The search is on for three “external members” to join a Central Coast Council sub committee on coastal erosion, floods and estuary risk management.
But not just any three people; they must be residents or ratepayers of the Central Coast.
They will need “the ability to represent the views of the whole community”, Council says, plus they will need skills and experience in one of the following: coastal management and engineering; coastal erosion; and “community values of the open coast”.
Other skills could be in estuary management, water quality, habitat, biodiversity, foreshore and streambank protection, and community values of waterways, including tourism, boating, fishing, and aquaculture.
Or perhaps they know all about flood risk management: hydrology, flood modelling, land use planning, engineering, flood mitigation, emergency response planning, and community values and development on the floodplain.
The committee will first meet on August 5 with the Council CEO asked to provide a report about flood mitigation for Tuggerah Lake including the availability and costs of fit for purpose dredges that could be bought, leased, or commissioned.
The report will include technical specifications of an appropriate dredging program referencing previous reports on dredging The Entrance channel.
The positions are voluntary role with no remuneration.
Applications close at midnight on Sunday, July 19.
