Minutes of Meeting

Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting

 

Venue

Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby

Date

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Time

11.30am

 

 

 


BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 21 November 2023

Minutes of the Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting held on Tuesday, 21 November 2023

File No: I2023/1821

PRESENT:

Councillors:

Cr M Lyon

 In person

Cr C Coorey

Apology

Cr D Dey

In person

Staff:

Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

Apology

 

Samuel Frumpui (Manager Works)

Zoom

 

James Flockton (Infrastructure Planning Coordinator)

In person

 

Steve Twohill (Natural Disaster Flood Planning Officer)

In person

 

Chloe Dowsett (Coast and Biodiversity Coordinator)

In person

 

Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

In person

Members:

Scott Moffett (Dept of Planning and Environment)

In person

 

Peter Mair (State Emergency Service)

In person

 

Jeremy Carpenter (SES)

In person

 

Karl Allen

In person

 

Rebecca Brewin

In person

 

Matthew Lambourne

In person

 

Steven Harris

In person

 

Catherine Lane

In person

 

Robert Crossley

In person

Visitors: Dan Woods (WMA Water) – In Person, Ben Fitzgibbon (DPE) – In Person, Toong Chin (DPE) - Zoom, Martin Rose (DPE) - Zoom

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

Attendance via AUDIO-VISUAL LINK:

Apologies:

 

 

Procedural Motion

Committee Recommendation:

That the apologies from Cr Coorey, Ziwar Sattouf and Phillip Holloway be accepted and a leave of absence granted.                                                                                                         (Lyon/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

 

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:                       I2023/1801

 

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting held on 19 September 2023 be confirmed.                                                                                   (Dey/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

 

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

DPE Independent review of the 2022 February flood event, briefing presentation from WMA Water.

 

 

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Reports 4.1 (Community Education Strategy and Review of Flood Options - Project Update), 4.2 (Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Goals for 2024) and 4.3 (Byron Bay Drainage Upgrade Update) were deferred to the 8 December 2023 Extraordinary Meeting.

 

 

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:35pm .