Minutes of Meeting

Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting

Venue	Cavanbah Centre, Ewingsdale Road, Byron Bay
Date	Thursday, 30 November 2017
Time	2.00pm

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting Minutes          30 November 2017

Minutes of the Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting held on Thursday, 30 November 2017

File No: I2017/1898

PRESENT:   Cr Richardson, Cr J Hackett, Cr M Lyon

Staff:     James Flockton (Flood and Drainage Engineer)

              Chloe Dowsett (Coastal Estuaries Officer)

              Dean Baulch (Principal Engineer Systems Planning)

Bryan Green (Water Sewer Systems Environment Officer)

              Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community Representatives:   Mary Gardner, Mathew Lambourne, Tony Flick, Tim Hochgrebe and Duncan Dey, Jessica Huxley (consultant)

Cr Lyon (Chair) opened the meeting at 2:07 pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Cr C Coorey

Phillip Holloway (Director, Infrastructure Services)

Peter Rees (Manager, Utilities)

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Panel Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting held on 28 September 2017 be confirmed.

(Dey/Lambourne)

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 - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1             The State of Water Reuse

File No:                        I2017/1797

Panel Recommendation:

That Council notes the Panel supports water reuse over river discharge via solar electric installations for the supply pump at Mullumbimby and the irrigation pumps on the two farms in Main Arm involved in the Main Arm reuse scheme, especially due to the coincidence of insolation and irrigation.

(Dey/Hochgrebe)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: That the next meeting includes a report with Management and Monitoring of the  24 Hectare Melaleuca Project, and possibly a tour of the project.

Report No. 4.2             Recycled Water Pricing

File No:                        I2017/1798

Panel Recommendation:

1.       That Council notes Panel supports, where appropriate, for development consent conditions that require compulsory plumbing of recycled water to dwellings for laundry, toilets and gardens and to business and commercial where appropriate, as happens in parts of Ballina Shire.

2.       That Council requests a cost benefit analysis on implementing the above in Byron Shire including an environmental assessment and that this report be forwarded to Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee for considerations.

(Dey/Hackett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3             Tallow Creek Estuary Opening

File No:                        I2017/1799

Panel Recommendation:

That the Panel note the items listed for discussion.

(Lambourne/Gardner)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: That the Panel be provided a copy of Environmental Management Plan for the opening of the Tallow Creek mouth and it be added as Agenda item to next meeting.

Cr Hackett left the meeting at 03:33 PM.

Report No. 4.4             Belongil Estuary Opening Strategy

File No:                        I2017/1800

The Panel discussed the report.

Report No. 4.5             New Brighton Beach Scraping Project

File No:                        I2017/1801

The Panel discussed the report.

Report No. 4.6             Update on the Coastal Zone Management Plan for the Byron Bay Embayment (CZMP BBE)

File No:                        I2017/1802

The Panel discussed the report.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 4:16 pm.