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What are the operating and maintenance expenses? <br /> <br />How £unctiona! is the la'tchen... Is it large enough? Care needs to bc taken so that it can <br />operate as a catering facility. <br /> <br />Rentalspace...How much will the rental charge be? Who pays and doesn't pay? When is it <br />available? What are the security requirements for evening and weekend events? Is it legal to <br />have liquor at this facility? Establish a policy for rental of the facility. <br /> <br />Location For Communi~ Recreation... Operation of Community Recreation in this <br />facility would be much like how it currently works at Emporium; whereby they would be in <br />charge of opening and closing and scheduling programs. (See attached notes from Michele <br />Bcrgh.) <br /> <br />Will this meedng space compete vdth YMCA meedng room space? <br /> <br />Staff and the Lion's Club representatives hope to answer these above questions at the <br />meeting. In general, staff has been very positive about this proposal, especially as it could be <br />a home for community recreation. This is viewed as a very good fit. Obviously, community <br />recreation being housed at the Emporium is not a long-term situation and we would like to <br />relocate them prior to a redevelopment project coming forward. It is to everyone's <br />advantage to have community recreation near Lion's Park for programming and being on <br />the west side of Highway 169 is convenient for a majority of our residents. Even if <br />community recreation becomes "city recreation" they could still continue to be housed out <br />of this facility. <br /> <br />The Lion's Club has $100,000 available for this project and they need to finance the balance. <br />The city cannot finance this balance for the Lion's Club. However, the city may want to add <br />some funds to the project in order to make the project more attractive and useable. The city <br />does not have a great concern over managing and funding the operating and maintenance as <br />it is anticipated that rental revenues will cover some/most of the ongoing expenses. <br /> <br />The Park and Recreation Commission reviewed the concept and support the proposal. I <br />don't think anyone views this space as being competition for any other space - especially <br />larger space - that could come in the future. This building could address some meeting space <br />needs relatively soon versus waiting a number of years for YMCA or City Hall space to be <br />constructed. <br /> <br />Attached is the editorial from the Wednesday, 4/18/01 StarNews from Jim Boyle on this <br />proposal. <br /> <br /> <br />