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Melbourne Area District 2 Review LAND CONSERVATION COUNCIL MELBOURNE AREA DISTRICT 2 REVIEW FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS July 1994 This text is a facsimile of the former Land Conservation Council’s Melbourne Area District 2 Review Final Recommendations. It has been edited to incorporate Government decisions on the recommendations made by Orders in Council dated 5 September 1995 and 17 June 1997 and formal amendments. Subsequent changes may not have been incorporated. Where the Review refers back to the January 1977 Melbourne Area Final Recommendations, for completeness recommendation wording and Crown descriptions have been reproduced. Added text is shown underlined; deleted text is shown struck through. Annotations [in brackets] explain the origin of changes. 2 MEMBERS OF THE LAND CONSERVATION COUNCIL D.M. Calder, M.Sc., Ph.D., M.I.Biol. (Deputy Chairman) P.J. Dowd, B.Sc.(Eng.); Deputy Secretary, Resources Development, Department of Energy and Minerals M.D.A. Gregson, E.D., M.A., F. of Aus I.M.M.; Deputy Secretary Minerals, Department of Energy and Minerals R.L. Leivers Dip.Agr.Sc; B.Agr.Sc.(Hons); Acting Director, Catchment and Land Management, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. R.D. Malcolmson, MBE., B.Sc., F.A.I.M., M.I.P.M.A., M.Inst.P., M.A.I.P. B. Nicholls, M.Ec., B.Ec., Hons. (1st Class), TPTC; Secretary, Department of Planning and Development. P. Price, B.Sc, Dip.Ed.; R.P. Rawson, Dip.For.(Cres.), B.Sc.F. Director, Forest Services, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources D. Robinson, B.Sc.(Hons.), Ph.D. D.S. Saunders, B.Agr.Sc.; Director, National Parks, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources P.G. Sheehan, Dip.For.(Cres.), B.Sc.F, M.Sc.F.; Director, Flora, Fauna and Fisheries, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources P.D. Sutherland, B.A., B.Sc.(Hons); Manager, Sustainable Development, Department of Agriculture A.H. Teese, B.Agr.Sc., T.S.T.C. A. Thompson, B.Eng., M.Sc., D.I.C., F.I.Aust.; Secretary, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources 3 CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 5 FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS 23 A. PARKS 48 NATIONAL PARKS 51 STATE PARKS 85 REGIONAL PARKS 101 B. REFERENCE AREAS 109 C. NATURE CONSERVATION RESERVES 112 SPECIFIC FLORA AND FAUNA 117 NATURE CONSERVATION RESERVES 131 D. WATER PRODUCTION 149 E. TIMBER PRODUCTION AND STATE FOREST 169 STATE FOREST 182 F. HISTORIC AND CULTURAL FEATURES RESERVES 214 G. NATURAL FEATURES RESERVES 233 STREAMS AND FRONTAGES 234 NATURAL AND SCENIC FEATURES 247 BUSHLAND AREAS 250 H. COASTS 258 I. ALPINE RESORTS 269 J. COMMUNITY USE AREAS 281 EDUCATION AREAS 281 RECREATION 286 PARKLANDS AND GARDENS 297 BUILDINGS IN PUBLIC USE 300 K. PLANTATIONS 302 L. EARTH RESOURCES 312 M. SERVICES AND UTILITIES 317 TRANSPORT 318 ELECTRICITY AND GAS 325 COMMUNICATION, SURVEY AND NAVIGATION 313 MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND SERVICES 314 HOSPITALS, PUBLIC OFFICES AND JUSTICE, AND WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES 316 CEMETERIES AND OTHER UTILITY USES 318 N. UNCATEGORISED PUBLIC LAND 336 O. LAND NOT REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES 345 P. DEFENCE FORCE AND OTHER TRAINING 351 4 Appendices I List of Submissions 354 II Council's Proposals for Public Land Now Included in Cities 367 (i) Rural City of Seymour 367 (ii) City of Cranbourne 369 III Ecological Vegetation Classes and Floristic Vegetation Communities 375 IV Physical and Chemical Water Quality 382 V Recommendations for Heritage Rivers 383 VI Guidelines for Protection of the Alpine Walking Track 389 VII Community Use Areas 390 (i) Recreation Areas 390 (ii) Buildings in Public Use 375 VIII Services and Utilities 394 (i) Hospitals, Public Offices and Justice 394 (ii) Water and Sewerage Services 394 (ii) Cemeteries 395 IX Uncategorised Public Land 397 X Guidelines for Land Exchange Proposals 399 Maps: A Final recommendations – 1:250 000 omitted B Dandenongs Area omitted C Wonthaggi Area omitted D Lake Mountain omitted E Arthurs Seat omitted F Warrandyte—Kinglake nature conservation link omitted G Public land around Crib Point omitted 5 INTRODUCTION This report contains the Land Conservation Council’s final recommendations following its review of the use of public land in the Melbourne Area, District 2. The recommendations in the text are grouped under major headings, such as parks, nature conservation reserves, community- use areas and so on. Accompanying the text [Note: not in this version], a map at the scale of 1:250 000 covers the whole study area and gives a broad view of the proposed land uses. More detailed maps [Note: not in this version] show the location of the recommended land uses in the vicinity of the Dandenongs, Wonthaggi, Lake Mountain, Arthurs Seat, Watsons Creek and Crib Point. Additional information on boundaries is held by the Council. The Land Conservation Council The Land Conservation Council was established by the Land Conservation Act 1970. One of its three functions, as defined by the Act, is to carry out investigations and make recommendations to the Minister with respect to the