s
procurement process.
Client request for scope changes. This will be mitigated through project management and
limitation of client requested scope variations.
Latent conditions. Typically related to utility services, previous investigations and survey
have mitigated much of this risk.
Variation risks. This has been mitigated through a combination of lump sum construction
procurement method and Principal Supplied items.
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Time risks
Wet weather delays. The timing for construction mitigates these risks by working during the
typically drier months of the year with works planned to commence post summer season.
Environmental risks
Proximity of works to the Coastal Management District. Council staff have liaised and
confirmed with the Departments of Environment and Science, and State Development,
Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning, that these works are exempt from the
development processes, as it is operational in nature.
Proximity to turtle breeding habitats. The street lighting design was developed by Energex’s
Public Lighting department to minimise light pollution impact on the beach dunes, a known
turtle breeding site. The streetlights have been installed prior to these civil works to reduce
the risk of concurrent delays to Council.
Safety risks
Exceed will be appointed as the Principal Contractor and responsible for the Workplace
Health and Safety (WHS) of the construction site. Prior to construction commencing, WHS,
traffic and pedestrian management plans are required to be submitted to Council for
approval. Council will undertake regular audits on contractor compliance with these approved
plans throughout construction.
Scope & Quality risks
Exceed are a prequalified supplier to both Noosa Shire and Sunshine Coast Regional
Councils through the SA161 Construction of Concrete Pathways supplier arrangement panel.
The risk of meeting project objectives will be managed via Council staff reviews.
Resourcing risks & opportunities
Exceed have demonstrated resourcing and capability on similar works for Council previously,
including re-establishing and completing the installation of precast islands after asphalt
surfacing by Council’s contractors.
Coordinated works. By coordinating these civil works in conjunction with the annual
resurfacing program, construction efficiencies can be obtained by Council and is the best
approach to minimising the disruption to the travelling public.
Consultation
External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder
Consultation for this project has been undertaken through an extensive public community
engagement process, including using the Your Say Noosa web portal. There was overwhelming
public support for the implementation of the proposed safety improvements.
Internal Consultation
Corporate Services (Financial Services, Procurement)
Infrastructure Services
Environmental & Sustainable Development (Environmental Services)
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Departments/Sections Consulted:
Chief Executive Officer Community Services X Corporate Services
Executive Officer Director Director
Executive Support Community Development Financial Services
Community Facilities ICT
Libraries & Galleries X Procurement & Fleet
Local Laws Property
Waste & Environmental Health Revenue Services
Executive Services X Environment & Sustainable Development X Infrastructure Services
Director Director Director
Community Engagement Building & Plumbing Services X Asset Management
Customer Service Development Assessment Buildings and Facilities
Governance Economic Development X Civil Operations
People and Culture X Environmental Services Disaster Management
Strategic Land Use Planning X Infrastructure Planning,
Design and Delivery
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4 PROPOSED TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEASE AT COOYAR STREET, NOOSA HEADS
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION
Author Property Advisor, Denis Wallace
Corporate Services Department
Index ECM/Subject: 46.01 Lease/Application/LEAS19/0001
Attachments Nil
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Property Advisor to the General Committee Meeting dated 14
January 2019 regarding the telecommunications lease on Council premises at Cooyar Street,
Noosa Heads and agree to enter a commercial lease of the premises to Optus Mobile Pty Ltd as
outlined in the report.
REPORT
The purpose of this report is to seek Council approval to enter into a new telecommunications
lease with Optus Mobile Pty Ltd. The proposed lease is an 18m2 area (6m x 3m) adjacent to an
existing telecommunications tower on Council owned land at Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads. The
existing tower is within an area leased to Telstra and the new lease is proposed to allow Optus to
co-locate its wireless equipment on the Telstra tower.
The proposed lease will provide a compound area for Optus’ on-ground equipment and a separate
agreement will address the tower co-location. The proposal is not subject to a development
application, as it is deemed a Low-impact Facility under federal telecommunications regulations.
Plans showing the site location and existing Telstra lease are shown below.
Figure 1 – Site Location
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Figure 2 - Existing Site Layout
The proposed 6m x3m Optus lease area is to be immediately to the south of the Telstra site shown
on the plan above.
