EG5.1.1 - Destination Management Plan implementation and review

Deliver priority projects from the Destination Management Plan (DMP). Conduct a review of the DMP.

Purpose: To:

• grow the visitor economy
• attract investment
• grow economic benefits
• encourage longer visitor stays
• increase visitor spend.

The review of the Destination Management Plan and achievements, and challenges has been finalised and the next stage has progressed with an engagement process being undertaken.

A community survey and an industry survey has been released along with a workshop of internal  and external stakeholders including Councillors. The next stage will be a compiling consultation feedback prior to drafting the new plan in quarter 1 and finalising quarter 2 next year.

EG5.2.1 - City centre implementation fund projects

Deliver priority projects and programs from city centre implementation plans.

Purpose: To deliver outcomes from the city centre summits in line with community priorities.

• The Beenleigh Streetscape project, shade solution and Smart Parking projects have all been completed and are in the process of being formally closed out and asset capture finalised.

• The Loganlea Healthy Street Stage 2 design has been completed and the next step would now be to undertake the tender process and commence with the construction which is estimated to be completed by the end of the year.

• The detailed design for the Cuzack lane streetscape project is being progressed with the aim to commence construction by the end of the year or early in 2023.
• The event strategy and signature event, the Flame BBQ street festival will be launched in September 2022, the event is being marketed and has already attracted a lot of interest.

• The Croydin Road Master Plan has been finalised and community consultation is now being undertaken. Urban Interventions and trialling some of the initiatives will commence in July to inform the final design which is also being progressed.
• The detailed design for the Logan Gardens Ring Road is being progressed to inform the final cost and staging of the road and will also include the design and delivery of the upgraded car park for Logan Gardens.
• The City Centre Implementation plans are being updated to identify projects completed as well as identifying new short term priority projects.

EG5.3.1 - Develop a Place Making strategy for activity centres

Develop a framework for the delivery of place making projects including:

• Urban art
• Creative lighting
• Other centre activation and amenity improvements.

Purpose: To improve liveability, and promote activation and night time economies. 

To contribute to making our centres safe, vibrant and accessible gathering places in which the community can take pride.

As at the end of the fourth quarter, the Urban Art Strategy was endorsed by Council and is available on Council's website.

The Night-time Economy Strategy has been finalised, with the next step a Councillor briefing and stakeholder consultation.

The Urban Design Framework has been finalised and is currently issued for stakeholder consultation.

The Place Making Strategy has been drafted and will now provide a framework for the delivery of place making projects, policies and programs that will include outcomes from the:

• City Centre Implementation Plans
• Place Activation Strategy
• Tactical Urbanism projects
• Night Time Economy Strategy
• Urban Art Strategy
• Urban Design Framework

EG5.4.1 - Economic Development Strategy implementation

Develop a prioritised list of actions from the Economic Development Strategy for Council approval. Commence implementation of approved actions.

Purpose: To support capability and capacity building of Logan based businesses.
To help grow the Logan economy and attract further investment.

• targeted engagement
• broad community consultation
• technical reviews and modelling.

• The first phase of community engagement completed.
• Initial technical reviews have been completed and have informed the workshop papers.
• Workshop papers have been presented to the Industry Reference Group.  These papers are being presented to Councillor workshops in August 2022 ahead of a Special Council meeting in September 2022.

EG5.5.1 - City of Choice 3.0
Deliver recommendations for a new, place-based model for jobs and job pathways. The collaborative model will include representatives from all three levels of government, Logan businesses and the Logan community.

Purpose: To create new and better jobs and job pathways for Logan residents.
To develop a skilled workforce that meets the needs of Logan businesses now and in the future.

• Council at it is meeting of 25 May 2022 resolved to discontinue the City of Choice initiative (Resolution No: 45/2022)

EG5.6.1 - Online Backflow and OSSF (On Site Sewerage Facility) solution

Deliver the remaining automation work on a new innovative backflow and on-site sewage treatment facilities solution.

Purpose: To achieve business efficiencies and increase our level of customer service.

EG5.7.1 - Residential Building Strategy
Deliver a strategy for residential building work.

Purpose: To improve development outcomes in the city of Logan. To further minimise the temporary negative outcomes of development on residents.

EG5.8.1 - Digital infrastructure and connectivity
Deliver the Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity Review Project.

Purpose: To create new opportunities in the digital economy. To provide high speed, reliable internet options to all our community.
This supports the city to be globally competitive.  

As at the end of the financial year planned activities for this project were completed, with the following update for the fourth quarter:

Mobile
Project currently paused pending incoming Federal Government decision on the Mobile Blackspot Program Round 6 funding (expected Q1 FY2022-23). Awaiting decision on Federal Government 5G Innovation Initiative Round 2 grant application.

Broadband
Updated indicative proposal received from OptiComm for FTTP for residential upgrade in designated Southwest polygon precincts. OptiComm have been engaged to conduct detailed survey on 3 polygon areas to refine indicative proposal pricing through "innovation and value engineering" opportunities. Followed up NBN Co for update on fixed wireless program and Logan impacts. Finalised fixed proposal from Opticomm expected by early August 2022.

MFEDC
MFEDC Business Case being finalised to review stage mid-late July 2022.

