2016-07-18 General Committee Meeting - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Flood Management Plan

The increasing risks of climate related hazards will likely               9.3 Key initiatives – Planning and




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affect council in the areas of—                                               policy




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 •   Litigation and legal liability
                                                                          The implementation plan will include initiatives that aim




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 •   Community expectations                                               to –
 •   Land use planning and development                                     •   Review planning scheme provisions with regards
 •   Asset and infrastructure planning, design and                             to flooding to ensure alignment and outcomes are
     management                                                                consistent with principles adopted via this Flood
                                                                               Management Plan.
 •   Financial sustainability.
                                                                           •   In conjunction with the preparation of a new planning
The 2016 Planning Scheme flood hazard area overlay                             scheme prepare a planning scheme policy outlining
includes parameters which reflect future climate conditions                    preferred methods and parameters for flood studies
for 2100. These parameters include an increase in rainfall                     and flood management.
intensity for severe weather events and increases in mean
                                                                           •   Include as part of the planning scheme flood hazard
sea levels over time. To reflect these conditions the design
                                                                               mapping the areas of maximum flow velocities to
rainfall temporal patterns have been increased by 20%18
                                                                               assist with development assessment and building and
and mean sea levels raised by 800mm19. These values are
                                                                               infrastructure design.
consistent with current recommendations and industry
practice for Queensland communities.                                       •   Enforce council’s position requiring gravity fed
                                                                               carparks for new residential development and ensure
Council has commenced the preparation of a Climate                             there is improved clarity on this in the new planning
Change Adaptation Plan for Noosa Shire. The plan                               scheme.
will focus on climate related hazards such as flooding,                    •   Establish an internal flooding working group to
storm surge, extreme storm events, coastal erosion and                         help coordinate flood management functions across
permanent inundation from sea level rise. It will also                         council and to assist with facilitating council wide
look at adaptation for bushfire hazard and biodiversity                        input into developing planning provisions and council
conservation. The plan will identify the coastal hazards,                      guidelines related to flooding.
risks, and vulnerable areas and assets. It will investigate
                                                                           •   Support members of the flood working group by
actions to help minimise the exposure of new assets to
                                                                               offering professional development opportunities
future damages (eg building extra flood resilience into new
                                                                               related to planning and policy with regards to flooding.
roads and bridges) and options for improving the resilience
of existing assets and communities.                                        •   Prepare a climate change adaptation plan that
                                                                               addresses future flood hazard risk and the likely
The outcomes of the Climate Change Adaptation Plan will                        associated consequences for vulnerable communities
be important for informing policy responses for the new                        and infrastructure and identifies future options for
planning scheme, as well as community, infrastructure and                      discussion with the community.
financial planning.

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   Increasing Queensland’s resilience to inland flooding in a changing climate: Final Report on the Inland Flooding Study. A joint project of
Department of Environment and Resource Management, Department of Infrastructure and Planning and Local Government Association of
Queensland. 2010
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   The projected sea-level rise of 0.8 metres by the year 2100 is based on climate modelling and probable scenarios of world development
presented in the Forth Assessment Report released in 2007. See IPCC, 2007: Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working
Groups I, II and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, Pachauri, R.K and
Reisinger, A.(eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 104 pp.




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