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Lawmakers hear details of two-phase JCC–YMCA wellness center; county share estimated at about $6 million
Summary
County executive outlined a two-phase Jamestown Community College–YMCA wellness center. Officials said phase 1 would focus on JCC facilities and require roughly $3 million of county funds; the shared portion across both phases could bring total county exposure to about $6 million. Legislators asked for clarity on funding commitments and design steps.
County executive Wendell and county staff described a two-phase proposal for a Jamestown Community College–YMCA wellness complex during the Nov. 19 Chautauqua County Legislature meeting.
Wendell said phase 1 would address the JCC portion of the project and that the YMCA would fund its own separate portion. When Legislator Neebault asked whether the county would be expected to contribute funds, Wendell and staff offered a rough estimate: the county’s share could be “in the neighborhood of $3,000,000” for phase 1 and roughly $6,000,000 across both phases for the county’s portion of shared facilities. Wendell emphasized the resolution before the legislature was a request that SUNY include phase 1 in its capital request to the governor; it did not commit county funds at this stage.
Legislator Neebault said he opposed the project and stated he voted against it previously and intended to do so again. Legislator Scudder asked whether the current resolution addressed only the project request and not the subsequent design allocations; staff confirmed a separate resolution would authorizing design funding.
County staff said buying existing city parkland (Dietrich Park) would present complications because a municipality would need to replace park acreage if it were sold. Officials described the plan as a long-term, phased effort intended to position the project for SUNY capital funding and noted that any county funding commitments would be brought back as separate resolutions if required.
Next steps identified in the discussion: SUNY capital-request inclusion (current resolution), later design appropriation resolution, and potential future resolution(s) to allocate county funds if and when SUNY funding requires local match or county participation.
