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REPORT TO ROYAL HASKONINGDHV ON GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING FORESHORE CLIFF FACES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS BETWEEN CULBURRA BEACH AND RACECOURSE BEACH, SHOALHAVEN CITY COUNCIL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NSW Date: 12 September 2019 Ref: 30016Rrpt www.jkgeotechnics.com.au T: +61 2 9888 5000 Jeffery and Katauskas Pty Ltd trading as JK Geotechnics ABN 17 003 550 801 Report prepared by: Paul Roberts Principal Associate | Engineering Geologist For and on behalf of JK GEOTECHNICS PO BOX 976 NORTH RYDE BC NSW 1670 DOCUMENT REVISION RECORD Report Reference Report Status Report Date 30016ZRrpt Draft Report 13 December 2016 30016Rrpt Final Report 12 September 2019 © Document copyright of JK Geotechnics This report (which includes all attachments and annexures) has been prepared by JK Geotechnics (JKG) for its Client, and is intended for the use only by that Client. 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The recipient is not authorised to modify the content of the information supplied without the prior written consent of JKG. 30016Rrpt ii Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE 2 3 SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS 3 3.1 Penguin Head and Culburra Beach 3 3.2 Plantation Point 6 3.3 Hyams Point 7 3.4 Berrara Point 10 3.5 Inyadda Point, Manyana 12 3.6 Narrawallee 15 3.7 Bannisters Point 18 3.8 Collers Beach Headland 23 3.9 Rennies Beach 25 3.10 Racecourse Beach 27 4 GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENT 29 4.1 Geological Setting 29 4.2 Factors Affecting Cliff Face Stability 30 4.2.1 Bedrock Cliff Faces 30 4.2.2 Soil Foreshore Slopes 32 4.2.3 Conclusions 32 4.3 Risk Assessment 33 4.3.1 General 33 4.3.2 Potential Geotechnical Hazards 34 4.3.3 Risk To Property 35 4.3.4 Risk To Life 37 4.3.5 Additional Comments 37 5 LANDSLIDE RISK MANAGEMENT 38 5.1 Water Carrying Services and Stormwater Drainage 39 5.2 On-Going Monitoring 40 5.3 Existing Landslip Remediation Measures 40 5.4 Existing Landslips 41 5.5 Additional Geotechnical and Coastal Engineering Assessment 41 30016Rrpt iii 5.6 Additional Advice 42 6 GENERAL COMMENTS 42 ATTACHMENTS Table A1 to A6: Summary of Risk Assessment to Property Under Existing Conditions Table B1 to B6: Summary of Risk Assessment to Life Under Existing Conditions Table C: Current Risk Levels (to Property) and Impact of Landslide Risk Management (LRM) Measures on Risk Levels Figure 1: Site Location Plan Appendix A: Landslide Risk Management Terminology 30016Rrpt iv 1 INTRODUCTION This report presents the results of a geotechnical assessment of the selected sections of foreshore cliff lines within the Shoalhaven City Council Local Government Area (LGA). The geotechnical assessment was commissioned by Richard Plain (Royal HaskoningDHV [RH]) in an email dated 15 November 2016. The commission was on the basis of our fee proposal (Ref. P43342ZRlet) dated 20 September 2016. We have been provided with the following documents: 1. A Coastal Slope Instability Study for the Shoalhaven City Council Coastal Zone Management Study and Plan (Ref. 3001209-020, dated August 2008, prepared on behalf of Shoalhaven City Council (SCC) by SMEC Australia (SMEC). 2. A Shoalhaven Coastal Hazard Study Summary Report for the Shoalhaven Coastal Zone Management Plan (Ref. 3001209-019 Rev. 3, dated 20 July 2009) prepared on behalf of SCC by SMEC. 3. A Draft Shoalhaven Coastal Emergency Response Management Plan (Ref. 2239/R04/V2, dated March 2009) prepared on behalf of SCC by Umwelt (Australia) Pty Ltd (Umwelt). 4. Site Specific Emergency Action Plans (Ref. 3001721 Rev. 2, dated 16 May 2011) prepared on behalf of SCC by SMEC. 5. Shoalhaven Public Asset Coastal Risk Management Review (Ref. RN1961.001.00 Rev. 2, dated July 2012) prepared on behalf of SCC by BMT WBM Pty Ltd. 6. Coastal Zone Management Plan (Ref. 2239/RO4_V3, dated October 2012) prepared on behalf of SCC by Umwelt. 