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NEWS DESK
Talk about Karingal gives future pointers THE Karingal Local Area Planning Group recently had a boost in youth involvement, with McClelland College students hosting its meeting on Thursday 16 October. President Phil Lodge and secretary Michael Long welcomed visitors, councillors and Frankston Council staff. Student representatives Karabo Tlokotsi and Caitlyn Taylor voiced their views about the Karingal area and discussed how their school was contributing to the community. They discussed what the general school population thought about the area, and the positives and negatives of living and going to school there. This led to a discussion between Caitlyn, Karabo and the audience over a perceived need for public toilets and drinking fountains at public facilities, such as Gretana Crescent Reserve. Facilities such as the new PARC, Karingal PLACE and Karingal Hub were praised as being easily accessible and enjoyable. A perception that Karingal was unsafe may be “more reputation than real”. This could be overcome by having more community events to break down barriers, for example, staging carnivals, fetes, musical theatre and art events, using facilities such as Ballam Park Homestead and involving the primary and secondary schools in these events, the meeting was told. McClelland College intends to become more involved in the local area, with the students explaining past and current projects in which it has been involved. These include Fit2Drive, the McClelland College Academy Program and a community placement trip to Fiji. The council’s sketch plan for Gretana Crescent Reserve was displayed for
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consideration and discussion. Frankston Council’s acting manager, open spaces, David Gray, showed a sketch plan for developing the reserve into a viable community asset. He pointed to associated costings and the staging of steps to achieve this. The overall amount required is more than $200,000, with a further $30,000 to remove fencing and court surfaces and sub-surfaces. Concern was expressed over the community’s share of the $50,000 cost. Mr Lodge asked what responsibility Frankston Council had as regards implementing this plan. Cr James Dooley said most tennis clubs in Frankston were losing members and that club facilities are deteriorating. It was agreed that the fence around the four westerly courts would be removed but that the uprights would remain in place for the time being. No written request would need to be made for this to proceed. The north-west ward councillors volunteered to use their discretionary funds to buy a number of fruit and other trees to plant on the site. Trish Gavin offered to arrange this purchase, in conjunction with Cr Glenn Aitken. This will need a written request from KLAP. Sponsorships and partnerships will be sought during the remainder of this year and next year. The evening was judged a success as McClelland College was able to “bridge a gap” between itself and the community. The turn-out exceeded expectations and the students excelled in their efforts, Mr Long said. Stephen Taylor
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Frankston Times 27 October 2014