Minutes of Meeting

Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting

Venue	Cavanbah Centre, Meeting Room 1
Date	Thursday, 27 September 2018
Time	2.00pm

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting Minutes        27 September 2018

Minutes of the Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting held on Thursday, 27 September 2018

File No: I2018/1880

PRESENT:   Cr C Coorey, Cr J Hackett, Cr M Lyon, Cr Richardson

Staff:     Phillip Holloway (Director, Infrastructure Services)

              James Flockton (Flood and Drainage Engineer)

              Chloe Dowsett (Coastal Estuaries Officer)

              Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community Representatives:   Mary Gardner, Mathew Lambourne, Tony Flick, Tim Hochgrebe and Duncan Dey

Cr Lyon (Chair) opened the meeting at 2:12 pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

There were no apologies.

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the minutes of the Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting held on 15 March 2018 be confirmed.

2. The minutes of the meeting held on 15 March 2018 were noted, and the Panel Recommendations adopted by Council unchanged, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 19 April 2018.

                                                                                                                (Dey/Lambourne)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

The previous meeting for the Panel was held as an on onsite meeting at the Wetlands Centre on the 26 April 2018 and as such there are no minutes to reference.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1             Water Sensitive Urban Design Policy Strategy

File No:                        I2018/957

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the Panel note the report and commend Council for undertaking this initiative.

2. That staff circulate questions from the presentation to Panel members and Panel provide feedback within 2 weeks.

3. That the Panel will have a workshop to discuss questions in the end of October 2018.

(Lyon/Hackett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2             Belongil Entrance Opening Strategy Update

File No:                        I2018/1654

Committee Recommendation:

That the Panel note the report.

(Coorey/Lambourne)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 4:30 pm.