Following protracted discussions with Optus, preliminary agreement for a draft lease has now been
reached. The primary lease provisions proposed are as follows:
Lease Provision Proposal
Premises: Part of Lot 15 SP1177649
Annual Rent: $17,000 plus GST
Nett Lettable Area: 18m2
Indicative Commencement Date: 1 July 2019
Initial Lease Terms: 4 years 4months 12days (to align with associated tower lease)
Options to Extend: Nil
Market Rent Reviews: Fixed increases at 3% annually.
Permitted Use: Telecommunications compound (to allow co-location on existing
Telstra tower)
The agreed rent achieves a fair market value. The lease duration is set to expire in 2023 to align
with the related Telstra tower lease. At that time the parties will need to enter into new lease
agreements. It is recommended Council agrees to enter a telecommunications lease with Optus
in line with the above provisions.
Previous Council Consideration
Nil
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Finance
The financial return posed by the new lease is as detailed above. Some legal and transaction
costs will be incurred in the order of $2,500. Lease revenue will be incorporated in the 2019/20
budget.
Risks & Opportunities
The proposed lease poses minimal risk because it relates to co-location with an existing
telecommunications tower and is only 18m2 in area. The lease presents an opportunity to improve
servicer provision by Optus to residents in addition to providing a revenue stream to ratepayers.
Consultation
External Consultation
Argon Law Solicitors
Internal Consultation
Property Officer
Departments/Sections Consulted:
Chief Executive Officer Community Services X Corporate Services
Executive Officer Director Director
Executive Support Community Development Financial Services
Community Facilities ICT
Libraries & Galleries Procurement & Fleet
Local Laws x Property
Waste & Environmental Health Revenue Services
Executive Services Environment & Sustainable Development Infrastructure Services
Director Director Director
Community Engagement Building & Plumbing Services Asset Management
Customer Service Development Assessment Buildings and Facilities
Governance Economic Development Civil Operations
People and Culture Environmental Services Disaster Management
Strategic Land Use Planning Infrastructure Planning,
Design and Delivery
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5 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT - DECEMBER 2018
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION
Author Manager Financial Services, Trent Grauf
Corporate Services Department
Index ECM/ Subject/ 22.09 – Monthly Financial Performance Report
Attachments 1. Statement of Income and Expenditure (Profit & Loss and Capital)
2. Statement of Financial Position
3. Statement of Cash Flows
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Actual year to date operating financial performance aligns with YTD budget for the first half of the
financial year, with operating revenue continuing to track slightly above YTD budget and operating
expenditure slightly below YTD budget.
YTD Financial Performance Summary
Budget Actual Variance Variance Status
$m $m $m %
Operating Revenue $47.7 $48.9 $1.2 2.4% On Track
Operating Expense $46.1 $44.6 $1.5 3.3% On Track
Operating Position $1.6 $4.3 $2.7 168.4%
Capital Revenue $1.7 $2.3 $0.6 35.1% On Track
Capital Expenditure* $18.5 $16.7 $1.8 9.9% Below Budget
* Reflects constructed assets and intangibles only (excludes contributed)
Financial statements including Statement of Operating Profit & Loss, Summary of Capital Financial
Performance, Statement of Financial Position (balance sheet) and Statement of Cash Flows are
included as attachments for information of Council.
Figure 1: Actual Performance Compared to Budget
$60
YTD Budget ($m)
$50 YTD Actual ($m)
$40
$30
$20
$10
$-
Operating Revenue Operating Expenditure
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RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager Financial Services to the General Committee Meeting
dated 14 January 2019 outlining December 2018 year to date financial performance against
budget.
REPORT
Operating Revenue (YTD Benchmark 50.0%)
Council has received 51% ($48.9 million) of its operating revenue budget ($96.0 million).
Commentary on each revenue category is provided below.
Category Summary Comments
Rates and $33.2 million (50%) of the Overall, rates and levies earned are slightly below
Levies annual budget of $66.6 YTD budget, with general rates $59k below YTD
million has been earned budget due to successful 2018 valuation appeals
by a number of commercial properties.
