Minutes of Meeting

Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 12 March 2020
Time	11.30am

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting Minutes                  12 March 2020

Minutes of the Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting held on Thursday, 12 March 2020

File No: I2020/377

PRESENT:   Cr Richardson, Cr C Coorey, Cr J Hackett

Staff:     Phillip Holloway (Director, Infrastructure Services)

              Cameron Clark (Manager Utilities)

              James Flockton (Flood and Drainage Engineer)

              Chloe Dowsett (Coastal & Biodiversity Coordinator)

              Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community Representatives:   Mathew Lambourne, Tim Hochgrebe and Duncan Dey

Cr Coorey (Chair) opened the meeting at 11:40am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Cr M Lyon

Mary Gardner

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

Tim Hochgrebe declared a non-pecuniary interest in Report 1. The nature of the interest being that he is a member of the Belongil Catchment Drainage Board.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Panel Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting held on 8 August 2019 be confirmed.

(Dey/Lambourne)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: 1.      The minutes of the meeting held on 8 August 2019 were noted, and the Panel Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on [26 September 2019.

2.       There was no quorum present therefore the recommendations to Council could not be made on the Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel Meeting held on 25 November 2019.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1             Status Report on Specific Projects

File No:                        I2020/205

Panel Recommendation:

1. That Council note that the Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel received several projects updates by staff.

2. That in relation to Belongil Catchment Drainage Board update:-

a) That Council note that due to current lack of clarity and mutual understanding as to the roles and responsibilities of Council and Belongil Catchment Drainage Board, the Plan of Management has not been agreed upon by Council.

b) That Council meet with DPI and Belongil Catchment Drainage Board to engage in resolution of the POM and hence the MoU.

(Dey/Coorey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

No. 4.1                          Additional Flowpath

File No:                        I2020/205

Moved:

That in relation to Additional Flow Path project Council place its REF for the Additional Flow Path on Public Exhibition for 28 days prior to determining the REF. (Dey/Hackett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared lost.

AMENDMENT

Panel Recommendation:

That the REF, once determined, be placed on Council’s website for community information.

(Coorey/Hochgrebe)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

No. 4.1                          Belongil Issues Study

File No:                        I2020/205

Panel Recommendation:

That the outcomes of the recent DPI workshop on ICOLLs be reported to Council.

(Coorey/Lambourne)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:41 pm.