The old Broadwater Hotel site in the main street of Gosford is once again set to be demolished, says Central Coast Council.
The original demolition tender for the site, also known as the Cadillac Club, located at 55-57 and 59-71 Mann Street, was withdrawn earlier this year.
This followed Council’s decision to defer the adoption of the 2020/21 Operational Plan and Budget, at the Extraordinary Meeting of June 29.
However, once the budget was formally adopted at the Ordinary Meeting of July 27, the tender was able to be re-issued and is currently advertised, a council spokesperson said.
“Fencing was erected around the site to deter further break-in and squatting incidents,” the spokesperson said.
A Notice of Motion at the Ordinary Meeting of August 10 proposed an unfunded addition to the current scope of the demolition tender.
It recommended that Council staff investigate the provision of interim carparking spaces on the site, upon completion of the demolition.
“Consideration of this Notice of Motion has been deferred by Council to the Ordinary Meeting of August 24,” a council spokesperson said.
Council said if the councillors wanted parking on the site, they would need to nominate what items they would want to remove from the operational plan for this financial year.
Staff recommended councillors consider the matter of parking as part of the formal quarterly review process of the budget to ensure consistency and transparency.
Merilyn Vale