Council Plan 2025-29
Streets Alive Yarra offers the following suggestions for the: Council Plan 2025-29 We suggest that the content of the existing Council Plan 2021-25 should be broadly retained, with adjustments to: …
Accelerate GIS
Better decision-making and greater accountability through data Summary Accelerate GIS is a proposal to Council put forward by Streets Alive Yarra – a group of residents who support a more …
New video – Kneen Street
The City of Yarra has added a new piece of active transport infrastructure to improve access between the Capital City Trail and Kneen Street in Fitzroy North. Thanks Council! Published …
Submission to 26th November 2024 Council Meeting
Streets Alive Yarra offers the following feedback regarding some of the items on the agenda for the 26th November 2024 Council Meeting. Item 7.1 Instrument of Delegation to the Planning …
Election 2024
New councillors will be elected to the City of Yarra in October 2024. We encourage every voter to meet the candidates in their ward, read their websites and flyers, and …
A new vision for Richmond Library
Councillor Landes has suggested “a new vision” for Richmond Library: A new vision for a library sounds good – for example it could be interpreted as a call to replicate …
AtticusNow report on financial sustainability
The City of Yarra have released the “AtticusNow report” as part of the minutes of the council meeting from 9th July 2024. The report represents two months of work conducted …
$1,000 is a great price
The website drive.com.au claimed that $1,000 for an on-street parking permit is an “eye-watering price“. No it isn’t. It’s a great price, far lower than the $4,000 required for commercial …
Inquiry into Local Government funding and services
Streets Alive Yarra made a submission to the Parliament of Victoria’s submission into Local Government funding and services: The inquiry has made submissions public – our submission is number 67. …
Annual Plan 2024-25
Council has adopted an Annual Plan for 2024-25, with some valuable initiatives for active transport, trees, and place making, as well as important reforms to on-street parking. We only wish …