in cleaning and restricting access by generations of pigeons who called the building home, along with scoping the project and development of plans for planning permit approval. The new RPP-FM facility is located at the northern end of what was the old Science Wing of the former High School and was renovated using a Community development model developed by MPSC which included a commercial builder, MPSC Officers and Councillors, RPP-FM Board and Members, Rotary volunteers and support from local businesses and donations of money, labour and fittings. The project was managed by Captain Dick Cox from the Somerville-Tyabb Rotary Club along with Lindsay Edwards and was supported by the commercial builder Staff Building from Point Leo. The labour component involved volunteers which included several other Peninsula Rotary Clubs throughout the Mornington Peninsula Cluster, community and company donations of labour, goods and services. The MPSC Councillors supported the renovation works with a Project & Fund Raising Committee being formed made up of the Chairman Cr Bill Goodrem and Deputy Chairman Cr Leigh Eustace along with several Directors of the MPSC and RPP-FM Board Member Maria McColl and Station Manager Brendon Telfer to oversee the works and finances. The Project & Fundraising Committee first met on 22 April 2010. Initial Project planning started with a bridging finance agreement agreed between the Committee and MPSC to fund project scoping, building plan development, site preparation and cleaning, and creation of a required materials list. Fundraising options were also developed. As part of the project new state of the art radio studios, recording studio and communications room were developed along with supporting facilities for offices, meeting room, kitchen and toilet facilities. All radio transmission facilities were installed at the site along with upgraded transmission tower infrastructure at Arthurs Seat. The opening of the new RPP-FM facility occurred on Saturday 24 September 2011 to great fanfare when the building was formerly opened to the community with tours of the facility and an official opening ceremony taking place in the abutting Peninsula Community Theatre. RPP-FM after weeks of trials testing all equipment and transmission capabilities, RPP-FM formally started on-air transmissions from the new facility at Wilsons Road on 17 October 2011. Board 3RPP had until May 2010 had employed Maria McColl as Station Manager. After a long tenure of 22 years in the position 3RPP had advertised for a replacement. Following an extensive selection process, the station's