Minutes

Extraordinary Meeting

 Thursday, 12 May 2016

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Extraordinary Meeting Minutes

12 May 2016

INDEX OF ITEMS DISCUSSED

The following items are listed in the order in which they were dealt with.

Report No. 4.1 Public Exhibition of Draft Coastal Zone Management Plan Byron Bay Embayment 3

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Extraordinary Meeting Minutes                                                                   12 May 2016

MINUTES OF THE BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL Extraordinary Meeting HELD ON Thursday, 12 May 2016 COMMENCING AT 9.04AM AND CONCLUDING AT 10.34AM

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PRESENT:   Cr S Richardson (Mayor), Cr B Cameron, Cr C Cubis, Cr D Dey, Cr A Hunter,
Cr S Ibrahim, Cr P Spooner, Cr R Wanchap and Cr D Woods

Staff:   Ken Gainger (General Manager)

            Mark Arnold (Director Corporate and Community Services)

            Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

            Shannon Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy)

            Mila Jones (Minute Taker)

The Mayor opened the meeting and acknowledged that the meeting is being held on Arakwal Country and that we pay our respects to the elders past and present and extend our respect to the Bundjalung clans whose lands and waters are part of the Shire.

PUBLIC ACCESS

Prior to dealing with the circulated report and associated information, a Public Access Session was held and Council was addressed on the following:

4.1       Public Exhibition of Draft Coastal Zone Management Plan Byron Bay Embayment

Donald Maughan (President, Suffolk Park Progress Association) addressed Council against the recommendation.

APOLOGIES

There were no apologies.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST – PECUNIARY AND NON-PECUNIARY

There were no declarations of interest.

Staff Reports - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 4.1             Public Exhibition of Draft Coastal Zone Management Plan Byron Bay Embayment

File No:                        I2016/388

Moved: That the draft CZMP shall not be placed upon public exhibition until the following additions and annexures are included:

1.    A comprehensive consideration by staff of the PRG feedback on the 7 April 2016 version of the draft CZMP, noting staff comments that currently this has not been possible due to time constraints, thus failing to ensure objectives 2 of the 3 objectives of the PRG have been achieved.

2.    A comprehensive consideration by staff of the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) feedback on the 7 April 2016 version of the draft CZMP, noting staff comments that the draft CZMP BBE timeframes, as per Res16-028, did not allow for a further review by the OEH of the Management Study or Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA).

3.    A review of the updated CBA by the OEH.

4.    Regarding Implementation Schedules-Open Coast Ecosystem Health, results of appropriate investigations in relation to potential impacts of the works on coastal ecological communities

5.    Council’s commitment to proactively ameliorate any off-site impacts resulting from proposed protection works is outlined

6.    Articulation of further adaptive management stages; including: the proposed funding models, indicative costing, identification of sand sources for transfers, designs of works and impacts of each adaptive stages.

7.    Minutes of a further Community Focused Workshop that achieves attendance by a broad representation of the community, with affected landowners also present, is tabled.

(Richardson/Dey)

	Procedural MotionS
16-230	Resolved that Cr Spooner be granted a three minute extension to his speech. (Richardson/Cameron) The motion was put to the vote and declared carried. Crs Cubis, Woods and Hunter voted against the motion.

16-231

Resolved that Cr Cameron be granted a two minute extension to his speech. (Richardson/Wanchap) The motion was put to the vote and declared carried. Cr Cubis voted against the motion.

16-232

Resolved that Cr Richardson be granted a one minute extension to his speech. (Woods/Cameron) The motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

The motion (Richardson/Dey) was put to the vote and declared lost.

Crs Ibrahim, Cubis, Woods, Wanchap and Hunter voted against the motion.

FORESHADOWED MOTION

16-233

Resolved that Council endorse the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan Byron Bay Embayment, at Attachments 1 to 5, for public exhibition and proceed with the public exhibition for a period of not less than 21 days, from 14 May 2016 to 6 June 2016, in accordance with section 55E of the Coastal Protection Act 1979, as per the Exhibition Activities detailed within the report. Prior to exhibition amend Table 1 in reference to the PRG feedback provided to staff, the date to be amended from 10 June to 11 June.  Two days to be listed in the Details column.                                                                                                                               (Ibrahim/Wanchap)

	Procedural MotionS
16-234	Resolved that Cr Ibrahim be granted a two minute extension to his speech.      (Richardson/Cubis) The motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

16-235

Resolved that Cr Richardson be granted a one minute extension to his speech. (Woods/Cameron) The motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

16-236

Resolved that Cr Ibrahim be granted a two minute extension to his speech.             (Woods/Cubis) The motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

The motion (Ibrahim/Wanchap) was put to the vote and declared carried.

Crs Dey, Richardson, Cameron and Spooner voted against the motion.

RESCISSION MOTION LODGED 12 MAY 2016

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 10.34am.

I hereby certify that these are the true and correct Minutes of this Meeting

as confirmed at Council’s Ordinary Meeting on 9 June 2016.

….…………………………

Mayor Simon Richardson