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15 I City of Retlw(lIIlJ City 7A Page 21 Study Area Planning Context 8/(j llerkn(lr il1emorial Pool This iR (l sl~asonally-operat.r.cI out,door poolloc8tec1 in Communit.y Park. The City's aquatic offrrings. t.hough very popular, al't' limited hy the type and size of pools. and the seasonal operation, The Cit.y has the opport.unily to address the deficiency of puhlic pools in Redwood City and a unique opportunilY to construct a year-round warm-water pool in conjunction with the development. of a replacement huilding for tlw V~ISC. Recommendations regarding Hcrkner ~kmorial rool are discussed in the nf-xt, chapter of this report. National FoodtlJaJ/ League (NFL) Building Tht' NfL Building is a 3.000 sQual'e foot modest wood-JramelJ huilding, owned hy the City. Thr. huilding was conslrllclrd in 10i1(l and was previously used hy the Police Athletic League. Today, the ~F'L Alumni Nort,hern CaliFornia Chapter rent.s the huilding for t.hf~iI' h('acJquarl.ers. The NFL Alumni opf~['ale~ a charit.ahle ol'ganization focused on "caring for ki(jf;". pl'OITIoting youth sports, and providing support for N F'L alllm~. In alldil,ion to oHlce and meeting space the building houses the J\orlhcm California Chapter NFL Alumni Museum. It. is recommended that the huilding he demolished and efforts hf. made 1.0 develop a Finanr.ial partnership with the Nort.hp,rn California Chapt.er NFL Alumni to relocate t,heir operaLlon and museum to the new center, Community "'ellness Center - The linnex The Community Wellness Center (the Annex) is a 21 ,32G square foot. t.wo-story wood-framed lJuilding, The original building was a residential structure t.hat was converted in t 956 into the Redwood City Training Headquarters for the San Francisco 4ge['s football team, In t 988. the team moved from Redwood City 1,0 a new training facility in Santa Clara. Since 1994 the building has served as an annex to the VMSC. With the exception of modifications to make the building accessible under the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA), which included the addition of an elevat.or, t.he building remains relatively unchanged, The faCility currently houses a fitness room with cardiovascular and weight. equipment.. wellness THE SPOrts Management 11_. G R 0 U P ~ ~ activitie~, ~pacf' for t.hprapeu!.ic massage, computer lab anll volunteer office, and small meeting l'Oom/classroom space, A pOl'tion of the huilding is used by Sequoia Hospital for a pulmonary rehabilitation program. and by Canada College for an adapli\,(' phy~ical p(Jucation program. The Annex has a number of lleficiencies thai make iI unsuitable for its current use-- small rooms. lack of storage, nan'ow hall\vays. inadequate mechanical and e1ect.rical systems, and the presence of ashestos. to name a fm\!. There are. also operational inefficiencies and costs associated with managing and monituring a Reparatl' huilding. Prom the lIser perspective. tilt' programs in the Community Wt~nn{'~s Cenll'r are isolated from the activit.y and synt'rgy of the Sl'nior Cent.er. It is recommmHled that the exisling SlruclUI'C he demolished and the functions replaced within the new mult.l-generational huilding. The demolition of this llUilding c['eates opport.unities for improved siting of new faciliti('~. site circulation. ane! parking. V(~Lerans 111emoriaJ Senior Center (Vi\1SC) and Resource Center The Veterans Memorial Commission constructed the building that currently hOllses the Senior Center in t 956. From 1956 until 1982 t.he Center was operat.ed as a meeting and social center for veterans and was available as public meeting space, In t 971 the responsibility for administration of t.he building was delegat.ed to the Redwood City Recreation Department. In 1982 the building was rededicated by the City's Park and Recreat.ion Department as t.he Veterans ~lemorial Senior Center. This venerable center has served the community well over it.s 53 years of operation, Through the years, the center has undergone an addition, renovations and remodeling to repurpose spaces to bett.er serve community needs and interests. The center is now outdated and lacks the infrast.ructure, space. design. and amenities necessary to sel've the current users or the growing population of older adults and should be replaced with a next generation facility. The Senior Affairs Commission developed an extensive listing of the CUI'rent deficiencies of the existing center that can be found in the Appendix of this repOI't. Additionally. the Commission and its suhr.ommll.\.cr. llBVC ic1cmtif!cct the spr.r.ifl{' features that should be incorporated into a new center that is also provideci in t.he Appendix, Building upon the work of the