Minutes of Meeting

Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 23 June 2016
Time	9.00am

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 23 June 2016

Minutes of the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 23 June 2016

File No: I2016/680

PRESENT:   Cr S Richardson (Mayor), Cr A Hunter

Staff:   Sharyn French (Manager Land and Natural Environment)
Greg Shanahan (Acting Natural Environment Officer)

Community voting members:          Samala Heart, Joanna Immig, Luke McConnell,  Chris Sanderson

Cr Richardson (Chair) opened the meeting at 9.06am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Sandi Middleton (Sustainability Officer), Donovan Adcock, Andy Baker, James Mayson, Kate Smillie,

Absent: Peter Westheimer, Cr R Wanchap

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting held on 21 April 2016 be noted.

(Richardson/Sanderson)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

Committee Recommendation:

That a workshop be held with members of the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee on the Integrated Weed Management Strategy and a report provided to the next Committee Meeting.

(Immig/Heart)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Staff Reports - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 5.1             Zero Emissions Byron - Baseline Report and Project Plan

File No:                        I2016/612

Committee Recommendation:

That the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee note the report and support the allocation of $40,000 from the Environmental Levy Reserve towards the Zero Emission Byron development of mitigation strategies.

(Hunter/Immig)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 10.56am.