Ordinary Council Meeting - Hastings Council - NSW Government

PORT MACQUARIE-HASTINGS COUNCIL
Environment
Meeting Date: 16/02/2011 - Environment
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Item 26
Subject FUNDING OFFERS FOR NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Director MATT ROGERS (DES)
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This report details a total of 5 funding offers from the Northern Rivers Catchment Management
Authority and the Environmental Trust.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council accept 4 grant offers of $90,000, $20,000, $30,000 and $25,000 from
the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority and a grant offer of $100,000
from the Environmental Trust and that the budget be adjusted to reflect these
grants.
Discussion
Port Macquarie - Hastings Council has been successful in biding for 4 grant offers from the
NRCMA and 1 grant offer from the Environmental Trust. The following table outlines the grant
offers.
Grant Offer Amount (GST ex) Works Location
NRCMA -Bitou Bush
TAP
$ 25,000 Control of Bitou Bush
and other invasive
weed
Grants head, Googleys
Lagoon, Tacking Point,
Shelly Beach
NRCMA - Incentive Bid $90,000
Littoral Rainforest
Regeneration
Lake Cathie, Port
Macquarie.
NRCMA - Weed $30,000 development of 20 LGA - wide
Control Plans
weed control plans
NRCMA - EcoHealth $20,000 Riparian Ecological LGA - wide
Health Assessment
Environmental Trust $100,000 Bush Regeneration
Works - Littoral
Rainforest
TOTAL $265,000
Alignment With Strategic Direction
Coastal strip from
Shelly Beach to Town
Beach
Acceptance of these grant offers and implementation of these bush regeneration works are
consistent with Council's Strategic Direction and in particular with the Environment Focus Area.
The proposal has direct links with Council's sustainability values by addressing issues of
biodiversity and coastal ecosystem restoration.
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