use of public land in order to provide for the balanced use of land in Victoria. In making its recommendations, Council is required to have regard both to the present and future needs of the people of Victoria in relation to the creation and preservation of areas of conservation and recreation value. In this context, the Council endeavours to make recommendations that are relevant both to the present and to 50–100 years hence. Under its legislation, Council must have regard to the social and economic implications of its recommendations. It has also taken the view that it must achieve a balance between community needs of public land as seen from local, regional, State and national perspectives. As such, it provides for a wide range of uses on public land, including water supply, the harvesting of forest produce, apiculture and mineral and stone extraction, as well as conservation and recreation. Land-use issues are often distinguished by their extraordinary complexity, polarisation of opinion and the diverse and frequently highly technical matters that must be addressed. Accurate and accessible data are often lacking, debates are frequently unstructured and superficial and the terms used, such as conservation, development and sustainability, lack precise, widely understood meanings. As the Fitzgerald Inquiry Report on Fraser Island (May 1991) points out, ‘there can be no outcome to this Inquiry or any other process which does not have disadvantages as well as advantages, and which will not result in dissatisfaction and complaints. Ultimately, the decisions which must be made are political and the decisions to be made are about competing values and interests’. Mr Fitzgerald also stated that a report of this kind ‘cannot establish indisputable, immutable, factual or scientific findings or apply recognised principles to make recommendations, which satisfy every need. Zero-based planning is impossible; the slate is not perfectly clean; the status quo includes not only the present natural environment, but also the lives, activities and aspirations of communities and individuals. Although future options should not be foreclosed where that can be avoided, governments have to make essential decisions, despite uncertainties, on the basis of available information and advice’. These comments apply equally to the Council’s recommendations which, although they draw largely on the available information base, including that provided by the community in discussions and submissions, inevitably involve some judgements based on the Council’s view of its requirement to recommend on the balanced use of public land. It is for the government to determine whether to adopt Council’s recommendations. 6 Investigation process for the review The investigation process is shown diagrammatically in Figure 1. Notices showing the boundary of the area of the Melbourne Area, District 2, Review and advising that an investigation was to be carried out were published in the Victoria Government Gazette on 27 May 1987, and in local and other Victorian newspapers in May 1987. The descriptive resources report was published in August 1991. The resources report described the physical and biological attributes of the study area, including an assessment of various natural resources, present public land uses and alternative forms of land use with an assessment of the hazards and conflicts associated with specific uses, and discussed the major land-use issues in the study area. It provided a factual basis upon which members of the community could base their submissions to the Council. Media organisations, libraries, parliamentarians, municipal councils, State government departments and interested groups were notified of the availability of the report; many also received a complimentary copy. Copies were made available for viewing and purchase in a number of city and country locations. A brochure describing the report was also prepared and widely distributed. Submissions were sought for a period of 90 days following the publication of the report. In addition, formal briefings and discussions were held with relevant municipal councils as well as with major industry, recreation and conservation groups. A general invitation was made for any person to contact the Council. Prior to the formulation of its proposed recommendations, the Council sought additional resource information, undertook several inspections in the area to gain first-hand information on the range of values and potential conflicts, obtained the detailed comments of public land managers, conducted workshops for interested organisations on conservation and timber- production issues and considered an independently prepared social and economic assessment. The proposed recommendations were published on 1 April 1993 and submissions again invited from the public for a further 90 days. All submissions received were forwarded to the Council members for their consideration. Comments and issues raised during meetings with individuals and groups were also made available to Council members. These final recommendations are the last stage of the process followed by the Council in accordance with the Land Conservation Act 1970.
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