EOIs now closed for Community Working Group
Our independent consultant will randomly select approximately 50 people who represent Yarra’s diverse community.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the first stage of our community consultation!
This feedback is now being considered and will play an important role in shaping the next steps in the development of our Council Plan.
This feedback will be used to inform the next stage of engagement which will involve a deliberative engagement process with a community working group. Approximately 50 participants who represent Yarra’s diverse community will be selected through an independently run expression of interest process.
Across 4 sessions in early 2025, the community working group will come together and explore ways Council can respond to Yarra’s growth in a financially sustainability way. They will also provide recommendations of draft priority areas for the new Council Plan. Participants will receive a payment to cover the cost of their time to attend the sessions.
Expressions of interest are now closed for the deliberative stage of this project. Thanks to everyone who put their name down - our independent consultant will be in touch with successful applicants.
Yarra is changing and growing and we want you to be a part of shaping its future.
The Council Plan informs all our work, decision making and strategic direction over the next 4 years. It incorporates the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan which guides Council’s work in protecting, improving and promoting our community’s health and wellbeing.
We’re also taking this opportunity to review and update several key Council documents to ensure that Yarra continues to thrive over the next decade and beyond. These include:
A community led vision for Yarra that outlines your hopes, aspirations and priorities for the next 12 years.
A financially sustainable projection that connects how the actions of a Council Plan may be funded to achieve the aspirations in the Community Vision.
A roadmap to ensure Council can effectively use our assets including Council buildings, transport assets, stormwater assets and open space.
A guide that informs Council’s existing and planned infrastructure planning to ensure they meet community needs now and into the future.
What does the City of Yarra look like in 2024?
Outcomes of the last Council Plan:
Our Council Plan 2021-25 is currently separated into six strategic objectives. Over the last four years, Council have been able to deliver on key promises to our community to progress these strategic objectives. Examples of these include:
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Climate and Environment
- Transitioning 28 Council buildings from gas to all-electric, powered by renewables.
- Continuing to find new and innovative ways to reduce our carbon emissions.
- Launching Australia’s first-ever inner-urban community battery in Fitzroy North.
Social equity and health:
- Supporting the construction of hundreds of social and affordable dwellings in new and significant developments.
- Revitalising and upgrading The Djerring Centre (previously known as the Collingwood Seniors Centre) in Abbotsford.
- Hosting Victoria Pride on Gertrude and Smith Streets in Fitzroy that attracted more than 30,000 people in its first year.
Local Economy
- Introducing a permanent parklet program to help support traders enabling hundreds of local businesses to use on-street car parks to extend their outdoor dining areas and comply with COVID-19 restrictions.
- Engaging with over 2,600 Yarra traders through our extensive business support programs.
Place and Nature
- Developing new open space areas across the municipality including pocket parks in Cremorne, Peel Street Park Otter Street Park and Cambridge Street Reserve.
- Planted over 2,700 street trees to increase the tree canopy cover, improve liveability and overall biodiversity values within Yarra
Transport and movement
- Developing our first ever Transport Strategy that has guided the construction of over 40 sustainable transport projects.
- Expanding our 30km trial area to all of Collingwood and Fitzroy
Democracy and governance
- Creating our first Financial Sustainability Strategy to guide Council on how to best manage our financial resources for the long-term in the best interests of our community
- Developing 16 community led principles through a comprehensive deliberative engagement that will inform future service planning and review.
Contact us
Phone: +61 3 9205 5555
Email: info@yarracity.vic.gov.au
National Relay Service 133 677
(ask for 03 9205 5555)
