Strategy and Planning Committee Recommendations 
13 August 2008 

3.2.7 MALENY COMMUNITY PRECINCT 
File No: 20-14-017 
Author: Senior Strategic Planner (Major Projects – South), 
Leah Bancroft 

STRATEGY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: 

That Council: 

(a) 
commence a Master Planning process for the Maleny Community Precinct using the 
Approved Concept Plan and Development Intent Statement (Attachment 1 to this 
report) as a basis for further detailed investigation and technical assessment(s), 
particularly with regard to location and need for sporting fields and determining 
appropriately sized and located buffers to ecologically significant areas. 
(b) 
delegate to the Chief Executive Officer the allocation of the following actions to 
appropriate areas of Council to progress: 
(i) 
the establishment of a community working group which comprises members 
of the community, Councillor Grosskreutz, Councillor McKay and staff 
representation; 
(ii) 
the allocation of staff resources to work with the Maleny community to 
undertake more detailed investigations and technical assessments within 
areas 4, 6, 7 and 7a of the Approved Concept Plan and report the findings 
back to Council for consideration. 
(iii) 
continuation of actions to meet outstanding contractual obligations (Strategic 
Property Unit); 
(iv) 
preparation of Planning Scheme Amendments (Strategic Planning Unit); 
(v) 
Master Planning for site (Environment, Landscape & Recreation Unit (South) 
with input from an Integrated Team established for this project); 
(vi) 
determine and action appropriate management arrangements across the 
site (Strategic Property and Community Services); and 
(vii) 
progress actions for the sale of the rural residential and residential 
area(s) identified on the Approved Concept Plan (Strategic Property Unit); 
(c) 
identify $350,000 in the first quarter review of the 2008/2009 Annual Financial Plan 
for the upgrade to Porters Lane, in order to meet contractual obligations, to later be 
recouped through the sale of the two rural residential lots on the precinct. 
Item 3.2.7 recommended to the Ordinary Meeting. 

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