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Informal Resident Advisory Work Group Cedar Grove Community Center August 27, 2013 Page 4of7 35 • The full size gym will require the group toilet to be enlarged and two individual handicapped toilets will need to be provided adjacent to the Internet Cafe. • The former library space becomes the Recreation Room. • Internet Cafe is provided adjacent to ceremonial front door by removing a portion of the existing masonry walls to create a large open space. • Wireless internet is to be provided thru -out the entire building. • A Conference Room is provided adjacent to Internet Cafe • The existing breezeway between the existing main building and the Dining Room would be enclosed and made into a Lobby /Corridor • The Kitchen is provided in the west half of the existing kitchen area and is 342 square feet and has more counter space as requested at the last meeting. • The existing dining space is subdivided into three spaces, a Large Group Meeting Room, Small Group Meeting Room and Classroom /Multi -Media Room. • Large Group Meeting Room can hold 91 people and when the movable wall is opened up to include the Recreation Room it can hold up to 145 people seated at tables and chairs. • An individual accessible toilet is provided off the Large Group Meeting Room. • The Informal Resident Advisory Work Group members stated that they liked the full size gym. • Information previously provided by Parks and Recreation indicate the Gym was the most used space in the last few years the center had been open. • Some Informal Resident Advisory Work Group members expressed concern that the cost of adding a full size gym could cause the project not to be funded by the Commissioners. • Several members of the Informal Resident Advisory Work Group stated that the entire facility needed to be designed looking towards the community's future needs and creating an amenity to help attract people into the community. • The Informal Resident Advisory Work Group members asked if they were any other potential sources of budget available, Jeff Thompson stated that he did not know of any. • Commissioner Price indicated she also did not think that Option "E" would be approved by the Board of Commissioners as it was beyond the scope of the original charge that had been approved by the commissioners. • The Informal Resident Advisory Work Group members asked about the county's long -term plan for seniors in the northern part of the county and the possibility that this community center would become a senior center. It was stated by the county employees present that they did not know the answer to this question but they would try and find out. • Several members of the Informal Resident Advisory Work Group stated that they would like to see a multi -media space provided within the building and that this space needed to be located near the front of the building near the internet cafe so all of the "quiet" activities where located together. • It was also stated by members of the Informal Resident Advisory Work Group that any computers that were provided needed to be able to be locked up and preferably in locked storage area of a locked classroom space especially if they were laptops. • The Informal Resident Advisory Work Group members stated that if any value engineering or other cost cutting measures were undertaken they wanted to make sure they were involved. • It was explained that project recommended for presentation to the County Commissioners must reflect the charge and be within the budget of $2,250,000 that had been approved.