CC Appropriation

Motion 1: That an appropriation of up to $450,000 is made available to ConFest Committee for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Proposed by: Robin Macpherson
Supported by: Mark Rasmussen, Sue Helson, Aaron Shipperlee

Market Committee Approriation

Motion 2: That an appropriation of $12k be made available to the market committee for planning for the next ConFest

Support for NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust Grant Application

Following the creation of a land management plan by our landcare group and a successful survey of Woorooma property in May, NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) confirmed a worthy population of conservable grey-box trees and other high value conservation areas, making us eligible for external funding to address feral animals, weeds and revegetation. The plan seeks to place a covenant over part of the property (outside our areas of festival impact - see maps) which will protect the threatened ecological communities which we have on our property and provide us with financial and physical support to undertake the management.

This funding, between $5000 and $30,000 received annually over the next 20+ years (it is actually in perpetuity) will be available to pay contractors to address feral animal and pest plant control and will also provide direct seeding and planting of natives into designated areas. Additionally, it can also pay for local indigenous work crews to be engaged in undertaking parts of this work (such as manual weed control), can provide funding to support Rays work in creating a native nursery onsite, provide interpretive signage so to allow visitors to walk through revegetated areas and learn about the threatened communities we are protecting and assist us in managing the land for ecological enhancement. We can also create carbon credits to offset our festival impact towards becoming a carbon positive event site.

Our landcare group and board of directors seek the support of our membership should the application for this grant be successful- in assurance that our obligations to the conservation land management plan in no way effect our continued land use for the purpose of hosting festivals.

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Motion 3: Membership recognises the formal conservation agreement with NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust should our application be successful, and supports the receival of external funding and obligations set out in our land management plan.

Proposed by: Shardae Reed
Supported by: Sue Helson, Robin Macpherson, Lance Nash

Attachments: No attachments.

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