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13 <br />To help with this discussion, staff has developed three documents. Attachment A is an overview <br />of the three community centers, with floor plans, photos and other information. <br />Attachment B provides a possible mission statement for community centers, with objectives or <br />principles. These were developed using ideas and principles gathered from other community <br />centers and jurisdictions as a basis for community centers (including principles identified by the <br />Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association for the Rogers Road Center.) <br />Attachment C includes the Parks and Recreation Council's thoughts on community centers, <br />from their March 4 discussion, and describes staff's thoughts on three possible "levels of <br />service" for community centers, including methods of community involvement in center <br />operation and programming and a table showing how each meets the basic mission statement <br />objectives in Attachment B. <br />Staff proposes to take Board feedback and direction from this discussion and prepare a draft <br />Community Center Mission Statement and Level of Service Plan, which could help guide future <br />decisions about center resource allocation, community involvement, expenses and revenues, <br />and operation and maintenance. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this work session <br />discussion. Direction and feedback provided by the board would be used by staff to develop a <br />plan for community center level of service, which would have implications for future operating <br />and capital budgets in the coming years. Decisions about the initial four months of service for <br />the Cedar Grove Community Center (March -June 2016) and the full year at Efland- Cheeks <br />Community Center level of operation will be addressed in the upcoming FY 2015 -16 budget. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the information <br />from staff and discuss the questions about the nature of community centers, mission statement, <br />and possible levels of service, providing feedback and direction to staff. The Manager and staff <br />will then work to develop a Community Center Mission Statement and Level of Service Plan for <br />a subsequent Board meeting. <br />