Fees and $3.7 million (66%) of the $5.5 Development related fees $199k above YTD
Charges million annual budget has budget (68% or $767k of $1.1m budget earned) –
been earned offset by development appeal legal costs above
YTD budget
Building application and search fees $123k above
YTD budget (73% or $391k of $534k budget
earned)
Local laws fees $119k above YTD budget (74% or
$869k of $1.2 million budget earned)
Cemetery fees $55k above YTD budget (75% or
$166k of $222k budget earned)
Waste management temporary bin services $50k
above YTD budget (252% or $63k of $25k budget
earned)
Community land use permits $33k above YTD
budget (68% or $256k of $375k budget earned)
Plumbing application and search fees $43k below
YTD budget (46% or $452k of $991k budget
earned)
Sale of Goods $4.8 million (55%) of the $8.8 Holiday parks $154k above YTD budget (56% or
and Services million budget has been $1.6m of $2.9m budget earned)
received Eumundi Road landfill disposal charges and
recyclable sales $133k above YTD budget (55%
or $1.7m of $3.1m budget earned)
Interest $2.4 million (54%) of the $4.4 Investment revenue $97k above YTD budget
Received million annual budget has (63% or $878k of $1.4m budget earned)
been earned Interest on overdue rates and charges $52k above
YTD budget (63% or $252k of $400k budget
earned)
Dividend and On track Nil
Tax
Other $1.4 million (61%) of the $2.4 Works Operations internal plant hire recoveries
Revenue million budget has been $560k (no budget) – offset by internal hire charges
earned Waste Management internal recoveries for landfill
disposal $38k above YTD budget (240% or $48k
of $20k budget earned)
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Category Summary Comments
Local laws SPER penalty recoveries $23k over
budget (70% or $78k of $112k budget earned)
Lease revenue for telecommunication towers $33k
above YTD budget (119%or $129k of $108k
budget earned)
Lease revenue for Sunshine Beach Shops $58k
below YTD budget (46% or $432k of $947k
budget earned). 2 vacancies currently being
negotiated.
The J sundry revenue for recoupment of costs
$26k below YTD budget (48% or $94k of $196k
budget earned)
Operating $2.7 million (51%) of the $5.3 Operating grants are in line with budget
Grants, million budget has been expectations at this stage.
Subsidies received 50% or $1 million of the financial assistance grant
was prepaid in June 2018 and may impact on
Council’s 2018/19 final operating position (if the
prepayment approach is discontinued by the
Australian government).
Figure 2: Operating Revenue Position by Type (Excluding Rates)
$6.0
YTD Budget ($m)
$5.0 YTD Actual ($m)
$4.0
$3.0
$2.0
$1.0
$0.0
Income
Other
Charges
Goods &
Grants
Dividend
Services
Sales of
Rental
Interest
Fees &
& Tax
Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 50.0%)
Actual operating expenditure is currently 46% ($44.6 million) of full year budget ($96.0 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.
Category Summary Comments
Employee $15.2 million (47%) of the Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries and
Costs annual budget of $32.3 wages ($1.2 million) partially offset by additional
million has been expended spend on casual staff and external labour hire
($466k), and sick and personal leave higher than
YTD budget ($340k)
Staff training underspend of $58k YTD (noting that
a further $34k is committed to suppliers for future
training)
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Category Summary Comments
Materials and $18.5 million (44%) of the ICT software and application costs $122k below
Services $41.8 million annual budget YTD budget (44% or $888k of $2.0 million budget
has been expended. spent) – budget phasing being reviewed
Parks and gardens water utility charges $83k
below budget (30% or $125k of $416k budget
spent)
Canals and waterways contract services $79k
below YTD budget (29% or $48k of $166k budget
spent)
Maintenance of Council leased properties $57k
below YTD budget (40% or $848k of $2.1 million
budget spent)
Bushland reserves contract services $36k below
YTD budget (26% or $104k of $404k budget spent)
Development assessment legal appeals costs
$227k above YTD budget (91% or $519k of $568k
budget spent)
Finance Costs On track Nil
Depreciation On track Nil
Other On track Nil
Expenses
Figure 3: Operating Expenditure Position by Type
$25
YTD Budget ($m)
YTD Actual ($m)
$20
$15
$10
$5
$0
Finance Costs
Materials
Depreciation
Employees
Other
Capital Revenue
YTD capital revenue of $2.2 million received comprises cash contributions from developers ($944k)
and capital grants ($1.3 million). Note that the timing of capital grant receipts are generally
dependent on the timing of grant conditions and also capital delivery performance, and that the
timing of the receipt of developer contributions (both cash and contributed) is unpredictable.