LEO
Proposals for LEO pilot being progressed through negotiation with two prospective providers, FSG and NetVault with the expectation that they will be finalised in late July 2022.

Smart IoT Platform
Grex review of Maddocks Policy & Playbook development proposal and assessment to be completed mid-July. Deferred internal follow up workshop until late July following revised Maddocks proposal receipt and review.

Program
CEO presentation delivered. Risk register updates completed. Quarterly report to State Gov prepared and lodged.

EG5.9.1 - Catapult

Deliver the Catapult program in collaboration with young people, industry, community and educators.

Purpose: To build the enterprise and entrepreneurial mindset of youth in Logan.
To connect young people to industry and pathways into jobs.

• During the month of June the City Transformation team delivered the inaugural Real World Innovators one-day hackathon which was jointly presented by Catapult and CityStudio.
• 50 students in years 7 – 10 from schools in divisions 2, 4, 6, 12  came together to address the challenge of "how might we build better mental health support for young people in Logan?".
• The RWI series supports priorities identified in Logan Community Vision, Corporate Plan (2021 – 26) and Economic Development strategy (2022 – 27) around building career pathways and crucial job-ready skills for young people, and engaging young people in the growth of the City economically, socially and culturally.
• A follow-up event will take place at the end of Term 3 on September 14.
• The team have also continued with the engagement of local businesses to explore opportunities to provide industry-specific, real-world learning opportunities for students. This builds on the recent Industry Engagement Bus Tour which took place in May in collaboration with the Mayor's Jobs Taskforce. The intent is to build stronger local career pathways for youth and achieve more effective collaboration between industry, Council and the education sector. Further information will follow as details are finalised.
• City Transformation RWI team met with Community Services to further develop linkages and synergy with the LYAG. 

EG5.9.2 - coLab

Deliver the city's first coLab.

Purpose: To support scaling businesses, and attract investment and high value jobs.

EG5.9.3 - Colab programs

Deliver coLab programs for the City of Logan.

Purpose: To support capability uplift for coLab Portfolio Companies.

• The coLab community engagement platform is currently facilitating the United States Market Access Program application process. Applications close on the 08 July.
• An open market process was finalised for the new cohort of companies, with three new companies selected.

EG5.9.4 - City Futures Strategy Review

Deliver a review of the City Futures Strategy.

Purpose: To ensure continued relevance of the strategy. To support integration with the new Economic Development Vision and Strategy.

• The Logan coLab Growth Hub has completed the first year Portfolio Company support program, transitioning the supported firms to alumni status, and completed the selection process for the second year Portfolio Companies. The United States Market Access Program was successfully launched and will be completed in the 2022/2023 financial year in line with the project plan.

• The Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity Program finalised the required Program and Project plans and progressed implementation of the Project plans in line with the overall Program schedule, with the Program to be completed in financial year 2023/2024.

• Through the City Studio and Catapult initiatives delivered the Real world Innovators program (aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals), a leadership capability development program for the Beenleigh Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Logan Youth Innovation showcase and a School holidays program with a focus on developing foundational entrepreneurial capability.

EG5.9.5 - CityStudio Logan

Deliver a Program to partner on city-wide projects that engage with:

• education partners
• students
• Council branches.

• Loganlea High Urban Farm and Food Forest – ongoing meetings with key stakeholders – Loganlea State High School, Griffith University and The Mini Farm Project - this project will be an important enabler to identify the community's and business's understanding and resilience to disruptions such as weather extremes, pandemics, and other disaster-related activities in accessing locally grown food. 
• Stall and onstage presence at LEAF (Logan Eco Action Festival) – by CityStudio Logan, The Mini Farm Project and Loganlea State High School.  Attendees were provided with an overview, current status and future direction of the project, information about what is needed to progress the project further and a call to action to sponsor the program in a variety of ways.  Follow up action secured the purchase of two garden beds.  Currently, 18 beds have been sold, with a total of 66 required.
• Upcoming fundraising events – 2 events are being held in partnership with local businesses, Extraction Artisan Coffee and Devon Pixies (current sponsors), to raise additional funds to increase the number of beds sold.  These events will be held in July and August.

• Mabel Park State High School Year 9 Impact students will be undertaking an environmentally focused CityStudio project on Slacks Creek – commencing approximately 18 July 2022.  This project is partnering with the Health, Environment and Waste branch, Natural Environment and Sustainability.
• Griffith University first-year Environmental Planning Students in the Urban and Environmental Planning Degree, aim to improve local food planning processes to address spiked instances of food shortages and ongoing experiences of food disadvantage in Logan. Students will engage with a number of different target audiences – the first two scheduled as a pilot will include Logan's youth and Indigenous peoples to find out what the most important priorities are for accessing fresh food within Logan. Next year, it is intended to show case those priorities to the broader community groups, local business and industries for their input.  This project will run from August to October, with planning currently underway.

• University of Queensland meeting held to investigate a potential project around "Public Space in Logan".  Further discussions are to be held, with a workshop scheduled for 9 August.

• "Real World Innovators – Mental Health Hackathon" event was held in partnership with BOP Industries. 
• Planning for Glo@Logan in partnership with Griffith University for November event
• Ongoing partnership with LYAG (Logan Youth Action Group) – focus on education and employment, mental health, environment and safety
• l  City Transformation staff participated in First Nations Cultural Awareness Training.