Pat Spicer

Question 1

The overall emphasis in this question is seeking transparency, understanding details and ensuring community’s needs and concerns are properly addressed in the council decision making process, so what are council’s plans for the community consultation for future uses of Lots 2 and 3 of the subdivision at 62

Lake Macdonald Drive, Cooroy?

Response from Kim Rawlings, Director Strategy & Environment

No Community Engagement and Communications plan has been prepared as yet for consideration of proposed Lots 2 and 3, as Council is focussed on current project priorities and focussed on Lot 1. Council is also looking at Council owned carpark sites in Tewantin and Noosa Heads and will do this prior to considering Lots 2 and 3 at Cooroy. With resources and priorities focussed on other projects, consultation on future lots 2 and 3 is unlikely to formally begin in the next 12 months.

Question 2

When will council organise the community meeting on future uses of Lot 2 and 3 Lake Macdonald Drive, Cooroy considering the community could vote for no further housing and assuming the council does intend to take that possible outcome into consideration and honour the resident’s wishes as there could be a huge saving to subdivision costs if the lots are not made fully housing ready as is the current plan in the subdivision works?

Response from Kim Rawlings, Director Strategy & Environment

Council has resolved to remediate the whole site and to facilitate the development of Lot 1 by Coast2Bay Housing. Coast2Bay have time commitments for the delivery of Community Housing on Lot 1 in order to meet the conditions of their capital grant. There is no fixed timing for further investigations of proposed Lots 2 & 3 and Council intends to investigate other sites in Tewantin and Noosa Heads this year, prior to considering Lots 2 and 3 in Cooroy. Operational works including the internal road will assist with the traffic and access during the construction of the residential units on Lot 1, so as to mitigate impacts on Lake Macdonald Drive and surrounding neighbours. When the time comes there will be a range of communications methods used to share information and garner the views of the Noosa Shire community, catering to both face to face discussions and online participation.