Minutes of Meeting

Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Time	2.00pm

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting Minutes           

24 March 2020

Minutes of the Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting held on Tuesday, 24 March 2020

File No: I2020/437

PRESENT:   Cr A Hunter and Cr Hackett (online), Cr Lyon (online for the last item)

Staff:   James Flockton (Flood and Drainage Engineer) – Minute taker

Invited Members:   Peter Mair (SES) – online, and Martin Rose (DPIE) – online, Andrew Page (Cape Byron Marine Park) - online

Community:           Rebecca Brewin, Karl Allen, Duncan Dey (online)

Consultants (online): Ella Harrison (WMA Water) - online, Katrina Smith (WMA Water) – online

Cr Hunter (Chair) opened the meeting at 2.05 pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Matthew Lambourne

Robyn Bolden

Susan Skyvington

Steve Keefe

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 26 November 2019 be confirmed.

(Brewin/Hackett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 26 November 2019 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 12 December 2019 without changes.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1             Minutes of previous Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting

File No:                        I2020/431

Committee Recommendation:

That Council note the report.

(Brewin/Hackett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2             Draft North Byron Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan

File No:                        I2020/418

Committee Recommendation:

1.       That Council support the public exhibition of both the Draft North Byron Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan documents from 27 April to 25 May 2020.

2.       That the community should be thanked for the interest and time they have taken to review and comment on the first exhibition stage of this project.

3        That Council continue to have a Floodplain Risk Management Committee to receive reports and help drive all floodplain related actions within Council’s Floodplain Management Plans, beyond the current process.

(Dey/Brewin)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3             Discussion of item requested by committee member Duncan Dey regarding filling in no-fill zone of Marshalls Creek floodplain

File No:                        I2020/427

Committee Recommendation:

That Council note the report.

(Hackett/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.4             Discussion of item requested by Cr Lyon

File No:                        I2020/429

Committee Recommendation:

That  Council note the report.

(Lyon/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 3:40 pm.