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Food appeal
THE Community Church of Christ in Chelsea is appealing for more food donations to refill a pantry to dish out food for the needy. The Your Pantry program was originally planned to be a Christmas appeal but community support officer Fiona Bright says the generosity of Kingston residents means the Church is able to help the disadvantaged with some basic food needs all year round. See story Page 5. Picture: Gary Sissons
Saints go cashing in Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au THE St Kilda Football Club’s welcome back to Moorabbin Reserve, and impending exit from Seaford, is official after Kingston Council voted to approve a 50-year lease at Linton St for the AFL club. Kingston councillors voted at a public council meeting last Monday evening (22 August) to give the Saints a 25-
year lease with an option for a further 25 years despite some community concern about a $420,000 rates discount over the first decade of the lease. An 84 per cent reduction on building rent means the football club will pay $80,000 rather than $500,000 in building rent over the first ten years. Kingston ratepayers objecting to the lease believed St Kilda FC should not receive a discount since council is contributing $5 million worth of ratepayers’ money to the $28.4 million rede-
velopment of Linton St. Objectors were also unhappy at the club continuing to have 83 pokies machines at the venue. At last week’s council meeting councillors voiced some concerns about St Kilda’s previous behaviour when it quit Moorabbin six years ago and moved club administration work and training sessions to Seaford. Frankston Council spent $4 million of its ratepayers’ money enticing the AFL club to Seaford after the Saints fell out
with Kingston Council over a planned redevelopment at Linton St. At last week’s Kingston Council meeting Cr Ron Brownlees insisted the terms of the new lease are not as beneficial to the club as the terms offered in 2010 despite concerns about the hefty building rent discount. “They [St Kilda FC] were getting a much better deal before than what they getting now – trust me,” he said. “This is a quite a reasonable outcome, I think, for all parties.
Cr Steve Staikos noted St Kilda had not been “a perfect tenant” in Kingston in the past but he argued the club’s management is now different and is committed to making a contribution back to the community. “It’s a different club to what it was and I believe they’re very sincere in their ambition to become a top-tier AFL club and engage with the community.” The club will have to conduct annual maintenance to the Linton St oval and building. Continued Page 4
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