Operational Plan 2026-2027

Frank Wilkie230:43

Thank you, Councillor Stockwell. Does someone care to move the motion, the item? Councillor carried. I'm happy to move. I second it. Oh, happy to move. Second it. Councillor Wilson. Okay, all in favour of the draft Burgess Creek integrated catchment management plan? That's carried unanimously. 11.1.4 is application for Material Change of Use premises to establish indoor sport and recreation at 26 indy creek road, Noosaville. 11.1.5, planning applications decided by delegated authority, May 2026.11.1.6, procurement contracts, assessment of work and tenure contract awards under the CEO delegation. 11.1.7 was referred to the Ordinary Meeting. We'll deal with this later in the agenda. 11.1.8 operational plan. 2026, 2027.11.1.9, appointment of the 2027 show holiday. 11.1.10 was referred to the Ordinary Meeting. We'll deal with this later in the agenda. It's a confidential Noosa Plan draft amendment. Employment land item. 11.1.11 is the General Committee recommendations en bloc. We have a move from the secretary for the General Committee recommendations to be adopted except we're dealt with separately. Moved by Councillor Stockwell, seconded by Councillor Wegener. All in favour? That's carried. Item 12.1 is the LGAQ conference motions and Councillor attendance. I'll move that, we need to pull that out for a couple of reasons we do to?

Thank you morning Chair and Councillors thank you for the opportunity to address you today my name is Frances Atkins I'm a committee member with Cooroy Gymnastics Club and I'm joined today by Tayce Scott president of the club Kirsten Norden our gymnastics team lead we're here today to discuss the redevelopment of the Cooroy Gymnastics facility state-of-the-art sporting infrastructure located it's in the hinterland of Noosa right in the centre of Cooroy Cooran it's said to be the home for up to 1,000 future gymnasts and their families as well as supporting infrastructure for local cricket and football clubs operating out of the same location the investment in the redevelopment is of confidence in our club and the broader sporting community while this is a great new story for our region it comes with a serious short-term challenge we're here today because we need assistance from Council to help us solve it what was original set out in tender documents as a one-term shutdown of the club for construction works has now grown to two potentially three starting this year. This critical change when we were not consulted on is a big unbudgeted cost for a volunteer-led not-for-profit sports club to carry. One that now threatens the existence of the club itself. We have we 15 minutes and this is how we plan to use it. Tayce will discuss the circumstances of the shutdown. Kirsten will explain the task of running a temporary gymnastics facility and I'll close with what we're asking Council for and why. The redevelopment of the Cooroy Gymnastics facility should be the best thing to ever happen to our club, not the thing that ends it. Our goal today is to discuss reasonable ways in which we can overcome this together so the club doesn't fail but rather thrives. Thank you, Francis. Frances. So Cooroy Gymnastics Club has been part of this community for 35 years. Everything we've built here is entirely volunteer-led and not for profit. This year alone our membership has grown by around 40% and we have had our most successful competition season with national and cross-border representation a run of personal bests for our gymnasts. When the redevelopment was first planned keeping the club operational for as long as possible was a key priority for all stakeholders and this was reflected in the original tender document. Construction was to be staged to keep the club open and to minimise the shutdown for no more than one term. On that basis the club made a considered business decision. We could maintain our competitive program borrowing other clubs facilities on weekends and outside of hours and our recreation families could manage being without their usual programs for one term. That is no longer the plan that we are working to. The contractors decision to extend the shutdown to two, potentially three terms was made without any consultation with the club. Losing our recreational program for six months or more puts the existence of our entire club at risk. It means our competitive program won't be able to compete for at least one full season. This is because, for health and safety reasons, every week of lost training for our gymnasts takes roughly two weeks of basic strength work before our gymnasts can return to competition skills. That's one more thing worth understanding about a gymnastics club. It takes years, not months, to build a technical coaching team. I'm an HR professional and I can see firsthand the shortage of qualified gymnastics coaching talent in Denmark across the sport, particularly at high performance levels and in regional areas like ours. If we lose the coaching and management team that we've built, we can't simply replace it. We start again. We lose our grip on the opportunities that we've already begun building towards the lead up to the Brisbane Olympics, just five years away, and the role our new facility could play in that. Right now. Approximately 420 gymnasts, staff and volunteers, and local families call kawoi gymnastics club home. Every one of them will be affected by what happens over the next 12 months. That's the backdrop we bring to you today. A club that has taken 35 years to build that now faces an existential challenge due to a decision that was made without our involvement. What Kirsten is about to describe is the practical cost of getting from here to there.