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

Council has recently undertaken flood mitigation works in     •   Review the gauge translations in Enviromon every




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Pomona (2016) and near Daintree Estate (2015) to improve          two years to ensure accurate real world conditions are




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the resilience of the local communities and residents who         being reported.




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had been affected by recent flood events. Flood mitigation




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                                                              •   Review standard procedures for receiving and
works for Ashgrove Drive Cooroy are currently underway
                                                                  providing flood advice with the view to identify critical
in association with the Bruce Highway upgrade.
                                                                  systems within this process. Identify redundancy
There is currently no documented strategy for flood               options and alternative procedures in the event of
mitigation for this council. A flood mitigation strategy          possible failures to critical systems.
helps to documents mitigation opportunities prioritises       •   Establish a user group with basic proficiency in the
these works and includes an implementation plan for their         operation of the Enviromon system and a user group
delivery. It should act as a road map for future investment       with advanced proficiency in the system.
in flood mitigation activities and facilitate improved
                                                              •   Explore options to utilise additional software to
communications across all related stakeholders regarding
                                                                  enhance the functionality and improve accessibility to
site selection and prioritisation of works.
                                                                  Enviromon readings.
Forecasted increases in mean sea levels and rainfall
                                                              Disaster Activation
intensities associated with future climate scenarios may
require broad scale mitigation works to be considered if      •   Provide basic competency training in hydrologic
existing standards of service for trafficability and flood        and hydraulic characteristics of the Noosa Council
immunity are to be maintained. A flood mitigation strategy        catchments and waterways.
may also consider non-structural responses which opt to
                                                              •   Provide specific flood disaster management training
redefine standards of service for vulnerable locations.
                                                                  to relevant council officers or stakeholders to further
It is recommended that a flood mitigation strategy to be          refine specific flooding related skills.
prepared including a detailed implementation plan for
                                                              •   Ensure basic training has been provided to flood
prioritising and costing potential actions.
                                                                  related officers on the procedures to follow during a
                                                                  flood event.
10.5 Key initiatives –
     Disaster management                                      Community awareness

                                                              •   Prepare and deliver a community flood awareness
The implementation plan will include initiatives that aim
                                                                  program.
to achieve the following–
                                                              Flood mitigation
Disaster preparation
                                                              •   Prepare a project scope outlining the desired structure
•   Determine flood trigger levels for vulnerable
                                                                  and outcomes for a Flood Mitigation Plan.
    communities or vulnerable infrastructure items with
    one (or more) of the Council’s radio telemetry gauges     •   Incorporate relevant recommendations from the
    and document the likely associated consequences.              Flood Mitigation Plan into Council’s overall 10 year
                                                                  capital works program.
•   Undertake regular maintenance of all radio telemetry
    gauges.




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