Minutes of Transport and Infrastructure Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Transport and Infrastructure Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 17 June 2021

Minutes of the Transport and Infrastructure Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 17 June 2021

File No: I2021/1000

PRESENT: Cr B Cameron, Cr J Martin

Staff: Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

Evan Elford (Manager Works)

James Flockton (Team Leader Infrastructure Planning)

Andrew Pearce (Traffic Engineer)

Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community Representatives: Sapoty Brook, Andi Maclean and David Michie

Visitors: Penny Sutton (Transport NSW) and Ian Shanahan (Transport NSW)

Cr Cameron (Chair) opened the meeting at 9:04 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Cr Lyon(Mayor)

Graham Hamilton

Glen Bailey (Transport Development Officer, Social Futures) – non-voting representative

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Procedural Motion

Committee Recommendation:

That Council change the order of business to deal with Reports 4.2 and 4.3 first on the Agenda.

(Cameron/Martin)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Report No. 3.1 Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meeting held on 15 April 2021

File No: I2021/987

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Transport and Infrastructure Advisory Committee Meeting held on 15 April 2021 be confirmed.

(Maclean/Cameron)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1 Review Asset Management Policy in accordance with Resolution 20-741

File No: I2021/864

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the draft Asset Management Policy is expanded to include the Road Access and Safety Principles (RASPs), part 1 of res 20-741 is placed on 28 days public exhibition and if there are no submissions the revised Policy be adopted.

2. That TIAC and Council receive a further report detailing the methodology for the application of RASPs.

(Cameron/Martin)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2 Draft Moving Byron

File No: I2021/961

Committee Recommendation:

1. That Council notes the Draft Moving Byron Strategy.

2. That TIAC continues to refine the draft out of session by email.

3. That TIAC submits a final copy to the Council Planning Meeting in August.

4. That Council adopts a final draft for public exhibition.

5. That Council supports a longer exhibition period of 6 weeks to provide an opportunity to the new Council to consider a draft on Strategic Planning Workshop.

(Cameron/Michie)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3 Road Access and Safety - Workshop

File No: I2021/848

Committee Recommendation:

1. That Council progresses an application for Road Safety Officer under Local Government Road Safety Program and that Council allocates the proportion of funding necessary to activate an application.

2. That Council continues to monitor constrained roads on the Hinterland network to identify areas where a speed zone review and/or other intervention such as signages, infrastructure modifications and messaging may be required to improve safety and access.

3. That Council notes that staff actively pursue funding opportunities.

4. That rural school bus routes be identified with signage showing the times of operations.

(Cameron/Brook)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11:19 am.

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 17 June 2021
Time	9.00am