Floodplain Management
Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 16 June 2022
Minutes of the Floodplain
Management Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 16 June
2022
File No: I2022/697
PRESENT: Cr
M Lyon (Mayor), Cr D Dey
Staff: James
Flockton (Infrastructure Planning Coordinator)
Scott
Moffett (Flood and Drainage Engineer)
Shelley
Flower (Minute Taker)
Xavier
Thacker (Flood and Drainage Engineer)
Rachel
Sinclair (GIS Administrator)
Chloe
Dowsett (Coast, Biodiversity and Sustainability Coordinator)
Orla
Seccull (Coastal and Estuary Officer)
Invited
Members: Ben Fitzgibbon (Dept of Planning and Environment)
Community: Karl
Allen, Rebecca Brewin, Matthew Lambourne, Steven Harris
Cr Lyon (Chair)
opened the meeting at 2.04pm and acknowledged that the meeting
was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Cr C Coorey, Phil Holloway,
Martin Rose (Dept of Planning and Environment), Chad Ellis (State Emergency
Service).
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Committee Recommendation:
That
Council accept the above apologies.
(Lyon/Lambourne)
The recommendation was put to the
vote and declared carried.
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Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and
Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of
interest.
Adoption of Minutes
from Previous Meetings
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Report No. 3.1 Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Meeting
File No: I2022/586
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Committee Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Floodplain Management Advisory
Committee Meeting held on 21 April 2022 be confirmed.
(Dey/Lambourne)
The recommendation was put to the
vote and declared carried.
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Business Arising from Previous Minutes
There was no business arising
from previous minutes.
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Committee Recommendation:
That the order of business be
amended to review Report 4.4 first.
(Lyon/Lambourne)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Staff Reports -
Infrastructure Services
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Report No. 4.4 Byron
Shire Post 2022 Flood Analysis Update
File No: I2022/651
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council notes the report and the Floodplain
Management Advisory Committee continue to receive progress reports on the
Post 2022 Flood Analysis.
(Lambourne/Brewin)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.1 Byron
Shire Council Flood Risk Management Plan-Actions and Accomplishments
File No: I2022/632
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council note:
1.
The current Byron Shire Council Flood Mitigation Program, Attachment
1 (E2022/52007).
2.
The Floodplain Management Advisory Committee will hold a
workshop in July to re-prioritise the items in Attachment 1.
(Lyon/Harris)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.2 Byron
Bay Drainage Upgrade Project
File No: I2022/633
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council notes the current progress of the
Byron Bay Drainage Strategy and the Floodplain Management Advisory Committee
receive a further report with a consultation plan for the project.
(Lambourne/Harris)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.3 Capricornia
Canal and Marshalls Creek
File No: I2022/636
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council endorse the Floodplain Management
Advisory Committee receiving a further report with a proposed scope that
includes recommendations received from the committee.
(Lyon/Lambourne)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.5 Voluntary
House Raising
File No: I2022/686
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council support:
1. The
Draft Byron Shire Council Voluntary House Raising Scheme Guidelines
Attachment 1 (E2022/29988) being placed on public exhibition as per Council
policy;
2. The
benefiting landowner being responsible for the one third funding contribution
under the NSW Floodplain Management Program Voluntary House Raising
funding grant
3. That for any
approved Voluntary House Raising dwellings, Council’s development
applications fees be waived in order to minimise the costs related to these
essential works
4. The
Floodplain Management Advisory Committee receives a further report that details
the number of houses across the shire with floor levels below the 100 year
flood level that are ineligible for funding under the NSW Floodplain
Management Program Voluntary House Raising funding grant and the number of
houses with floors between the 100 year flood level and the 500 year flood
level.
(Lyon/Lambourne)
The
recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 4.19pm.
