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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 27, 2006 Action Agenda Item No. ~. b - 9 SUBJECT: Central Orange Senior Center Design; Triangle Sportsplex Modifications DEPARTMENT: Purchasing PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 6-21-06 Memorandum with Diagrams Revenue Impacts From Sportsplex Alternatives INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Jones, Purchasing, (919) 245-2652 PURPOSE: To consider approving the plans for the Central Orange Senior Center and Sportsplex modifications required as a result of the design; and authorizing staff to move forward to develop plans in order to present a Construction Manager at Risk (CM at Risk) proposal after the Board's summer break. BACKGROUND: On June 22, 2006 the Commissioners saw plans for the proposed Central Orange Senior Center and changes/additions to Sportsplex space that would replace the space lost to the Senior Center, as well as enhance the Sportsplex operation. As a reminder, the proposal included: • Approximately 10,000 square feet of newly constructed space for Senior Center use; and • Approximately 5,000 square feet of space in the existing Sportsplex that would be converted to Senior Center space; and • Approximately 4,100 square feet of space that would be converted from Sportsplex operations space for use as the Adult Day Health Center (ADHC); and • Approximately 7,000 square feet for Sportsplex operations would be created through the construction of a mezzanine to be built in the ice rink area. John Stack, managing partner of Recreation Factory Partners (RFP), the firm with whom the County contracts for Sportsplex management, notes that the while the mezzanine area is less than the area being lost to the Senior Center, the ability to create a better flow with the newly constructed space would offset the reduction in space and allow more efficient use. Note that a mezzanine could also be constructed in the pool area to provide approximately 7,000 s.f, for future expansion for Sportsplex programs at such time the Commissioners deem such construction affordable and advisable. It is not included in the current recommendations.