Minutes of Meeting

Infrastructure Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue

Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby

Date

Friday, 7 October 2022

Time

12.30pm

 

 

 


BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Infrastructure Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 7 October 2022

Minutes of the Infrastructure Advisory Committee Meeting held on Friday, 7 October 2022

File No: I2022/1423

PRESENT: Cr Michael Lyon (Mayor), Cr Duncan Dey,

 

Staff:  Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

            Judd Cornwall (Traffic & Transport Engineer)

            Cesar Giraldo  (Project Engineer)

            Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

 

Community Representatives: Gareth James, Anthony Pangallo, Genevieve Lee, Andrew Winton-Brown

 

 

Cr Lyon (Chair) opened the meeting at 12:34 pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Attendance via AUDIO-VISUAL LINK:

 

Apologies:

Cr Mark Swivel

Kellie Obrien

 

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Cr Dey declared a pecuniary/non-pecuniary interest in Report 4.1. The nature of the interest being that he is a member of Mullumbimby Rural Residence Association.

 

 

 

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Report No. 3.1           Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meeting

File No:                       I2022/1334

 

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Infrastructure Advisory Committee Meeting held on 16 June 2022 be confirmed.

 

(Pangallo/James)

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           Mullum Traffic Investigations

File No:                       I2022/596

 

Committee Recommendation:

The Infrastructure Advisory Committee recommend that Council:

1.         Notes the Draft Mullumbimby Traffic and Transport Report (attachment 1 of Report  4.1 to Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Agenda- E2022/90532).

 

2.         Endorses the preferred Heavy Vehicle routes proposed in attachment 1.

 

3.         Supports the Station Street/ Fern Street upgrade and Station Street/ Tincogan Street upgrade designs being finalised with allowance for Heavy Vehicle movements.

 

4.         Receives a report in relation to intersection layouts for the designs in point 3 above 

 

5.         Supports options around the Tincogan Street Intersection priority changes being drafted and brought back to next meeting Infrastructure Advisory Committee for approval, with options including pedestrian refuges and a dedicated right-turn lane for vehicles travelling east on Tincogan Street towards Dalley Street.

 

6.         Supports the concept layout to change the priority at the Burringbar / Station Street intersection and refer it to the Local Traffic Committee for advice.

 

7.         Consults with the Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce, Place Planning Committee,  Mullumbimby Residents Association and Main Arm Rural Residents Association about the Mullumbimby Traffic and Transport Draft Report (attachment 1) and this recommendation.

 

(Lyon/Pangallo)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

 

 

Report No. 4.2           Application of Road Access and Safety Principles

File No:                       I2022/865

 

Committee Recommendation:

The Infrastructure Advisory Committee recommend that Council:

1.   Places the Draft Road Access and Safety Principles Policy (attachment 1 of Report  4.2 to Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Agenda E2021/47301) on public exhibition in accordance with Council policy.

 

2.   Supports development of the Road Access and Safety Principles through a Road Safety Plan that is prepared once the Byron Integrated Transport Strategy (Moving Byron) is formally adopted.

(Dey/Winton-Brown)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

 

 

 

Report No. 4.3           Paterson Street Road Safety Concerns Petition

File No:                       I2022/864

 

Committee Recommendation:

That Council investigates a footpath linking the existing BB022 shared footpath on Massinger Street, between Lawson Street and Marvel Street extending to Bangalow Road via Paterson Street as part of a future review of footpaths and priorities in Council’s Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan.

(Dey/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

 

 

Report No. 4.4           Belongil Parking Scheme Review - New Parking limits

File No:                       I2022/1222

 

Committee Recommendation:

That Council supports, subject to Local Traffic Committee approval, the proposed short and long term actions for Belongil Beach on Childe Street, Kendall Street and Border Street included in the attached drawings (attachment 1 of Report  4.4 to Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Agenda - E2022/89910).

 

(Dey/Pangallo)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

   

 

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 2:38 pm.