Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Masterplan

Karen Finzel3:42

Alright, all thank you. Thanks for the report and as always very thorough and the information certainly will present both today and in the report. Thank you. Very much. Thank you Robyn. You. We'll take it to the vote. All in favour? That's none. Yes. No. No. Thank you. Now we're moving to item 7.2, to the Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Master Plan. Before we start I'd just like to say that there has been a request from two Councillors to move this to directly to general given the significance of the matter. However, we we'll welcome staff to the table now to provide us a quick overview of the matter.

So the Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Master Plan provides a clear direction for asset renewal in the future. It will allow Council to strategically renew infrastructure such as pathways, playgrounds and remodelling walls in line with the 20-year vision for that area. Council has successfully received grant funding for projects such as the Changing Places facility in Cooroy Park based on the Noosaville Foreshore Master Plan information which is 100% funded through SCQ CSP grant funding at a value of approximately $1.8 million. There's, um, Council is currently applied for additional renewal projects. Through grant funding sources such as the revetment wall through DRFA funding which will be 50/50 funded by Council and state government. Council are currently invested in other grant opportunities such as Growing Regions for Pirates Playground and other playgrounds along the foreshore.

Thanks Shaun, thank you Councillors. So with regard to foreshore resilience we were successful in receiving 100 of grant funding from the State government and LGAQ to undertake a study on foreshore resilience options to the QCoast2100 program and that study has been integrated into the Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Master Plan. The project set out to address three primary challenges: foreshore erosion, foreshore inundation due to sea level rise, and extreme heat which are projected to increase in the future due to climate change. We work with expert river catchment consultants and partnered with the University of the Sunshine Coast to solutions that complement and enhance the existing Noosa-wide natural character, improving ecological and environmental sustainability of the foreshore at the same time as improving resilience to growing risks. Through the project we deployed micro microclimate climate sensors on the foreshore, undertook urban heat island modelling, analysed the existing site context and projected impacts, assessed nature-based foreshore and shoreline options through a multi-criteria analysis, developed a 2D foreshore model, developed concept designs that can be taken forward for future detailed design projects. This has led to a set of design responses that are in keeping with the natural Noosa look and feel by using nature-based solutions, cool refuge areas with large shade trees and cool-intrusive breezes, and non-intrusive innovative and living foreshores to ensure the future resilience of this critical community space to tidal inundation, heat waves and erosion in the future. Thank you.

Well I think at a primary level I think the erosion paths you're seeing in dirt you're seeing either side of the existing pathway significantly degrade the overall you know visual amenity of the place and I think that when we go to actually do the detailed design for the pathway those sorts of parameters will need to be have a lot more detail about what trees you know winding the path in and around the trees you know improving the amount of landscaping and soft lawn areas and the like so you know I say honestly there hasn't been a detailed visual impact assessment but I think also the moment you'd actually get a fairly poor outcome from the infrastructure that's in the Noosaville Foreshore due to this level of degradation and disrepair.

Yes. This report, as you said, is for noting. It provides a progress update for Council's current operational plan for the year 2024/25. The annual operational plan is a key component of in-Council strategic planning framework and the initiatives that contained in the operational plan are designed to fulfil the objectives of Council's five-year Corporate Plan 23 to 28. The Local Government Regulation prescribes that a quarterly progress update is provided to Council and this report provides the third quarter update of the current operational plan. In summary, so you will be aware by now after two updates provided already that there are 107 initiatives in our operational plan. Of these 107 initiatives, 81 initiatives are. Expected to be completed as scheduled within this financial year. I should also note that as we speak about the third quarter update, it's really the timeframe from the 1st of January to the 31st of March. There's been a slight delay this to you because we've rolled out the reporting system across Council as well in which the initiatives are reported on and the report is basically put in your spot. So of those 81 A2One initiatives A to 1 initiatives, roughly 76% that are expected to be completed, notable achievements in the third quarter where the Community Grants Policy, the Compliance and Enforcement Policy, the Pomona Place Plan, the Public Art Policy, housing monitoring program and the NAC. Upgrade plans were quite significant pieces of work that were completed in the third quarter. 18 initiatives or roughly 17% are experiencing minor disruptions, however these are anticipated. To be finalised over the coming months. It can be due to adverse weather conditions, resource limitations, or also increased community interest, which we for example had for the development of the Noosa Botanic Gardens Master Plan, so so we do expect these two to be finalised. Within the next few months. However there's also eight initiatives, or roughly seven percent, that are experiencing major disruptions. One of them is the new Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Master Plan. It's quite nice to hear that this is part of this meeting round. So while there has been a major disruption, these items are still progressing and will come to completion. And the reason for this disruption was that, as you well remember, there was significant community feedback that had to be considered and the plan had to be reshaped in response to that. Those increased time requirements in itself caused delays to other initiatives, major strategies, including the Noosa River Catchment Management Plan and the Destination Management Plan. But these are, again, scheduled. Then for, to be further progressed and incorporate in the new operation plan, '25, '26, and completions anticipate within that timeframe then. There's also one notable item is the community strategy which has experienced major disruption. This is due to a resource limitation. Then the report also provides an overview of key operational performance indicators which the performance indicators is consistent with previous quarters and so there's with potential effects of the protected industrial action to be visible maybe in the next quarter which then covers. 1st of April until the end of the financial year but it's not visible and we don't know what shape they may become visible in those key performance indicators. Overall, it's a very good progress on the operational plan and with the majority of items anticipated to be completed in this financial year.