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Figure 4: Capital Revenue by Type
$1.4
YTD Budget ($m)
$1.2
YTD Actual ($m)
$1.0
$0.8
$0.6
$0.4
$0.2
$0.0
Subsidies
Contributions
Contributed
Grants /
Assets
Cash
Capital Expenditure Program
Actual capital expenditure (excluding commitments) is $16.7 million (YTD budget $18.5 million).
Detailed discussion of progress in the delivery of the capital works program is provided through a
separate report by the Infrastructure Services Department.
Figure 5: Capital Program Delivery Performance
$18.0
YTD Budget ($m)
$16.0
YTD Actual ($m)
$14.0
$12.0
$10.0
$8.0
$6.0
$4.0
$2.0
$0.0
Capital works Other capital
Cash Management and Investment Performance
Total cash on hand at the end of December was $56 million. Included in this balance are funds
held in trust and for restricted purposes (e.g. unexpended levy and grant funds).
The pie charts following present the mix of cash held at December 2018 by agency (graph on the
left) and by credit risk rating (graph on the right). All funds have been invested in accordance with
the Investment Policy and in consideration of the principles of ethical investment, preservation of
capital, return on investment and counterparty thresholds.
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Figure 6: Closing Cash Held by Agency and Credit Rating
Bendigo A3
7% (Bendigo)
Suncorp A1 7%
10% (Suncorp
)
10% A1 +
(QTC)
NAB 55%
14% QTC A1 +
55% (CBA + NAB +
Wpac)
28%
CBA
14%
The following chart monitors the year-to-date trend on total cash and the agencies invested. During
December, $4 million in term deposits held with NAB and Suncorp banks matured and was
reinvested with NAB. In addition, $3 million was withdrawn from the QTC short-term cash fund
investment to cover working capital requirements.
Figure 7: Year to Date Trend of Cash Invested by Agency
100,000,000
90,000,000
80,000,000
70,000,000
60,000,000
50,000,000
40,000,000
30,000,000
20,000,000
10,000,000
-
Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18
Bendigo TD Westpac TD NAB TD Suncorp TD CBA TD QTC CBA Operating
Actual interest revenue for December was $150k with a weighted average yield of 2.7%, which
reflects a positive return compared to the industry benchmark (Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill
Index) of 2.0%.
Previous Council Consideration
Nil.
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Finance
As above.
Risks & Opportunities
Council’s risk register includes a number of risks that could impact on ongoing financial
sustainability. Effective budget management and reporting is an important risk mitigation tool.
Consultation
External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder
Nil.
Internal Consultation
All areas of Council are consulted as part of the regular monitoring of budget performance.
Departments/Sections Consulted:
x Chief Executive Officer x Community Services X Corporate Services
Executive Officer Director x Director
Executive Support Community Development x Financial Services
Community Facilities ICT
Libraries & Galleries Procurement & Fleet
Local Laws Property
Waste & Environmental Health Revenue Services
x Executive Services x Environment & Sustainable Development x Infrastructure Services
Director Director Director
Community Engagement Building & Plumbing Services Asset Management
Customer Service Development Assessment Buildings and Facilities
Governance Economic Development Civil Operations
People and Culture Environmental Services Disaster Management
Strategic Land Use Planning Infrastructure Planning,
Design and Delivery
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Attachment 1
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Attachment 1
Noosa Council
Statement of Income and Expenditure
For the Year Ended 30 June 2019
As at 31 December 2018
Current Current
Budget Budget Actual Variance Annual
2019 YTD YTD YTD Budget
($'000) ($'000) ($'000) ($'000) %
Profit and Loss Statement
Revenue
Recurrent Revenue
Rates, levies and charges 66,553 33,276 33,184 (92) 50%
Fees and charges 5,547 3,076 3,652 575 66%
Dividend income 1,600 - - - 0%
Interest received 4,406 2,236 2,385 149 54%
Tax equivalents 1,450 663 663 - 46%
Sale of Goods and major services 8,770 4,502 4,826 325 55%
Sale of contract and recoverable works 16 - 3 3 19%
Rental & lease income 1,530 820 750 (70) 49%
Other income 846 499 699 200 83%
