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Bargain art hunt MENTONE Mordialloc Art Group’s annual art bargain sale will be held at Mentone Activity Hub, 29 Venice St, Mentone from Saturday 2 December until Saturday 9 December, 10am-4pm. Original framed and unframed work, such as the painting Venice by Julie McDonald, left, will be available for sale for between $10-$250. Handpainted cards will be $4.50 each. See mentone-mordiallocartgroup. org.au or call 9584 6376 for more information.
Hotel drinks plan shot down Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au COUNCILLORS have rolled the development dice in an effort to ensure a “substantial” food and drinks service is offered at the Mentone Hotel after any conversion to apartments. A 5-4 majority of councillors at a public planning meeting last Wednesday evening (22 November) voted to reject a “compromise” proposal by Central ward councillor Geoff Gledhill that would
have seen the developer agree to install a 250 square metre “licenced facility” in the ground floor of the hotel building. The planning application will now likely head to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) with council set to hire a special counsel to legally argue council’s case that a pub of more than 250 square metres should be included in any redevelopment of the hotel, known locally as The Edgy. There was extensive debate among councillors about a scaled-back planning application to build 16 townhouses and
13 apartments over two storeys at the Mentone Hotel site. Developer Paul Huggins, of Momentum Developments, had initially proposed building a four-storey “layer cake” apartment block on the hotel’s car park but council stood firm on a maximum two-storey height limit in the area. Mr Huggins said no food and drinks venue would be included in any two-storey development but Cr Gledhill said the developer had subsequently agreed inprinciple to a 250-square metre licenced facility.
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Save The Edgy representative James Shannon addressed councillors on behalf of objectors to the planning application. “This intense development proposal is not within the accepted walking distance of an activity centre — not even close,” Mr Shannon said at the meeting. “Right throughout metropolitan Melbourne, the community is sick and tired of these historic venues being gutted to suit the short-term wealth needs of property developers.” A council officers report tabled at the council planning meeting recommended
the planning application be approved subject to conditions. Property consultant Jamie Govenlock, of Urbis consultants, addressed councillors on behalf of the applicant, listed as Mentone Bayside Corporation Pty Ltd in the planning application, before debate at the meeting. “All of council’s specialists — in terms of urban designers, heritage personnel, traffic and drainage people — support the proposal as do the town planners,” Mr Govenlock said. Continued Page 4