7. Shoalhaven Development Control Plan 2014, Chapter G6: Coastal Management Areas (Version 2, dated 1 July 2015) prepared by SCC. 8. Supplementary Geotechnical Observations - Coastal Slope Instability Hazard Study Various Sites Shoalhaven City Council LGA (Project 72051-1, dated 12 July 2011) prepared on behalf of SCC by Douglas Partners (DP) 9. Peer Review - Coastal Slope Instability Hazard Study Various Sites in Shoalhaven City Council LGA (Project 72051-1, dated 12 July 2011) prepared on behalf of SCC by DP. 10. Geotechnical Assessment of stability of Cliffs Line, Bannister Point (Project 12436B, 10 June 1992) prepared on behalf of SCC by DP. 11. Scoping Study and Stability Assessment on Various Lots Surfers Ave, Tallwood Ave and Bannister Head Rd Narrawallee (Project 78319, dated December 2011) prepared on behalf of SCC by DP. 12. Geotechnical assessment of Impact of landslide event at 65 Sunset Strip, Manyana, (Ref. GEOTWOLL038866AA-AArev3, dated 10 December 2015) prepared on behalf of Ms E Orr by Coffey Geotechnics Pty Ltd (Coffey). 13. Geotechnical report on ‘Slope Failures Two Sites within the Shoalhaven City Council LGA’ at 65 Sunset Strip, Manyana, and 168 Mitchell Parade, Mollymook (Project 78771.00, dated 8 September 2015) prepared on behalf of Mills Oakley Lawyers by DP. 14. Coastal Erosion: stormwater impact assessment (Ref. 1340 Rev. 2, dated 18 June 2015) prepared by Footprint Sustainable Engineering. 15. Geotechnical assessment of ‘Landslip at Lot 219, No. 168 Mitchell Parade, Mollymook’ (Ref. 2015117:amw, dated 15 September 2015) prepared by Southern Geotechnics. 30016Rrpt 1 16. Landslide risk assessment, Public Reserve Areas below 27 Sunset Strip, Manyana and 231 Mitchell Parade, Mollymook Beach (Ref. GEOTWOLL03799AD-AB (Rev.1), dated 4 August 2016) prepared by Coffey. 17. Geotechnical assessment at ‘No. 20 Myrniong Grove, Berrara’ (Ref. GEOTWOLL03902AB-AA, dated 14 March 2016) prepared on behalf of John Drew by Coffey. 18. Geotechnical assessment of ‘Landslide Mitigation Options 65 Sunset Strip, Manyana’ (Ref. 85484.R.001.Rev0, dated 25 May 2016) prepared on behalf of Fiona McGinley by DP. The geotechnical assessment included site inspections at various locations along the foreshore and a desk top review of the provided information. Based on the results of our assessment, we provide our comments on the current stability of the cliff lines, factors affecting the stability of the cliff lines, current levels of risk to life and property and landslide risk management measures that can be implemented by Council. We note that RH will cover the coastal engineering aspects of the commission, including: 1. Additional advice with regard to the contents of this report, as necessary. 2. Modifications to Councils LEP and DCP. 3. Owner Notification. 4. Education and Awareness. 5. Program of Works. 6. Emergency Action Subplan. JK Geotechnics will provide additional advice in relation to items 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in a subsequent report. 2 ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE The assessment was completed by a Senior Associate level engineering geologist on 30 November, 1 and 2 December 2016. The walkover inspection was completed from publicly accessible safe vantage points along the crest and base of the cliff lines at the following locations (see Figure 1): Penguin Head and Culburra Beach. Plantation Point. Hyams Point. Berrara Point. Inyadda Point. Narrawallee. Bannisters Point. Collers Beach. Rennies Beach. Racecourse Beach. We note that at Bannisters Point, the presence of a deep gully in the wave cut platform over the eastern side of the headland and high tidal levels over the south-eastern portion of the headland prevented access between these locations. 30016Rrpt 2 The site was compared to similar nearby sites in order to provide a comparative basis for assessing the risk of further instability affecting the site. The attached Appendix A1 defines the terminology adopted for the risk assessment together with a flow chart illustrating the Risk Management Process based on the guidelines given in AGS 2007(c) (Reference 1). A summary of our observations is presented in Section 3 below. Our specific recommendations regarding landslide risk management are discussed in Section 5, following our risk assessment. The features described in the following Section 3 are based on hand held tape measure, inclinometer and compass techniques. Should any of the described features be critical to the future maintenance of the site then we recommend they be more accurately located using optical survey techniques. 3 SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS The observations presented below are based on our recent site inspections and have been compared to the site conditions described in Document 1 (prepared by SMEC) and Documents 8 and 10 (prepared by DP).