The St Kilda Marina Project Community Panel has come to an end, with its final session and presentation to Council on 10 December 2018. Four panel members presented at the final session, also sharing personal insights on their experience, challenges and learnings of the Panel process. Following the presentations, there was a Q&A session encouraging input from all Panel members. The final session was also an opportunity for Council to formally thank the Panel members for their contribution.

The Community Panel outcomes were delivered through the determination of parameters (design criteria) for inclusion in the Site Brief.

The Site Brief is a key document informing the market and guiding interested parties to provide suitable proposals in a competitive process to procure a long-term lease arrangement. It will also be used as the basis of a planning scheme amendment, providing a framework for assessing all design proposals for the site.

The design criteria determined through the Panel process include mandatory and discretionary requirements, which the market will be asked to address when submitting both a design and operational response. The criteria establish the parameters for the future state of the Marina as the means to best achieve the site vision and objectives.

For more information view the session summary and highlights video below.