PRESENT
Councillor Greg Conkey OAM Wagga Wagga City Council
Councillor Vanessa Keenan Wagga Wagga City Council
Councillor Rod Kendall Wagga Wagga City Council
Jenny Rolfe Community Member
Ros Prangnell Community Member
Patricia Murray Community Member
Brian Mahony Community Member
IN ATTENDANCE
Peter Thompson General Manager (WWCC)
Barry Griffiths State Emergency Service (SES)
Craig Ronan State Emergency Service (SES)
Steve Manwaring Department Planning, Industry & Environment
Caroline Angel Director Commercial Operations
Mark Gardiner Manager Environment & City Compliance
Peter Ross Manager Technical and Strategy
Daryl Woods Manager Council Businesses
Sam Robins Town Planner
Andrew Mason Project Manager
Peter Garland Senior Engineer - Strategy
Amir Abbasnia Design Engineer – Sewer & Stormwater
Michael Casey Communications and Engagement Coordinator
Ange Little Business Support – Operations
Jessica Lawlor Business Support – Operations
Nigel Rajaratnam Centre for International Economics
APOLOGIES
Janice Summerhayes Director Community Service
Sylvester Otieno Manager Operations
Rup Shah Manager Project Delivery
Michael Friend Co-opted Community Member
Sue Hardwick Co-opted Community Member
Adriaan Stander Strategic Planning Coordinator
Fiona Ziff Community Member
The meeting of the Floodplain Risk Management Advisory Committee commenced at 8.30am.
Acknowledgement Of Country
I would like to Acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Land, on which this meeting takes place and to pay my respects to Elders past and present.
Chairperson Councillor Keenan introduced Peter Garland, Amir Abbassnia and Nigel Rajaratnam to the Committee. Peter and Amir and new Council staff based in the Sydney Office and Nigel is attending the meeting on behalf of Centre for International Economics, who are undertaking the North Wagga Feasibility Study.
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On the Motion of R Prangnell and J Woods That the Minutes of the proceedings of the Floodplain Risk Management Advisory Committee Meeting held on 3 December 2019 be confirmed as a true and accurate record.
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Declarations Of Interest
Nil to declare
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That the Committee a receive and note the report b schedule a workshop to be held during March 2020 to discuss the draft MOFFs report (project 1753)
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Discussion Points
1753 – Major Overland Flow Flood Study
· Workshop
The workshop is scheduled for 17 March 2020 at 8.30am. The purpose of the workshop is to make sure the Committee are comfortable with the draft report, and identify any gaps, as well as delivery priorities.
Action: provide the Committee with a briefing paper outlining the desired outcomes, and copy of the draft report within a reasonable timeframe before the workshop.
· Community Engagement for MOFF’s report
- When the draft report is finalised, consultation to occur with community and specific user groups, eg: Lake Albert.
- Clear explanations to be provided to the community on the difference between drainage issues and overland flow. Ensure a mechanism is created to capture any drainage concerns and record as customer requests for the Operations team
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On the Motion of R Kendall and R Prangnell That the committee a receive the presentation provided by the SES on their mapping program
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On the Motion of J Rolfe and R Kendall That the Committee a receive and note the correspondence received on 25 January 2020 from the North Wagga Residents Association b request council staff draft a response addressing the concerns and questions raised in the letter, which will be presented to be provided at the next Floodplain Risk Management Advisory Committee meeting on 7 April 2020.
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Discussion Points
· Point 1 in letter - concerns were raised by the Committee regarding the request to provide details of the upstream residents, and their right to have their privacy maintained.
· Point 2 in letter – Appendix H in the Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan document addresses vegetation
· Point 3 in letter (SES) – the letter is a good opportunity to commence community consultation, similar to the work done with Uranquinty community.
Action: SES will arrange to meet with North Wagga residents, and provide a verbal update to the Committee. A Council representative to be included in the resident meetings, and minutes / notes taken.
· Point 6 in letter - discussion around the fact that North Wagga residents have previously been afforded and had the same opportunities to join to committee as other residents in Wagga.
· The response letter:
- reiterate that the formal resolved position of Council is not to pursue the 1/100, with potential for other options including 1/20, house raising etc.
- address the
- address that North Wagga is part of a whole floodplain issue.
- the software used for the data is the intellectual property of WMAwater
Discussion Points
· Nigel Rajaratnam from the Centre for International Economics provided information to the Committee. CIE is a consortium with experts in their field from CIE, Woolcott and WMAwater.
· A schedule for the project will be developed and provided to the Committee. The schedule may need to be adjusted as the project and community engagement is undertaken and develops.
· Community consultation discussion:
- CIE working to understanding how we can better communicate with the community, ensuring everyone is on the same page
- Variety of communication methods including 1 on 1 meetings and surveys. Meetings will be held at a location away from North Wagga.
- Not just looking at the technical impact, but the social impacts as well.
- Ensure the correct terminology is used eg: 1 in 100
- Present to the community using more visual and graphical tools
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On the Motion of R Prangnell and R Kendall That the Committee a note the resolution at the meeting on 3 December 2019 to hold a workshop following the meeting of 4 February 2020 b note the changes to the documents provided at the last Committee meeting, where the classification of North Wagga has been amended.
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Discussion Points · Council staff to contact the EPA to obtain approval to move the stockpiles of fill in to the current hole · Council to seek a funding source to undertake the recommendations |
The Floodplain Risk Management Advisory Committee rose at 11am.