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Helping hands THE pandemic hasn’t stopped a small Seaford-based charity from helping families in crisis. Mums Supporting Families in Need works with welfare agencies to provide essentials for families doing it tough. The organisation provides clothing, toys, cots, prams, car seats, linen, school supplies, hampers, and food items to people who need them. Nelida from Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (pictured) visited the charity’s warehouse last month to collect clothing, linen, and a cot which will go to a family of five in need. To donate to the charity visit msfin. org.au/donate Picture: Supplied
Coast Guard move to Yacht Club called off Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE Frankston Coast Guard will not complete its long-expected move into the Frankston Yacht Club building. The Coast Guard’s move into the Yacht Club building was approved by Frankston Council in 2019. The Coast Guard were going to occupy the first
floor of the space. At their most recent meeting, councillors voted to instead provide permanent accommodation for the Coast Guard in the Frankston Mechanics Institute. The report prepared by council officers read that “following ongoing investigations about the viability of the proposed first floor restaurant at Frankston Yacht Club facility, councillors have subsequently received
advice that the entire first floor space should be reserved for in order to satisfy the requirements of a fine dining restaurant.” “Discussions have been ongoing with the FCG about their long term accommodation and FCG have agreed that the Mechanics Institute could be used as a long term accommodation solution,” the report read. “FCG have been temporarily occupying the front two meeting rooms at the Frankston
Mechanics Institute on a council approved occupancy agreement (peppercorn rental) since the demolition of the FCG facility.” Council will allocate $210,000 in its 2021/22 capital works budget from the strategic reserve to to refit the Frankston Mechanics Institute, subject to an occupancy arrangement. The motion councillors voted on read that council officers had also worked in collaboration with the
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Coast Guard and DELWP to find an appropriate site for rescue vehicle storage. Councillors agreed that “the most appropriate solution” involves “an integrated facility with an upgraded public toilet at the base of Olivers Hill at a total estimated cost of $1,225,000”, but further investigations will take place. Continued page 4