Katoomba Charrette Outcomes Report - Blue Mountains City Council

Katoomba Charrette Report & Town Centre Strategy
12.2 Funding
The funding package that was announced by the NSW State Government included the following
elements for the town centre. Detailed funding was identified in a press release by the Premier of NSW
in January 1999 and are not reproduced in this report.
Heritage building and Facade Improvement Program including grants for improvements to select
building facades in the town centre.
Construction of 60 commuter car parking spaces at Goldsmith Place and associated streetscape
improvement works.
Consultancy to evaluate impact and identify appropriate controls for stormwater management;
Provisions of youth arts facilities/programs.
Strategic assessment and masterplanning of the TAFE East site by the State Government’s
Infrastructure Partnership Services (including the envisaged provision of an Art Gallery, Cultural
Centre and Council/NPWS Visitor Centres) and ongoing marketing;.
Masterplanning of surplus State Government sites including the Katoomba Goodsyard and SRA
Depot.
Katoomba Streetscape Improvement works including heritage lighting provision, at-grade
pedestrian access across the railway line at Katoomba Station, general street beautification works
and pooling of car parking on the eastern side of Katoomba Street.
Design and construction of new shuttle bus shelters in the town centre.
Design and construction of improvements to the Katoomba Civic Centre (dollar for dollar
partnership with BMCC).
Detailed design and Stage 1 restoration of Kingsford Smith Park.
Funding for a Project Manager for the Katoomba and Echo Point Project for a period of four years.
This funding, as well as the funding for improvements to Echo Point, will be phased over the next four
years.
In addition, the Blue Mountains City Council will provide funding from the capital works budget as part
of the ongoing town improvement programs in the Blue Mountains.
13. ESD’S IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS
13.1 Introduction
Since 1992, ESD has led fifteen Charrettes in Australia and New Zealand. There are lessons to be
learned for Katoomba’s implementation, from the implementation successes and failures of these
earlier Charrettes. This section has two categories of implementation recommendations for
Katoomba, general recommendations and project-specific recommendations.
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