Frankston Council forms rubber stamp committees

Frankston Council forms rubber stamp committees

Keep Asking Until You get a Different Answer

It's quite obvious now that Frankston Council when it set up local area committee's for the purpose of consultation actually set them up so they could get the answer they wanted and get their proposals rubber stamped. Imagine Frankston Council's surprise when a new committee was formed this year in Karingal and 40+ people were present, and that almost the only topic of discussion was the green area at Gretana Cres.

Another meeting was held only a week ago, and once again nearly 40 people were present.

Residents Meet to discuss Gretana Cres 10 Oct 2013 

Not only that, but Council also organised a Local Area meeting last year, and the main topic of discussion then was Gretana Cres! There's actually been meetings in Karingal about this site over a number of years and the residents each meeting have made it clear that they want the area cleaned up and turned back in to publicly accessible green space and recreational area.

Council's response to this has been to let the site become derelict, and refuse to maintain the site. Council of course denys this, but their actions speak louder than any words they say.

Keep Asking Until You get a Different Answer

Since Council isn't getting the answer they want , they are now proposing to ask the whole of Frankston what they want to do with the site. This proposal is to be put to a vote at council next Monday 21st October 2013.  If you don't like the answer keep asking the question until you get a different answer. It seems this is council policy. Why not join us at Frankston council chambers next Monday, so we can find out first hand who it is that supports this insult to Karingal resisdents.

It appears that Frankston council just has no idea how angry Karingal Residents are over the issue, and that there will be repercussions if they continue down this path.

Public invited to discuss future of tennis club

Public invited to meeting to discuss future of tennis club

A PUBLIC meeting about the future of the former Karingal Tennis Club site will be held on October 10.

Karingal’s Phil Lodge said the group would present its plan for the site.
“It’s now at a vital stage where we need to do everything we can to convince Frankston Council to keep the site for the community and not turn it into residential developments,’’ Mr Lodge said.

Frankston Council demolished the derelict pavilion in May this year after it had been left dormant since the tennis club vacated it in 2008. Mr Lodge said since it was torn down it had not been maintained. “It is still a mess and in some respects worse than before,’’ Mr Lodge said.

Council chief executive Dennis Hovenden said since the ordinary meeting in March, council officers had been “thoroughly investigating all options for the future of the site”. “A further report has been finalised to go before council’s October 21 meeting to seek further direction,’’ Mr Hovenden said.

The meeting is at Karingal Place at 7pm.

Frankston Standard Leader P5 - 30 Sept 2013

Details of the meeting can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/170536943138822/

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Frankston Standard Leader
30 Sep 2013

Proposed use for the building - ignored by council

From the Herald Sun & Leader

Picture via Herald-Sun, Chris Eastman Source: Leader

An alternate use for the building has been ignored by Council. Katrina Flaherty, Michelle Thomas and David Krause with Zac from amateur theatre group People's Playgroup Inc Kidz for Kidz wanted to use the Karingal Tennis Club rooms as their home base. Picture: Chris Eastman Source: Leader

If council had maintained the building it would not have cost $40,000 to demolish and a fraction of that to maintain. The cost to the Community of Council negligence with regard to maintenance is horrific.

Thanks to the Herald and Leader for following this story. The story can be found here.

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