2017-12-18 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   18 DECEMBER 2017




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                          18 DECEMBER 2017

           Activity Plan
           Council will appoint an industry expert (Digital Hub Coordinator) to facilitate the tenanting of the
           Digital Hub for an establishment and initial operation period of up to two years from January 2018 to
           December 2019.
           Collaboration with the local technology industry is critical. Building on existing activity across the
           Shire, Council’s Economic Development team will engage with local and regional stakeholders in a
           non-exclusive manner, providing opportunities for individuals and groups to collaborate with Noosa
           Council to delivery capacity building programs.

            Timing             Action            Detail
                                approval             initial budget requirements
            January/February | Engage             e  Engage a Digital Hub Coordinator. This resource will
            2018                resource             support the tenancy process including attracting interest,
                                                     partnership management, event management and
                                                     accessing grants and sponsorship revenue
            February 2018       Undertake a       e  Appoint commercial real estate management provider to
                                tenancy EOI          support the EOI process to tenant the Digital Hub
                                process           e  Run a parallel process to quantify co-work demand and
                                                     membership structure
            January /           Technology        e  Engage with local technology industry and all individuals
            February 2018       sector               and businesses that have registered an interest in
                                engagement           tenanting the Digital Hub
                                                  e  Engage with the individuals and businesses that summited
                                                     a tender to original external management process to
                                                     gauge interest in being involved
                                                  e  The Economic Development team work with the Digital
                                                     Hub Coordinator to engage with potential partners and
                                                     providers of ‘wrap-around’ services (accelerator,
                                                     mentoring, etc.
            January /          Grant              e  Working closely with local technology industry to develop
            February 2018      Application           and submit a funding application to the AusIndustry
                                                     Incubator Support Program
            March / April       Complete          e  Review and assess all tenancy EOls
            2018                tenancy EOI       e  Confirm optimal mix of tenancies including proportion of
                                process              building split between anchor tenant, fixed office space
                                                     and co-work activity
            April 2018          Budget            e  Present revised financial model to Council (informed by
                               Approval              EOI and local business engagement) as part of FY
                                                     2018/19 budget process

                                                     configuration following completion of tenancy EOI process
            From May/June       Tenancy          e   Anchor tenant/s move-in
            2018                commencement | e     Progressive tenancy of other fixed spaces
                                                 e   Launch of co-work space

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