Minutes of Meeting

Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Time	2.00pm

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

 Minutes                                                                                                                                           

Minutes of the Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee Meeting held on Tuesday, 14 May 2024

File No: I2024/716

PRESENT:

Councillors:	Cr C Coorey	Present
	Cr D Dey	Present
Staff:	Chris Larkin (Acting Director Sustainable Environment and Economy)	Present
	Chloe Dowsett (Coastal & Biodiversity Coordinator)	Present
	Orla Seccull (Coastal & Estuary Officer)	Present
	Ainsley Rose (Minute taker)	Present
Community:	Dailan Pugh	Present
	Jan Olley	Present
	Matthew Lambourne	Present
Agencies:	Zoe Immisch (Dept of Planning & Environment)	Present

Cr Dey (Chair) opened the meeting at 2.07 and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Attendance via AUDIO-VISUAL LINK: Andrew Page (DPI Cape Byron Marine Park), Bill Payne

Apologies: Sharyn French (Manager Environmental & Economic Planning), Lauren Morgan, Rod McDonagh (NSW Maritime), Brent Emmons (Arakwal), Norman Graham (National Parks & Wildlife Service)

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

As per confirmation of minutes Report 3.1 to the Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee Meeting on 12 March that didn’t proceed due to quorum. Confirmation of minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2023 will be actioned at this meeting.

Procedural Motion

Moved:

That the Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee change the order of business to deal with Reports 5.1 followed by Adoption of minutes 4.1 then Report 3.1 next on the Agenda.

(Dey/Lambourne)

FOR INFORMATION ONLY

Report No. 5.1           Update on the development of Coastal Management Programs (CMPs) for the Byron Shire Coastline

File No:                       I2024/334

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Item No. 4.1               Confirmation of minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2023

File No:                       I2024/210

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee Meeting held on 21 November 2023 be confirmed.

(Dey/Olley)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2023 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 14 December 2023.

Staff Reports - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 3.1           Discussion - Improvement of water quality at Baywood Chase Lake

File No:                       I2024/9

Committee Recommendation:

That Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee advises Council that:

1. Staff are currently finalising the Baywood Chase Lake Management Plan.

2. Members of the Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee provided feedback on 14 May about rehabilitation and management of the Lake.

3. Key stakeholders and the public will be provided opportunities to review a draft report.

4. The review will be reported with recommendations to Council, via a relevant Advisory Committee if there is one.

5. The resulting report will be considered at Stage 3 of development of the Coastal Management Program for the Tallow Creek estuary.

(Dey/Coorey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 3.2           Future Discussion Items for Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee

File No:                       I2024/8

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee notes the report.

For Information Only

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 4.14pm.