2021-10-08 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA   8 OCTOBER 2021


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SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                        8 OCTOBER 2021

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     Plan

                            Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan (CHAP)
                            October 2021
 Department                 Environment & Sustainable   Branch           Strategic Land Use Planning
                           Development                                    Environmental Services
  Project Manager           Principal Strategic Planner

  Target start date | October 2021                            Target finish date | November 2021
  Project Description
 To help the Noosa Shire mitigate and prepare for the impacts of coastal hazards caused by sea level rise, Noosa Council
 has prepared a Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan (CHAP). The CHAP will provide an action-oriented program that sets clear
  pnonties for Council, as well as the community, and to prepare for increasing coastal hazard nsks and to build long-term
  resilience.
  Council completed six week consultation period from January 25 to March 8, 2021, for the first draft version of the CHAP.
  Subsequent feedback from the State Government, the LGAQ, and the Noosa community, has resulted in changes being
  made to the document.
  This project plan provides a description of the community consultation period being undertaken regarding the second draft
  CHAP.

  Project background
  Noosa Council is responding to potential climate change-induced risks by undertaking a multi-year project to develop a
  climate change program in order to build adaptive capacity within Council and across the community. The coastal hazards
  component of the program will be guided by a Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan. The CHAP is funded by a grant agreement
  with the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ), under the Queensland Department of Environment and
  Science’s (DES) QCoastzioo initiative. Council was successful in its grant application in late 2016, with work on the CHAP
  commencing in February 2017.

  The QCoastzoo initiative has been designed to assist Queensland coastal local governments with funding and technical
  guidance to support the preparation of plans that identify and respond to likely changes in coastal hazard risks caused by
  rising sea levels.

  The CHAP is intended to guide decision-making across key areas of Council, including:

      ®   Corporate and operational planning and financial planning;
      e   =Land use planning and development assessment;
      e = Infrastructure planning, design and management including roads, stormwater and foreshores;
      ®   Management of non-infrastructure assets including conservation and recreational areas;
      ©   Community resilience planning; and
      e   Emergency management.

  The plan is based on a detailed assessment of coastal hazards for present day and 2040, 2070 and 2100 including hazard
  modelling, risk assessments and socio-economic analysis of preferred options. It provides a set of recommended actions for
  implementation over the next 1-5 years, and presents a potential pathway for responding to these changing risks over the
  long term.

  Council has completed seven out of the eight prescribed CHAP phases. Completion of community consultation on the draft
  CHAP, and delivery of the final CHAP to LGAQ comprise the eighth phase.

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