Minutes, agenda, reports
A meeting of the Somerset Rivers Authority Board was held at 10am on 16 January 2017, in the Wyndham Room at County Hall in Taunton.
Below are links to a summary of decisions taken at the meeting and the Minutes. These documents tell you what happened at the meeting.
They are followed by lists of people attending the meeting, the agenda and informative supporting documents such as reports and updates.
Documents (downloadable PDFs):
– SRA Board Summary of decisions 16 January 2017
– Agreed Minutes SRA Board 16 January 2017
Members of SRA Board:
Cllr John Osman – Chairman (Somerset County Council)
Ray Adlam (Axe Brue Internal Drainage Board)
Jeff Fear (Axe Brue Internal Drainage Board)
Cllr Anne Fraser (Sedgemoor District Council)
Nick Gupta (Environment Agency)
Matthew Heard (Natural England)
Cllr Ric Pallister (South Somerset District Council)
David Spicer (Parrett Internal Drainage Board)
Cllr Anthony Trollope-Bellew (West Somerset Council)
Cllr John Williams (Taunton Deane Borough Council)
In Attendance:
Doug Bamsey (Sedgemoor District Council)
Rachel Burden (Environment Agency)
Sarah Diacono (Somerset Rivers Authority)
Paula Hewitt (Somerset County Council)
Bren Hodkinson (Environment Agency)
Nick Stevens (Somerset Drainage Boards Consortium)
Apologies:
Tony Bradford – Vice-Chairman (Parrett Internal Drainage Board)
Cllr David Hall (Somerset County Council)
David Jenkins (Wessex Regional Flood & Coastal Committee)
Peter Maltby (Parrett Internal Drainage Board)
AGENDA
1 Declarations of interest
Purpose: Transparency
All members
2 Minutes of previous meeting Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Purpose: To agree accuracy
Lead: Chair
Document (downloadable PDF): SRA Board Meeting Draft Minutes 26 October 2016
3 Public Question Time
Purpose: To give the public chance to ask questions
Lead: Chair
4 The Sowy/KSD (King’s Sedgemoor Drain) project
Purpose: To update and seek endorsement from the Board
Lead: Rachel Burden, Environment Agency
Document (downloadable PDF): Sowy/KSD project update 16 January 2017
5 The Approach to developing the SRA 2017-18 Enhanced Programme
Purpose: To update and seek endorsement from the Board
Lead: Paula Hewitt, Chair SRA Management Group
Documents (downloadable PDFs):
– Approach to 2017-18 Enhanced Programme
– Appendix A
– Appendix B
6 AOB (Any Other Business)
Purpose: To raise urgent items (agreed with John Osman prior to the meeting)
Lead: Chair
Document (downloadable PDF): Re-allocation of funds for de-silting