Minutes of Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting Minutes 21 October 2021

Minutes of the Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting held on Thursday, 21 October 2021

File No: I2021/1683

PRESENT: Cr M Lyon (Mayor), Cr C Coorey, Cr J Hackett

Staff: Phillip Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

James Flockton (Flood and Drainage Engineer)

Chloe Dowsett (Coastal & Biodiversity Coordinator)

Scott Moffett (Flooding and Drainage Engineer)

Orla Seccull (Coastal and Estuary Officer)

Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community Representatives: Mathew Lambourne, and Duncan Dey

Visitor: Damian McCann (Australian Wetlands Consulting), Hayley Leczkowski, Matthew Gordons, Scott Nichols (NSW Department of Primary Industries | Fisheries)

Cr Coorey (Chair) opened the meeting at 11:40 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Tim Hochgrebe – absent

Mary Gardner

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 Meeting

File No: I2021/1638

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting held on 20 May 2021 be confirmed.

(Lambourne/Hackett)

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 - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 4.1 Update on 'Coast, Estuary and Catchment' Projects

File No: I2021/1462

Committee Recommendation:

That Council notes the staff update on ‘Coast, Estuary and Catchment’ projects.

(Lyon/Lambourne)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2 Wetland Dieback within the Belongil Catchment - preliminary assessment

File No: I2021/1482

Committee Recommendation:

That Council:

a) notes the outcome of the preliminary assessment into the dieback of wetland within the area of Drainage Union lands of the Belongil Catchment;

b) shares the preliminary assessment with the Belongil Drainage Catchment Board.

(Dey/Hackett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3 'Bringing Back the Bruns' - Causeways and Fish Passage Improvements

File No: I2021/1493

Committee Recommendation:

That Council recognises the success of Bringing Back the Bruns project and let the public know of the benefits now and into the future.

(Coorey/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried .

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:28 pm.

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 21 October 2021
Time	11.30am