Minutes of Meeting

Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 29 October 2020
Time	9.00am

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting Minutes 29 October 2020

Minutes of the Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 29 October 2020

File No: I2020/1649

PRESENT:   Councillors:            Cr Hunter and Cr Lyon, Cr Richardson (10 am) 

Staff:                      Scott Moffett  (Flood and Drainage Engineer) 

                               James Flockton (Infrastructure Planning Coordinator)                 

                               Shelley Flower (Infrastructure Planning Support Officer)

                               Alex Caras (Land Use Planning Coordinator)

                               Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker) 

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

Community:           Duncan Dey, Matthew Lambourne 

Visitors:                  Chad Ellis (SES), Karl Allen

Consultants:           Dan Wood (WMA)

Cr Lyon (Chair) opened the meeting at 9:05 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country. 

Apologies:

Toong Chin (Environment and Heritage)  

Cr J Hackett

Robyn Bolden 

Andrew Page (Cape Byron Marine Park) 

Steve Keefe – resigned  

Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

Rebecca Brewin

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Report No. 3.1             Adoption of Minutes from previous Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting

File No:                        I2020/1629

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting held on 20 August 2020 be confirmed.

(Dey/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

That the Committee  Recommendation of the Report 4.2 from the previous Floodplain Risk Management Committee meeting held on 20 August has not been reported to Council due to administrative error.

The additional recommendation was:

No. 4.2                          Additional Recommendation - Mullumbimby Land Release Areas Flood Impact Assessment and Concept Surface Water Management Plan

File No:                        I2020/1154

Committee Recommendation:

That Council share its Mullumbimby Land Release Areas Flood Impact Assessment and Concept Surface Water Management Plan for lot 22 in south Mullumbimby and surrounding land with the Committee and refer to committee for review, comment and advice prior to adoption.

(Dey/Bolden)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Management Comment:

It is noted that, with regard to item No.4.2 above, despite the recommendation being missed from the previous report to Council. The recommendation was still completed at this recent meeting of the committee and various comments were received as noted in item 4.1.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1             Mullumbimby Land Release Areas (MLRA) Flood and Stormwater Assessment

File No:                        I2020/1589

Committee Recommendation:

1.       That Council acknowledges the adoption of the North Byron Flood Risk Management Study and Plan.

2.       That Council note the presentation regarding the Mullumbimby Land Release Areas and the associated DRAFT Flood Impact Assessment (Attachment 1 – E2020/43608) 

3.      That Council note the importance of evacuation management for the site and the existing constraints in relation to evacuation capacity of Mullumbimby township, as identified in FRMS&P at action RM07.  

4.      That Council commences holistic analysis of emergency management for the proposed area.

(Lyon/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11:06 am .