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12 months in Melbourne - June 2009  
a connected and accessible city a connected city
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an inclusive and engaging city a financially responsible company Tackling homelessness and providing affordable housing

The City of Melbourne and its partners are working on a number of initiatives to provide long-term solutions to homelessness, some of which were reported in last year’s annual report. Many of these initiatives and some new ones have progressed with one of the most significant, the sale of the Drill Hall for affordable housing, completed in June 2009.

The City of Melbourne sold the Drill Hall building near Queen Victoria Market to Melbourne Affordable Housing for $10, enabling the development of units for people on lower and fixed incomes. In addition, the City of Melbourne transferred ownership of a parcel of land in Elizabeth Street to Yarra Community Housing to contribute to an affordable housing development.

The results of the City of Melbourne’s first homeless street count were released and a second count conducted during 2008–09. The City of Melbourne also partnered with other local councils to provide health and regulatory information to rooming house owners and operators across inner Melbourne.

In December, Melbourne hosted the 2008 international street soccer tournament, the Homelessness World Cup. Held in Federation Square, the City of Melbourne supported this event with cash and in-kind contributions. A specially-funded medical training program gave participants the chance to develop first aid skills and assist medical staff at the event.

a well managed and leading corporation a financially responsible company Planning for Melbourne’s future

Melbourne City Council elections in 2008–09 and the final year of the Council Plan 2005–2009 was an opportunity to revise objectives for the city and prioritise the organisation’s activities to align with current needs and demands.

The adoption of Council Plan 2009–2013, incorporating the municipal public health plan, in June 2009 was the result of six months of extensive planning. The result is a new four-year agenda which responds to the needs of the growing city and community and broadly allocates resources needed to achieve it.

The new Council Plan is inspired by the six high-level goals of Future Melbourne Community Plan, which was endorsed by the council in September 2008. Future Melbourne is a long-term plan for the city. It was written through an open and public consultation process: a process acknowledged as outstanding practice by the Planning Institute of Australia in March 2009.

For more information about our Council Plan and its implementation, see Looking Ahead.

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