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COOPER Smith is a 14-year-old living with cerebral palsy. He relies on a wheelchair to make his way around, but the young Seaford man doesn’t let his disability stop him from exploring Frankston. Cooper is one of millions worldwide who will be celebrated on International Day for People With a Disability on 3 December. His mother, Bronwyn Leeks, said “we have been living in Frankston for 12 years now and we love how much the area has grown, especially when it comes to developing more inclusive practises and making experiences and activities more accessible for people with a disability.” “Getting outdoors, we love wandering the Sweet Water Creek track and the wetlands track from Seaford. Admiring the art at McClelland Gallery and taking in a show at the Arts Centre,” she said. Ms Leeks said International Day for People With a Disability was a “chance to educate businesses and the public about making disability access and inclusion part of their preplanning process.” Visit www.idpwd.com.au for more details. Picture: Supplied
Pool operator eyes former footy site Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au PENINSULA Leisure has been given permission to respond to the expression of interest at St Kilda FC’s former home in Seaford and the tender for Pines Forest Aquatic Centre. Peninsula Leisure Pty Ltd is a council owned and independently run entity. They are the operator of Peninsula
Aquatic Recreation Centre and the Pines Forest Aquatic Centre on behalf of Frankston Council. The vote to determine if the organisation should be allowed to proceed was set to take place in secret behind closed doors at council’s most recent meeting, but was brought into the public section of the meeting at the agreement of a majority of councillors. Councillors approved a motion
which read that council “notes Peninsula Leisure’s request to respond to the tender for Pines Forest Aquatic Centre and the expression of interest for the Frankston Health and Wellbeing Hub” and “grants permission for Peninsula Leisure to respond to both opportunities”. Council opened expressions of interest at the newly dubbed Frankston Health and Wellbeing Hub last month.
The Seaford site, once called Linen House, was the training base of St Kilda Football Club for under a decade. Ratepayer money was used to entice the Saints to the facility, which has mostly sat vacant since the club’s return to Moorabbin in 2018. Cr Glenn Aitken was the sole present councillor opposed to the move. “Peninsula Leisure have the right to make a request, what concerns me is
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that Peninsula Leisure is essentially linked to Frankston Council,” he said. “I feel uncomfortable, and I’m comfortable this is into open council. It seems that the entity we were involved with and created, it’s got tentacles, and they are extending. “When there is an entity we are a part of, and there’s a desire to expand, we need to look closely at it.” Continued Page 9