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The city of Spokane Valley won't be making any big changes to the
way things operate at the senior center - at least for now.
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to keep the status quo
at the Spokane Valley Senior Center for at least another year.
That means the center's board of directors will continue to book
rentals at the building, located at Mission and Bowdish, and pay
the city $12,000 in rent for 2004.
That could change in 2005, though, when the 30-year-old current
center is abandoned for new facilities at CenterPlace at Mirabeau
Point.
In September, the council kicked around the idea of taking control
of outside rentals of the center. That would include pocketing charged
fees.
Mayor Mike DeVleming and other council members nixed the idea at
the time, saying that if the city were to collect the senior center's
revenue streams it wasn't fair to charge its members for rent.
Rentals bring about $16,000 a year into the center's budget, which
is used to pay the rent and leaving about $4,000 to fund activities
and other expenses.
The senior center's board will also not have to come up with an
additional $5,000 to fund a part-time director for the facility,
an arrangement made when under county control. That position is
now funded full-time by the city.
"The city is not asking any other organization to pay any
part of an employee's wages," argued Dave DeWitt, board president,
in a letter to the city.
The matter will be revisited when the senior center moves to CenterPlace
- which will also feature classroom space, a lecture hall and a
great room for large gatherings.
In other news, the council:
> will consider next Tuesday night an amendment to the zoning
code which would allow existing adult retail and entertainment businesses
to remain where they are as a nonconforming use. The Planning Commission
and city staff made the recommendation, saying it's likely it would
be more disruptive to neighbors to move them to new areas.
> agreed to hold a joint meeting with the Planning Commission
to discuss the future of the Sprague/Appleway couplet. A meeting
date has not yet been set.
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