Properly made submission (object) Brett Kennedy MCU13/0171

knowledge of the true extent of flood events with me. Local knowledge has saved my house
so far. I am    counting on the Council to ensure the safety of my property and myself.

          Mine is not the only property that has been adversely affected by flooding events on

the watercourses that flow through my and the Wimmers property. Murphy and Nolan’s

wholesale nursery shares the watercourse that runs through the western side of my

property. They have suffered extensive losses of stock in flood events. Pots, plants and plant
trays have on a number of occasions washed into and through my property. A search of the
watercourses in the Wimmers property would surely show that there are pots and possibly

trays from Murphy and Nolan’s Nursery. In speaking with Kevin from Murphy and Nolan I
have learnt that they lost approximately 30 000 plants in the major flood in early 2012. Hoy

Road is regularly blocked in flood events when the watercourses in question flood.


          The figure (Figure 18)that Adams and Sparks refer to is quoted as being from ’The

Noosa Plan." If this is so then this plan is so wrong that it is almost criminal. If this plan is

the basis for other planning decisions then something seriously needs to be done to

safeguard safety to people and property. Flooding in the area is unfortunately a too regular
event. This plan, as shown in the development proposal, is in fact in error and needs to be

revised as soon as possible. I put to you that council needs to conduct another in depth

(accurate)flood survey of the waterways that run through my property and into and
converge in the precincts of the proposed new factory. This exhaustive study needs to be
conducted before a final decision can be made on the success of the development proposal.

This clearly needs to be done for safety reasons and to protect property. Of key concern is

the way that man-made modifications alter (bottleneck)floodwaters.


          If the watercourses are not returned to their natural state and the modifications are

not removed, any more "lifting" ofthe soil profile in the Wimmer’s property would surely

make flooding of my property worse.        Given, the near misses that my house has had with
floods, any further lifting of the soil profile would be disastrous. In particular, I ask that the
"V" shaped piece of land at "Gate 3" between the creeks and the old brick storage yard at

"Gate 4" never be built up or on in any way.


          I recently outlined my concerns over flooding to a representative for the developer. I

thank him in that I felt that he listened genuinely well to my concerns and attempted to help

by offering a solution to the problems. The fact that he saw the value of my concerns is
evidenced in the way that he saw the problem posed by flooding. This he reduced to two

concepts,

          -
              the damming effect posed by land around the road and the poor drainage through

it, and

          -
              the speed at which the floodwaters escaped from the site.