Our Region, Our Resilience Updates

This session took place on 30 July 2021. At this session, council staff presented flood models for the Rubyvale area and shared information on how to be prepared for a flood event. There was a section of this session where attendees had an open discussion about what they would like to see in the disaster mitigation space.

See the document library for the presentation delivered at this session and a progress update on the actions that came from this session as well as previous consultations.

This session took place on 12 July 2021 and was an opportunity for community to find out information on the emergency warning sirens located in Graves Hill and in Sapphire.

See document library for related documents, including the PowerPoint presentation from the event.

Central Highlands Regional Council has commenced work on a Draft Planning Scheme Amendment(External link) for improved floodplain management across the region’s communities, under the new ‘Our Region, Our Resilience’ program.

To inform the Draft Planning Scheme Amendment, council's Planning & Environment team held a Floodplain Management Roadshow from 23 May to 2 June 2021. They travelled across the region, having conversations with community their vision for more prepared, responsive and resilient floodplain planning. They also hosted pop-up events to engage with community.

Community feedback is being collated to inform an amended approach towards to how we best deal with the management of floodplains across the region, and support more informed decision making on the development, land use and future of our communities, regionwide.

The next step in the amendment process is for council to finalise the proposed changes to the planning scheme. These maps are being updated to reflect the most current information available for each of our communities. Once these changes are drafted, they will be sent to the state government for review and approval to undertake the next round of consultation, where the team will revisit community to discuss the proposed changes and seek feedback.

See document library for related documents.

On 11 May 2021, Central Highlands Regional Council hosted a community meeting following a flash flood event in the Gemfields on 16 and 17 March 2021. The event was an opportunity for community to share their experience and provide feedback to council staff to improve disaster mitigation into the future which has informed an action plan for council staff to implement feedback.

The notes from this consultation were shared with relevant council staff and a debrief session took place to discuss implementation of community feedback.

See document library for a copy of the updates sheet.

On 21 April 2021, the Bluff Community Reference Group had a special interest meeting dedicated to flood mitigation. Technical council staff from the Infrastructure & Utilities department attended the meeting to hold a discussion with community on flood mitigation.

See document library for meeting minutes and presentation.