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CITY OF DUB!>IN
AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: August 22, 1994
SUBJECT
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Senior Center Floor
Report By Diane Lowart, Recreation Director
EXHIBITS ATTACHED
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RECOMMENDATION/? r
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT :
Monitor floor condition; if the condition
worsens, initiate repairs within the adopted
Building Management Budget.
Estimated repair costs: $600 - $1,500
Estimated replacement costs: $30,000
DESCRIPTION : At the
Council, Councilmember Burton
condition of the Social Hall
relative to cracks in the floor
July 25, 1994
requested that
floor at the
tile.
meeting of the City
Staff look into the
Dublin Senior Center
The City leases the Dublin Senior Center from the Dublin Unified
School District. The term of the lease is for ten years, until
November 11, 1996, with the option for renewal. Although the Parks
and Recreation Master Plan includes plans for a new Senior Center, the
present senior population does not warrant a larger Center in the
foreseeable future.
Prior to opening as a Senior Center in 1986, the building was
renovated using both State Senior Center Bond Act Funds and the City's
General Fund. Since that time, additional minor renovation projects
have been undertaken including HVAC replacement, roof and gutter
repair, painting and floor replacement. To date, the City has
expended approximately $175,000 to improve the building.
Staff has researched the condition of the Social Hall floor and has
found that alkaline crystals are pushing up through the concrete
subfloor and creating slightly raised areas underneath the tile
(mostly at the seams). The presence of alkaline is due to moisture
underneath the concrete subfloor which is not adequately prevented
from bleeding through the concrete by any moisture barrier.
At the time that the floor was replaced in 1991, the contractors who
bid on the floor replacement project indicated that this problem could
not be solved without removing the entire concrete subfloor. It was
determined that the cost 'to replace the concrete floor was prohibitive
at the time. The contractor did treat the cracks and subfloor with a
material to retard the alkaline problem although it was done with no
guarantee of success.
Staff has identified several options for repair or replacement of the
floor as follows:
1. Short Term:
A. Remove and replace affected floor tiles (500 to 750 s.f.)
resulting in immediate improvement; however, the alkaline
crystals would reoccur requiring additional replacement at a
later date. Estimated cost: $1,200 - $1,500.
B. Remove and repla~ approximately 150 s.f. of affected floor
tiles of the estimated 500 to 750 s.f. to deal with the
worst sections. Estimated cost: $600.
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2. Long Term:
A. Place a wooden floor over the:vinyl tile floor. This would
entail ramping those areas where the concrete subfloor meets
doorways to provide a smooth transition and also to allow
space underneath the wood floor for expansion/contraction of
the concrete subfloor. Estimated cost: $30,000.
B. Replace current vinyl tile floor and concrete subfloor.
This would entail demolition of existing concrete floor,
installation of moisture barrier, new concrete subfloor and
new vinyl tile. Although a cost estimate has not yet been
obtained, staff believes that this option would probably
exceed the wooden floor option due to concrete removal.
senior Center
floor creates a
Consequently, it
condition of the
short term floor
staff do not feel that the present condition of the
safety problem but is more of an aesthetic concern.
is recommended that the Staff continue to monitor the
floor and, if the problem worsens, proceed with the
repairs as described above in I.B.