Ordinary Meeting
Meeting Date: Tuesday,
27 February, 2018
Location: Council
Chambers, City Administrative Building, Bridge Road, Nowra
Time:
5.00pm
Membership (Quorum - 7)
All Councillors
Addendum Agenda
Reports
CL18.46....... Sale of Council Employment Land - Lots 125 &
126 Trim St South Nowra.. 1
CL18.47....... South Coast Regional Jobs and Investment Program
- Australian Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities.......................................... 3
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Addendum Agenda - Ordinary
Meeting – Tuesday 27 February 2018
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CL18.46 Sale
of Council Employment Land - Lots 125 & 126 Trim St South Nowra
HPERM Ref: D18/61295
Group: General
Manager's Group
Section: Economic
Development
Purpose / Summary
To confirm and approve the sale
of Council land within the Flinders Industrial Estate
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Recommendation
That
1. Council employment lands (Lot 125 and
Lot 126 DP 1124258, 28 & 32 Trim Street, South Nowra) be each sold for
$296,000 (plus GST) to Younco Constructions P/L.
2. The General Manager be authorised to
sign the Contracts for Sale, and
3. The Transfer to complete the
Contracts for Sale be executed under the Seal of Council
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Options
1. To sell
Lots 125 & 126 DP 1124258, 24 Trim Street, South Nowra
2. Not
to sell Lot 125 & 126 DP 1124258, 24 Trim Street, South Nowra
Background
The sale of Lot 124 DP 1124258,
24 Trim Street, South Nowra has been negotiated and is in accordance with
Council resolution MIN17.123 which set the minimum sale price for this lot as
part of Council’s portfolio of industrial land.
Special conditions applicable to this sale are:
· Buyback condition
– 2 years to build a factory
Financial Implications
The proceeds of the sale will be
deposited into the Council’s Industrial Land Development Reserve for
reinvestment into future industrial land development.
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Addendum Agenda - Ordinary
Meeting – Tuesday 27 February 2018
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CL18.47 South
Coast Regional Jobs and Investment Program - Australian Department of
Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities
HPERM Ref: D18/62189
Group: General
Manager's Group
Section: Economic
Development
Attachments:
1. SCRJI - Approvals February 2018 ⇩
Purpose / Summary
To advise Council of the
projects successfully funded through the South Coast Regional Jobs Initiative.
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Recommendation
That
1. Council accept the report on the
South Coast Regional Jobs Initiative Program
2. The Mayor, on behalf of Council,
write and congratulate each of the Shoalhaven businesses which have
successful projects
3. Council thank the Member for Gilmore
for her efforts in ensuring that this funding was made available to grow
business on the NSW South Coast
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Options
1. Accept the recommendation as written
2. Propose an alternate recommendation
Background
In April 2017 The Australian
Government announced a $220 million Regional Jobs and Investment Packages
(RJIP) to support the Australian Government’s commitment to stimulate
economic growth in Australian regions. The South Coast Region (Shoalhaven,
Eurobodalla and Bega Valley) was to receive $20 million.
The program was to drive
economic growth and create jobs in the ten pilot regions by investing in
projects that will diversify regional economies, stimulate long term growth,
deliver sustainable employment and enable applicants to enter new markets and
sectors.
Grant funding was to be up to 50
per cent of eligible project costs. Applicants were required to provide the
remaining 50 per cent as co-funding towards their project.
Funding was available across
three streams.
· Local
infrastructure - The minimum grant amount was $50,000.
· Business
innovation - The minimum grant amount was $50,000.
· Skills
and training - There was no minimum grant amount.
Applications closed in July
2017.
In the lead up to the
application process a Committee formulated a Local Investment Plan for the
South Coast, Seminars were held for applicants with around 20 businesses
attending the Nowra workshop. Council’s Economic Development Office
offered to assist local applicants with their applications and provided economic
analysis for their proposal. Approximately 15 local businesses took up this
offer.
On 20th February
Minister for Regional Development, John McVeigh, together with Ann Sudmalis MP
for Gilmore announced the successful projects in Nowra.
There were 30 projects approved
across the 3 local government areas.
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Shoalhaven
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Eurobodalla
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Bega
Valley
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No of Approvals
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16
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8
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6
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Grant approved
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$14,082,173
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$4,347,480
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$1,411,566
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Total Project Cost
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$42,947,377
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$8,924,961
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$2,997,702
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A full list of projects is attached
giving the detail of each project.
For the Council projects the
formal offer from the government has not yet been received and a subsequent
report will be made to Council to accept the grants. In both cases the matching
funding was to come from the Economic Development Reserve.
Community Engagement
At the time the announcement of
the grant program was well circulated to the business community and the
information session at Nowra was well attended.
Many of the Shoalhaven
applicants utilised the services of the Economic Development Office to review
and improve their applications. Since the announcement several appreciative
messages have been received from local businesses thanking the ED staff for
their assistance.
Policy Implications
Applying for grants and
encouraging others to leverage funding to expand business is part of the
Shoalhaven Economic Development Strategy 2017-2026 – productive
Shoalhaven
Financial Implications
Council will formally need to
accept the grant and vote funds for its projects and another report will be
submitted to do this when details are to hand.
