Concerns raised regarding Wimmers Factory and the drainage on properties MCU13/0171

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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.