Minutes of Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 20 March 2025

Minutes of the Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 20 March 2025

File No: I2025/319

PRESENT:

Councillors:	Cr D Kay	Present
	Cr D Warth	Present
	Cr E Hauge	Present
Staff:	Shannon Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy)	Present
	Chloe Dowsett (Coastal & Biodiversity Coordinator)	Present
	Orla Seccull (Coastal & Estuary Officer)	Present
	Sharyn French (Manager Environmental & Economic Planning)	Present
	Carey Crowley (Minute taker)	Present
Community:	Anne Leitch	Present
	Mark Tidswell	Present
	Lucy Jepson	Present
	James Norton	Audio-visual
Agency Representatives	Danny Bucher (Crown Lands) (on behalf of Grant Nelson)	Audio-visual
	Yvonne Stewart (Arakwal)	Apology
	Zoe Immisch (Dept of Planning & Environment)	Audio-visual
	Dave Maguire (DPI Cape Byron Marine Park)	Present
	Sean Court (National Parks & Wildlife Service)	Present

Cr Hauge (Chair) opened the meeting at 11:34 and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Attendance via AUDIO-VISUAL LINK:

James Norton, Danny Bucher (Crown Lands), Zoe Immisch (Dept of Planning & Environment),

Apologies:

Yvonne Stewart (Arakwal)

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Minutes from Previous Meetings

Report No. 3.1 Confirmation of the Minutes of the 14 May 2024 Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee Meeting

File No: I2025/230

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee Meeting held on 14 May 2024 be acknowledged by the incoming Committee. (Warth/Leitch)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 14 May 2024 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 27 June 2024.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Corporate and Community Services

Report No. 4.1 Integrated Planning and Reporting

File No: I2025/224

Committee Recommendation:

That the Coast and ICOLL Advisory Committee:

1. Notes Council’s Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework;

2. Notes Council’s priorities as identified by Councillors for the 2025 – 2029 Delivery Program. (Jepson/Warth)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

For Information Only

Report No. 6.1 Update on Coast and Estuary Projects and the Development of Coastal Management Programs (CMPs) for the Byron Shire Coastline

File No: I2025/298

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:23pm

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 20 March 2025
Time	11:30 AM