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Path cleared for Yacht Club dining Continued from page 1 When making the decision to move the Coast Guard into the Yacht Club building in October 2019, councillors also voted to “commit $400,000 to the 2020/21 budget from the strategic reserve to undertake fit out and associated building works to the first floor of the Frankston Yacht Club facility to provide permanent accommodation for [the Coast Guard] at the Frankston Yacht Club facility subject to an appropriate occupancy agreement and approvals. (“Coast Guard move to Yacht Club ticked off” The Times 21/10/19)”. In its 2020/2021 budget, council
agreed to pour more money into the refit. During its mid-year budget review it deferred $1 million in funding towards the works into the next budget (“Delays for council project funding” The Times 25/1/21). As part of the decision to abandon the Yacht Club move, council will return a $400,000 budget allocation from its strategic reserve. The Yacht Club building has become a problem project for council since its construction, costing ratepayers millions in the last five years while sitting mostly vacant. At the start of the year, council
announced that it had come to a lease agreement with a cafe to move into the building. Negotiations with a potential tenant fell through in 2019 after potentially dangerous cladding was found inside the building (“More trouble for Yacht Club building” The Times 2/9/19).
THE entire first floor of the Yacht Club building will be set aside for dining. Picture: Yanni
Businesses set sights on outdoor sites LOCAL businesses are being encouraged to take their services outdoors this summer. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a bigger push towards outdoor dining and activities. Multiple outdoor sites owned by Frankston Council are available to be used for business in the next year. Twelve month licenses are available now for the use of Foreshore Reserve, Ballam Park, Beauty Park, Station Street Mall, Clyde Street Mall, Sandfield Reserve, Southgateway Reserve, and the Lyrebird Community Centre car park. Frankston councillor Suzette Tayler said “when lockdowns are a thing of the past, the community
will be ready to get out and about and experience some wonderful outdoor activities again.” “We want to create energetic, magnetic locations for our community to enjoy and what better locations than our public open spaces,” she said. To apply online to use council spaces visit frankston.vic.gov.au/ Business/Business-Opportunities/ Commercial-Activities-in-PublicOpen-Spaces. Applications close 5pm on 24 September. For more information on events in council’s Do It Outdoors program visit www.discoverfrankston.com/ whats-on
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