Grants, subsidies, contributions and donations 5,261 2,628 2,703 75 51%
95,978 47,699 48,865 1,165 51%
Expenses
Recurrent Expenses
Employee benefits 32,326 16,068 15,241 (827) 47%
Materials and services 41,817 19,135 18,473 (662) 44%
Finance costs 2,400 1,200 1,161 (39) 48%
Depreciation and amortisation 19,264 9,632 9,636 4 50%
Other expenses 154 18 95 17 62%
95,961 46,113 44,606 (1,507) 46%
Operating Result 17 1,587 4,259 2,672
Summary of Capital Revenue and Expenditure
Capital Revenue
Capital contributions and donations 4,043 742 944 202 23%
Grants, subsidies, contributions and donations 3,375 946 1,312 365 39%
Other capital revenue - - 26 26
Total Capital Revenue 7,419 1,689 2,282 593
Capital Expenditure
Contributed assets 2,000 - - - 0%
Constructed assets 29,815 18,531 16,692 (1,839) 56%
Other capital expenses - - 316 316
Total Capital Expenditure 31,815 18,531 17,008 (1,523)
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Attachment 2
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Attachment 2
Noosa Council
Statement of Financial Position
For the Year Ended 30 June 2019
As at 31 December 2018
Current Actual Actual
Budget YTD Full Year
2019 2019 2018
($'000) ($'000) ($'000)
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents 46,127 56,464 64,193
Trade and other receivables 8,943 6,582 6,979
Inventories 330 229 225
Other current assets 490 4,232 4,115
55,890 67,508 75,512
Non Current Assets held for sale - - -
Total Current Assets 55,890 67,508 75,512
Non Current Assets
Trade and other receivables 49,218 49,218 49,218
Other non current Assets - - -
Investments 73,332 60,978 60,978
Investment property 4,405 4,167 4,167
Property, plant and equipment 978,029 872,755 866,604
Intangible assets 7,156 5,485 5,048
Total Non Current Assets 1,112,140 992,602 986,014
Total Assets 1,168,030 1,060,110 1,061,526
Current Liabilities
Trade and other payables 4,705 7,089 11,679
Borrowings 3,715 2,335 3,969
Provisions 4,282 3,151 4,648
Other 665 657 697
Total Current Liabilities 13,368 13,232 20,993
Non Current Liabilities
Trade and other payables - - -
Borrowings 34,040 32,171 32,171
Provisions 10,328 9,858 9,738
Total Non Current Liabilities 44,367 42,029 41,909
Total Liabilities 57,736 55,261 62,902
Net Community Assets 1,110,294 1,004,849 998,624
Community Equity
Asset Revaluation Surplus 67,090 41,740 41,740
Retained Surplus / (Defeciency) - - -
Shire Capital 1,043,204 956,885 961,335
Current Year Net Earnings - 6,225 (4,450)
Total Community Equity 1,110,294 1,004,849 998,624
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Attachment 3
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Attachment 3
Noosa Council
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended 30 June 2019
As at 31 December 2018
Current Budget Actual Actual
2019 2019 2018
($'000) ($'000) ($'000)
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Receipts from Customers 81,670 47,030 87,075
Payments to Suppliers and Employees (81,570) (44,116) (77,033)
100 2,914 10,042
Receipts:
Investment and Interest Revenue Received 4,406 2,385 4,701
Rental Income 1,529 750 1,301
Non Capital Grants and Contributions 5,258 2,703 6,052
Income Tax Equivalent Received 1,200 663 3,067
Income from Equity Investments 1,850 - 30
Payments:
Borrowing Costs - - -
Interest Expense (355) (156) (131)
Net Cash Inflow/(Outflow) from Operating Activities 13,988 9,258 25,062
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Receipts:
Proceeds of Sale of Property, Plant and Equipment (32) - 154
Grants, Subsidies, Contributions and Donations 5,419 2,256 6,369
Payments:
Payments of Property, Plant and Equipment (27,490) (15,926) (26,981)
Payments for Intangible Assets (2,325) (678) (1,874)
Net Cash Inflow/(Outflow) from Investing Activities (24,428) (14,348) (22,332)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Receipts:
Proceeds from Borrowings 3,075 - 1,165
Payments:
Repayment of Borrowings (3,320) (2,639) (5,165)
Net Cash Inflow/(Outflow) from Financing Activities (245) (2,639) (4,000)
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents held (10,685) (7,729) (1,270)
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period 64,193 64,193 65,463
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the end of the reporting period 53,508 56,464 64,193
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