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21 1 2 Building addition to Sr. Center - 16,500 sf 3 With Site work for new parking areas $6,600,000 to $7,425,000 4 5 Infrastructure costs $6,000,000 to $660,000 6 7 Total phase 2 $13,200,000 to $14,710,000 8 9 Chair McKee asked if 48 additional parking spaces are enough. 10 Mike Hammersley said this is a campus and there is more than one area that will 11 accommodate parking. He said there is the ability to build as much parking as is seen fit. He 12 added that the idea of an internal shuttle system has also been considered. 13 Chair McKee said many seniors use this site and ample adjacent parking or a shuttle is 14 important 15 Mike Hammersley said this needs to be a more transit oriented site. 16 Commissioner Price asked if the slope of the new road is known. 17 Mike Hammersley said it is not going to be much steeper than it is now. 18 Roger Waldon said the campus will be ADA compliant. 19 20 Roger Waldon resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 21 Additional Ideas for Consideration 22 • Southern Human Services Building: 23 - Possible use of Lower Floor for Emergency Services 24 • Seymour Center: 25 - Possible building modifications 26 - Increase amount of usable space 27 - Relatively lower costs, awaiting Phase 2 28 29 Roger Waldon reviewed the following information regarding "Ideas for Consideration" found on 30 page 14-16 of the Implementation Report: 31 Regarding the Southern Human Services Building: There is interest and opportunity in 32 considering the lower floor of the proposed Phase 1 building addition for Emergency Services 33 operations. The combination of good access for equipment and loading, a safe and easily 34 secured physical setting (in a setting resembling a lower-level basement), and proximity to 35 Chapel Hill and Carrboro is unique. This building addition is proposed at 15,000 square feet, 36 meaning that 7,500 square feet of lower level space would be available. 37 Regarding the Seymour Center: Study of the site and this facility resulted in a series of 38 suggestions for relatively minor structural changes that would result in an increase in the 39 amount of usable space in the Center. These are not included as part of the Phase 2 building 40 expansion, but rather offered as ideas for smaller projects that could enhance the usability of 41 the existing building, in the interim period before Phase 2 work can be funded and 42 implemented. Part of the scope of this implementation phase was to secure assistance and 43 suggestions from a professional with expertise in emerging trends in senior center focus and 44 design. Assistance was obtained from Rick Eldridge, Executive Director of the Rufty-Holmes 45 Senior Center in Salisbury, NC, and a contributor to regional and national examination of these 46 issues. 47 Following is a list of these suggestions for consideration, suggesting ideas which would 48 enhance capacity of the building, while awaiting the full building addition: 49 1) Remove/re-locate the wall separating the hallway from the large multipurpose room. 50 2) Fill-in the floors/ceilings between levels.