Consultation findings on the Brown Hill Keswick Creek Stormwater Project: Part B Report Prepared for the Brown Hill Keswick Creek Stormwater Project by: Natalie Fuller and Associates Pty Ltd in partnership with URPS AUGUST 2015 Contents Contents List of Acronyms ..................................................................................................................................1 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................2 Distribution of information materials and feedback forms ........................................................................ 2 Conduct of open days ................................................................................................................................. 3 Summary of Consultation Activities ........................................................................................................... 4 Additional efforts to maximise response rate ............................................................................................ 5 Responses received .................................................................................................................................... 5 Summary of feedback received .................................................................................................................. 5 Part One: Consultation Process .......................................................................................................... 13 1.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 14 1.1 The Part B Report ......................................................................................................................... 14 1.2 Previous community engagement ............................................................................................... 15 1.2.1 In preparing the Part B Report ........................................................................................................ 15 1.2.2 On release of the Part B Report ....................................................................................................... 15 1.2.3 Prior to commencement of formal consultation on the Part B Report ........................................... 16 1.3 Purpose of the consultation on the Part B Report ....................................................................... 17 2.0 Community Consultation Activities ......................................................................................... 19 2.1 Written materials ......................................................................................................................... 19 2.2 Liaison with community and special interest groups ................................................................... 20 2.2.1 Community groups .......................................................................................................................... 20 2.2.2 Government ..................................................................................................................................... 21 2.3 Direct mail outs to creek property owners and occupiers ........................................................... 21 2.4 Promotion of the consultation process to wider community ...................................................... 23 2.4.1 Advertisements and articles ............................................................................................................ 23 2.4.2 Project and council websites ........................................................................................................... 24 2.4.3 Signs on public parks ....................................................................................................................... 24 2.5 Open Days .................................................................................................................................... 24 Part Two: Consultation Findings ......................................................................................................... 26 3.0 Feedback Forms ..................................................................................................................... 27 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 27 3.1.1 Definitions ....................................................................................................................................... 27 3.1.2 Design and distribution of feedback forms ..................................................................................... 27 3.1.3 Analysis of feedback forms .............................................................................................................. 28 3.2 Response rate ............................................................................................................................... 29 3.2.1 Response rate from creek property owners .................................................................................... 30 i Document Issued: 12 August 2015 Contents 3.2.2 Response rate from creek property non-owner occupiers ............................................................. 31 3.2.3 Response rate from interested members of the public .................................................................. 31 3.3 Profile of respondents .................................................................................................................. 32 3.3.1 Property ownership ......................................................................................................................... 32 3.3.2 Risk of flooding ................................................................................................................................ 33 3.3.3 Usage of public parks ....................................................................................................................... 35 3.4 Importance of flood mitigation .................................................................................................... 36 3.5 Level of support for Option D....................................................................................................... 42 3.6 Level of support for other options ............................................................................................... 49 3.7 Impact of works on properties ..................................................................................................... 54 3.7.1 Creek capacity upgrade works ......................................................................................................... 54 3.7.2 Creek rehabilitation works .............................................................................................................. 56 3.8 Legal arrangements ...................................................................................................................... 57 3.9 Other comments .......................................................................................................................... 60 4.0 Written Submissions .............................................................................................................. 64 4.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 64 4.1.1 Brown Hill Save Our Creeks Environs Trees ..................................................................................... 65 4.1.2 Brownhill Creek Association Incorporated ...................................................................................... 65 4.1.3 Creek Class Action Advocacy ........................................................................................................... 67 4.1.4 Friends of the City of Unley Society ................................................................................................. 67 4.1.5 ForTrees ........................................................................................................................................... 68 4.1.6 Friends of Brownhill Creek............................................................................................................... 69 4.1.7 Goodwood Residents Action Group ................................................................................................ 70 4.1.8 Kaurna Nation Cultural Heritage Association .................................................................................. 70 4.1.9 Mitcham Creek Preservation ........................................................................................................... 71 4.1.10 Mitcham Historical Society .............................................................................................................. 71 4.1.11 No Dam in Brownhill Creek Community Action Group .................................................................... 72 4.1.12 Residents for Effective Stormwater Solutions Incorporated ........................................................... 72 4.1.13 West Unley Protection of Trees ....................................................................................................... 73 4.2 Businesses .................................................................................................................................... 74 4.2.1 Brown Hill Creek Tourist Park .........................................................................................................