2016-07-18 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  18 JULY 2016


As part of the project a Flood Information Repository was established. This is an online intranet
repository to house flood studies, flood records, survey and flood maps. This improves access
and storage of Council’s flooding resources and will be updated regularly as new flood
information emerges. The community can assess information from this repository through an
online flood search request.

Together all of these elements provide a structured approach to managing council’s knowledge
and flood related resources to improve the Council and community’s resilience to flood risk.

2.   Flood Management Planning Framework

The overall aim of the plan is that the Noosa community and Council are well informed about
flood risk and well prepared for significant flood events. This can be achieved by –

   Noosa Council, residents and businesses having access to best available flood information
     including past, present and future flooding conditions;
   ensuring flood resources are up to date, reflect local conditions and take account of
     existing and future climate;
   ensuring flood management and disaster management activities are well coordinated and
     communicated across all stakeholders; and
   ensuring services are delivered that help protect the community, improve community
     resilience and improve public access to information.

Flood management priorities have been considered under 3 core areas:
1.   Flooding Resources - information such as flood studies, mapping, records, survey and
     flood searches;

2.   Planning and policy - in Council’s planning scheme, building controls and other strategic
     and operational plans, and development assessment;

3.   Disaster management - how Council prepares for and responds to a flood event,
     community awareness and flood mitigation works.

The following core principles describe the purpose of each core area and provide focus to the
key initiatives and actions.

   Flooding Resources
     Core principle 1: To make flood mapping accessible, informative and relevant
     Core principle 2: To understand existing and future flooding conditions
     Core principle 3: To learn from the past

   Planning and policy
     Core principle 4: To plan for existing and future climate conditions
     Core principle 5: To improve public access to information

   Disaster management
     Core principle 6: To improve community resilience
     Core principle 7: To prepare for flood events
     Core principle 8: To protect our communities




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