Minutes of Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 19 September 2023

Minutes of the Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting held on Tuesday, 19 September 2023

File No: I2023/1442

PRESENT: Cr M Lyon (Mayor), Cr D Dey

Staff: Samuel Frumpui (Manager Works)

James Flockton (Infrastructure Planning Coordinator) - online

Steve Twohill (Natural Disaster Flood Planning Officer)

Peter Brown (Project Manager – Flood) - online

Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community: Karl Allen, Rebecca Brewin, Matthew Lambourne, Steven Harris, Catherine Lane, Robert Crossley, Scott Moffett (Dept of Planning and Environment), Peter Mair, Jeremy Carpenter (State Emergency Service)

Visitor online: Eoghain O’Hanlon (JB Pacific, Consultant)

Cr Lyon (Chair) opened the meeting at 1:00pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Attendance via AUDIO-VISUAL LINK:

Apologies:

Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

Ziwar Sattouf

Cr C Coorey

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: I2023/1369

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting held on 16 May 2023 be confirmed.

(Dey/Lambourne)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

Committee member Matthew Lambourne brought up the concern that the report regarding the Byron Shire Post 2022 Flood Analysis from the DPE related to Resolution 23-271 has not been included in the agenda.

Staff Reports - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 4.1 Community Education Strategy and Review of Flood Options - Project Introduction

File No: I2023/979

Committee Recommendation:

That the committee note the commencement of the Community Education Strategy and Review of Flood Options project which focuses on the North Byron Shire communities.

(Dey/Lambourne)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2 Byron Bay Drainage Upgrade - Project Update

File No: I2023/980

Committee Recommendation:

That the Council notes the update on the Byron Drainage Upgrade Strategy and recommend that a scenario be examined with gravity system with flood gates instead of pumps.

(Harris/Brewin)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 3:27 pm.

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Time	1:00pm