2019-03-12 S&O Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports

                       Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports (including Implementation Priorities) (Final Draft – February 2019)




                      Regional Facility Plan                                                    Implementation priorities
                       Recommendations                                                           (short, medium, long11)
                                                        Motorised Water Sports
     13. No single recommended site to accommodate                           Short-term
         regional motorised water sport competition use                      a. Continue use of Lake Kurwongbah, including advocacy
         is likely to be identified due to the characteristics                  to Seqwater to retain this use.
         required for the activities and the low demand for                  b. Review lease conditions at Quanda Lake (Oz Ski
         competition focused facilities.                                        Resort) to enable additional club competitive use
     14. Collectively the Councils recognise the significance                   opportunities at Quanda Lake (Oz Ski Resort).
         of Lake Kurwongbah (Moreton Bay region) as
         the SEQ regional competitive water skiing and
                                                                             Long-term
         wakeboarding facility. This importance of the
         Lake/ facility be communicated to the Queensland                    c. Assess extractive sites close to exhaustion of
         Government and Seqwater to ensure that the Lake                        resources, for ability to hold/ retain water and assess
         continues to support competitive water skiing and                      characteristics against the technical specifications.
         wakeboarding. Advocacy to Seqwater for improved/
         expanded use of Seqwater managed local lakes,                       Ongoing
         dams and water storages for motorised competitive                   d. Continue to support Maroochy River Water Ski
         water sport activities, is also recommended.                           Association’s current use at Eudlo Creek as well as
     15. Over the medium term, undertake a program to                           access to alternative suitable sites for competitive
         assess extractive sites within 5 years of exhaustion                   activities.
         for sites with the ability to provide a final water                 e. Support Oz Ski Resorts efforts to modify their facilities
         filled void suitable for water sport use. The focus                    to enable additional competition events.
         should be on those within public lands and outside
         residential growth areas. This investigation should
         target sites (such as Meridan), where there is an
         opportunity to prepare a post use plan that guides
         the shape, depth and potential use of a final void
         and where water quality can be managed.
     16. As with all Council tenure agreements, continue
         to review lease conditions at Quanda Lake (Oz
         Ski Resort) regarding access for clubs to hold
         competitions.
     17.Support improvements at Quanda Lake (Oz Ski
         Resort) to attract higher level ski tournaments and
         increased participation.
     18. Offshore racing for jet skis and other craft are not
         facility dependent activities and no specific regional
         facility recommendations apply. Usage is event
         driven only and no permanent facility provisions are
         needed.




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     Short = within 1 to 3 years; Medium = within 4 to 10 years; Long = within 11 to 20 years


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