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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 that actions could be delivered faster. Active transport Actions include monitoring and evaluating the 30 km/h trial, designing active transport projects, and delivering parking locations…
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Transport Action Plan
The council meeting on Tuesday 12th March will consider several items related to building a more beautiful, liveable and accessible city. Let’s have a look. Item 7.2 Transport Action Plan 2023-2033 This item seeks Council endorsement of the Transport Action Plan 2023-2033. The Plan supports the delivery of Yarra Transport Strategy by ‘establishing a visible…
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Yarra plans parking reform
Documents published for the City of Yarra council meeting on the 12th September 2023 offer insight as to why Yarra is planning to deliver reforms to on-street parking. Draft Transport Action Plan 2023-2033 The Draft Transport Action Plan describes how Yarra’s Transport Strategy 2022-2032 will actually be delivered. The Transport Action Plan offers six Strategic…
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Open letter – difficult choices
The following was emailed to all councillors on 15th March 2023. It’s now published as a open letter. Dear Councillors, I refer to a recent post from Councillor Landes, noting advice from the CEO that “difficult choices that will have to be made in respect of what services will be retained going forward and also…
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Publish the Workforce Plan
The Local Government Act requires each council to develop a Workforce Plan, as part of an Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework: What is a Workforce Plan? Workforce Planning is ‘the systematic identification, analysis and planning of organisational needs in terms of people’ LGPro Workforce Planning Training Handbook Why is a Workforce Plan important? A Workforce…
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Priorities for the 2023-24 Federal Budget
On 5 December 2022 the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services called for submissions from individuals, businesses and community groups on their views regarding priorities for the 2023‑24 Budget. Streets Alive Yarra has made a submission: Streets Alive Yarra Inc. calls on the Albanese Government to improve: by supporting investments in walking and biking across Australia. We suggest…
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Priority for Budget 2023/24
The City of Yarra is asking residents and ratepayers to suggest what the priority should be for the Budget 2023/24, at Your Say Yarra. Budget importance Although the City of Yarra has developed a Community Vision and adopted a best practice Transport Strategy, we have yet to see those aspirations reflected in the budget. If…
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Eliminating the deficit
The council budget for 2022/2023 was adopted last week, with the officer report stating that council is facing a loss in excess of $50 million from COVID: The Municipal Monitor’s report was also released last week, stating that council’s current financial position is unsustainable: The Annual Plan for 2022/2023 was also adopted last week, offering…
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City of Melbourne bike lanes
Item 6.9 on the agenda for the 7th June 2022 meeting of the Future Melbourne Committee The City of Melbourne has a duty of care to manage its streets so that all properties can be accessed without exposing people to hazards that carry the risk of death or serious injury, irrespective of whether people choose…
