2021-10-08 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                  8 OCTOBER 2021


Community comment                                      Proposed response
General – CHAP approach
                                                        provide these to the State as part of required
                                                        feedback on the QCoast2100 program, including
                                                        the need to formally consider multiple emissions
                                                        scenarios and multiple design storm events to
                                                        inform decision making.
                                                       - Council will review its climate change response
                                                         policies to provide for the consideration of a range
                                                         of climate change scenarios published by the
                                                         IPCC, not just RCP 8.5.
                                                       - Council will seek to ensure sources of local data
                                                         are incorporated in future modelling as part of any
                                                         future reviews where appropriate.
                                                       The following proposed changes to the CHAP
                                                       have been made:
                                                       - Clearer caveats/disclaimers are included
                                                         throughout the CHAP and maps including when
                                                         referencing the online versions on the project
                                                         page on Your Say Noosa.
                                                       - Risk maps at the end of the CHAP have been
                                                         deleted as these are mostly for information
                                                         purposes and can still be accessed by Council
                                                         staff in the technical reports. Such maps are not
                                                         generally included in other Council CHAPs.
Projections relied upon are likely understating what   Council has prepared its coastal hazards modelling
will likely occur, as IPCC models do not               and mapping in accordance with technical
appropriately account for climate tipping points.      guidelines set by the State Government and these
Therefore, Council should plan using more severe       guidelines are based on climate factors
model inputs.                                          recommended by the United Nations
                                                       Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
                                                       (IPCC). Council will continue to take direction from
                                                       the IPCC reports and policy guidance from the
                                                       State on appropriate climate parameters to use in
                                                       coastal hazards modelling including sea level rise
                                                       projections.
Monitoring
Need to take a stronger monitoring approach to         - Council utilises a range of monitoring techniques
inform management.                                       to survey and monitor beach width and volume,
Need to implement scientific monitoring of local         offshore sand movement and dune volume and
dunes and sea level movements so that future             vegetation.
models and options are evidence-based.                 - This includes land survey, aerial images, boat
Council needs to establish a series of CoastSnap         survey, vegetation counts, satellite derived ocean
positions at various locations along the Noosa           floor bathymetry, and computer modelling.
coast to monitor the shoreline and amount of sand      - Tide monitoring sites have been established for
on the beach; and encourage other “citizen               measuring and monitoring tides (at Noosa Spit,
science” projects to monitor coastal hazards.            Munna Point, Doonella Bridge) and for stormtides
                                                         (at Noosa Spit) to help understand stormtide and
                                                         flood behaviour in the Noosa River, including
                                                         tracking sea level rise over the long term.
                                                       - Council is also partnering with the University of
                                                         Sunshine Coast to develop advanced monitoring
                                                         techniques using drones, satellites, fixed cameras
                                                         and community photo stations.


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