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8.4 My Community Project Grant REPORT BY THE MANAGER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO 17 APRIL 2019 ORDINARY MEETING GOV400067, GRA600038

RECOMMENDATION That Council: 1. receive the report by the Manager Economic Development on the My Community

Project Grant; and

2. only accept to be a Project Sponsor for those projects already identified in the Delivery Program 2017/21.

Executive summary The purpose of this report is to consider the projects Council would accept being a Project Sponsor for through the NSW Government’s My Community Project Fund. Disclosure of Interest Nil. Detailed report The NSW Government has announced a new $24.4m grant fund across NSW called “My Community Project” whereby Community Members can nominate projects for funding of between $20,000 and $200,000. The purpose of the fund is to deliver projects that strengthen and enhance local communities. Once project nominations have closed, community members are then asked to Vote via the Services NSW website for their favourite projects. The projects with the most votes in the State Government electorate will be funded until the electorate’s allocated funding is exhausted. Applications opened on 2 April 2019 and close 15 May 2019. The public voting period is from 15 July to 15 August 2019. Successful projects are to be announced in September 2019. Whilst Community members nominate projects, all projects require a Project Sponsor. A Sponsor can be a local council, school, charity, Aboriginal Land Council, or cultural or sports club. The responsibility of the Sponsor is to deliver the project including signing a funding agreement with the NSW Government. As part of the application process, Project Sponsors are also required to provide a detailed project scope and confirmation of appropriate costs to deliver the project. A number of community groups, schools and sporting organisations may be a Project Sponsor. However if a project is nominated to be completed on Council property or Council managed land, than Council would need to be the Project Sponsor. A number of projects may be nominated by the community and Council will need to advise if these are supported or not as part of the application process.

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Depending on the number of projects nominated, accepting to be a Project Sponsor for multiple projects is likely to involve a significant commitment of resources to develop project scopes and prepare relevant documentation required to support applications. Further, if Council accepts being the Project Sponsor, it will be required to enter into a funding agreement with the NSW Government similar to existing grant funded projects, and deliver the project in accordance with the project scope and timetable. The application period has only just commenced and the closing date for applications is after the May Council meeting, which means the timing of meetings will not allow a report to be brought to Council to consider the requests to be a Project Sponsor. Given the potential impact on existing resources and commitments already made to complete other grant funded projects, it is recommended that Council only accept to be a Project Sponsor if the project is already identified in the Delivery Program 2017/21.

Community Plan implications Theme Looking After Our Community Goal Effective and efficient delivery of infrastructure Strategy Provide infrastructure and services to cater for the current and future needs of our

community

Strategic implications Council Strategies Effective and efficient delivery of infrastructure to ensure services are able to cater for the current and future needs of the community is a key strategy of the Towards 2030 Community Plan. Council Policies Not Applicable Legislation Local Government Act 1993 Financial implications Not Applicable Associated Risks Should Council agree to be a Project Sponsor for projects not already identified in the Delivery Program 2017/21, there is a risk that other projects will not be delivered or additional budget adjustments will need to be made to complete the projects within the relevant scope and timeframe.

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ALINA AZAR MANAGER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

JULIE ROBERTSON DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT

27 March 2019 Attachments: 1. My Community Project Guidelines.

2. My Community Project Fact Sheet For Sponsors. APPROVED FOR SUBMISSION: BRAD CAM GENERAL MANAGER

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