Minutes of Meeting

Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 20 April 2023
Time	11.30am

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes                      20 April 2023

Minutes of the Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 20 April 2023

File No: I2023/567

PRESENT: Cr M Swivel (Chair), Cr S Balson, Cr M Lyon

Staff:  Shannon Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy)

            Kimberley van Soest (Minute Taker)

Members:      Chris Cooney (Mullumbimby/Brunswick Valley Historical Society)

                        Vivienne Gorec (Bangalow Historical Society)

                        Jan Hackett

                        Gae Laverty

                        Brooke Crowle

                        Deborah Wray

                        Jenna Reed Burn

Cr Swivel (Chair) opened the meeting at 11:35am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Attendance via AUDIO-VISUAL LINK:

There was no attendance via audio-visual link.

Apologies:

There were no apologies.

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 Heritage Advisory Committee meeting held on 15 September 2022

File No:                       I2023/394

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting held on 15 September 2022 be confirmed.

(Laverty/Balson)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 15 September were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 27 October 2022.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

Report No. 4.3           Community Member Presentation - Proposal for a Federal Heritage Conservation Area and New listed items

File No:                       I2023/297

Committee Recommendation:

That the Heritage Advisory Committee:

1.      Thank Jenna Reed Burns for her presentation, and work on the Preliminary Federal Village Heritage Assessment, and notes its recommendations for listings in Schedule 5 of the Byron Local Environmental Plan 2014.

2.      Supports further consultation occurring with residents and owners of the properties proposed to be listed as individual items, contributory items, and in the Heritage Conservation Area generally, prior to reporting any planning proposal with any new listings recommended to Council.
                                                                                                                         (Hackett/Crowle)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Jenna Reed Burn left meeting at 12:44pm.

Staff Reports - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 4.1           Heritage Advisory Committee Member Updates

File No:                       I2023/296

Committee Recommendation:

That the Heritage Advisory Committee notes the member updates.       

(Crowle/Hackett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2           Heritage Program Update

File No:                       I2023/295

Committee Recommendation:

That the Heritage Advisory Committee notes the heritage program update report.

(Crowle/Cooney)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried

No. 4.4                         OTHER BUSINESS

Committee Recommendation:

That Council appoints Councillor Lyon to the Committee and that Councillor Balson be released from the Committee.

(Hackett/Gorec)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:45pm