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3 <br /> of around $950,000. We can serve a member for an entire year for less than the cost <br /> of one week of psychiatric hospitalizations, which is around $7,000. <br /> We also support families of members and relieve our court system. <br /> Our Future <br /> We intend to construct a 12,000 square foot facility to replace our crowded and inadequate <br /> 100-year-old clubhouse. This new facility will enable us to: <br /> • Serve 150 members per day, rather than 45 <br /> • Serve 300 members per year, rather than 120 <br /> • Serve 900 family members per year, rather than 360 <br /> • Serve 300+ students per year, rather than 50-100 <br /> We are working with the UNC Emergency Department to reduce chronic use of the ER by <br /> people living with severe mental illness. Our goal is to divert appropriate individuals to Club <br /> Nova after they are discharged. <br /> We are in the third year of a capital campaign to raise $4.5 million needed to design, build <br /> and equip our new building. <br /> To date we have raised $2 million in cash and pledges. We have a pledge for a $500,000 <br /> capital grant from our MCP, Cardinal Innovations Health are, IF we raise 80% of our goal <br /> but the end of this year. This is a stiff challenge, but we are working hard to meet this goal. <br /> We are asking all our local government partners to support our capital campaign by <br /> granting us money to cover $260,000 of our estimated $300,000 in transition costs. We are <br /> asking Orange County for $125,000, Chapel Hill for $75,000, Carrboro for $50,000, and <br /> Hillsborough for $10,000. This is a unique, one-time request in Club Nova's history. We <br /> are asking for the amounts above to be allocated across two fiscal years. We anticipate <br /> that our transition period (construction) will stretch across 2 years. Transition assistance <br /> would not be a capital grant but would county towards the Cardinal challenge grant. <br /> Attached is a budget for transition costs from demolition to moving into the new building. <br /> As you weigh your decision, we ask you to consider that every year we provide a lifeline to <br /> around 120 people that our society has neglected, and in doing so we save the community <br /> $2 million a year. <br /> Thanks you again for your time, your consideration, and your unwavering support in the <br /> past. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Rosemary Waldorf and Eleanor Kinnaird, Campaign Co-Chairs <br /> Gretchen Davis, for the entire Club Nova Board of Directors <br /> Karen Dunn, for all Club Nova Members and Staff <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos arrived at 7:14 p.m. <br /> b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />