Decision details

Peri-regional advocacy

Decision Maker: Council Meeting

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Significant decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

SUMMARY

Yarra Ranges Council and Mornington Peninsula have partnered to commission a report that outlines the case for a new status: ‘peri-regional’, which would add to the metropolitan classification of our Local Government Areas (LGAs).

Peri-regional status would allow us to better service and support both our urban and rural areas, by:

·                 Acknowledging the unique mix of metropolitan and regional characteristics of Yarra Ranges and Mornington Peninsula

·                 Granting consistent access to relevant Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding to realise local, state and national economic potential

·                Creating greater opportunities for our high-value tourism, agricultural and cultural sectors.

 

Moved: Cr Child

Seconded: Cr McAllister

That Council endorses Council’s advocacy to the Victorian Government for a new status, ‘peri-regional’, that retains our metropolitan classification and grants consistent access to relevant regional funding programs to better support our regional needs.

The motion was Carried.

 

Report author: Abby McCarthy

Publication date: 12/07/2022

Date of decision: 12/07/2022

Decided at meeting: 12/07/2022 - Council Meeting

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