Letter from Richard Wilson to Hpks Pk Bd re: Community Center ImprovementsDATE:
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Suggested projects and comments:
June 8, 1981
Hopkins Park Board
Richard Wilson, Recreation and Park Directors hr
Community Center Improvements
The Hopkins Community Development Committee has recommended that $50,000 of "community
development funding" be budgeted for improvements at the Community Center. The Community
Development Committee has submitted some recommendations as to actual proposed improvements.
They also have prioritized some of their suggestions. Susan Newville, the Center Manager,
and I, have submitted suggestions. The supervisor of buildings has submitted suggestions
as has City Manager Craig. The City Council has discussed some of these suggestions and
now requests a recommendation from the Park Board.
The following is perhaps an all inclusive list of the various suggestions. Not all have
price estimates and therefore it is difficult to estimate how many recommendations are
feasible.
1. Instal], a suspended ceiling and panel lights in the game room, estimated
at $7,000.
2. Install a suspended ceiling in the entrance and hallways. This will include
replacing the light fixtures also. This is for aesthetic purposes as well
as energy conservation. The price is estimated at $2,000 $5,000.
3. Remodel the kitchen so to qualify for meal preparation. The kitchen is very
large. This remodeling might include division of the room so that more than
one group is accommodated at a time. The estimate is to $30,000.
4. Install a drop ceiling in the kitchen hallway serving area. Estimate is $2,000.
5. Replacement of single strength windows (22). These are located on the east
wall, game room and locker room, and historical society room.
6. Carpet the game room. The floor is concrete.
7. Install air conditioning for the building.
8. Room air condition the west meeting room only.
9. Install "air handlers" in the gym windows to exhaust heat.
10. Install venetian blind curtains or "solar shades" on east and west windows.
11. Remove the existing hallway lockers. They are to be replaced by glass front
displa cases and a coat hanging rod.
12. Mats for tumbling and exercise activities, but used on the walls under basketball
backboards for safety. Estimate for 30 is $3,750.
Mats for protection around the separator in the gym, and two drinking fountains.
Estimate is $700.
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13. One set of volleyball standards estimated at $305.
14, Water softener
15. Shelving in the gym storage room
16. Install two radiator covers
17. Install two exterior benches
18. Equipment for the craft room
19. Center office window to the outside (entrance walk)
20. Door installed in the foyer, preventing access to the stairway to the
apartments.
This subject will be discussed at the regular meeting of the Hopkins Park Board on
Monday June 15. Hopefully you will have an opportunity to stop in at the Center before
that time, to visualize the areas to be improved.
Ilk DATE: June 16, 1981
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
THROUGH: William Craig, City Manager R
FROM: Richard Wilson, Recreation and Parks Director
SUBJECT: COMMUNITY CENTER DEVELOPMENT
At the regular monthly meeting of the Hopkins Park Board conducted June 15, 1981, the
Board did discuss proposed "community development funding" improvements to the Community
Center. The Board recommends three categories of priorities as follows:
All other suggestions
First Priority
1. Install a drop ceiling in the kitchen hallway serving area.
2. Replacement of single strength windows (22). These are located on the east wall,
game room and locker room, and historical society room.
3. Room air condition the west meeting room only.
410 4. Install "air handlers" in the gym windows to exhaust heat.
5. Mats for tumbling and exercise activities, but used on the walls under basketball
backboards for safety.
Mats for protection around the separator in the gym, and two drinking fountains.
Second Priority
1. Install venetian blind curtains or "solar shades" on east and west windows.
2. Remodel the kitchen to make it more useable, with careful consideration of
expenditures.
3. Door installed in the foyer, preventing access to the stairway to the apartments.
Third Priority
June 16, 1981
TO: Mayor and Council
FROM: City Manager
SUBJECT: Community Center 1981 Improvements
I have completed a fairly rapid review of advisory groups,
maintenance staff, and operating department people regarding the
potential improvements at the Community Center. I attach the
comprehensive list of possible improvements, furnished by Dick Wilson
to the Park Board, and the memo regarding the Park Board's action,
which was passed last night.
I would endorse for your approval the Park Board recommendation.
Further, I'd recommend that the following items on Dick's June 8th
memo be considered deleted because of excessive capital or operating
cost for the benefit obtained (all are Park Board last priority): Numbers
1, 2, 7, and 19. Number 15 can be deleted because it has already been
done. I would heartily second the Park Board's caution on kitchen
expenditures.
If the above work is authorized, it is recommended that the city
act as general contractor, and bid individual elements of the work
using the expertise of the Housing Rehabilitation program and the
inspection staff to write specifications and insure proper completion
of the work. At this point, the expense of an outside architect or
consultant is not justified.
Respectfully submitted,
AS,C
William P, Craig
City Manager