Report Prepared by: Michelle Reid, Recreation Supervisor
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SUBJECT: Approving Request from the Chance Dobbins Sr. Charity for the Co-Sponsored Rental Rate for the Merced Senior Community Center for Club 67 Monthly Dances
REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers approving a request for the co-sponsored rate for the rental of the Merced Senior Community Center by the Chance Dobbins Sr. Charity to host Club 67 monthly dances on one Friday per month.
RECOMMENDATION
Recreation and Parks Commission - Adopt a motion approving the request for monthly rentals of the Merced Senior Community Center for Club 67 dances at the co-sponsored rental rate.
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DISCUSSION
The Parks and Recreation Department received a request from Elisabete Dobbins, CEO and Owner of the Chance Dobbins Sr. Charity organization and Club 67, a special needs community activity. Ms. Dobbins requested use of the Merced Senior Community Center at the co-sponsored rate for one Friday per month to host the Club 67 social night and dance from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM. The request includes one hour before the event and one hour after the event for set up and clean up. Six total hours have been requested for co-sponsorship each month for the activity.
The Charity and Club are requesting either the first or second Friday of the month, however, there are already rentals of the Senior Center on some Fridays this year. Additionally, renters who have booked the facility on a Saturday have the option to pay to come in on a Friday evening to set up, which may interfere with the dance's first or second Friday request. In these instances, the Club 67 event will be moved to a Thursday.
The Merced Senior Community Center is available on some of the requested Fridays, and there will be no interference with regularly scheduled senior programs. There is an established co-sponsorship rate for use of the Senior Center, which will recoup all City expenses for hosting the event at our facility. The Chance Dobbins ...
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