Information response

5.     Review the layout plan and remove this vegetated open space area to provide a contiguous
       buffer incorporating the powerline easement and vehicle parking, etc. This may require
       moving the building to the east or extending the car parking and internal roadways along or
       under the powerline easement to remove vegetation between the proposed building and the
       vegetation within the Noosa National Park to the east.

Response:
Refer bushfire issues response prepared by Covey Associates included in Attachment 1.

6.     Amended drawings demonstrating suitable safe egress for residents and staff to Eenie Road to
       the north.

Response:
Refer bushfire issues response prepared by Covey Associates included in Attachment 1.

7.     Written State consent for the formation of a roadway across a piece of the Noosa National
       Park.

Response:
Refer bushfire issues response prepared by Covey Associates included in Attachment 1.

8.     Provide an Emergency Response Plan that identifies: -
       (a)     Safe and accessible ingress and egress points for the facility where should one be
               closed due to any reason an alternative egress/ingress point would still be available,
       (b)     Actions the facility will initiate should a bushfire threaten the area or the facility
               including resources and training staff and management will receive to ensure they are
               able to respond to a bushfire emergency in an effective and efficient manner.

Response:
Refer bushfire issues response prepared by Covey Associates included in Attachment 1.

9.     Written endorsement of the Emergency Response Plan from Queensland Fire & Emergency
       Services.

Response:
Refer bushfire issues response prepared by Covey Associates included in Attachment 1.

10.    Provide additional justification of the location of this facility within the hazardous location to
       support the proposal for an aged care facility within an area identified as a Very High Potential
       Bushfire Intensity.

Response:
Refer bushfire issues response prepared by Covey Associates included in Attachment 1.

11.    Provide additional information and support with plans, drawings or photographs with respect
       to how the Open Space areas (OS1 & OS3) are to be treated to minimise the bushfire issues
       within that area. The response is to take into consideration the status of the vegetation, its
       conservation values and its height and flammability.

Response:
Refer bushfire issues response prepared by Covey Associates included in Attachment 1 and attached
amended Landscape Plans prepared by Anembo.          Further comments in relation to the open space
values and intent of OS1 and OS3 are provided in the response to item 14 below.