Minutes of Meeting

North Byron Coastal Creeks Flood Risk Management Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Time	1.30pm

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

North Byron Coastal Creeks Flood Risk Management Committee Meeting Minutes      23 June 2015

Minutes of the North Byron Coastal Creeks Flood Risk Management Committee Meeting held on Tuesday, 23 June 2015

File No: I2015/564

PRESENT:   Cr S Richardson (Mayor) and Cr D Dey

Staff:   James Flockton (Flood and Drainage Engineer)

            Helen Waldron, Susan Sulcs (Minute Takers)

Invited Members:   Phillip Buchanan (OEH), Andrew Page (Cape Byron Marine Park),

Community:           Jim Mangleson, Mathew Lambourne

Consultants:           Richard Sharpe and Jo Tinnion (BMT WBM)

Cr Dey(Chair) opened the meeting at 1.40pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Phillip Holloway

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

That the minutes of the North Byron Coastal Creeks Flood Risk Management Committee Meeting, held 13 August 2014, be confirmed.

(Mangleson/Richardson)

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 5.1             North Byron Coastal Creeks Draft Flood Study Review

File No:                        I2015/470

Committee Recommendation:

That Council notes:

1.       That there are discrepancies in the draft Flood Study for the 1987 flood in     Mullumbimby that require verification of divergent sets of data.

2.       That the Committee will meet again on 18 August 2015 to see the results of the      verification and a new draft Flood Study.

(Dey/Richardson)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 3.07 pm.