Weight Room Improvement Project

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Weight Room Improvement Project

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Background Information about Battlement Mesa
Activity Center

• Built by Exxon Corporation during the oil shale
  boom for its employees and their families
• Black Sunday May 1982
• Opened June 1, 1983
• Private Developer assumed responsibility
• January 2001 CMD special district/utility assumed
  ownership

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Background Information, cont.

• BMAC is a non-profit entity
• Battlement Mesa continues to offer affordable
  housing choices for families looking for a
  quality community lifestyle
• Battlement Mesa offers amenities (Activity Center
  and Golf course) usually found only in larger
  communities

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BMAC.

• Is a gathering point for community clubs and
  activities
• Provides meeting rooms for large and small groups
• Offers fitness classes, educational and
  recreational programs for all ages
• Has family areas gymnasium, racquetball and
  tennis courts, swimming pool, playground and game
  room

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2003 Facility Master Plan

• Identified weight room as most important amenity
• Identified weight room as area needing the most
  improvement

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Rationale for Project

• When the Activity Center was built adequate room
  was given to most areas except the weight room.
  Only 950 square feet were allotted for cardio and
  weight machines. At that time, the weight room
  consisted of 1 universal machine, a rowing
  machine and two treadmills and a sit up board

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Existing Weight Room

• Universal Machine

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Existing Weight Room Equipment

• Original sit-up board from the 80s

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National Emphasis on Weight Training

• Influences more people to begin a program
• Will increase the number of users
• Encourages people to use the weight room for
  injury recovery, rehabilitation or better quality
  of life as well as strength training

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The Weight Room Project

• Contributes to the Health and Wellness of users
  by providing an up-to-date, safe clean work-out
  area
• Contributes to Community Development by providing
  multi-purpose meeting rooms for group fitness,
  safety and instructional seminars

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Project Description

• The project consists of remodeling two
  racquetball courts so that 1600 square feet of
  usable space can be added to the existing 950
  square foot weight room by converting the courts
  to a two-story structure
• The upper level will adjoin the weight room
• The lower level will become group fitness and
  meeting rooms

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Drawings

• Side view of two-story plan

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Front View of two-story conversion

• Lower level shows entry to fitness or meeting
  room
• Upper level is connected to weight room

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Project Goals

• Alleviate the overcrowding to safely accommodate
  more people at one time
• Prepare for the growing needs of our community
• Provide room to add updated weight room equipment

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Project Goals, Continued

• Add two multi-purpose rooms for safety and
  instructional seminars and health and fitness
  classes

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Rationale for the Project

• Surveys indicate that the weight room is the most
  important amenity at the Center and also the one
  needing the most improvement.
• At 950 square feet the weight room does not meet
  the current needs
• Weight room is becoming more crowded as the
  community grows

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Rationale, continued

• National emphasis on weight lifting is
  increasing the number of people working out to
  improve strength, endurance, muscle tone and
  balance
• Use of the weight room can lead to a better
  quality of life
• A major antidote to the effects of aging

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Target Audience

• Garfield County residents and Western Mesa County
• Residents of Rifle, Silt, Rulison, Parachute,
  DeBeque Battlement Mesa
• Out-of-District patrons
• Persons employed in the oil gas industry

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Battlement Mesa Activity Center

• The Center is dedicated to providing a
  safe,healthy and friendly environment for
  recreation, fitness and community/social needs of
  members guests.

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Why Assistance Is Being Requested

• The primary source of income (an annual
  assessment of Bat/Mesa residents) is capped at
  205/year
• Population growth does not result in additional
  revenue
• BMAC does not collect property taxes or share in
  the taxes collected for the Parks/Recreation
  District

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Why Assistance Is Needed

• The recent growth in energy interests in this
  valley has impacted communities through increased
  population and energy development activities
• The Activity Center is a popular year-round
  amenity available to all residents in Western
  Garfield County and Eastern Mesa County

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Cost of The Project
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Total cost is 150,000

• Construction costs to retrofit the racquetball
  courts to a two-story structure including
  electrical, mechanical and finishing work
• Add needed equipment for exercise
• Add needed fixtures for meeting rooms

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EnCana Challenge Grant

• EnCana oil gas, inc. Has committed 35,000 in
  the form of a challenge grant.
• Obtain 35,000 from other business to receive
  these funds by June 2006

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The Williams Companies, Inc.

• The Williams Companies, Inc. donated 5000.

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Member Pledges

• To date, members have pledged 2900 toward the
  challenge grant
• BMAC continues to encourage new member pledges

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BMAC Extends an Invitation for Your Company to
Participate

• Donations or pledges in any amount are
  appreciated and will count toward the challenge
  grant. All donations are tax deductible. BMAC
  is a non-profit entity owned by a special
  district/utility, the Consolidated Metropolitan
  District

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Recognition for Donors

• Permanent plaques in weight room and other
  prominent areas of the Activity Center
• Recognition given in area newspapers
• Glenwood Post
• Grand Junction Sentinel
• Rifle Citizen Telegram
• Battlement Mesa Sun

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You Can Help By

• Completing the brief questionnaire that will tell
  us if your company has a grant program
• Letting us know who to contact and how to obtain
  forms and grant information

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THANK YOU

• Anne Huber
• Director
• Battlement Mesa Activity Center