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A NEW oncology patient transport service

will soon be on the road ater Council

committed $30,000 in unding. The

service will help patients access treatment

by providing economical transport rom

their homes to medical acilities.

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 o patients.

In addition to Council unding,

community contributions are needed.Donations can be made directed to the

Cancer Treatment Transport Fund via

solicitors Gall, Standfeld and Smith,

PO Box 259, Southport, 4215.

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GOLD COAST residents will soon have

a say on plans to better protect the

Gold Coasts 29 gol courses rom

redevelopment or housing, commercial

and other high-level uses.

Drat amendments to Gold Coast

Citys Planning Scheme have receivedinitial State Government endorsement,

meaning Council is now able to ask the

public or eedback.

The citys gol courses are key sporting

and tourism assets and an integral part

o the Gold Coast landscape, providing

valuable open space and food storage.

While the proposed changes cant

prevent uture development proposals,

they will signicantly strengthen the citys

planning scheme to better preserve these

important sporting and open space assets.

The drat amendments will be

advertised between 9 November and 21

December and can be viewed at Councils

Surers Paradise, Nerang and Coolangatta

ofces and at Elanora and Helensvale

Libraries. They will also be available or

viewing on the web at goldcoastcity.com.

au/planningscheme, by ollowing the

links to the planning scheme amendments

page. Submissions must be in writing and

received by Council by 21 December.

Christmas spirit

sparked again

Residents, businesses and

community organisations

are encouraged to join in

the estivities and enter

Councils 2009 Christmas Light Up

Competition beore entries close 23

November. Entrants must have displays

ready or judging by 1 December and be

prepared to run their displays rom

10 - 24 December. For more inormation

or to register or a nomination orm,

please call (07) 5581 6877. Entry

orms can also be downloaded rom

goldcoastcity.com.au

Cool reading at runaway

bay branCh library

Air conditioning units are being replaced

at the Runaway Bay Branch Library to

improve conditions or customers during

the hot summer months. For saety

reasons, the library will be closed rom

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 ater

hours chute at the Runaway Bay Branch

Library. For more inormation visit

goldcoast.qld.gov.au/libraries

brought to you by Gold Coast City Council

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GOLD COAST City Councils Bold Future

project has taken top honours in theQueensland Public Sector Excellence

Awards or Best Practice in Local

Government.

The awards recognise innovative

improvements within Queenslands

ederal, state and local public sectors.

The Institute o Public Administration

Australia (IPAA) is the peak body

representing more than 270,000 public

sector proessionals.

Bold Future is one o the most

extensive community consultation

processes ever undertaken in Australia.

It creates a blueprint or a socially,

environmentally and economically

sustainable city. More than 11,000

Gold Coast residents contributed to its

development.

At the awards, Gold Coast Water

Inrastructure Planning Manager,

Guillermo Bill Capati was also named

the Public Sector Proessional o the Year.

Bill has been part o the Gold Coast

Water team or 10 years, contributing

to major projects such as the planning

o $1.6 billion worth o inrastructure

assets. These have included water

mains, pump stations, reservoirs and

treatment plants.

ANNUAL DREDGINGo Tallebudgera Creek

has started, with about 50,000 cubic metres

o sand being placed on Burleigh Beach

beore the summer school holidays.

Tallebudgera and Currumbin Creeks

are dredged annually or food mitigation

and to prevent erosion.

Currumbin Creek was dredged frst

this year with 57,000 cubic metres o

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 or Christmas.

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CONSTRUCTION OF a permanent

southern grandstand at the Gold

Coast Stadium, Carrara could be brought

orward ater Council committed

$3 million over three years.

Councils contribution o $1 million in 2010,

2011 and 2012, will be contingent on securing

urther unding rom other unding partners,

i nc l ud i ng the S tate and Federa l

Governments.

Funds would also be allocated to solar

technology around the stadium roo, to

provide 20 per cent o the complexs

energy needs.