Management of Victoria's Alpine Resorts
Each resort is managed by an Alpine Resort Management Board and co-ordination is effected through the Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council (ARCC). The roles and functions of the Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council and Alpine Resort Management Boards are detailed below.
Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council
The Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council was established under the Alpine Resorts Management Act 1997 and reports to the Minister for Environment. The Council consists of up to ten members including a chairperson, the chairperson of each of the five alpine resort management boards and up to four other persons nominated by the Minister. The functions of the Council are to:
- Plan for and facilitate the etablishment, development, promotion, management and use of the alpine resorts
- Review and co-ordinate implementation of the Alpine Resorts 2020 Strategy
- Undertake research into alpine resort issues
- Liaise with and encourage cooperation of all parties involved in the development, promotion, management and use of alpine resorts
- Monitor the development and implementation of Strategic Management Plans for each alpine resort
- Make recommendations to the Minister on matters related to the provision and improvement of services and facilities in alpine resorts
- Co-ordinate, in conjunction with Tourism Victoria the overall promotion of alpine resorts
- Attract investment for the improvement of the alpine resorts.
Alpine Resort Management Boards
Alpine Resort Management Boards have been appointed for the alpine resorts of Mount Buller and Mount Stirling, Falls Creek, Mount Hotham, Mount Baw Baw and Lake Mountain.
The functions of the Alpine Resort Management Boards, in respect of the alpine resort for which the Board is established under the Alpine Resort (Management) Act 1997, are to:
- Act as a Committee of Management of any Crown land deemed to be permanently reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 in the resort
- Contribute, together with Tourism Victoria and the Council, to the overall promotion of alpine resorts
- Develop a tourism and marketing strategy for, and to promote the resort and to collect and expend voluntary contributions from commercial undertakings in the resort for this purpose
- Provide a range of urban services
- Provide transport services in the resort
- Collect fees prescribed by the regulations for the resort
- Attract investment for the improvement for the resort in respect of which the board is established
- Carry out any other function conferred on the Board under this or any other Act.
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