ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE
FORMAL SUBMISSION
“RENEWAL OF COUNCIL’S TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEASE TO
THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY AT RAYMOND PARK, EAST
BRISBANE”
FROM THE MEETING OF MONDAY 16 AUGUST 2010
In 1998, the Regional Director of the Bureau of Meteorology wrote to the Lord Mayor
asking that the subject site at Raymond Park, East Brisbane be made available for
the establishment of an automatic weather recording station at no cost to the
Bureau.
At the time, weather observations for Brisbane were taken from Brisbane Airport.
However because that location was so close to Moreton Bay, the readings did not
accurately reflect conditions in Brisbane’s Central Business District, nor those for the
majority of its suburbs.
On 19 July 1999 the Establishment and Coordination Committee (E&C) approved
the offer of a ten year lease to the Bureau to commence on 1 September 1999.
The Establishment and Coordination Committee approved the renewal of the expired
telecommunication lease tenure at Raymond Park, East Brisbane for a further two
successive ten year periods to the Bureau of Meteorology (in the name of the
Commonwealth of Australia) in accordance with the provisions of the Lease Terms
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