A WORKING group will be formed to provide advice on the implementation of Frankston Council’s car parking precinct action plan.
Councillors voted this month to form the group, which will consist of representatives from the Committee for Greater Frankston, Frankston City traders, Chisholm, Monash University, Peninsula Health, Bayside Shopping Centre, Frankston City Council and PARC. The group is designed to provide “independent advice”.
As part of the motion, council voted to refer “the funding of $30,000 towards implementation of the year 1 actions of the FMAC parking precinct plan to the mid year budget review for further consideration. Subsequent years funding is to be requested through the normal annual budget process.”
Two other options were considered by council. One was to “form the working group and fund the study at an estimated cost of $50,000 – $70,000+. There is no additional funding outlined in the 2019/20 budget for this purpose. The funding would need to be found from other sources, which could include federal/state government grants.” The other option was to “not proceed with the proposed working group and instead, as an initial step seek to participate in the design and delivery of the state government’s election commitment for a dedicated increase in parking supply in the Frankston Station precinct.”
The motion to form the working group passed unanimously.
The move follows a successful motion moved at council’s May meeting which requested that “a report to come back to council (…) on the proposed establishment of a Frankston City Council working group for the purpose of preparing independent recommendations for the consideration of council to improve Frankston City centre’s present car parking pricing, supply and management, and befit Frankston’s CBD for its future parking needs in 2035.”