Byron Shire
Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting Minutes 17 June 2021
Minutes of the Byron
Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting held on Thursday,
17 June 2021
File No: I2021/991
PRESENT: Cr
M Lyon (Mayor), Cr A Hunter, Cr JH Hackett
Staff: Scott
Moffett (Flood and Drainage Engineer)
James
Flockton (Coordinator Infrastructure Planning)
Shelley
Flower (Minute Taker)
Invited
Members: Peter Mair (SES), Toong Chin (Environment and Heritage) and Martin
Rose (Environment and Heritage)
Community: Rebecca
Brewin, Duncan Dey and Matthew Lambourne
Cr Lyon (Chair)
opened the meeting at 2.10pm and acknowledged that the meeting
was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Robyn Bolden, Andrew Page (Cape Byron Marine Park), Phil
Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services), Susan Skyvington, Steve Keefe.
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of
interest.
Adoption of Minutes
from Previous Meetings
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Report No. 3.1 Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee
Meeting
File No: I2021/939
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Moved:
That the minutes of the Byron Shire Floodplain Risk
Management Committee Meeting held on 28 January 2021 be confirmed.
(Dey/Hunter)
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Note: The
minutes of the meeting held on 28 January 2021 were noted, and the Committee
Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 25 February
2021.
Business Arising from Previous Minutes
There was no business arising
from previous minutes.
Staff Reports -
Infrastructure Services
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Report No. 4.1 Council’s
interaction and collaboration with the Belongil Drainage Union - update and
forward strategy
File No: I2021/176
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Committee
Recommendation:
RECOMMENDATION:
The Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee
recommends:-
That Council:-
1. Supports
collaboration and communication with the Belongil Catchment Drainage Board
(BCDB).
2. Nominate
a Councillor for representation on the Belongil Catchment Drainage Board.
3. Request
the Belongil Catchment Drainage Board consider a review of their constitution
to facilitate a Councillor (ex officio) position on the Board.
4. Pay
the outstanding fees of $30,000 (from Sewer Fund: GL 7205.27).
5. Will
make future payments to the Belongil Catchment Drainage Board when the
Belongil Catchment Drainage Board undertakes appropriate land audits and
produces a financial management plan for the Board’s area.
6. Offers
assistance to the Belongil Catchment Drainage Board with the development of a
rating financial model, including investigating access to Council’s
systems to rate members on the Board’s behalf.
7. Invites
a member of the Belongil Catchment Drainage Board to be a key stakeholder in developing
Council’s Coastal Management Plan.
8. Actively
collaborate, support and engage with Southern Cross University for further
research and investigations for the Belongil catchment.
9.
Continue dialogue with relevant agencies, including DPIE Water, towards
ongoing collaborative management in the Belongil area.
(Dey/Lambourne)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
Cr Hunter took over as Chair when Cr Lyon left the meeting
at 03:06 pm.
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Report No. 4.2 Waterway
Management Policy
File No: I2021/533
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council recognise the Byron Shire Floodplain Risk
Management Committee as a key stakeholder in the creation of waterway
management policy, as raised when the Floodplain Management Plan was created,
for example in the clearing of major debris that could raise flood levels.
(Dey/Hunter)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.3 Update
of the Belongil Creek Flood Model
File No: I2021/856
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Committee Recommendation:
That, despite the benefit of updating the Belongil
Creek Flood Study, Council not partner with private landowners on such an
update, for several reasons including public perception of lack of independence
and conflict of interest.
(Dey/Hackett)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
5 in favour, Matthew Lambourne voted against.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 4:02pm.
