Port of Melbourne Corporation announce takeover of PWR management

POMC announced last month that they will be taking over day to day mangement of Perce White Reserve as of 1st July 2012. A role that had previously been done by COPP and funded by POMC.

What happens from here?

POMC will meet with COPP to discuss handover. POMC has said they will meet with FOPMF after this meeting to discuss their vision for PWR.

Lease of PWR from POMC still in Limbo

Janet informed the group that the POMC still have a couple of issues with the Management Plan (MP); parking in the road instead of the car park and they that support the installation of the parking meters! It is curious how they operate in that they sent a representative to the Reference Group who did not raise these issues or offer any input towards the development of the Plan that I can remember.

POMC are believed to have put aside 50K towards the MP but are also stalling on extending the lease to COPP for the continued management of PWR. They are deciding whether they wish to take over management of the Reserve but stated that they wish it to remain open space. It appears to me that with the impending development of Webb Dock they (POMC) are keeping all their options open.

Perce White Management Plan Adopted

A long name, Perc (sic) White Reserve Landscape Management Plan and Master Pan, was adopted by council at the 24th May 2010 meeting. Anne Callaghan, Ian Gould (community reference group member) and I spoke to the councillors in support of the plans adoption.

Decisions still to come; Port of Melbourne support and funding for plan and funding from council in 2010/11 budget. Only $50K has been allocated in the COPP draft budget.