Successful Grant Submissions

Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement (DRFA) provides funding for Council to restore buildings, parks, and facilities to their pre-disaster condition. However, this funding does not allow Council to “improve”, make changes to layouts or materials, or increase the capacity of existing buildings, parks or facilities. Whilst all of Council’s Parks and Public toilets are close to being restored, more complex assets such as the buildings raise opportunities for Council to ‘build back better’.

Recognising many of Council’s assets are within the flood zone, consideration for flood resilience needs to be made in choosing the materials and designs of buildings as restoration works continue. Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements allow for complementary works to be completed alongside Essential Public Asset Restoration works, so long as Council combines their own funds/resources or have alternative funding sources for the reconstruction that’s identified as a variation to the asset’s pre-disaster condition. As part of the restoration this provides an opportunity for Council to improve assets to not only be more flood resilient, but potentially better serve our community.

Council is excited to announce it’s been successful in two grant programs – the Essential Community Sport Assets Program (ECSAP) and Community Local Infrastructure Recovery Program (CLIRP) – Arts and Culture Priority Needs Program – focusing on several flood effected buildings and facilities to improve these assets for the community. Details on the grants received are available below:

Essential Community Asset Program (ESCAP)

• $507,248 for Crozier Field and Mortimer Oval for LED Lighting upgrades.
• $996,358 for the Lismore Netball and Tennis Clubhouses, and Albert Park Baseball complex - flood resilient repairs to the sporting facilities, including the change rooms, toilets, kitchen/catering areas and flooring. It will relocate the electrical distribution facility above flood levels, provide replacement fencing and upgrade the field drainage.
• $344,510 for the Lismore Basketball Stadium- Replacement of subfloor and associated supports for stadium floor.
• $1,000,000 for the Lismore Memorial Baths – Upgrade of pump and filter systems.

Further information on ESCAP Grant recipients can be found here.

Community Local Infrastructure Recovery Program (CLIRP) – Arts and Culture Priority Needs

• $104,000 – Lismore Municipal Building – Sub-Floor Venting and Roof Restoration
• $494,400 – Lismore Library – Internal Fit out- re-fit of internal walls, fixtures and fittings using flood resilient and resistant materials, and electrical, data and security components above flood height.
• $499,004 – Lismore Regional Gallery – Internal Fit out - flood resilience will be incorporated into this project, including flood-resilient materials
• and fixed features, and storage facilities above flood levels.

Further Information on CLIRP – Arts and Culture Priority Needs grant recipients can be found here.

Council has also completed applications in further grant programs including the Infrastructure Betterment Fund and the Community Local Infrastructure Recovery Program (CLIRP) – Community Assets Program. Council is awaiting the outcome of these applications.