In January 2009, Concept Plan 6 was presented to the Community Reference Group. By May 2009, Concept Plan 7 had been developed, from a suggestion made from Concept Plan 6, and the council approved its release for public comment which if approved would progress towards a Structure Plan. Concept Plan 7 was released for a sixty-day public consultation in May 2009. In September 2009, the results of the public consultation were released with 11,728 surveys returned with 93.9% of those surveyed supported the Marina development. Concepts such as food and beverage outlets, boardwalk, open public spaces and a CAT bus to the site received high support while low support was received for residential apartments, helipads and heights of buildings. By December 2009, the Ocean Reef Marina Committee recommended that the council proceed with the preparation of a structure plan and business case for the Ocean Reef Marina Development.
