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Informal Resident Advisory Work Group Cedar Grove Community Center August 27, 2013 Page 2of5 43 o The presentation to the Board of Commissioners has been moved to the November 51h County Commissioner meeting so that the presentation can be made in Hillsborough. David Stancil stated that Board of Commissioners meeting will be held at Hillsborough Commons (DSS Building) beginning at 7:00 pm John Thomas reviewed some of the items that had been discussed at the previous meeting • The group was reminded that only 10,000 square feet of renovation has been funded. This had been funded with a budget of $2,000,000 from July 1, 2013 until June 30, 2014 and that this budget included design team fees, surveys, geo tech reports as well as the building construction costs. • The water for the existing building is provided by a well located at the edge of the woods near the existing outdoor basketball courts and the prefabricated concrete panel building at the rear of the existing Kitchen is used for water treatment. The well only has a pressure of 12 -15 gallons per minute but the county is going to confirm this. It was stated that the county believed that there was a pressure tank in the water treatment building but that they would confirm this also. John Thomas presented the plan that had been revised as discussed at the previous meeting and reviewed the changes; o Option "A2" • The existing Gym remains in place, the roof is not raised and the space is now called a Multi- purpose Room. • A folding partition is provided at the front of the stage to allow this space to be used both as a stage and an exercise room. • Mirrors will be provided at the rear wall of the stage to allow for the space to be used for dance or exercise programs. • Curtains will be provided at the front of the stage for use during performances. Roll back cycloramas will be provided on the sides and back to hide the mirrors and stage wings during performances. • One set of existing access steps from the Multi- purpose Room to the Stage has been removed to provide a storage area on the stage for exercise equipment. • The architect stated that due to low water pressure issues and the expense of adding a fire pump and water storage tank, a fire suppression system for the building is not feasible. Therefore, the capacity of the Multi- purpose room will be restricted to 299 people. This approach will need to be coordinated and approved by the county. • Handicapped access to the stage will be provided by a wheelchair lift. • The existing wings remain and are mothballed. • New group toilets are provided in the same location as the existing toilets but are enlarged, made handicapped accessible and provided with exterior access. The Informal Advisory Group discussed the security of the group bathrooms. There is concern about security if there are events being held both within the building and in the park and both groups need access to the bathrooms at the same time. • The members of the Informal Advisory Group suggested the toilet could be open to the exterior during set hours for public use. • A suggestion was also made to provide a dividing wall within the group bathrooms that would allow for the exterior bathrooms to be "locked" off from the interior bathrooms and only opened up when required. The architect explained that this approach would require 2 handicapped stalls to be provided for each sex and that there was not enough room for this option. • After further discussion it was suggested by the Informal Advisory Group that a single stall individual toilet with exterior access be provided in the north -west corner of the existing kitchen as this would be easily accessible to park users.