Moving Byron Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 31 August
2023
Minutes of the Moving
Byron Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 31 August 2023
File No: I2023/1321
PRESENT: Cr Mark Swivel,
Cr Duncan Dey, Cr Peter Westheimer, Cr Cate Coorey,
Cr Michael Lyon
Staff: Phil
Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)
Judd
Cornwell (Traffic and Transport Engineer)
Chris
Soulsby (Acting Manager Assets and Major Projects)
Josh Walton (Project Engineer)
Kimberley
van Soest (Minute Taker)
Community
Representatives: Basil Cameron, Jack Dods, Geoffrey Meers, Ian Pickles, Annie
Villeseche
Cr Swivel
(Chair) opened the meeting at 2:03pm and acknowledged that the
meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Attendance via
AUDIO-VISUAL LINK:
Cr Cate Coorey, Cr Michael Lyon
Apologies:
Margaret Robertson
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 Meeting
File No: I2023/1169
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Committee Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Moving Byron Advisory Committee
Meeting held on 15 June 2023 be confirmed.
(Swivel/Westheimer)
The recommendation was put to the
vote and declared carried
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Note: The
minutes of the meeting held on 15 June 2023 were noted, and the Committee
Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 24th
August 2023.
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 Active
Transport Plan Update
File No: I2023/955
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council:
1. Notes
that the Active Transport Plan is still being drafted, will be integrated
with previous other transport plan and it references actions in the Moving
Byron strategy and will soon be recommended for public exhibition; and
2.
Notes that the northern route currently prioritised for the
Mullumbimby to Brunswick Heads Cycleway is unlikely to proceed in the near
term and that the southern route, or variations thereof, will form part of
the new Active Transport plan.
3.
Ensures that Planning Agreements with potential future
developers in the Saddle Road area consider incorporating the bike path
through the development/s and consider design and contributions (including
Special Infrastructure Contributions) supporting the route in part 2 above.
4.
Ensures that Moving Byron Committee receive further report at
its next meeting to further consider the draft Active Transport Plan.
Cr Coorey left the meeting at 02:46 pm.
(Dey/Dods)
The
recommendation was put to the vote and declare carried.
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Report No. 4.2 Raftons
Road Shared Path Consultation and Direction
File No: I2023/956
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council:-
1) Endorses
a scope change for the Raftons Road project, from a 2.5m shared path to a
pedestrian path of 1.2m -1.5m in width, which includes retaining the grass
verge; and
2) Creates
an on road bicycle awareness zone including options for traffic calming.
(Swivel/Villeseche)
The
recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.3 Kolora
Way - Alternative Scope of Works
File No: I2023/649
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council:
1) Seeks
the additional funding to pursue the shared path bridge on Kolora Way as
originally envisaged.
2) Notes
that staff will bring this matter back to the next Moving Byron Committee
Cr Swivel left the Chambers at 03:32 pm.
(Dey/Westheimer)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.4 Moving
Byron Integrated Transport Plan - Implementation and Strategic Alignment
File No: I2023/1255
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council notes the report and that there is a
standing item for this committee to discuss the Moving Byron Strategy.
(Westheimer/Cameron)
The
recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 4:05pm
