Overview - Parramatta City Council - NSW Government

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21 November Parking meters installed in Civic Place, the first of 373 to cover
the CBD, North Parramatta and a section of Harris Park as part of
Parramatta's traffic management strategy.
1 December Council’s annual lighting of the Town Hall and Christmas concert
helped rekindle the spirit of Christmas.
7 December Council entered a Development Agreement with Grocon
Developments Pty Ltd for the Civic Place Redevelopment in the
heart of Parramatta’s CBD.
9 December Council's annual free Christmas lunch for senior citizens was held
in Parramatta Town Hall.
31 January Parramatta’s ‘Only Place to Be’ Summer events ended with a bang,
with record crowds at Australia Day and the Chinese New Year.
27 February Parramatta announces average Development Application
processing times have almost halved after major efforts to
address the backlog.
3 March Council commenced a new battle to cut cigarette butt littering in
Church Street in partnership with the Butt Littering Trust.
13 March Council investigated sightings of platypuses in two creeks in
the Parramatta Local Government Area.
16 March Council commenced a review of Parramatta's Economic
Development Board to ensure that it continued to drive the
future of Parramatta.
8 April Parramatta’s Golden Slipper Festival culminated in the annual
AAMI Golden Slipper, the richest horserace for two year olds in
the world, televised world wide.
27 April Tanya Gadiel MP, State member for Parramatta announced
$100,000 towards the establishment of artists studios and
exhibition space in Parramatta.
12 May Council's bold plans to turn the CBD into a hub for the arts was
rewarded at the Local Government Cultural Awards with its
Arts and Cultural Places Framework winning a major award.
30 May Council released an image of what the Church Street Mall
between George and Macquarie Streets would look like once
re-opened to traffic, with a new children’s playground to be built
opposite the town hall.
30 May Council resumed its City of Trees program, on hold during
Sydney’s severe drought.
31 May Council started surveying business owners and operators about
their views on doing business in Parramatta’s CBD.
14 June Civic Place Redevelopment passed a key milestone with the
$1.4 billion, three hectare project meeting the new rigorous
Public Private Partnership (PPP) guidelines set by the Department
of Local Government.
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Parramatta City Council 2005/06 Annual Report