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Living Links Urban Landscape Connectivity Master Plan Project 3 Living Links Urban Landscape Connectivity Master Plan Project 3 Consultants Brief (July 2011) Expressions of Interest are invited from appropriately-credentialed consultancies or consortiums to undertake Living Links Master Plan Project Three. Project history o A consortium comprising Spatial Vision and Beca P/L was appointed in late 2008 to undertake Project One of the Living Links Master Plan (Asset Identification and Analysis), and this was successfully completed in July 2009. o In January 2010, a consortium comprising Urbis, Sykes Consulting and Eco Logical Aust. undertook Project Two of the Master Plan, ‘Corridor Identification’- and this phase was completed in October 2010. The output of Project Two is a published Discussion Paper proposing 13 potential corridors of connectivity accompanied by 85 recommendations for further investigation towards their implementation. This call for Expressions of Interest seeks proposals for Living Links Master Plan Project Three in the context of what was achieved in Projects One and Two. This brief includes some detail of Projects One and Two outcomes. A copy of the Project Two Discussion Paper ‘Corridors of Connectivity’ is available in hard copy on request, or can be requested in soft copy via ‘You Send It’ from the Living Links Program Coordinator [email protected] or phone 0437 199935. We strongly advise applicants to review the discussion paper in detail before submitting proposals to this brief. Expressions of Interest must be received by Close of Business Wednesday 3 August, 2011 1. INTRODUCTION Living Links is a large-scale environmental improvement program in Melbourne’s south-east. It is facilitated by the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority (PPWCMA), and is supported by ten municipal councils, several government agencies (including Melbourne Water, South East Water and Parks Victoria) and community organisations (including Bushwalking Victoria, Bicycle Victoria and the First Friends of Dandenong Creek). The supporting Councils which cover the project area in the south-east of Melbourne are the City of Kingston, City of Whitehorse, City of Maroondah, City of Monash, City of Casey, City of Greater Dandenong, Knox City Council, Bayside City Council, Yarra Ranges Council and Frankston City Council. Living Links aims to continue to build collaboration embodied in a Master Plan to sustain a world-class ecosystem in the urbanised and industrialised landscapes between the foothills of the Dandenongs and the coast of Port Phillip Bay. The earlier phases of the project have already identified the important natural, social, cultural and recreational assets in the region. The Master Plan will identify opportunities to protect and connect them - to make them more functional habitats for wildlife, and more accessible areas for people to enjoy. The Master Plan will guide planners in all agencies towards opportunities to keep nature accessible to people as they lay the framework for developing this environment over the next 15-20 years. The major challenge for Living Links is to achieve an integrated open space planning approach in an environment that is managed by more than a dozen separate planning authorities and very many land managers – state authorities, local governments, local community-based agencies and individuals – many of whom are expected to support actions that would lead to a denser population in this region. Living Links Master Plan Project 3 – Corridor Planning Consultants Brief July 2011 1 Living Links believes the Master Plan for this region will be an effective way to protect and connect open space and natural assets at a landscape/regional scale. The aim is to create a Master Plan with the status of an influential regional strategic plan that has buy-in from strategic planners in the councils and many NRM agencies in the region. Living Links is actively supported by a Steering Committee representing its major stakeholders. It is now in its seventh year and maintains its partners' support. Partner organizations make annual financial contributions to the Living Links program coordination and towards Master Plan development. Completion of the Master Plan is the program’s main focus in 2011-2012. The Living Links Discussion Paper – ‘Corridors of Connectivity’ (completed in October 2010) proposes 13 priority corridors of focus for linear connectivity of natural areas and open space in a developed urban landscape. These 13 corridors were identified from data collated in Project One, and their suitability was confirmed in consultation with Living Links partner agencies throughout Project Two. The 13 focus corridor areas may typically feature a full range of land tenures, competing land use priorities, various land values and zonings, and pressures for rezoning to accommodate new residential, commercial and industrial developments. A Master Plan is needed to help embed the collective resolve to maintain and exploit these ‘Living Links’ opportunities and protect the natural, cultural, recreational and social assets they contain. On behalf of Living Links partners, the PPWCMA seeks to engage a consultant to proceed with Project Three of the Living Links Master Plan project. This entails further assessing each corridor and potentially other corridors in consultation with a range of relevant agencies and stakeholders. The successful consultants will explore the feasibility of the strategies and actions identified in the Master Plan Discussion Paper, and generate collaborative project plans and recommend appropriate governance structures to develop the most realistic and achievable Living Links corridors. 2. BACKGROUND 2.1 Master Plan Project One Outcomes (Project One completed in 2009) The Living Links Master Plan Project One established a method for objectively assessing the relative significance of the various assets in the program region. It applied a grid of standard ‘landscape units' across the program area. Each landscape unit was represented graphically on a grid of squares, each 250 metres by 250 metres (or 6.25 hectares). The application of this grid of 14,503 landscape units over a map of the project area, enabled consistent and objective assessment of the relative significance of each landscape unit based on the presence / absence of natural, cultural, social or recreational assets. A further weighting formula was also applied, assigning a ‘significance' value for each asset group (ie. natural, social, cultural or recreational). The ‘landscape unit grid' and ‘weighting formula' enabled landscape significance to be mapped across the region, based on the number and weighting of assets identified in each grid square. It provided a clear and transparent method to negotiate with planning agencies and funding bodies the most strategic and beneficial locations for investment in developing and connecting open space corridors in a complex urban setting. 2.2 Master Plan Project Two Outcomes Living Links Master Plan Project Two (completed in October 2010) used the raw data, and a library of knowledge and mapped assets from Project One to analyse the relative merits of around 25 potential Living Links corridors. It focused on areas that represent the best opportunities to bridge gaps in what is in some parts a fairly well-connected and accessible landscape featuring many significant off-road shared paths and trails. Further, more detailed analysis of the 25 corridors reduced the list of priority corridors down to 18 and then through consultation with Living Links stakeholder agencies, a final selection of 13 Living Links corridors was agreed as most appropriate to pursueas part of the Master Plan. These 13 corridors are the subject of detailed analysis in the Living Links Corridors Discussion Paper – ‘Corridors of Connectivity’. Living Links Master Plan Project 3 – Corridor Planning Consultants Brief July 2011 2 The Discussion Paper is available in hard copy or electronically on request from the Living Links Coordinator on 03 8781 7946 or 0437 199935. The Discussion Paper identifies each proposed Living Links corridor on a series of maps which highlight: • the attributes and features that make each area a corridor of focus; • the feasibility of establishing each corridor as a ‘living link’ in terms of identified opportunities and constraints, • some of the many authorities and organizations which may need to be involved in negotiations to exploit the opportunities and address the constraints, and • the recommended strategies and actions within the corridors which have been suggested by stakeholder organizations as necessary to finalise and implement the Living Links Master Plan. 2.3 The Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority (PPWCMA) The PPWCMA is a statutory authority that operates under legal, policy and governance requirements outlined in various documents. The key strategic functions of the Authority are defined in the Catchment and Land Protection Act (1994.) They include: • Preparing the Regional Catchment Strategy, and coordinating and monitoring its implementation; • Promoting cooperation in the management of land and water resources; • Advising on regional priorities and resource allocation; • Advising on the condition of land and water resources; • Advising on matters relating to catchment and land protection; • Promoting community awareness and understanding of the importance of land and water resources, their sustainable use, conservation and rehabilitation. The PPWCMA has played a lead role in instigating
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