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<br />7A <br />Page 8 <br /> <br />.')('(}fJj(]{! 8tu(~11 2 <br /> <br />Needs Assessment <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />TIlt' City's Parks. RccI'l'al.ion, Clnd CDmmunily Sel'vices <br />Department (PReS) defines its role as "bringing people in the <br />community togethff to reap the bf.nefit.s of: beautiful puhlic <br />placl's. quality recI'{,Cllion progl'ams and facililies, excellent <br />community services and opportunitit's to in t.C'l'act, \\"ith t.ht' <br />lal'~wr community," i <br /> <br />Thf DepCll'llllent operates C1lld maintdins ~() pClrks. five <br />community rf'ntfrs, t\\lO out<loor swimming pools, a skat/' <br />park, and a dog park. and offfl'S hundreds of programs <br />d(~signe<l to meet the divel'se needs and interests of t.ht' <br />communil,Y. <br /> <br />The rive CUlIIlIllllllt) el'l/lers dfl': <br /> <br />Red Morton Community C(~nt(~r <br />11 ~O Roosf'wlt Avenue <br /> <br />Fair Oaks CommuniLy Crntrl' <br />~OUO iVlid(IIL'Ocld I\oad <br /> <br />Sandpiper Community Center <br />7B7 Redwood Shores Parkway <br /> <br />Community ^ctivitirH Building <br />1400 ROOSP.\'l']t A\,('nue <br /> <br />VeL(\rnns l\Icmorial Senior CenLer <br />'14:1ii Madison Avenue <br /> <br />Th(~ two community pools are the Herkner I\.femorial Pool <br />located in Red MorlOn Communit.y Park and the Hoover Pool <br />located on the City's east side in Hoover Park. <br /> <br />Veterans IHemorJaJ Senior Center (VAt/SC) <br /> <br />The Parks. Recreation. and Communit,y Sfl'vices Depart,ment <br />provides programs and activities designed to enhance the <br />body. mind and spirit of older adults. It does so by foclIsing <br />on adult healtll ami wellncss through a variety of social <br />rwnts: expressive arts. nutrition. nrness. educational <br />Clnd recreational classes: and social sf:'rvices support. <br />'fhe Vel,erCllls Memorial Sp.nior Center is home to the senior <br />adult program ane! is the sitt' for most of the programs and <br />Sl'I'\iCfS offered to older ae!ult.s. <br /> <br />Thr, Veterans Memurial Seniol' Center is aging, and in its <br />curr('nt form, is reaching the end of its useful life. <br /> <br />Tlw facilit.y lacks t.hl~ acc('ssihilily. t('chnology. and leatuJ'es <br />thai allo\\' stall t.o Pl'Ovidt' t.he servict"s that are Ilf'ederllJy <br />the adult community. The (1esign. thp. iolpaces, anll size of the. <br />spaces do not mf.(~t the npr.d~ of t.he users. In an effort. to <br />id('nl,lfy t.t)(' qualities. amenities. and spaces needed to meN <br />the needs of older adulf.iol. [,he> Senior Affairs Commission <br />appoint.r.d a V\-ISC suhcommitLrr, The sill/committee met <br />\viLh use[' groups and senior organizations to gat.her t.heir <br />input. The result of this effort is a listing of thp highlights and <br />['l>,comrrwndat.ions for consideration in a new or renovated <br />senior renter and is found in th(~ App<,ndix of this report. <br /> <br />The Vi\'ISC is one of five community centers that SfrVF. the <br />recreation and community service nt~eds of rpsil1p.nts of <br />Rp.<lwood Cit.y. When con~idcring the future of a nr.\v facility <br />to serve the nf~e(ls of older adults, it, is important to consider <br />a new facility in the context of t.he overall system of delivery <br />of ('ecreation and community services. <br /> <br />Scoping Study <br /> <br />Pl'Oviding outstanuing community facilit.ies and maintaining a <br />sufficient im'ent.ory of facilities to meet the needs of a growing <br />populat.ion is a strategic ohlectivp of Parks. Recreation, and <br />Community fiervice. 1\vo of the community's major public <br />facilitil's. Vet.el'an's \Iemorial Senior Center and the Herkner <br />l\lemol'ial Pool. are no longer adequate to s~r\'e thf~il' inlended <br />purposes and are in need of replacement. This st.udy provi(lfS <br />an analysis of the recreation and community sel'vice needs, <br />anel tllr signinrant, trcnlls lhal will impact programs cw<l <br />faCility design t.o ensUI'e the new facilities serve the current <br />and future needs of the communit.y. <br /> <br />This ~copill~ Sllld~' identifies tlle visiuII i:IllU guals fur <br />a replacement building for t.he VMfiC and thl' Herkncl' <br />Memorial Pool and the rccommendell space components. <br />squaJ'r. footage requirements. parking and other site <br />requirements. The Study provides tht' necessary infor'mation <br />on which t.11(> n{'xt phase of s(.udy ean be completed. The <br />next phase of st.udy will include detailed building ancl site' <br />analysis, conceptual plans for the huilt sf ructure, conceptual <br />site design. and pJ'Olpct cost estimates. <br /> <br />(f)20 1 () The Sports Malla~t!mfml Cmup <br />