Biodiversity Advisory
Committee Meeting Minutes
10 August
2020
Minutes of the Biodiversity
Advisory Committee Meeting held on Monday, 10 August 2020
File No: I2020/1153
PRESENT: Cr
J Martin, Cr S Ndiaye
Staff: Shannon
Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy) (zoom)
Sharyn
French (Manager Environmental and Economic Planning)
Chloe
Dowsett (Coastal and Biodiversity Coordinator) (zoom)
Liz
Caddick (Biodiversity Officer)
Peter
Boyd (Biodiversity and Agricultural Projects Officer)
Karen
Love (Project Officer)
Michelle
Chapman (Minute Taker)
Community: Peter
Westheimer
Luke McConell
(zoom)
Margaret
Greenway (zoom)
Invited
Guest: Alison Ratcliffe (Brunswick Valley Landcare)
Cr Ndiaye (Chair)
opened the meeting at 3.29pm and acknowledged that the meeting
was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Cr C Coorey, Greg Shanahan
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 Biodiversity Advisory Committee
Meeting held on 4 May 2020 be confirmed.
(Westheimer/Greenway)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Note: The
minutes of the meeting held on 4 May 2020 (Report 4.5) were adopted by Council,
at the Ordinary Meeting held on 28 May 2020, resolutions 20-231 and 20-232.
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 Brunswick
Valley Landcare Support Officer reports March 2020 and June 2020
File No: I2020/662
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity Advisory Committee note
the Brunswick Valley Landcare quarterly reports.
(Martin/Westheimer)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.2 Biodiversity
DCP - buffers and definitions
File No: I2020/901
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Committee Recommendation:
The Biodiversity Advisory Committee note this
report and the presentation (Attachment 1 – E2020/57499) underpinning
the development of a Biodiversity DCP and provide feedback on the proposed
ecological buffers and definitions.
(Martin/Greenway)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.3 Mitchell's
Rainforest Snail update
File No: I2020/1068
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Committee Recommendation:
1. That
the Biodiversity Advisory Committee recommend that Council consider a
budget bid for implementation of the following medium priority actions from
the 2020-2030 Byron Shire Biodiversity Conservation Strategy:
· Action 1.25: Map
potential habitat areas for Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail, in the 2021-22
financial year
· Action 2.6:
Implement a community awareness campaign to assist in protection and habitat
identification for the Mitchell's Rainforest Snail in the Byron Bay area, in
the 2022-23 financial year.
2. That
the Biodiversity Advisory Committee recommend that Council’s outdoor
staff be made more aware of the potential habitat and identification of
Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail.
(Ndiaye/Westheimer)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
Crs Martin, Ndiaye, McConell and Westheimer voted in
favour of the motion.
Cr Greenway voted against the motion.
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Report No. 4.4 Biodiversity
Projects and Operations Update
File No: I2020/1086
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity Advisory Committee note
the update on current projects and programmes being undertaken by Council
staff.
(Westheimer/McConell)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.5 Minutes
of previous meeting held 4 May 2020
File No: I2020/1087
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity Advisory Committee note
the minutes of the 4 May 2020 meeting.
(Westheimer/Greenway)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 5.15.
