Project Description

The City of Albany manages 485 bush and coastal reserves which have significance for ecological preservation as well as for visitor enjoyment. With a large suite of reserves encompassing a variety of management issues, a framework to ensure the key elements for appropriate long-term management was developed and documented.

The Reserve Asset Management Plan was developed in a format consistent with the Western Australian Asset Management Improvement:

  • The Reserve Asset Management Plan was not designed to provide a detailed assessment of individual reserves but provided a strategic plan outlining processes and principles to guide consideration of issues, upgrades and rehabilitation of reserves over time. The Plan included consideration of key issues as a basis for implementing a consistent management approach.
  • The Reserve Asset Management Plan was developed in the context of existing strategic documents such as the City of Albany Corporate Plan, the Albany Greenways Plan, the Trails Masterplan, the Environmental Weeds Strategy, various Dieback assessment reports, the Albany Local Planning Strategy, Southern Shores 2001-2021 (South Coast Management Group, 2001), and Southern Prospects 2004-2009 (SCRIPT, 2005).
  • As desired, the City of Albany was able to combine a formulaic approach to asset management with an emphasise of achieving outcomes ‘on the round’, maximising time and resource efficiency and minimising unnecessary administration.
  • The asset management project provided the City with a clear methodology for future budgeting by focussing on groups/classes of reserves (based on reserve type, purpose, conservation values and visitation). It also assisted in streamlining effort invested in grant applications and other implementation opportunities.

Client

City of Albany

Consultant

Dave Lanfear