Council meeting agenda - 4 June 2012 - Clarence City Council

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2. REPORT IN DETAIL
2.1. Further to Council’s decision, Council officers sought quotes and property
consultants Opteon Tasmania were commissioned to prepare a property report
with a brief to undertake:
� a review of the site development constraints, including those in relation
to the National Parks and Reserve Management Act, 2002, Nature
Conservation Act 2002 and the Clarence Planning Scheme 2007;
� an analysis of visitor services and enterprise opportunities in the
context of those constraints; and
� make recommendations in regard to the:
� development opportunities that are most likely to be achievable
and sustainable;
� land tenure needed to facilitate various types of investment;
� development footprints within the reserve;
� infrastructure services that are required or desirable;
� mechanism and process for going to the market.
2.2. The property consultant’s report and findings are Attachment 1. The
following are the key findings of the Report.
� there is currently a lack of public facilities at the RHNRA and although
the site has regular visitors, the site is under-utilised and underdeveloped;
� the RHNRA has some unique attributes which would appeal to
commercial operations on the site;
� the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002, the Clarence
Planning Scheme 2007 and the RHNRA Management Strategy permit
some commercial activities on the site;
� the site has some sensitive conservation issues which should be
considered as part of any development proposal;