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Senior Venter(see Map 6) <br /> Existing Facilities <br /> The Senior Center, located at 500 Great Neck Road North, was originally built in 19' <br /> This facility consisted of a ranch building with a high foundation, which allowed for t <br /> levels. The size of the original building was 2,880 square feet. In 1993, a 2,090 square fj <br /> expansion was added, which created the Director of the Council of Aging's office, i <br /> Outreach coordinator's office, the clerical area and the great room. The facility has <br /> conditioning and is on its own well. Hookup to the Mashpee Water District has be <br /> funded for FY 1997. <br /> This Town-owned parcel is 6.1 acres. Also on the property is the Thrift Center and <br /> Fitness Trail. Opened in 1983, the Thrift Center is operated by the Friends of the Coun <br /> of Aging. The fitness trail was developed with the assistance of the Wells Fargo Bar <br /> The Senior Center parking lot can provide space for up to 47 vehicles, including E <br /> handicapped spaces. <br /> The basement is "rented" to the Elder Services of Cape Cod and Islands from gam <br /> fpm, Monday through Friday (there is actually no charge to this organization). Eld <br /> Services operates a small kitchen, which provides on-site meals & home delivery to ars <br /> elderly residents. As mentioned above, the Thrift Center currently has a separa <br /> building on this parcel. Also, a number of Town boards and other organizations use t] <br /> great room for their meetings. The number of these meetings have increased with t] <br /> renovation of Town Hall. completion of this renovation, coupled with the opening of t] <br /> high school should take some pressure off the usage of this facility. <br /> An identified level of service is 3 square feet per senior citizen, based on information fro <br /> the National Council on Aging. This figure can be compared with the number of (y ea <br /> round) seniors in Mashpee after the 1993 Senior Center expansion to analyze the level <br /> service of our Senior Center. In addition, information on the programs and services ca <br /> be used to identify the current operating level of each program/service (e.g., what is tf <br /> operating level of the Meeting Room). <br /> In 1990, there were 1,151 year-round senior residents, or about 14.6% of the Tows <br /> according to the Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research MISER at t <br /> Mass. Comparing the number of year-round seniors to the e square footage provided b <br /> the 1993 expansion of 4 9�0 s q g <br /> P quare feet, gives a figure of 4.31 square feet per Beni( <br /> citizen. Although this analysis shows the Senior Center operating with some excel <br /> capacity, the MISER population P g <br /> p p n figure includes seniors 65 and older. The Council o <br /> Aging, however, includes seniors 60 and older in planning far it itioi <br /> this figure does P g s services. In add <br /> g not take into account the senior summer population. <br /> Three areas currently exceed capacity: the great room <br /> two programs g � Parking lot and the kitchen. Ass <br /> P g not being offered, an adult social da care program and a com ute <br /> education room, would require y p g P <br /> q more space than is currently available, The Senior Cente <br /> is one of the most used Town owned meetingfacilities. 7 <br /> people, according The great room has a limit of <br /> P g to Fire Department standards, Once the Town Hall is renovated ani <br /> the High School is completed, the number of <br /> meetings being held at the Sensor Lente <br /> should decrease. <br /> 20 <br />