Cr Wagstaff presented a petition with more than 200 signatures to the June 24 council meeting supporting the move.

Deputy Mayor Philip Sansom said he did not dispute the idea, but said the council was already halfway through a community consultation on the site's future.

"I'm not saying it is a bad suggestion,'' he said.

"But it is premature to do a feasibility study until we see the results of the community consultation.''

Mayor Vince Badalati strongly opposed Cr Wagstaff's call for a feasibility study, saying the community consultation should continue to the end, followed by a public meeting.

Cr Steve McMahon said the the Central Coast and St George had among the highest growth rates for ageing people in the state.

"To go ahead with this motion [for a community centre feasibility study] would be to put the cart before the horse,'' he said.

Cr Wagstaff said the council had already done a $70,000 feasibility study for an aged care facility on the site.

But Cr Sansom said this study was done in 2006 and was now out of date.

Cr Wagstaff said that, of the concepts for the site presented to the public consultation, there had been none for a community or education centre.

"So I believe residents have been short-changed,'' she said.

"Residents weren't shown any study [for] an education centre. There have been at least three lots of concept plans for an aged care facility.

"I believe a feasibility study on a community centre is the least we can do.''

But Cr Wagstaff's notice of motion for a study was defeated, with only her vote supporting it.

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