The presentation provided an overview of the process for renovating the Marvin Gaye Recreation Center, including introducing the design team, discussing feedback received from the community, reviewing the existing site and facilities, and presenting potential options for the new center. Next steps outlined moving forward with concept drawings, permitting, hiring a contractor, starting construction in 2020, and completing the project in fall 2020. The budget for the project is $7.2 million.

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AGENDA:
1. DGS / DPR Team Introduction
2. Architect Introduction
3. Update since the last meeting
4. Design Guidelines and previous community feedback
5. Existing Site, Recreation Center and Amenities Overview
6. Potential New Center Options Overview
7. Similar Rec Center Budgets
8. Next Steps and Timeline
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3. Progress Since Last Community Meeting:
• Request For Proposals (RFP) Issued
• Architect Hired
• Community Input Shared with Architect
• Site Survey Underway

4. CapperRecreationCenterTwinOakCommunityGarden
Project Experience
Marvin Gaye Recreation Center
Tubman ES Outdoor Classroom
Marvin Gaye Recreation Center
Hardy Recreation Center

5. Design Guidelines:
• Community Input
• Existing Condition Surveys
• Engineering Surveys
• Engineering Calculations & Design Best Practices
• DC Department of the Environment (DOEE)
• DDOE - Low Impact Development (LID) Construction and Maintenance Guidance Manual
• Sustainable DC
• DC Historic Preservation Office (HPO)
• DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA)
• Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) – Arborist(s) Recommendations
• Design to $7,200,000 Budget – Hard Costs are 76% of the Total Budget – Soft Costs are the remaining 24%

6. Community Feedback and Requests:
• Basketball Gymnasium (and racketball in the basement?)
• Fitness Room
• Computer Lounge
• Teen Room
• Reading Room
• Teaching Kitchen
• Senior Room
• Walking Track
• Boxing
• Sensory Play Areas in and outside
• Lights for outdoor tennis and basketball
• Splash Pad
• Therapeutic Pool
• Additional Parking
• Improved Community Garden and more raised beds

7. Marvin Gaye Recreation Center
ExistingSiteConditions

8. Existing Conditions
Marvin Gaye Recreation Center
ExistingSiteConditions

9. Marvin Gaye Recreation Center
Existing Facility:
1,400 sqft
ExistingBuildingandAdjacentSite

10. Marvin Gaye Recreation Center
ExistingBuildingConditions

11. Marvin Gaye Recreation Center
TwinOakCommunityGarden
• Multi-use spaces
• Indoor/outdoor program
• Minimize circulation
• Maximize exterior space
StrategiesforMaximizingProgram

12. Marvin Gaye Recreation Center
ProgramOptions

13. Marvin Gaye Recreation Center
Opened: May 2018
Budget: $8,000,000
Square Feet: 7,700
Spaces:
- Community Room
- Kitchen
- Computer Lounge
- Offices
- Fitness Gym
- Senior Center
- Music Room
- Bathrooms

14. Friendship Recreation Center
Opened: 2017
Budget: $4,500,000
Square Feet: 4,600
Spaces:
- Community Room
- Kitchen
- Office
- Lobby
- Arts & Crafts
- Bathrooms

15. Palisades Recreation Center
Opening: Summer 2018
Budget: $9,500,000
Square Feet: 13,000
Spaces:
- New half-gym
- Fitness Room
- Senior Lounge
- Staff Office
- Classroom/Kitchen
- Community Room
- Bathrooms

16. Next Steps:
• This presentation will be posted on the DGS website;
• Next community meeting with concept drawings
• Project Design – Spring and Summer 2019
• Project Permits – Fall 2019
• Contractor Hired – Spring 2019
• Park Construction Start – Spring 2020
• Project Completion – Fall 2020

17. Contact Information
Department of General Services (DGS)
Jackie Stanley, Community Outreach Specialist
Jackie.Stanley@dc.gov
Department of Parks & Recreation (DPR)
Peter Nohrden, ASLA / Project Manager
Peter.Nohrden@dc.gov