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Concerns raised regarding Wimmers Factory and the drainage on properties MCU13/0171
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Dennis,
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You may remember that we had a telephone discussion with regards to the proposed
Wimmers Factory development on Lake Macdonald Drive.
In that discussion I asked you if effects of flood severity and frequency on my property as
caused by the modified soil profiles on the development property across the road/down-stream had
been considered. You hesitated for quite a while and then delivered what could be described as an
unconvincing, "Yeeeees."
I have spoken to Tyrone Attard (the Council Hydrologist that you gave me a contact phone
number for and who I was unable to contact until after the development application had been
approved) twice now, once by phone and once in person.
Both times that I have spoken with Tyrone I have asked him the same question that I asked
you with regards to the flooding effects on my property that are caused by the modifications to the
soil profile on the Wimmers property.
Both times, Tyrone has said that there is no flood modelling data for properties on my side
ofthe road.
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As such I can only conclude that the flooding effects on my property could not have been
considered. Please outline for me how you came to the conclusion that flooding was not a concern
when you had no flood modelling data for my property. In my submission I asked that a proper flood
study be undertaken before the development application was considered. Why wasn’t this done?
Please explain.
As a council employee it is incumbent on you to safe guard public safety and the safety of
the residents and their property. I am sure that you will understand when I say to you that I feel as
though I have been disregarded by you. The information that I submitted to you also critically
addresses the public’s safety on LakeMacdonald Drive.
In my submission against the development I outlined various areas of concern with regards
to flooding. I identified a number of areas that contribute to bottlenecking of flood waters on the
Wimmers property that contribute to the severity and frequency of flooding on my property and the
road. In conversation with Tyrone it has become apparent that I was correct in my assumptions.
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As I have outlined before, the road and the extensive modifications to the soil profile on the
Wimmers property need to be addressed. I would ask that you liaise with the developer to address
the following issues. (I am sure that Tyrone will understand these issues better than you so I will
forward a copy of this letter to him and one to Peter Wellington as welL)
-Removal of the bridge that joins the back of the development to the old storage yard at
gate 4. This slows flood waters at present.
-Widening of the drains that have been made to contain the watercourse (creek).
-The reduction in the height ofthe soil in the areas accessed through gates 3 and 4.
-Extensive widening of the creek/drain in the area past the connecting bridge. Natural creek
flow has clearly been garrotted here by extensive land filling in the carpark area and storage yard at
the back of the building.
-Better drainage under the road is critically needed. I am keen to show anyone where I think
that this needs to be put in place. The current poor drainage under the road is a main contributor to
the frequent flooding of my property and is the reason why my property has in effect become a
flood mitigation dam for the property over the road. This must be addressed.
Overtopping of the road poses a serious threat to the public at large. If the steps that I have
outlined are undertaken then perhaps the threats will be lessened. These steps would also work in
the developer’s favour as well. The February 2012 floods came to the very corner of the building,
literally. Steps taken to unhinder and to speed water flow past the development can only serve to
safeguard the Wimmers factory as well and are also then in the developer’s best interests..
I would also suggest that guard rails need to be erected around the drains on the Wimmers
factory side of the road. The fact that a woma was left clinging to one ofthe road posts at the edge
of one of these drains in a flood event is evidence enough of the need for these posts and that
people are taking risks in travelling through this area when it is flooded.
Of further note is the fact that Tyrone showed me some projected depths of flooding for the
Wimmers site for the February 2012 flood. It was interesting to note that the land that was above
flood level was for the most part of man made profile. This gives further evidence of the way that
flood flow has been so affected. I would ask for confirmation that land that was submerged in this
flood not be built up in any way as it would clearly have further damming effects on my property.
With regards to the Wimmers factory building that has been approved I have some further
questions that I would like you to answer. Some of these questions were in my submission.
The current building is for the most part (at least the entire northern side) an open building.
This means that should flooding top the 2012 levels there is theoretically room,finally, for
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floodwaters to spread to the south for the first time. As this building will be walled for the factory, it
in effect adds to the dam wall that directly meets flood waters head on and is a prime contributor to
flood levels on my property. What effect on flooding will this cause to my property. Please model
this for me in regards to flooding effects on my property. Please do this for 10cm increments up to a
meter above the February 2012 floods and let me know where on my six acre property will actually
be above water, if any. My reason for this is that as I am from a family that has a long history in the
area there is anecdotal evidence of floods that top the February 2012 floods.
In speaking with a Wimmers factory representative (john Andrews) I was told that the floor
of the factory building is to be raised by "about six inches." As the building currently has a sloping
floor that go slopes down to the creek on the northern side, my question is where is the "six inches"
to be measured from? If the floor is to be raised by that much in the higher kiln area on the
southern side, by how much will the floor level at the eastern corner be raised? This is the leading
edge of the building that will meet the floods. What effect will this have on flood levels in my
property?
Is the concreted area on the northern side of the building to be raised so as to better serve
the higher floor levels of the building? If so, then by how much and what effect will this have on
flooding in my property?
Is the driveway that will service the building to be modified? If so, is it to be raised and by
how much? What effects will this have on flooding in my property?
Is the carpark are at the front ofthe building to be raised? If so by how much? What effect
would any raises have on flooding in my property?
Please answer quickly as I am aware that you may need to consult with Tyrone Attard and
he will not be in the new Noosa Council. He is in fact the only person who can shed some light on the
situation and is the only person who has made an effort to visit my property and to discuss the
situation with me.
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Catchment management is a complicated business and needs to involve all stakeholders. I
gave input in the form of the submission that I put in against the development. I can not help but
feel that the points that I raised were not read or were not treated with enough seriousness.
Through no fault of my own I am the victim in this situation because of past and proposed
developments down-stream of my property. I am bewildered at how ignored my situation has been
in all of this process.
My property regularly and unnaturally floods and the developments downstream of my
property, including the road unnaturally increase the regularity and severity of that flooding. What
steps are you going to take to lessen the risk of flooding of my property and to the public.
Please answer in written form to the address that I have supplied at the top of this letter.
Brett Kennedy.
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