Last month, as part of the series “Ideas for Melbourne: Ending homelessness”, Lorraine Siska took notes of a discussion between Alan Attwood (founder and editor of The Big Issue), Heather Holst (manager/spokeperson of Homeground), Suzy Freeman-Green (journalist for The Age) …
Agenda for March 2013 planning meeting. Guest speaker is David Mayes
A quick reminder that, David Mayes, Manager Strategic Planning, City of Melbourne has been invited to talk and to answer questions about Planning Scheme Amendment C207/207 Arden-Macaulay Heritage. This is a very important issue as it is dealing with the …
An alternative Arden-Macaulay Structure Plan
The NWMA has prepared a flyer with an alternative Arden-Macaulay Structure Plan. As residents, we have a very good understanding of what we have and of how growth can be achieved without sacrificing everything that we love about living here. …
Minutes from October 2012 planning meeting
The minutes from the planning Committee meeting can be are here. The main discussions in the meeting were about the Arden-Macaulay Amendment C190, the City North Amendment C196. Other planning issues also discussed were the Woolworths project in Canning Street …
Council Elections, Meet the Candidates
The coming Council election is by postal vote only. You should receive two ballots (one for the Lord Mayor and Deputy and one for the election of 9 Councillors) between 9 and 11 October. You’ll need to return ballots by …
Agenda for October 2012 general meeting
The monthly meeting will be held at 7.30pm at the Dewey Common Room, Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Street, entry from Union Street. The agenda for the meeting can be viewed here. Also being discussed is the proposed resolution for Street …
Abbotsford Street tree planting
The NWMA have several documents of interest to the local residents regarding to the proposed tree planting in Abbostford Street. These are: The Abbotsford Street concept plan by the City of Melbourne Tree Species fact sheet from Urban Forest A …
East West Link minutes
The Association have received the official meeting minutes from Adam Bandt’s office for the East West Link meeting held on the 29th March 2012. Rose Iser chaired the meeting, which was well attended. Attendees are listed in the minutes. Janet …
Association Reps Meet Planning Minister Advisors
On Friday November 4, Association Chair, Kevin Chamberlin, and Bill Cook met with influential members of the Planning Minister, Matthew Guy’s staff. They were Daniel Parsons, Ministerial Advisor and Adrian Salmon, Assistant Director, Statutory Approvals, Department of Planning and Community …
VEC Review of City of Melbourne Wards and Councillor numbers
The electoral representation review (ERR) of Melbourne City Council will commence on Monday, 24 October. The review will consider the appropriate number of the councillors for the municipality and whether the City should be divided into wards. For more information …