AGENDA DATE: 12/6/2017
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Senior Center at Belvedere
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Approval of contribution and Use Agreement with Senior Center
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Letteri, Kamptner
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: The County received a $2 million funding request from the Senior Center, Inc. to support the design and construction of the proposed new Senior Center within the Belvedere development off of Rio Road (the "new facility"). The new facility will replace the current facility located at 1180 Pepsi Place, which opened in 1991.
The Senior Center's request for funding from the County is to pay for part of the design and construction costs for the new facility's first phase ("Phase One"). The total estimated project cost for the facility is $23 million. The Senior Center will seek the majority of the funding required for the project from private contributions. The Senior Center purchased the land on which the new facility will be located in 2015.
The new facility will have three times the indoor space of the current facility and nearly an acre of usable outdoor program and event space. Phase One will have the capacity to meet the needs of the County's and the region's expanding senior population and will include: an equipped fitness center, two group exercise rooms, a lifelong learning suite with flexible-use, scalable classrooms, an auditorium for performing arts rehearsals and programs, a fine arts studio space, an expanded volunteer center, an expanded travel center, a caf? for social engagement, a game room, and several rooms for massage and other wellness and personal services.
Phase One construction is currently scheduled to start by December 2018 and to be completed between July 2021 and June 2022. The Senior Center does not plan to request funding from Albemarle County for current or future operations.
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