Flood overlay report off to Spring St

By Lachlan Ellis

The contentious C91 Planning Scheme Amendment came before Council once again, at an Ordinary Meeting, with Council accepting a report on the flood overlay plan this time around

On October 6, a motion to introduce a flood overlay to the Moorabool Planning Scheme was rejected.

At the Ordinary Meeting of Council on 1 December, C91 appeared again, and concerns were raised over where responsibility for flood recovery would lie if it passed.

Prior to Council’s discussions over the Amendment, Kerrie Homan, Melbourne Water’s Service Manager of Flood Risk and Flood Amendments, addressed Council in favour of the Amendment.

“Melbourne Water has been working with Council’s strategic planners for a number of years on introducing the flood controls into the Council Planning Scheme, as an overlay. The flood modelling for this amendment has been quality-assured and through a robust review process,” Ms Homan said.

“After an extended exhibition period, all the written submissions were reviewed by Melbourne Water, and also reviewed by an independent panel. The panel found that C91 had sound strategic and technical justification.”

Cr David Edwards asked does the adoption of C91 diminish the obligations of Melbourne Water to rectify or maintain drainage systems.

“No, it doesn’t diminish our responsibility as a referral authority, and/or a drainage authority, or a floodplain management authority, to undertake maintenance, and/or to design mitigation where required for drainage and flooding,” Ms Homan replied.

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in the 14 December 2021 edition
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