2021-12-07 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda - Updated

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               7 DECEMBER 2021


6    2021-2022 ENVIRONMENT GRANTS PROGRAM (ROUND 2)

Author           Annie Nolan, Carbon Reduction Project Officer
                 Environment and Sustainable Development Department

Index            ECM/ Environmental Grants 26.04

Attachments      1.   Environment Project Grants Funding Recommendations



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this report is to provide background information and an overview of the Round 2
2021-22 Environment Project Grants. These grant recommendations are being presented to
Council for consideration and endorsement.
In the 2021/22 Budget, an additional $50,000 was allocated for the inclusion of a Climate Change
Response category under the Environment Grants Policy. The Community and Environment
Project Grant Guidelines were expanded to include this category.
Five grant applications were received under the Climate Change Response category, of which four
were recommended for full funding and one was recommended for partial funding. One grant
application was received under the Environment category and is recommended for full funding.

 2021-22 Round 2 Environment Project Grants
 Climate Change Response     $43,278
 Environment                 $11,300


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Carbon Reduction Project Officer to the Planning &
Environment Committee Meeting dated 07 December 2021 and approve the Environment Project
Grants as outlined in Attachment 1 to the report.


REPORT
The Environment Grants Policy endorsed by Council in September 2019 states that the
Environment Grants program ‘will support the implementation of the Noosa Environment Strategy,
as well as Council’s other key environment strategies and plans, by enabling collaboration with the
community in initiatives that work towards the outcomes and targets identified in the Noosa
Environment Strategy’.
The Environment Project Grants are allocated to projects, programs or events that align with the
Noosa Environment Strategy and have a positive impact on the Noosa environment. These grants
are usually advertised twice a year, concurrent with the Community Project Grants.
A new category of Climate Change Response was included in the 2021/22 budget under the
Environment Grant Policy to assist in the implementation of the Climate Change Response Plan
and achieve the outcomes of the Sustainable Living and Climate Change Adaptation and
Resilience Strategies under the Environment Strategy 2019.
The purpose of this report is to present recommendations for the latest round of Environment
Project Grants. For expediency and efficiency in reporting, the recommendations for funding
applications made under both the Environment and the Climate Change Response categories are
included in this report.



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