Deputations and public questions to council, each opening on what council's minutes record of it.
2025-07-17
Public question
Ordinary Meeting
Deaire Pecora
Heard at the meeting. Council's recording has these questions from 16:17; our transcript is below.
▶ Hear it — council's recording, from 16:17
The feed timestamps the whole public question block rather than each speaker, so this starts at the top of that block.
What the minutes record
Question 1
How exactly does the parking at Cooroy primary School meet the minimum requirements for Disability access according to Main Roads?
Response from Shaun Walsh Director Infrastructure Services
The Cooroy Primary State School carpark is situated on state-controlled road reserve and services the adjacent state school. In accordance with the Cost Sharing Agreement between Queensland Government Transport and Main Roads and local governments, the construction and maintenance of parking areas outside of the road shoulder is normally a local government responsibility. Noosa Council confirms that it has responsibility to manage the school’s drop-off/pick-up carpark on Elm Street in these circumstances. Currently the carparking area on Elm Street contain 47 carparking spaces including one (1) existing disability carparking space. Our investigation has confirmed that the current supply of parking spaces accessible to people with disabilities meets the current national standards for a school, noting that:
- Cooroy State School is a Class 9B(i) assessable building under the National Construction Code (NCC).
- Table D3.5 of the NCC requires one car parking space for people with disabilities, for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof. While the current provision of a single parking space for people with disabilities meets the national requirements, consultation by Council staff has with the school has confirmed that it desires an additional disabled car parking space to meet its needs. Accordingly, Council has initiated the process for the design and construction of an additional parking space for people with disabilities, as well as upgrading the existing space to provide an adjacent ‘shared zone’ for loading and unloading vehicles as required under current standards.
Question 2
Why has council allowed the parking at Primary School to not be reviewed in 31 years. How does this meet Disability equality rights?
Response from Shaun Walsh Director Infrastructure Services
The provision of one disabled carparking space meets the accepted supply ratio. The car parking area is subject to scheduled asset inspections and remains in good condition. A more detailed assessment would be scheduled as part of any proposal to renew the asset if it was in poor condition. Following receipt of the request for an additional disability carparking space from a parent and the Cooroy State School, Council staff have undertaken a site-specific assessment for this location and have commenced design and construction process to deliver an additional disabled carparking space consistent with feedback.
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Transcript of the recording
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16:17 Mayor Wilkie: Pecora Deere would you like to share your two questions please and they will be answered by Sharon Walsh who is the Director of Community Services
16:25 Diyaa Pecora: so my first question is how exactly does the parking at Cooroy Primary School meet the minimum requirements for disability access according to metrics
16:41 Director Walsh: good morning so thank you for the question so the Cooroy Primary State School car park is situated on state controlled road reserve and services the adjacent state school in accordance with the cost sharing agreement of the state control road reserve between Queensland Government Transport and Main Roads and local governments the construction and maintenance of parking areas on the road shoulder is normally a local government responsibility Noosa Council confirms it has the responsibility to manage the school's drop off of the car park on Elm Street in these circumstances currently the car parking area on Elm Street contains 47 car parking spaces including one existing disability car parking space our investigation has confirmed that the current supply of parking spaces accessible to people with disabilities meets the current national standards for a school noting that Cooroy State School is a class 9b i accessible building under the national construction code and table D3.5 of the national construction code requires one car parking space for people with disabilities for every 100 car parking spaces to park their life while the current provision of a single car parking space for people with a disability meets the national requirements consultation by council staff with the school has confirmed that it desires an additional disabled car parking space to meet its needs accordingly council has initiated the process for the design and construction of an additional parking space for people with disabilities as well as upgrading the existing space to provide an adjacent shared zone for loading and unloading vehicles as required under current standards thank you
18:19 Diyaa Pecora: that kind of leads very well into my second question and this is more of a historical question so why has council allowed parking at primary school to not be reviewed in 31 years and how does this meet disability and quality rights
18:34 Director Walsh: the provision of one disabled car parking space meets the accepted supply ratio the car parking space is deemed subject to scheduled asset inspections and remains in good condition a more detailed assessment would be scheduled as part of any proposal to renew the asset if it was in poor condition following receipt of the request for an additional disability car parking space from a parent and the Cooroy State School council staff have undertaken a site specific assessment for this location and have commenced design and construction process to deliver an additional disabled car parking space consistent with the feedback
19:11 Mayor Wilkie: thank you Dan thank you Shaun thank you
Also by Deaire Pecora
- 2025-07-17 Deputation — Disability Parking and Access at Cooroy School
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