Biodiversity and
Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 18 February 2016
Minutes of the Biodiversity
and Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday,
18 February 2016
File No: I2016/137
PRESENT: Cr
S Richardson (Mayor), Cr A Hunter, Cr R Wanchap
Staff: Sharyn
French (Manager Land and Natural Environment)
Greg Shanahan (Acting Natural Environment Officer Policy & Projects)
Sandi Middleton (Sustainability Officer)
Michelle
Chapman (Minute Taker)
Community
voting members: Joanna
Immig, Luke McConnell, Peter Westheimer, Chris Sanderson
Cr Richardson (Chair) opened the meeting at
9.10am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on
Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Andy Baker, Samala Heart, James
Mayson, Kate Smillie, Donovan Adcock
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of
interest.
Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Meetings
Committee
Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Biodiversity and Sustainability
Advisory Committee Meeting held on 12 November 2015 be confirmed.
(Hunter/Wanchap)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried..
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Business Arising from Previous Minutes
Resignation of non-voting
Community members
The Committee noted there are no
longer any non voting members and that the constitution be amended accordingly.
Staff Reports -
Sustainable Environment and Economy
Report No. 5.1 Environmental
Levy Budget
File No: I2015/343
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Committee Recommendation:
1. That
the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee recommend that funds
allocated in the 2016/17 draft Budget to revise the Vegetation Mapping with
the 2015 high resolution aerial imagery be split equally at $22,000 each
between the three Directorates, given that more accurate vegetation mapping
will benefit each Directorate’s delivery of their projects and
services.
2. That
the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee recommend that funds
allocated in the 2016/17 draft Budget to the Low Carbon Strategy be increased
by $10,000 to $23,000.
3. That
the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee recommend that funds
allocated in the 2016/17 draft Budget to enact possible actions from the
Integrated Weed Management Strategy upon its adoption and the Roadside
Vegetation Management Plan be increased by $10,000 to $19,200.
(Wanchap/Westheimer)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 5.2 High
Conservation Value (HCV) and Office of Environment and Heritage's High
Environmental Value (HEV) methodology
File No: I2015/1501
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity and Sustainability
Committee note this report.
(Richardson/Hunter)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried..
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Report No. 5.3 Wildlife
Corridor Mapping
File No: I2016/30
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory
Committee note the report and that the Biodiversity Conservation
Strategy sub group will meet to discuss the review of the wildlife corridor
mapping.
(Immig/Hunter)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 10.53am.