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2¤¢±¤ ³¨®­ #®¬¬´­¨³¸ #¤­³¤±²  ­£ 0®®«² ȃ #§ ««¤­¦¤² <br /> <br />&±®¬ ³§¤ %´¦¤­¤ 0 ±ª²  ­£ 2¤¢±¤ ³¨®­ ΔΜΛΜ - ²³¤± 0« ­Ȁ %·¨²³¨­¦ #®­²³± ¨­³²Ȁ #®¬¬´­¨³¸ <br />¢¤­³¤±²  ±¤ ­®³  «¶ ¸²  ¡«¤ ³® ¥´««¸  ¢§¨¤µ¤ ³§¤¨± ¯®³¤­³¨ « ³® ²¤±µ¤  ² ²®¢¨ «  ­£ ±¤¢±¤ ³¨®­ « <br />¢¤­³¤±² ¥®± ³§¤¨±  £© ¢¤­³ ­¤¨¦§¡®±§®®£² ¡¤¢ ´²¤ ®¥ ³§¤ « ¢ª ®¥ ²¯ ¢¤  ­£ ¥ ¢¨«¨³¨¤²Ǿ «¤²² ³§ ­ <br />®¯³¨¬ « «®¢ ³¨®­²Ǿ « ¢ª ®¥  ¬¤­¨³¨¤² ®± ®´³£ ³¤£ £¤²¨¦­²ȁ <br /> <br />!¦¨­¦ & ¢¨«¨³¨¤² <br />Since the 1989 Master Plan, the City has added one new community center, Hilyard, and had one major <br />renovation of a pool, Amazon. The facilities have been maintained so they are available to use safely and <br />effectively every day of the year, but overall community centers and pools are currently operating with <br />systems that have exceeded their useful life. Most have gone through various levels of minor renovation to <br />increase their efficiency and some have had major systems repair to keep them functional. Some are in <br />need of major renovation based on the age of their infrastructure. <br /> <br />3¬ «« & ¢¨«¨³¨¤² <br />At the time in which our community centers and pools were either donated, acquired, or built, they met the <br />community needs for recreation programming. Since that time, <br />and the programmability and size of the community centers is not meeting the current and future needs of <br />the community. The national best practice strategy for Parks and Recreation Departments is to build multi- <br />purpose community centers and pools, roughly in the 50,000 square foot size range. <br /> <br />2¤­®µ ³¨®­ ®¥ %·¨²³¨­¦ & ¢¨«¨³¨¤² <br />Recreation staff have recently worked with architects form Robertson-Sherwood to review all community <br />centers and pools to identify the deferred maintenance of each facility, and determine what renovation <br />components are recommended to bring that facility up to its full capacity in providing services within the <br />service area. <br /> <br />%°´¨³ ¡«¤ '¤®¦± ¯§¨¢ !¢¢¤²² <br />It is has been clearly identified in Parks & Recreation master plans since the 1989 that there are two <br />geographic areas of Eugene that are not being served with community centers or pools, Southwest Eugene <br />and Santa Clara. These planning areas have seen significant population growth, yet have not seen the <br /> <br />creation of community centers and pools to serve that growth. <br /> <br />2¤¢±¤ ³¨®­ #®¬¬´­¨³¸ #¤­³¤±²  ­£ 0®®«² .¤·³ 3³¤¯² <br /> <br />The message that was received from the Eugene community during the last 16 months of extensive public <br />outreach identifies both the <br />. This message is clear, yet it creates a challenging process when prioritizing projects in the <br />next evolution of recreation community centers and pools. There is a need to both take care of all of our <br />aging facilities as well as build new in areas of Eugene that continue to remain unserved. <br /> <br />0±¨®±¨³¸ #±¨³¤±¨  <br />The baseline criteria for prioritizing the renovation of community centers and pools as well as building new <br />!³³ ¢§¬¤­³ # # ¯¨³ « 0±®©¤¢³ 0±¨®±¨³¨¹ ³¨®­ #±¨³¤±¨  <br />community centers and pools is identified in of <br />this Council Work Session packet. This criteria serves as a foundation for comparing baseline information <br />and triple bottom line thinking, but there are other variables in determining where to prioritize recreation <br />service enhancements, such as services provided by partner agencies and any increase in the ongoing cost <br />of operations. <br /> <br />