Minutes of Meeting

Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Time	2.00pm

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes                      16 February 2016

Minutes of the Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting held on Tuesday, 16 February 2016

File No: I2016/56

PRESENT:   Cr S Richardson, Cr B Cameron, Cr A Hunter

Staff:   Wayne Bertram (Manager, Sustainable Development )

            Luke Munro (BSC Planner)

            Noreen Scott (Minute Taker) 

Members:       Chris Cooney (Mullumbimby/Brunswick Valley Historical Society)
Don Osborne (Bangalow Historical Society)

                        Donald Maughan (Byron Bay Historical Society)

                        Jeff Lovett
Leonard Baitz                                                                                        

Cr Cameron  (Chair) opened the meeting at 2pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Jim Rogers, Shannon Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy).

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 Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting held on 17 November 2015 be confirmed.

Note : Cr Richardson was an apology for this meeting.

(Hunter/Cooney)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 5.1             Heritage Strategy

File No:                        I2015/1590

Committee Recommendation:

That the Committee note the comments/notes discussed at the meeting held 16 February 2016, and the discussions on the development of the Heritage Strategy for Byron Shire inclusive of the 4 points as follows:

Identify

· Missing Potential Items – Further Assessment

· Aboriginal Study

· Natural Heritage

· Pioneers Heritage – Risk of Loss

· Bangalow Conservation

· Social Heritage

· Vulnerable non-listed in each area

· Trees and Stumps

· Orchards Arboretums

· Additional Listings

· Green Frog – (Steam Locomotive)

Protect

· National and State Laws

· Local Level

· Byron LEP 2014

· DCP Provisions

· Notification

· Transparency

· Heritage Item v Conservation Area

· Concern about Irreversible Loss

· Demolition by Neglect

· Community vigilance

· State Level Heritage Listings

Enhance

· Grants – Local Fund

· Correct Use of Materials Colours

· Adaptive Re-Use

· Heritage Rebate Valuations

· Sympathetic Extension – Investment and Retention of Item

· Restoration/Reconstruction

· Secondary Dwellings , Good neighbour development– Complementary Designs – DCP Controls

· Dual Occupancy Infill

· Curtilage

Promote

· Awareness of Consent - Regulations

·  Information Kits

· Frequently asked Questions

· Press Release

· Bangalow Colour Schedules

· Researched with Options

· Education

· Masterplans

· Interpretation

· Murals

· Location relevance

· Ongoing maintenance

· Content

· Apps – Trails Information

·    Walk of Fame – The people Social Significance – Each Community

(Cameron/Hunter)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Committee Recommendation:

That all Committee members are welcome to send in suggestions or comments for the draft Heritage Strategy content to Council, and these comments will be combined and forwarded to the Heritage Advisor. (Cameron/Hunter)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Committee Recommendation:

That the Heritage Advisor bring back a draft Heritage Strategy to the next Committee meeting scheduled for the 12 April, 2016 for further discussion. (Cameron/Hunter)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Committee Recommendation:

That June Grant be appointed as the alternate Community Representative for Leonard Bates.         (Baitz/Osborne)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Committee Recommendation:

That the “WW1 Memorial Coastal Cypress Pines, at the Terrace Crown Reserve at Brunswick Heads”, be assessed for heritage significance and added as a local heritage item to the LEP. (Osborne/Maughan)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 4:10pm.