2020 March
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CRA 2020-AGM

Committee elected for 2020
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Harmony Day 21 March
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Presentation by Lord Mayor, Sally Capp

City of Melbourne Lord Mayor, Sally Capp, addressed an audience of approximately forty residents at the CRA AGM at the Kathleen Syme Centre on Monday 17 February 2020.
A question and answer session followed.
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Working Groups

Planning
Heritage

Heritage Review. Amendment C258 Melbourne Planning Scheme – Update
The CoM response to the Panel Hearing Report on this Amendment,
was presented to the Future Melbourne Committee on 25 February 2020.
After some minor amendments, the Committee unanimously voted to adopt the response.
CRA is extremely concerned that the adopted response failed to address many of the issues raised by CRA in it’s various submissions.
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Topical Issues

A Message from Ellen Sandell

Victoria to finally get ‘cash for cans’ and the government has also announced plans to introduce a separate household bin for glass and to introduce compost collection in our green waste bins.
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Community News

Queen Victoria Market

From 19 to 29 March – Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
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New trader facilities are proposed and heritage and planning applications have been made
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Feast for Freedom 19 – 22 March

We know that good food feeds the heart and soul and sharing a meal together reminds us that we are one family, one community and one people.
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Spanish Minstrels perform in Lygon Street
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Walks in the city
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