Minutes of Meeting

Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 13 September 2018
Time	2.00pm

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting Minutes

13 September 2018

Minutes of the Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 13 September 2018

File No: I2018/1720

PRESENT:   Cr M Lyon  and Cr J Hackett

Staff:   James Flockton (Flood and Drainage Engineer)

            Evan Elford (Acting Manager Works

            Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Invited Members:   Peter Mair (SES) and Martin Rose (Environment and Heritage)

Community:           Robyn Bolden, Rebecca Brewin, Steve Keefe, Duncan Dey and Matthew Lambourne

Visitors:                  Mark Sommers (State Emergency Service NSW), Ella Harrison, Katrina Smith and Daniel Morgan (MWA Water)

Cr Lyon  (Chair) opened the meeting at 2:03 pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Cr A Hunter

Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

Toong Chin (Environment and Heritage)

Susan Skyvington

Andrew Page (Cape Byron Marine Park)

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 Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting held on 14 June 2018 be confirmed.

(Dey/Lambourne)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 14 June 2018 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 2 August 2018.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1             North Byron Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan

File No:                        I2018/1443

Committee Recommendation:

1.       That Council accept the calibration results for the March 2017 flood event and that the North Byron Flood Model, as adopted in 2016, is fit for the Draft Floodplain Risk Management Study tasks.

2.       That Council note the results of the community survey and look forward to seeing these results guide the various parts of the Draft Floodplain Risk Management Study document.

(Hackett/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 3:56 pm.