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Parks board forwards ARC Gateway MOU for Bayview senior adult program to City Council
Summary
The Parks and Recreation Board voted to forward a proposed memorandum of understanding with ARC Gateway, which operates a senior adult day program at Bayview Community Center, after hearing that the program runs an operating deficit and needs a signed occupancy agreement to meet new state licensing requirements.
The Pensacola Parks and Recreation Board voted Tuesday to forward a memorandum of understanding with ARC Gateway to the City Council so the nonprofit can continue operating a senior adult day program at Bayview Community Center.
Larry Love, chief financial officer for ARC Gateway, told the board the organization serves more than 1,300 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and that its senior adult program at Bayview currently serves about 10 participants on a typical day and has reached as many as 15–18 pre-COVID. He said the adult day programs are the organization’s most underfunded services and that the senior program is operating at an approximate 23.2% operating deficit.
Love said the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) in Florida adopted a new requirement in 2024 that adult day programs be licensed; ARC Gateway’s licensing process requires proof of occupancy permission from Bayview Community Center to continue operation. “Our last remaining hurdle is required proof of occupancy permission from the Bayview Community Center,” he said.
City staff said the MOU has been in draft and delayed while ARC Gateway addressed internal organizational matters and while the city’s department and legal reviewers changed; staff said there has been a back-and-forth over the past eight months to finalize the document.
Board members said they appreciated the program’s contribution to community inclusion and asked about capacity and the possibility of expanding to other resource centers; Love said expansion is possible in the future as demand grows. The board also encouraged ARC Gateway and staff to include financial estimates of the city’s contribution and the program’s per-participant cost when the document returns to council.
The board took a voice vote to forward the MOU. Meeting minutes record the vote as “Aye. Aye.” with no roll-call names recorded.
Ending: The board moved the MOU to the City Council for final action; ARC Gateway and city staff said they will continue to negotiate details required for licensing and annual review provisions in the agreement.
