Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee

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Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee

• Flood Review and Progress
• Thursday 29th January 2009

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June 2007
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Impact

• 11 Flood Warnings and 6 Severe Flood Warnings
  issued by the Environment Agency
• 48 Areas of Doncaster affected
• 3000 residents advised to evacuate
• 3286 homes flooded (2275 Major damage)
• 283 Businesses affected

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Immediate response

• Public Information Helpline still operational for
  residents affected
• One stop shop for flooding (still available on
  Website)
• Ward Members supporting Communities, listening to
  residents concerns
• Clean up operation by Neighbourhood teams
• Landscaping repairs carried out
• White Goods Provided
• Assistance to all residents available through
  Neighbourhood Teams
• Caravan Park Solution for Toll Bar
• Dedicated Assistance Centre at Toll Bar

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Recovery

• Multi agency recovery team established
• Humanitarian assistance
• Housing, health and welfare
• Media
• Finance
• Business continuity
• Clean up
• Economic impact

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Recovery

• Community Recovery
• Vulnerable Residents
• Ward Members working with the Neighbourhood Teams
  to tackle priorities
• Reinstating Infrastructure
• Clean up
• Schools
• Anxiety
• Partnership working

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Flood Planning

• A range of flood plans have been further
• developed to improve the response to
• flooding emergencies
• Corporate Flood Action Plan
• Neighbourhood Flood Plans
• School Emergency Plans
• Community Flood Wardens

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Doncaster Council Flood Action Plan

• A Flood Action Plan produced which identifies all
  actions arising from post emergency debriefs,
  public meetings, and the Pitt report etc.
• Senior Managers of Council allocated to
  outstanding actions
• To date 89 completed actions 48 being progressed

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Neighbourhood Flood Plans

• Plans describe the local flood risk, flood
• impact and local response arrangements
• Plan identifies
• Properties at risk from river flooding
• Properties at risk from surface water flooding
• Vulnerable locations
• Key infrastructure
• Resources available
• Rest Centres
• Community Data

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Community Flood Wardens

• DMBC has worked with the Environment Agency to
  develop a Community Flood Wardens group in Toll
  Bar.
• These arrangements are recognised and supported
  by DMBC, EA and SYP.
• A model plan has been developed for other groups
  to use
• Proposed to create other Flood Warden groups
  across the Borough in known risk areas

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Doncaster Flood Forum

• A Doncaster Flood Forum has been established by
  Doncaster Council, with representation from
  senior managers in Partner Agencies
• The objectives of the Forum include
• Improving coordination between agencies
• Improve understanding of Risk
• Enhance Emergency Response Plans for Flooding
• Identify potential flooding areas and make
  recommendations to rectify them

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Drainage issues

• Working group has been established by Doncaster
  Council to address operational flooding issues
  and support the work of the Doncaster Flood Forum
  
• The group will advise the Doncaster Flood Forum
  of progress made and any issues that need to be
  addressed

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Neighbourhood Response

• Equipment stores have been established within
  Neighbourhoods
• Stores include sand, sandbags and PPE
• Increased speed of operational response locally
• Neighbourhood Emergency Response Teams identified

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Highways

• Inspection of 276 road affected
• Major repairs to highways infrastructure
• Bridge inspections and under water scour surveys
• Highways surface water sewers and gullies
  cleansed
• 281 problem locations prioritised
• Operating agreement with Highways Agency
• Tactical diversion protocols
• Vulnerable locations on road network identified

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Gully Cleansing

• Gully cleansing transferred back from Sita
• Additional investment of 250k 2008/2009
• Gully Cleansing Team in-house service
  established
• Increase to 3 teams
• Gully Cleansing programme established
• Further investment planned for 2009/2010

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Drainage Repairs Programme

• Additional 250k investment in 2008/2009
• Key priorities identified from floods,
• knowledge and historical drainage
• problems
• Works programme established
• Investigative works being undertaken to establish
  root causes

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Planning

• A Partnership Approach with others has been
  adopted with others
• A Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) was
  produced in 2005 and is currently being updated
• The Local Development Framework Core Strategy
  includes policies in relation to flooding and
  draws on the SFRA
• Interim Planning Position Statements (PPS25) have
  been produced
• Training on the SFRA and Developers Guidance to
  Members, Officers and Planning Agents has been
  undertaken
• The production of a Supplementary Planning
  Document on Flood Risk is planned

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GIS updates

• Electronic Mapping created for future use in
• Emergencies
• Areas that flooded
• Locations of key infrastructure
• Environment Agency Flood Risk Areas
• Future additions will include the mapping of all
  pumping stations and Catchment areas and areas
  prone to surface water flooding

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Finance

• Estimated cost at Oct 2008 is 13.9m
• Government Assistance 7.5m to date
• Insurance claim submitted
• Estimated shortfall 4.9m

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Achievements

• Sharing experience and knowledge
• National Flood Conference
• Red Cross Partnership award
• Media Team - Gold Award
• MBE for Neighbourhood Manager of Toll Bar Pat
  Hagan
• Salvation Army recognised excellent partnership
  working
• Army are keen to use Doncaster Model as best
  practice
• Doncaster to speak at National Emergency Planning
  College conference 2009