Sustainability and
Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
25 October
2018
Minutes of the Sustainability
and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday,
25 October 2018
File No: I2018/2005
PRESENT: Cr
S Richardson, Cr M Lyon, Cr S Ndiaye, Cr C Coorey
Staff: Shannon
Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy)
Sharyn
French (Manager Environmental and Economic Planning)
Tania
Crosbie (Economy and Sustainability Coordinator)
Hayley
Briggs (Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Officer)
Daniel
Harper (Sustainability Officer)
Phil
Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)
Claudio
Germany (Assistant Environment Officer, Infrastructure Services)
Jessica
Huxley (Contractor, Infrastructure Services)
Kane
Goldsworthy (Environmental Programs Officer, Infrastructure Services)
Community: Luke
McConell
Chris
Sanderson
Anthony
Pangallo
Vicki
Brooke for John Taberner (ZEP representative)
Ella
Goninan (COREM representative)
Cr Richardson (Chair) opened the meeting at
11.35am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on
Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Joanna Immig, John Taberner, Lloyd Isaacson (Team Leader
Resource Recovery and Quarry) Coral Latella (Sustainability Officer)
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of
interest.
Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Meetings
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Committee
Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction
Advisory Committee Meeting held on 30 August 2018 be confirmed.
(Richardson/Sanderson)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Note: The
minutes of the meeting held on 30 August 2018 were noted, and the Committee
Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 18 October
2018.
Business Arising from Previous Minutes
There was no business arising
from previous minutes.
Staff Reports -
Sustainable Environment and Economy
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Report No. 4.1 Code
of Conduct Policy
File No: I2018/1976
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory
Committee note the Code of Conduct Policy and return signed acknowledgement
form, Attachment 3 (E2018/25100).
(McConell/Sanderson)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.2 Minutes
of previous meeting held 30 August 2018
File No: I2018/1918
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction
Advisory Committee note the minutes of 30 August 2018 meeting which were
reported to 18 October Council meeting.
(Sanderson/Richardson)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.3 Updates
from Zero Emissions Byron and COREM
File No: I2018/1923
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction
Advisory Committee note the updates from ZEB and COREM.
(Lyon/Pangallo)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.4 Climate
Emergency Declaration
File No: I2018/1987
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Committee Recommendation:
1. That
the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee provides the
following input into terms of reference, membership for, and where Council
has a role to play in a community-led Climate Emergency Guidance Group as it develops
a Shire-wide Community Climate Emergency Plan:
a) That
the Terms of Reference for the community-led climate change adaptation plan
consider:
i) resilience
in coastal erosion risk & sea level rise areas
ii) agriculture
iii) heat
waves
iv) bush
fires
v) floods
vi) social
dislocation / impacts
vii) food
security.
b) That
the following be invited via newspaper ad, email, or direct contact to the
first meeting to be held in about a month with Cr Coorey to be champion of
meeting:
·
Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR),
·
Zero Emissions Byron (ZEB),
·
disaster and emergency response,
·
social services.
c) That
the Scope be:
i) implementation
plan/ action checklist;
ii) acknowledging
and supporting work already being done by existing mitigation groups (including
ZEB and Community-Owned Renewable Energy Mullumbimby [COREM])
iii) identifying
gaps.
d) That
Council support through facilitation of the initial meeting and identify
desirable membership that covers the Shire and areas listed in the first dot
point..
(Ndiaye/Goninan)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.5 SERAC
Key Project Updates
File No: I2018/1916
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction
Advisory Committee note the report.
(Sanderson/ Brooke)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.6 Emissions
Reduction Strategy - Update & First Draft
File No: I2018/1946
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Committee Recommendation:
1. That
the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee note the
report.
2. That
members of the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory
Committee provide electronic feedback on the working draft Net Zero
Emissions Strategy for Council Operations 2025 (E2018/83561) by Close of
Business Monday 5 November.
(Lyon/Pangallo)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1.33pm.
