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ADVOCATING FOR OUR COMMUNITYADDITIONAL FUNDINGCouncils are funded from a range of revenue sources includingthe ordinary and special rates annually levied on residents andbusinesses. In addition to such inputs, Council seeks to secureState and Federal government funding to help our communitypurse go further when it comes to maintaining existinginfrastructure and constructing new assets.The more staff excel at making a case for additionalgovernmental and sponsor support, the less Council has to relysolely on the rates or ‘taxes’ paid by our ratepayers.During 2010/11, Parramatta City Council secured a wide rangeof grants, including, but not limited to:• $344,300 from the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinetto expand and enhance the Harris Park community centre• over $100,000 from the NSW Sport and Recreation for theupgrade of four Parramatta sportsgrounds (for sportingpavilions, courts and cricket fields)• $22,000 from the Sydney Metropolitan CatchmentManagement Authority to help prepare a plan ofmanagement for Baludarri Wetland• $359,000 from the Federal Regional and Local CommunityInfrastructure Program (Round 2) for the construction ofeleven projects• $40,000 from the State Government’s Waste andSustainability Improvement Program (WaSIP) to updateCouncil’s Biodiversity Plan• $51,025.00 from WaSIP to investigate the extent ofchromium contamination at the eastern end of GrandAvenue, Camellia• $33,781.00 from WaSIP to carry out the first Parramattawide e-waste Recycling Pilot in partnership with Veolia andSims Metal Recycling• $1.256 million from WaSIP to upgrade energy efficiencyat Council’s Riverside Theatres and four multi-storey carparking stations• $40,000 from WaSIP to supervise comprehensive wastecontent audits for a sample of residential properties andCouncil buildings• $240,000 from the RTA for the Parramatta Valley Cyclewayshared path from Rydalmere Wharf to Thackery Street• $199,000 from the RTA for the Parramatta Valley Cyclewayshared path between Park Street and Pike Street, and designof a shared path between Pike Street and Subiaco Creek• $91,953 from the RTA for the detailed design of theParramatta Valley Cycleway Stage 14-17 and $49,403 forthe Parramatta Valley Cycleway Stage 9-12 near GasworksBridge• $100,000 recurrent funding to expand the Meals on Wheelsservice and $25,000 to pilot a new service to increasesupport to people with dementia, as well as $51,562 innon-recurrent funds, with all grants jointly funded by theCommonwealth and State Governments and administered bythe NSW Department of Human Services, Ageing Disabilityand Home Care• $190,000 from the NSW Department of Planning andInfrastructure’s LEP Acceleration Fund to assist completionof a range of strategic planning studies over 2011/12.• $866,000 from new grant schemes such as the FederalRLCIP and NSW Communities Building Partnership inaddition to NSW Heritage grants.• $168,000 from the NSW Government Trade and Investmentto develop mobile digital applications for the City’s retailand tourism sectors.Meals on Wheels helps needy members of the community to continue living intheir own homes54 PARRAMATTA CITY COUNCIL - ANNUAL REPORT 2010/11
PLANNING FOR NOW, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURECOMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLANEndorsed as Parramatta’s Community Strategic Plan inDecember 2009, Parramatta Twenty25 charts the wayforward for the City over the next two decades, respondingto the challenges that Council and our external partnersmust address in order to ensure our social, economic andenvironmental sustainability.The Community Strategic Plan addresses seven ‘destinations’that Council aspires to in order to make Parramatta a greatplace in which to live, work, play and invest. During 2010/11,we used these seven destinations to help prioritise Councilprojects and deliver our four-year Delivery Program and oneyearOperational Plan 2010/11 in line with the new integratedplanning requirements.Work commenced on the consolidation of the City CentreLocal Environmental Plan and City Centre DevelopmentControl Plan with the Comprehensive draft LocalEnvironmental Plan and Development Control Plan so as toprovide a singular Local Environmental Plan and DevelopmentControl Plan in the local government area.CORPORATE STRATEGYCouncil’s Corporate Strategy captures its organisationalcommitment to demonstrating leadership and goodgovernance as we strive to deliver the best possible servicesto our community. In 2009/10, the Corporate Strategy wasincorporated into Council’s Delivery Program. The strategyidentifies and schedules the tools that Council needs to helpbuild its organisational capability into the future.DELIVERY PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL PLANDuring 2010/11 Council was guided by its four-year DeliveryProgram 2010 – 2014 and one year Operational Plan 2010/11which set out how Council plans to achieve the objectives ofParramatta’s Community Strategic Plan.DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN AND LOCALENVIRONMENT PLANDuring 2010/11, Council finalised the integration ofParramatta’s key land use and zoning plans into aComprehensive draft Local Environmental Plan andDevelopment Control Plan. The Comprehensive draftParramatta Development Control Plan 2011 was finalised andadopted by Council, with the DCP to become effective oncethe comprehensive LEP is published.PARRAMATTA CITY COUNCIL - ANNUAL REPORT 2010/1155
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