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Chris Dolley introduced Louise
McPhail and Julie-Anne MacPhee who spoke to the item, which was taken as read.
Discussions included:
·
Council’s
work activities to respond to the HBIFR recommendations will be reported on a
quarterly basis with this being the first one.
· Of the 47 recommendations in the
review, 15% have been completed, 51% are underway, and the balance either awaiting
funding or further information before being started.
· The Extreme Weather Hub is now live
and has been very well received by the community.
· Three pilot communities are being
identified for the Trigger Levels work. Although deciding trigger levels might
be perceived as a simple matter, it is not and complexities arise including
various evacuation requirements for Civil Defence purposes.
· Rain modelling was explained, in
particular how the Metservice and HBRC interact.
· It was noted that councillors are
advised about ongoing maintenance, testing and other work being carried out
relating to flood infrastructure on a quarterly basis at the Corporate and
Strategic Committee meetings.
·
Installation
of webcams in strategic positions is under way, with many already in place, and
others being added on an almost weekly basis.
Councillor
Thompson Hokianga left at 2.00pm
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The Flood
Forecasting System will allow communities to see the risks for themselves,
and self-evacuate as required.
·
The Hazard
Portal is currently available to the public online and a business case is
being developed, to identify improvements to both the online portal and how
it is managed.
Katarina
Kawana joined the meeting online at 2.22pm
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There
has been a soft-launch of the Extreme Weather Hub, and other projects have
not been widely publicised at this stage, however more significant community
comms will be considered as the projects progress.
· PWC has been appointed to assess whether
the work being carried out by the Council adequately addresses the
recommendations by the HBIFR, and councillors requested progress reports from
PWC on these assessments.
·
Desiree
Cull provided an update on development of the ‘Reducing Flood Risk in
Hawke’s Bay’ strategy. There will be two deliverables – a
15+ page document describing current and future infrastructure investment
options to reduce flood (river, surface, and coastal) risk by area, and a
supporting animation to be used as an online comms tool.
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