Properly made submission (object) Brett Kennedy MCU13/0171

        I am concerned that the level of the area around the proposed factory may also be

raised and not just the factory floor itself. Given the very near miss that my house had in the

major floods in 2012, I am concerned that any lifting of soil profiles downstream of my
house, even by as little as l5cm, may be enough to increase the very real risk of my house
being flooded. As such, to ensure my safety and the safety of my property, I ask that the
exact height of the level of the floor of my house be surveyed by council and that
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that is below that level on the Wimmers property never be built up in any way. This is a

reasonable request given that the property is downsteam in the path of a watercourse that

regularly floods. I also request that the past steps that have been undertaken to raise the
soil levels of extensive areas in the now Wimmers property be undone. I feel that they also

are a real and present   danger to my safety and property in flood events. This is also a very
reasonable request. Wimmers did not cause these problems but they have inherited them.


       The proposed building itself is also of concern to me. The current structure is open in

that it is unwalled. This means that any floodwaters that broach the level ofthe wall that it

is built on could then spread out.


        The proposed building is a walled and enclosed structure. Given its expansively tall,

broad and lengthy dimensions and the angle that it sits at with regards to the angle that

flood waters enter the property, it is entirely conceivable that it would also act as a weir or

buffering wall and slow the flow of such floodwaters. As such, the building itself could very
conceivably increase the risk of flooding in my property and in so doing also threaten my
safety and the safety of my property.

       I have seen floodwaters roar into the Wimmers property on many occasions. Debris

has in the past choked the fence at the front of the property and the weight of the water

and debris has at times tipped parts of this fence over. Bricks in the storage yard at Gate 4

have been washed from the top of pallets that were stacked on top of other pallets. The

brick safety railings for the bridge at the back of this storage yard have been washed away

by the force of the floodwaters. One interesting piece of debris very near to the "subject
site" came from my property. A piece of wood became stuck in the bottom of the metal

bridge that crosses the creek from the area at gate 3 and leads to the proposed new factory
site. It lodged there in one of the first floods that occurred just after I moved in to my

property. This piece of wood bears the axe marks that I put in it when I cut it up for fire
wood. Floodwaters have very nearly broached the levy/rock wall at the foot of the building

that is referred to as the "subject site." Floodwaters have blocked the driveway that is

marked as the main access to the site and left debris on the driveway near the floor level of

the current building.


       Flood debris can still be found in the barbed wire in my fence and I am happy to

show anyone where this debris is. Had a neighbour not come down when I was building my

house and told me to move the positioning of my house markedly to the south, it would

have been flooded on a number of times. I will be forever grateful to them for sharing their