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Senior recreation center off May ballot; architects to lead public workshop
Summary
An ad hoc committee briefed the Birmingham Parks and Recreation Board that the proposed senior recreation center will not meet the May ballot deadline; architects from Newman Smith will lead a public design workshop and the project is likely to reach voters later in the year.
Ken, a member of the ad hoc senior recreation committee, told the Birmingham Parks and Recreation Board that the proposal to place a senior recreation center on the May ballot missed the submission deadline. "The deadline for May vote has passed," Ken said, and he added that the project would likely be considered during the regular November election unless the city schedules a special August vote.
The committee update said architects from Newman Smith are actively engaged in design work and will lead an interactive workshop before the city commission. Committee members urged the public and board members to attend the architects' session, which staff described as participatory rather than a typical commission meeting. The architects' early design direction reportedly includes an elevated walking track around a gym, with the track intended to be accessible to the public whether or not people are members of partner organizations such as the Y or Next. The ad hoc committee plans to meet again to review program information and space needs provided by the partners.
