1.2.2. Floodplain Risk Management Draft Plan Objectives

• Review the local flood plan, identify deficiencies in information and address the issues identified in the DPIE Guideline “SES Requirements from the FRM Process.” • Examination of the present flood warning systems, community flood awareness and emergency response measures in the context of the NSW State Emergency Service's developments and disaster planning requirements. • Examine ways in which the river and floodplain environment may be enhanced without having a detrimental effect on flooding; • Identification of modifications required to current policies in the light of investigations. 1.2.2. Floodplain Risk Management Draft Plan Objectives The Floodplain Risk Management Draft Plan makes a range of recommendations relating to flood mitigation works and measures that address the existing, future and continuing flood problems, in accordance with the NSW Government's Flood Prone Land Policy. The recommended works and measures presented in the Plan aim to: • Reduce the flood hazard and risk to people and property in the existing communities and to ensure future development is controlled in a manner consistent with the flood hazard and risk (taking into account the potential impacts of climate change). • Reduce private and public losses due to flooding. • Protect and where possible enhance the river and floodplain environment. • Be consistent with the objectives of relevant State policies, in particular, the Government’s Flood Prone Land and State Rivers and Estuaries Policies and satisfy the objectives and requirements of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979. • Ensure that the draft floodplain risk management plana are fully integrated with Council’s existing corporate, business and strategic plans, existing and proposed planning proposals, meets Council’s obligations under the Local Government Act, 1993 and has the support of the local communities. • Ensure actions arising out of the draft plans are sustainable in social, environmental, ecological and economic terms. • Ensure that the draft floodplain risk management plans are fully integrated with the local emergency management plan (flood plan) and other relevant catchment management plans. • Establish a program for implementation and suggest a mechanism for the funding of the plans and should include priorities, staging, funding, responsibilities, constraints, and monitoring. DRAFT FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION