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Tyalgum Public Recreation and Preservation of Native Flora and Fauna ReserveTenure ManagementThe Trust is required to prepare standard and temporary licence templates as a basis forauthorising use of Reserve facilities. Standard provisions will include such elements as therules of hire/use including cleaning, damages, bond, power usage, fees and charges andinsurance requirements. Licences will clearly identify the facilities that are included in the hirearrangements. No deviation from the standard arrangements should occur without minutedapproval of the Trust. Note: the Reserve Trust Handbook provides guidelines.Tenure Management Actions• Develop standard and temporary licence templates as a basis for all licences issuedto users of Reserve facilities.• Benchmark current fee and bond structures and initiate annual reviews• Ensure any commercial use of Reserve facilities is subject to rental at a competitivecommercial rate.4.5 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSThis planning process identified some misunderstandings of the Crown land system and thestrict legislative and governance principles, obligations and limitations of Trusts, the role ofTrustees etc amongst some community members. A newsletter was circulated to all Districthouseholds providing a simple outline of the Crown land and Trust systems and the role of aPoM.In the past the Trustees relied on an informal network of family and friends whenmaintenance works etc were needed and have gone quietly about saving for, or accessingfunds to carry out, improvements with minimal fanfare.The result is that, while there is a high level of broader community support for the Reserveand the Trust, the Trustees have not created an avenue to: regularly inform the community ofthe amount of work being undertaken on a voluntary basis; keep them up to date with eventsand activities; or to formally seek and harness volunteers for maintenance activities, fundraising and so on.Community Partnership Actions• Establish a Friends of Tyalgum Reserve Group for community members wishing tovolunteer their assistance in, for example, maintaining and developing the Reserve,with fundraising activities and assistance at events. All activities of the group shouldbe undertaken with the knowledge and approval of the Trust.• Produce a biannual Trust newsletter. This will keep the broader District communityinformed of Reserve Trust work, initiatives, fund raising activities etc. This will alsohelp the broader community understand the financial imposts on the Trust inmaintaining and developing Reserve assets. It is sometimes difficult for localcommunities to understand why they are charged for the use of community facilitiesand there is pressure on Trustees to make exceptions regarding charges etc.4.6 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROPOSALDistrict strategic planning exercises have emphasised the community’s commitment tocreating a more ecologically sustainable and resilient local community. A proposal arisingTYALGUM RESERVE PLAN OF MANAGEMENT: EXHIBITION DRAFT 24
Tyalgum Public Recreation and Preservation of Native Flora and Fauna Reservefrom the 2009 Caldera Community Economic Transition Plan identified a goal of establishinga large scale solar demonstration project in the Uki-Tyalgum–Chillingham area.The community planning process identified the possibility of working with Essential Energy ina commercial trial of innovative new technology as a demonstration project for a large scalesolar farm (at least 240kW capacity and potentially more); the objective basically being topower an entire community from solar energy. The layout of Tyalgum Village was seen asthe most potentially suitable.The Community Plan identified that there is considerable potential for the creation of usefulpublic open space, through design associated with the structures supporting the photovoltaiccollectors for the proposed system or, alternatively, the system could be incorporated as partof the design of proposed new infrastructure (Caldera Economic Transition Program 2009).The solar demonstration project is at this stage an idea that has some expressed interestfrom parties wishing to showcase innovative technology.The project is one requiring major capital investment and significant research and analysiswill be required to investigate its feasibility. If implemented, this initiative in addition to thecommitment to an environmentally sustainable built environment has the potential, over time,for the Reserve to develop as a showcase of sustainability and regional biodiversity.Renewable Energy Proposal Actions• Investigate opportunities for potential renewable energy proposals for the Reserve• Ensure that principles of energy conservation and resource sustainability areincorporated in to the design and management of Reserve facilities and infrastructure4.7 ADJOINING CROWN LANDSThe strategic integration of the adjoining Crown reserves with the existing management ofTyalgum Recreation Reserve was considered during the formulation of this Plan.The adjoining Crown land has an area of 2.44 ha and comprises:• Reserve 95559 for Camping and Caravan Park notified 28 August 1981 described asLot 105 DP 728111; and• Reserve 95565 for Quarantine notified 28 August 1981 and described as Lot 106 DP728111.Tweed Shire Council is the appointed Corporate Manager of the Tyalgum (R95559) ReserveTrust, which is responsible for the care, control and management of Reserve 95559. This is astrategically significant reserve with frontage to the main street of the Village. Management ofReserve 95565 currently resides with the DPI – Tick Control Board.In the past the Reserve Trust has made formal approaches to have management of theadjoining reserves transferred to its control. Incorporation of the adjoining reserves under anintegrated management regime would clearly have strategic merit and would enable moreholistic planning and management of this significant public resource. The proposal hasstrong local support however the matter has been in abeyance for many years pending theresolution of contamination issues affected both reserves.TYALGUM RESERVE PLAN OF MANAGEMENT: EXHIBITION DRAFT 25
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