BRIAN O'CONNOR QUESTION 1 As stated in 2018, so seven years ago, and reaffirmed at least twice since, is Noosa Council still committed to a Pomona Showgrounds Masterplan? Response provided by Brad Chalmers, Acting Director Community Services Thank-you Mr O‘Connor for your question and ongoing interest in the Pomona showgrounds. As a follow up to your public question in 2023, Pomona Showgrounds are freehold land, owned by Noosa Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society, also known as Noosa Show Society. As freehold land, it is therefore up to the owner, Noosa Show Society, as to, if or when, a master plan is developed. To that point, council staff have met with members of the show society committee on the 11th March 2025. At this meeting the Show Society indicated a desire to undertake a master planning process and staff will now look to assist them on the commencement and development of a plan. QUESTION 2 If the answer to Question 1 is in the affirmative, why the delay and how will the commitment manifest itself, and against what timeframe? Response provided by Brad Chalmers, Acting Director Community Services Thank-you for your additional question. Noosa Show Society is an independent community organisation with its own priorities. We are happy to discuss a potential master plan with the Show Society and provide support in the development of this plan, commencing over the next 12 months. Council has funding available to assist organisations to undertake planning processes like this and would work collaboratively with the Show Society on an important project such as this.
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