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“The committee wishes to thank all those organizations, clubs, activities and individuals that have given us their opinions on what should be done to the Berger,” Giddings said. “Each and every one of them is being taken seriously. The committee has not ruled out any possible scenario—from those who would just like it spruced up a bit to those who want a entirely new building and everyone in between.” The committee may identify other elements after it looks at responses to community-wide survey done
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by the Long-Range Planning Committee that pertain to the Berger Center. But its next big task is to seek professional scope of work estimates for the various options. The selected firm will assist the committee in developing costs estimates for any work that the OVA Board may decide to undertake in the future. “The committee has much work to do,” Giddings said in an interview. “And there is a lot of work to be done before recommendations are forwarded to the OVA Board.” Besides Giddings, other members of the ad hoc Berger committee are OVA Board members Andie Altman and
Regular Oakmont Association Committee Meetings nOVA Administration
The listed Oakmont Village Association meetings are open sessions. Any interested Oakmont residents are invited and encouraged to participate in these important meetings.
MEETINGS Architectural (No participation) / mary@oakmontvillage.com Oakmont Village Association (OVA) Board OVA Board Workshop
DATE TIME PLACE* 2nd Tues. Monthly 2 PM Ste. 6 3rd Tues. Monthly 1–3 PM Berger Center 1st Tues. Monthly 3–5 PM East Rec.
COMMITTEES Communications (CC) / ova-communications@sonic.net Community Development (OCDC) / ova-ocdc@sonic.net Finance (FC) / ova-finance@sonic.net Landscape Improvement Committee (LIC) League of Maintained Area Associations (LOMAA) Regular Meetings Quarterly Meetings LOMAA Workshop Long-Range Planning (LRP) / ova-lrp@sonic.net Emergency Preparedness Committee (OEPC) OEPC Board OEPC Community Meeting
DATE TIME PLACE* 2nd Mon. Monthly 9–11 AM Rm. B 2nd Thurs. Monthly 11:30 AM–1:30 PM Rm. B 4th Thurs. Monthly 2–3:30 PM Rm. B 1st Tues. Monthly 10 AM–12 Noon Rm. G 1st Mon. Monthly 1st Wed. (March, Sept., Dec.) 2nd Thurs. (June) 4th Tues. Monthly
12 Noon 7 PM 9 AM 10 AM–12 Noon
Rm. B West Rec. West Rec. East Conf. Rm.
1st Thurs. Monthly 3rd Thurs. (Jan., May, Sept.)
2 PM 2 PM
Rm. B Berger Center
A quorum of OVA Board of Directors may be present at these meetings. *It is sometimes necessary to change meeting locations and/or dates and times. Please check the Rec. Center bulletin boards for written notice of change or call the OVA office prior to scheduled meetings for confirmation.
Locations Room B is in the Central Activity Center, 310 White Oak Drive. Room D is in the Central (Berger) Auditorium, 6633 Oakmont Drive, right side of stage. Room G is in the Central (Berger) Auditorium, 6633 Oakmont Drive, lobby across from rest rooms.
Alan Scott; Noel Lyons, Terry Whitten, Lyn Crammer, Jim Sannar, Heidi Klyn and Herm Hermann.
Berger At-A-Glance
Key Elements: Identified by the Ad Hoc Berger Improvement Committee based on community input that should be updated, repaired or replaced. 1. Floor—Replace entire floor and asbestos abatement throughout Berger 2. Kitchen—Complete remodel and expansion, plus new exhaust system 3. Meeting rooms—Remodel or remove (one or both) 4. HVAC—replace with a new sealed combustion condensing boiler and new chiller, ducts and electronic control system 5. Lighting—Replace and modernize throughout with easy to understand switches and controls, while making sure the electrical system is adequate and up to code 6. Fireplace—Update or remove 7. Stage—Enlarge or un-clutter rear stage area 8. Storage areas—Reconfigure and organize by need with optimum utilization 9. Overall appearance—Paint and other cosmetic improvements including drapes, furniture and art work 10. Add insulation in ceiling’s high area 11. Pipe penetrations of exterior walls - Seal and insulate 12. Windows—Replace with triple-pane 13. Universal access to stage 14. Exterior paired entry doors—Replace with smaller perhaps glass doors 15. Audio/Visual equipment—Update or replace with microphone for speakers and musical instruments and make the control system easy to understand, with tele-coil system 16. Acoustical improvement for musical instruments played from the stage 17. Partition doors—Replace and possible add more 18. Bathroom location—Add partition walls to cutoff their sight and sound Repair or Replace? Six options for repairing or rebuilding the Berger Center identified so far by the Ad Hoc Committee based on community input. 1. Do nothing to the Berger except freshen it with cosmetic (paint, art work, etc.) upgrades. Spend no serious money on a building that is fundamentally sound and is currently providing good use to the community. 2. Complete all or most of the Axis Engineering Report recommended upgrades to include, new windows, remodeled or new doors, replacement of inefficient HVAC, etc.; plus the items wanted in #1, above. Redesign this Berger to affect the needs/wants of the user groups that have responded to the committee’s survey. This would include more and better storage, redesign of the two meeting rooms and fireside area, adding a lobby, etc.; plus the items wanted in #1 and #2, above. 3. Tear down Berger and rebuild on same site, meeting current and near future community needs and wants and to have a new building that will modernize Oakmont and keep it competitive in the future among other senior living and retirement villages. Suspend Berger center activities for the period of construction and find, if possible, alternative sites for those activities. This approach incorporates all the items of #1, #2, and #3, above. 4. Leave the Berger essentially “as is” and build an entirely new building at the Central area. A new modern building would incorporate all the benefits of items #1, #2, #3 and #4, above. This will allow essentially little disruption to the present and future activities scheduled at the Berger. At completion of the new CAC building, raze the current Berger center and add a garden and/or other community-needed facility. 6. Same as #5 above, except do not raze the old Berger. Keep it, with some upgrades/improvements, for specific indoor activities to be determined. For this to be a viable option for the community the now limited number of parking spaces would have to be seriously increased if past experience with city planning is a good indicator.