2014-01-13 Item 6.3 Appendices 1-5

Regional planning
Shared services
The Commissioner requested proponent proposals include a standard delivery model
showing services, systems and governance that could be conducted by the new council.
There is a risk that outsourcing would come at a cost to ratepayers. Previous de‐
amalgamations of councils in other states have resulted in stronger councils adding a
surcharge to services purchased. The surcharge could cover administrative costs, risks and
overheads. Due to the nature of de‐amalgamation, cooperation and collaboration
between the two councils could be adversely affected.

Waste disposal
The SCRC has been running waste management on a regional basis and currently uses the
Tewantin, Nambour and Caloundra sites. The Nambour and Caloundra sites are estimated
to have eight years of life left. The SCRC anticipates that in the event of de‐amalgamation,
it will no longer have access to the Eumundi Road site and proposes to negotiate a bulk
haul contract with Ipswich while acquiring and developing a new site.

The NIA proposal suggests that waste assets will be allocated according to geographical
location and QTC has agreed with this approach.

QTC has assumed that the NSC will agree to an arrangement with SCRC to utilise the
Eumundi Road site for the purpose of QTC’s analysis. Whether this arrangement can be
made or other options need to be explored, waste disposal will have a major cost to the
SCRC ratepayers in the immediate and foreseeable future.

Sewerage
Unitywater has advised that water supply and sewerage infrastructure in the Noosa area
needs significant upgrades to meet environmental compliance, growth and safety
concerns. The existing shareholding in Unitywater would need to be divided.

Sunshine Coast Airport
The Sunshine Coast Airport (SCA) is located at Marcoola – midway between Caloundra
and Noosa – and approximately 110 kilometres north of Brisbane. It is owned, managed
and operated by SCRC.

The SCA operates 24 hours a day, handles approximately 87,000 aircraft movements and
around one million passengers per year. SCRC is proposing to construct a new runway
along an east‐west alignment by 2022 with the associated apron, taxiways, terminal and
commercial infrastructure to support the future population and growth in tourism. The
total cost is estimated to be $435 million. The Noosa tourism industry is sure to derive an
economic benefit from any future upgrades.



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