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GOLD COAST residents will soon have
a say on plans to better protect the
Gold Coast’s 29 golf courses from
redevelopment for housing, commercial
and other high-level uses.
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GOLD COAST City Council’s Bold Future
project has taken top honours in the
Queensland Public Sector Excellence
Awards for Best Practice in Local
Government.
The awards recognise innovative
improvements within Queensland’s
News in brief
Christmas Spirit
sparked again
Residents, businesses and
community organisations
are encouraged to join in
the festivities and enter
Council’s 2009 Christmas Light Up
Competition before entries close 23
November. Entrants must have displays
ready for judging by 1 December and be
prepared to run their displays from
10 - 24 December. For more information
or to register for a nomination form,
please call (07) 55 81 6 877. Entr y
forms can also be downloaded from
goldcoastcity.com.au
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Draft amendments to Gold Coast
City’s Planning Scheme have received
initial State Government endorsement,
meaning Council is now able to ask the
public for feedback.
The city’s golf courses are key sporting
and tourism assets and an integral part
of the Gold Coast landscape, providing
valuable open space and flood storage.
While the proposed changes can’t
prevent future development proposals,
they will significantly strengthen the city’s
planning scheme to better preserve these
federal, state and local public sectors.
The Institute of Public Administration
Australia (IPAA) is the peak body
representing more than 270,000 public
sector professionals.
Bold Future is one of the most
extensive community consultation
processes ever undertaken in Australia.
It creates a blueprint for a socially,
environmentally and economically
sustainable city. More than 11,000
Gold Coast residents contributed to its
development.
At the awards, Gold Coast Water
Infrastructure Planning Manager,
Guillermo ‘Bill’ Capati was also named
important sporting and open space assets.
The draft amendments will be
advertised between 9 November and 21
December and can be viewed at Council’s
Surfers Paradise, Nerang and Coolangatta
offices and at Elanora and Helensvale
Libraries. They will also be available for
viewing on the web at goldcoastcity.com.
au/planningscheme, by following the
links to the planning scheme amendments
page. Submissions must be in writing and
received by Council by 21 December.
the Public Sector Professional of the Year.
Bill has been part of the Gold Coast
Water team for 10 years, contributing
to major projects such as the planning
of $1.6 billion worth of infrastructure
assets. These have included water
mains, pump stations, reservoirs and
treatment plants.
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bay branch library
Air conditioning units are being replaced
at the Runaway Bay Branch Library to
improve conditions for customers during
the hot summer months. For safety
reasons, the library will be closed from
Friday 20 November. It will re-open on
Tuesday 24 November.
During the temporary closure, items can
be borrowed and returned at other
Branch Libraries, including Helensvale
and Southport, or returned to the after
hours chute at the Runaway Bay Branch
Library. For more information visit
goldcoast.qld.gov.au/libraries
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New tran or
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oncology
patients
A NEW oncology patient transport service
will soon be on the road after Council
committed $30,000 in funding. The
service will help patients access treatment
by providing economical transport from
their homes to medical facilities.
Each year, more than 2700 people are
diagnosed with cancer on the Gold Coast
and currently there is no transport service
catering to the needs of patients.
In addition to Council funding,
community contributions are needed.
Donations can be made directed to the
Cancer Treatment Transport Fund via
solicitors Gall, Standfield and Smith,
PO Box 259, Southport, 4215.
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CONSTRUCTION OF a permanent
southern grandstand at the Gold
Coast Stadium, Carrara could be brought
forward after Council committed
$3 million over three years.
Council’s contribution of $1 million in 2010,
2011 and 2012, will be contingent on securing
further funding from other funding partners,
including the State and Federal
Governments.
Funds would also be allocated to solar
technology around the stadium roof, to
provide 20 per cent of the complex’s
energy needs.
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ANNUAL DREDGING of Tallebudgera Creek
has started, with about 50,000 cubic metres
of sand being placed on Burleigh Beach
before the summer school holidays.
Tallebudgera and Currumbin Creeks
are dredged annually for flood mitigation
and to prevent erosion.
Currumbin Creek was dredged first
this year with 57,000 cubic metres of
sand placed between 3rd and Palm Beach
Avenues, Palm Beach.
The Tallebudgera Creek dredging
campaign is now underway, which means
Burleigh Beach should be in tip top
condition in time for Christmas.