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12 <br />1 <br />Objectives <br />2 <br />Review and Provide Feedback on Potential Levels of <br />3 <br />Service (LOS) <br />4 <br />5 <br />Orange County Community Centers <br />6 <br />Efland Cheeks Community Center (opened 1992) <br />7 <br />2,600 square feet, part of Efland Cheeks Park <br />8 <br />Grant programs and community services until mid-late 2000’s <br />9 <br />Several meetings with community residents re increased access <br />10 <br />Rogers Road Community Center (2014) <br />11 <br />4,000 square feet,on Purefoy Road north of Chapel Hill & Carrboro <br />12 <br />Meetingrooms, kitchen and offices <br />13 <br />Operated via agreement with Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association <br />14 <br />Cedar Grove Community Center (coming March 2016) <br />15 <br />10,000 square feet, adjoining Cedar Grove Park in northern Orange County <br />16 <br />Gym, meeting rooms, multimedia rooms and more <br />17 <br />Hybrid recreation and community center <br />18 <br />19 <br />Draft Mission Statement and Objectives <br />20 <br />Define and elucidate why we have centers. <br />21 <br />What is the purpose? <br />22 <br />What are the community needs? <br />23 <br />Engage community in advising, planning andprogramming. <br />24 <br />Board of Advisors <br />25 <br />Leverage volunteer hours to expandoperations <br />26 <br />Level of Service Options <br />27 <br />28 <br />Closing Thoughts <br />29 <br />An “equitable” level of service for all? <br />30 <br />Need coordinated and consistent County response, whilerecognizing facility differences <br />31 <br />Level of service applicable regardlessof provider <br />32 <br />Serve the community -community involvement critical inplanning, programming and <br />33 <br />operating <br />34 <br />Upcoming community meetings in re:Cedar Grove Center <br />35 <br />36 <br />David Stancil said there is a range of servicesthat can be offered at community centers; <br />37 <br />from full service (open twelve hours a day, six days a week) to being open only when a specific <br />38 <br />request of use has been made. <br />39 <br />Chair McKee said the consensus at Cedar Grove and Efland is for a secured access to <br />40 <br />the communitycenterversus a locked facility.Hesaidhe encouraged residentsto talk tothe <br />41 <br />Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) as they have been successful.He said it <br />42 <br />wouldbe critical to have a responsible community organization to act as a key holder in <br />43 <br />coordination with the County. <br />44 <br />David Stancil saidthat centers can be open without requiring full time County staff. He <br />45 <br />added there are differences between the centers and the organizations that may be involved to <br />46 <br />assist in operations. He saidleveraging volunteers or seasonal staff from the community may <br />47 <br />be the key. He said the gymnasium at Cedar Grove was a good example of something that <br />48 <br />may be highly used and require greater oversight than a non-profit can offer. <br /> <br />