BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL
Minutes
Minutes of the Floodplain
Management Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 15 May
2025
File No: I2025/680
PRESENT:
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Councillors:
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Cr M Lyon
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Zoom
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Cr E Hauge
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Present
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Cr Kay
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Present
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Cr D Warth
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Present
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Staff:
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Phil Holloway (Director
Infrastructure Services)
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Apology
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Samuel Frumpui (Manager Works)
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Present
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Euan Rose (Infrastructure
Planning Coordinator)
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Present
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Ryan van Doorn (Flood and
Drainage Engineer)
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Present
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Josh Wilde (Flood Project
Manager)
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Present
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Annie Lewis (Media Communications
Coordinator)
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Present
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Chloe Woods (Minute Taker)
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Present
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Invited members:
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David Maguire (Cape Byron
Marine Park)
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Apology
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Peter Mair (SES Representative)
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Present
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Sean Court (National Parks
representative)
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Apology
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Community:
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Duncan Dey
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Present
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Matthew Lambourne
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Present
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Robert Crossley
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Zoom
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Catherine Lane
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Present
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Visitors:
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Blake Williamson (SES)
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Present
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Cr Hauge (Chair)
opened the meeting at 9:08am and acknowledged that the meeting
was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Attendance via
AUDIO-VISUAL LINK:
Cr Lyon, Robert Crosley and Scott Moffat attended via audio
visual link.
Apologies:
Apologies were received from
Phil Holloway Director Infrastructure Services, Sean Court National Parks and
David Maguire Cape Byron Marine Park.
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of
interest.
Minutes from
Previous Meetings
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Report No. 3.1 Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Meeting
File No: I2025/625
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Committee Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Floodplain Risk Management
Advisory Committee Meeting held on 20 February 2025 be confirmed. (Lambourne/Hauge)
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
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Report No. 4.1 Delivery
Program Priorities
File No: I2025/606
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Floodplain Risk Management Advisory
Committee discusses the draft priorities for the 2025 – 2029 Delivery
Program. (Kay/Hauge)
The recommendation was put to the
vote and declared carried.
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Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services
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Report No. 4.2 Current
Status of Flood Resilience Studies and Works
File No: I2025/67
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Committee:
1. Notes the status of the following
works being undertaken by Council:
a) South
Golden Beach Levee Works – NSW Public Works; and
b) SGB
Rear Easements - NSW Severe Weather and Flood Grant AGRN1012
$1M program.
2. Request
staff to investigate SGB Levee Bypass at Mia Court and surrounding areas.
3. Receive
a presentation on the status of the engagement plan for the rear easements in
SGB.
4.
Receives a confidential report on examples of serious encroachment into rear
easements in SGB. (Dey/Kay)
The
recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Duncan Dey entered
the meeting at 9:32am.
Annie Lewis
left the meeting and did not return 10:01am.
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Report No. 4.3 Performance
of Automatic Warning Signs for Water Over Main Arm Road, West of Sherrys
Bridge
File No: I2025/297
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Committee notes:
1. The Staff Investigation of the
current sign height
2. That a new sign be installed with
new wording “Road ahead flooded when lights flash.”
3. That the sign be installed
at the lower height for example of the redundant sign behind
it.
4. That the redundant sign and
redundant indicator posts in the general area be removed.
(Dey/Lambourne)
The
recommendation was put to the vote and declared lost.
Cr Warth, Lambourne, Dey, and Lane voted in favour of
the motion.
Cr Hauge, Cr Lyon, Cr Kay and Crossley voted against
the motion.
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Report No. 4.4 Byron
Shire Council Flood Risk Management Plans - Update on Actions and
Accomplishments - Post 2022 Flood Priorities
File No: I2025/574
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Floodplain Risk Management Advisory Committee:
1. Recommends
that Council notes and endorses the update on the 2022 Byron Shire Council
Flood Mitigation Program, Attachment 1 (#E2025/48375)
2. Acknowledges
that the 64 priority projects and their supporting information have been
added by Council officers to the Byron Shire Council website for community
awareness
3. Recommends
that Council notes the progress of the Belongil and Tallow Creek Floodplain
Management Study and its supporting Draft Calibration Report, Attachment 2
(E2025/48109).
4. Notes
that the Grant application for the Brunswick River and Bangalow Flood Risk
Management Plans have been submitted.
5. Notes
that the Evacuation Assessment for Mullumbimby project is led by the NSW
Reconstruction Authority and acknowledges its current status as in progress.
6. Recommend
Council acquire software (TUFLOW) for ongoing FRMS hydraulic model
development, maintenance, development assessment and optioneering purposes
(Hauge/Dey)
The
recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.5 Future
Discussion Item for Floodplain Management Advisory Committee
File No: I2025/699
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Floodplain Management Advisory
Committee Note the request and a discussion has taken place on this item.
(Hauge/Kay)
The
recommendation was put to the vote and declared <<carried/lost>> .
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at
11:20am.
