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REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br /> <br />June 27, 2016 <br />SUBJECT <br />City of Redwood City and YMCA of Silicon Valley Exclusive Negotiating Agreement <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Exclusive <br />Negotiating Agreement with the YMCA of Silicon Valley <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Veterans Memorial Senior Center (VMSC) is a valued community asset which houses <br />dozens of senior clubs; hosts hundreds of free or low-fee programs each year; receives <br />over 100,000 annual visits; and serves as a “second home” for many of our honored senior <br />citizens in Redwood City, including our Veterans. However, the circa-1956 VMSC building <br />is slowly deteriorating; the campus encompasses four separate buildings which segregates <br />program participants and social interaction opportunities; and the adjacent Herkner Pool is <br />outdated and the facility allows little flexibility due to its design. Staff has done their best to <br />properly maintain these facilities while trying to satisfy current users and attract new <br />constituents. Some challenges include: the number of buildings make it very costly to <br />maintain; there is no central welcoming center; the program space has excessive wear- <br />and-tear and is too spread out; there is no physical access from the Center to Herkner <br />Pool; the Senior Center Annex electrical capacity is at its limit; and staff is finding it more <br />difficult to attract younger seniors to the Center. <br /> <br />Staff and the Senior Affairs Commission (SAC) spent two years gathering input about the <br />needs for a replacement building, seeking user perspectives on what was working, what <br />wasn’t working, and desires for a new building. On April 26, 2010, the City Council <br />accepted the “Senior Center Scoping Study” that included the collection of data, the <br />consideration of program requirements, and the scope and magnitude of a new Center. <br />Staff then considered a variety of reconstruction options, the identification of alternative <br />locations for a future Center, conducted a site analysis to determine space requirements on <br />the existing campus, and held numerous discussions with potential partners as we <br />considered long term sustainability. <br /> <br />At the same time, the YMCA of Silicon Valley was also in a similar scoping process in order <br />to expand YMCA operations with a new, larger facility. Together, City and YMCA staff <br />believed that there was an opportunity to explore something greater. <br /> <br />6.1.B. - Page 1