Biodiversity Advisory
Committee Meeting Minutes
19 May 2022
Minutes of the Biodiversity
Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 19 May 2022
File No: I2022/545
PRESENT: Cr
S Ndiaye, Cr S Balson, Cr P Westheimer
Staff: Shannon
Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy)
Sharyn
French (Manager Environmental and Economic Planning)
Liz
Caddick (Biodiversity Team Leader)
Sharyn
French (Minute Taker)
Community:
Dave Rawlins (Brunswick Valley Landcare)
Liana Joseph
James Jackson
Stephen Millard
Cr S Ndiaye (Chair)
opened the meeting at 9.06am and acknowledged that the meeting
was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Lindsay Murray, Caitlin Weatherstone (Project Officer
– Koala)
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of
interest.
Adoption of Minutes
from Previous Meetings
Report No. 3.1 Report
of Minutes of previous Biodiversity Advisory Committee meeting held 9
September 2021
File No: I2022/499
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Committee Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Biodiversity Advisory Committee
Meeting held on 9 September 2021 be noted.
(Ndiaye/Westheimer)
The recommendation was put to the
vote and declared carried.
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Business Arising from Previous Minutes
There was no business arising
from previous minutes.
Staff Reports -
Corporate and Community Services
Report No. 4.1 Delivery
Program - Workshop Session
File No: I2022/516
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity Advisory Committee provide
input into the development of the draft Delivery Program 2022-26 (Attachment
1 E2022/19411). (Westheimer/Balson)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Staff Reports -
Sustainable Environment and Economy
Report No. 4.2 Review
Constitution of Biodiversity Advisory Committee
File No: I2022/471
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Committee Recommendation:
1. That
the Biodiversity Advisory Committee recommends to Council to adopt the
constitution at Attachment 1 (E2021/147945) with an amendment to the number
of community members of up to 5.
2. That
the Biodiversity Advisory Committee elects Cr Sarah Ndiaye as Chair.
(Balson/Westheimer)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.3 Regenerative
Agriculture
File No: I2022/189
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity Advisory Committee notes this
report and that regenerative agriculture principles will continue to
be encouraged and promoted in line with Council’s Agriculture Action
Plan, Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and other land management plans and
strategies.
(Ndiaye/Balson)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.4 Brunswick
Valley Landcare Support Officer quarterly reports June to December 2021
File No: I2021/1757
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity Advisory Committee notes
the report.
(Ndiaye/Westheimer)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.5 Biodiversity
and Agriculture Projects and Operations Update
File No: I2022/392
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity Advisory Committee notes
the update on current projects and programmes being undertaken by Council
staff.
(Ndiaye/Balson)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.6 Byron
Wetlands and Vallances Road Avifauna Survey 2021
File No: I2022/415
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity Advisory Committee defer
this report to the next meeting, 15 September 2022.
(Ndiaye/Westheimer)
The recommendation was put to the
vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.7 Renewal
of MOU with Brunswick Valley Landcare
File No: I2022/485
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Biodiversity Advisory Committee
recommends to Council that the Memorandum of Understanding between Brunswick
Valley Landcare and Byron Shire Council (Attachment 1 – E2021/121393)
be endorsed.
(Westheimer/Balson)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11.03am.