BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting Minutes  

12 October 2017

 

Minutes of Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

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Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting

 

 

 

Venue

Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby

Date

Thursday, 12 October 2017

Time

2.00pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes of the Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 12 October 2017

File No: I2017/1490

 

PRESENT:             Mayor Cr S Richardson, Cr A Hunter and Cr M Lyon,

 

Staff:   Tony Nash (Manager Works)

            James Flockton (Flood and Drainage Engineer)

            Chloe Dowsett (Coastal Estuaries Officer)

            Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

 

Community:           Andrew Page (Cape Byron Marine Park), Duncan Dey, Robyn Bolden, Rebecca Brewin, Susan Skyvinton, Steve Keefe, Mathew Lambourne, Toong Chin (OEH), Martin Rose (OEH), Peter Mair (SES),

 

Cr A Hunter (Chair) opened the meeting at 2:09 pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

 

Apologies:

 

There were apologies from Cr J Hackett and Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services).

 

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

 

As this was the first meeting of this Committee, there were no previous minutes to adopt.

 

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

 

As this was the first meeting of this Committee, the was no business arising.

 

 

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Note: That the Committee agreed to change the Order of Business to deal with Report  No. 4.3 first on the Agenda.

 

 

Report No. 4.3             Introduction to the Floodplain Risk Management Process

File No:                        I2017/1360

 

Committee Recommendation:

That Council note the report.                                                                                     (Lyon/Lambourne)

 

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

 

 

Report No. 4.1             March 2017 Flood Event

File No:                        I2017/1156

 

Committee Recommendation:

1.       That Council note the report and existence of further report by Manly Hydraulics Laboratory, prepared on a regional basis.

 

2.       That Committee members should provide feedback within 2 weeks regarding the draft, with staff sending a reminder after one week.                                                                                         (Dey/Bolden)

 

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

 

 

Report No. 4.2             North Byron Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan Tender

File No:                        I2017/1356

 

Committee Recommendation:

1.       That Council note the North Byron Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan Technical Brief (E2017/92200) including final updates from OEH.

 

2.       That Council staff and OEH note dissatisfaction expressed by some committee members on consultants’ performance in preparing the preceding Flood Study.

 

3.       That Council review and update its Climate Change Policy on the basis of recent findings, including findings on regional rainfall changes.                                                                                     (Dey/Bolden)

 

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

   

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 3:45 pm.