2016-07-18 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   18 JULY 2016




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                                  18 JULY 2016

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Noosa Council Flood Management Action Plan

                             Noosa Council, residents and businesses have access to the best available flood information for the region; Information on past, present and future flooding conditions is available and utilised to inform planning and decision making; Council's
    Desired Outcome          flooding resources are up to date, reflect local conditions and take account of existing and future climate; Flood management and distaster managment activities are well planned, coordinated and communicated across all stakeholders; Services
                             are delivered that help protect the community, improve community resilience and improve public access to information.

   Core Area                                    Core Principle                       Action Item                                                   Prioritisation               Responsible stakeholder          Next steps                                            Budget                                                        Status         Icon

                                                                                      Determine flood trigger levels and the likely associated
                                                                                      consequences for vulnerable communities or vulnerable                                                                      Identify local flood triggers reference levels in
    Disaster Management   Disaster preparations To be prepared for flood events                                                                       2016-18          Project Manager Planning and Infrastructur                                                      Included in operational budgets                             Underway
                                                                                      infrastructure items with reference to one (or more) of                                                                    consultation with LDMG.
                                                                                      the Council’s radio telemetry gauges.

    Disaster Management   Disaster preparations To be prepared for flood events       Maintain all radio telemetry gauges on a regular basis.         2016-18          Asset Planning Coordinator                Identify next data for maintainance                   Included in operational budgets                             Not started

                                                                                      Review gauge translations in Enviromon every two years
    Disaster Management   Disaster preparations To be prepared for flood events       to ensure accurate real world conditions are being              2016-18          Asset Planning Coordinator                Review gauge translations in Enviromon                Included in operational budgets                             Not started
                                                                                      reported.

                                                                                      Review standard procedures for receiving and providing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Ensure systems that provide access to flood information
                                                                                      flood advice during a flood event to identify critical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 or communication between flood advisors and LDMG
    Disaster Management   Disaster preparations To be prepared for flood events       systems within this process.                                    2016-18          Asset Planning Coordinator                                                                      To be referred for consideration in 17/18 budget            Not started
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 have redundancy options in the event of some failure of
                                                                                      Identify and where appropriate implement redundancy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 the system during a flood.
                                                                                      options and alternative proceedures for these critical

                                                                                      Establish a user group with basic proficiency in the                                                                       Ensure flood Working Group maintains a record of
    Disaster Management   Disaster preparations To be prepared for flood events       operation of the Enviromon system and a user group              2016-18          Disaster Management Officer               officers with basis and advanced proficiencies in     Included in operational budgets                             Scheduled
                                                                                      with advanced proficiency in the system.                                                                                   Environmon.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Ensure Flood Working Group maintains a record of
                                                                                      Provide at least four relevant officers with basic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 officers who have been provided basic competency
    Disaster Management   Disaster activation   To be prepared for flood events       competency training in hydrologic and hydraulic                 2016-18          Disaster Management Officer                                                                     Included in operational budgets                             Scheduled
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 training in hydrologic and hydraulic characteristics of
                                                                                      characteristics of the Noosa Council catchments.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 the Noosa Council catchment.

                                                                                      Provide specific flood related disaster management
                                                                                      training to relevant council officers, or stakeholders,                                                                    Include disaster management training on the agenda for
    Disaster Management   Disaster activation   To be prepared for flood events                                                                       2016-18          Disaster Management Officer                                                                     To be referred for consideration in 17/18 budget            Not started
                                                                                      independent of broader disaster management training                                                                        the Flood Working Group
                                                                                      exercises, to further refine specific flooding related skills.

                                                                                      Establish remote access to Enviromon and Council’s suite
    Disaster Management   Disaster preparations To be prepared for flood events       of disaster management flood maps for relevant council          2016-18          Disaster Management Officer               Confirm remote access capabilities with relevant officers Included in operational budgets                         Underway
                                                                                      officers.

                                                                                      Ensure at least three relevant flood related officers have
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Include disaster management training on the agenda for
                                                                                      completed Queensland Local Disaster Management
    Disaster Management   Disaster preparations To be prepared for flood events                                                                       2016-18          Disaster Management Officer               the Flood Working Group. Flood Working Group          Included in operational budgets                             Scheduled
                                                                                      Guideline training or demonstrated a similar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 maintains a record of training undertaken.
                                                                                      competency.

                                                                                      Ensure basic training has been provided to flooding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Include disaster management training on the agenda of
    Disaster Management   Disaster activation   To be prepared for flood events       related officers on the procedures to follow during a           2016-18          Disaster Management Officer                                                                     Included in operational budgets                             Scheduled
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Flood Working Group
                                                                                      flood event.

                                                                                      A community flood awareness program has been                                                                               Coordinate funding through Disaster Management Get
    Disaster Management   Community awareness                                                                                                                          Disaster Management Officer
                                                To improve community resilience                                                                       2016-18                                                                                                                                                                      Not started
                                                                                      prepared and delivered.                                                                                                    Ready Program

                                                                                      Complete additional bathymetric survey of the Noosa
                                                                                      River to supplement existing survey to provide additional
                          Flood records and     To understand existing and future                                                                                                                                Discuss with Flood Working Group a preferred time to
    Flooding Resources                                                                reference for monitoring and understanding changes to           2016-18          Principal Strategic Planner                                                                     $60000 budgeted 17/18                                       Not started
                           urvey                flooding conditions                                                                                                                                              do survey
                                                                                      the River’s bed profile and potential impact on flood
                                                                                      flow capacity and flow velocity distributions.

                                                                                      Collect peak flood level records along Kin Kin Creek for a                                                                 Determine the appropriate rainfall and/or flood gauge
                          Flood records and     To understand existing and future
    Flooding Resources                                                                variety of flood events to improve flood model                  2018-21          Asset Planning Coordinator                height that would trigger collection of flood level   Decision to be made in future budget deliberations          Not started
                           urvey                flooding conditions
                                                                                      calibration in this location.                                                                                              records along Kin Kin Creek.

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