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Home My Public Portal AboutFood Security Center Building Renovation - BWUMCCity of Watertown, MA ARPA Project Proposal Submitted by: Calista Diehl Submitted on: May 26, 2023 Request Number: ARPA-28 Project Name: Food Security Center Building Renovation Proposal Type: Organization Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church (BWUMC) Recommended Project Manager: BWUMC board of trustees Project Summary: Renovation of the lower level space at 80 Mt. Auburn street used by the food pantry. Renovation would mean improved accessibility and saftey, with signiﬁcant opporunities to grow community programing in the future. See detailed discription for more details. Amount of ARPA Funds Requested: $250,000 Minimum Funds Needed: $250,000 Matching funds available? Yes BWUMC endowment and capital campaign 265,700 Guaranteed Other funds available? Yes BWUMC property sales 459,600 Guaranteed Project Narrative: I have a detailed narrative to upload APPLICATION FOR FUNDING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) WATERTOWN, MA I. Introduction: Applicant: Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church 80 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA 02472 Contact(s) Calista Diehl Church Council Chair Member of the Board of Trustees 4 Maplewood Street Watertown, MA 02472 cdiehl94@gmail.com (617) 291-4281 Gary Richards, Pastor Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church pastor@bwumc.org (508) 797-7700 Project Name: Food Security Center Building Renovation II. ARPA Funds Requested: $250,000 III. Matching Funds/Other Sources Available: The congregation and leadership of the Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church (BWUMC) have approved of the sale of the Belmont property at 421 Common Street and a portion of the 80 Mt. Auburn and the parcel located at 92 Mt. Auburn. Proceeds from the sale of all properties will be appropriated to the renovation of the sanctuary, adjacent social hall and basement floor hall and kitchen. All properties are currently being marketed. Sale closures are expected prior to the December 31, 2024 encumbrance deadline. Additional funding is currently held in the BWUMC endowment for renovation use ($150,000 elevator fund.) Congregational leadership will be undertaking a capital campaign to assist with costs. IV. Minimum Funding: $250,000 V. Primary project Manager(s): Board of Trustees Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church 2 Building Committee Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church Professional consultants: Imai Keller Moore Architects 70 Philips Street Watertown, MA 02472 (617) 923-6010 Pre-Development Construction Manager Berkeley Building Company 248 Main Street, Suite 103 Reading, MA 01867 VI. Narrative: A. Introduction: Lack of access to affordable and nutritional food not only impacts an individual’s physical wellbeing and nutrition, but also their mental health and feeling of security. These effects are particularly profound for children as they develop both physically and emotionally. With this in mind providing spaces where individuals of all social and economic backgrounds can feel comfortable accessing food and nutritional information is critical for a healthy and thriving community. The COVID-19 pandemic caused profound food insecurity for many people throughout the nation. Not only were individuals unable to work, children who would have received free or reduced lunch at school were now eating at home, and general changes to food supply and delivery chains increased grocery prices and decreased availability. During 2020 the Greater Boston Food Bank saw marked increases in the demand for food supplies. As we have moved forward out of the pandemic increased food security still remains a profound need in Watertown with 7.2% of our population below the federal poverty line based on the US census bureau. For over 30 years the Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church (formerly St. John’s UMC) has been the proud home of the Watertown Food Pantry at 80 Mt. Auburn Street. In partnership with the City of Watertown the church has provided low cost delivery and storage space for the food pantry. Currently, the Watertown Food Pantry is serving over 140 families/340 individual Watertown and greater Watertown residents every week. The BWUMC does not consider the use of space in our building a simple transaction. We believe that all of our users are a vital part of our community and working with them represents our 3 fundamental commitment to service. With this in mind we are committed to providing our space at very low cost. The BWUMC Board of Trustees is requesting $250,000 in ARPA funding from the City of Watertown to assist with the renovation of the basement level hall and kitchen. Both the hall and the kitchen are currently used by the Watertown Food Pantry. The purpose of the renovation is to create a fully accessible and functional space and location for the support of food security in Watertown. Included in this effort will be new delivery and storage space for the Food Pantry and a community kitchen equipped for serving and nutritional education programs. Currently, the Food Pantry is accessed through a back door onto the first floor where customers are served in a large open area adjacent to the outdated kitchen. Current access from the street level is only done via stairs, and the bathrooms on that floor are not ADA accessible. Our proposed lower floor renovation would include: 1. significant improvements to the primary door for the Food Pantry, making it easier to find and more welcoming 2. updated flooring, ceilings, and windows in the main open area where customers are served 3. a renovated accessible kitchen space with new appliances 4. a renovated storage space 5. new ADA compliant bathrooms The larger renovation, funded by the church, would include, but not be limited to, an improved front door and fully functional elevator allowing for easy access to the food pantry from both the back door and from Mt. Auburn street. These efforts will produce a clean, safe, and accessible food pantry that Watertown can continue to be proud of, serving the neediest in our community who were most strongly impacted by the pandemic. BWMCU looks forward to new opportunities that this lower floor renovation would provide for City of Watertown sponsored wellness programs. An updated, accessible kitchen will be available for cooking classes and nutritional education. The renovated open space next to the kitchen would be highly flexible, and could be used for community meals, social events, classes or an indoor farmers market. The adjacent classrooms provide further flexibility allowing for more intimate small group meeting spaces. B. Budget for Lower Level Renovations $459,600 Proceeds from Belmont-Watertown Property Sales 250,000 ARPA Funding 265,700. Church Funding (Endowment/Capital Campaign) $975,300 Total Lower-Level Renovations Costs $130,200 Sprinkler System for the lower level 51,000 Lower Level Fire Alarm System 45,000 New windows on the north and west elevations 303,000 Community Kitchen Renovation 33,000 Kitchen appliances 4 56,100 Multiuse Space (Hall) 41,100 Accessible Entry 260,100 Accessible Elevator 55,800 Accessible toilet rooms $975,300 Total C. Preliminary Design (Attached) D. Timeline The construction timeline for this project will coincide with the complete renovation project timeline. Construction mobilization will begin once the church property sales proceeds have been determined and scheduled release. We expect to have property sales proceeds available prior to the December 31, 2024 encumbrance date and the project completed by December 2026. E. Resources Required in Addition to ARPA: As noted in Section III the BWUMC will be supplementing the additional costs for the renovation of the basement hall and kitchen areas. These costs include but are not limited to utility upgrades, fire safety systems, accessible bathrooms, lighting, landscaping and interior finishing. D. Metrics for Success: The Watertown Food Pantry staff and volunteers maintain consumer usage data and food volume distribution. Measuring the success of this project will be documented by the ongoing recording of use and delivery of product. Also, increased use of the total Food Security space for education and community meals will include the recording of participants. F. Outcomes: Improve space for and access to food delivery systems has been documented in improving the health of residents as well as allowing for the redistribution of limited financial resources. Low and no cost food assists consumers with purchasing medications as well as affording housing costs. The overall benefit to City of Watertown residents is increased wellness by lessening the health and financial impact of food insecurity. Conclusion: The Food Security Center development is in conjunction with a larger renovation project that the church is undertaking at 80 Mt. Auburn street. We have been working for the last year with the Watertown based IMK architecture firm with a focus of making the building more welcoming, accessible and functional for all of our users; most of which are not our congregation, but other local groups. This larger project, funded by the church, will include bringing the whole building up to code including putting in a full sprinkler system and making it ADA accessible, maintaining the exterior masonry thus preserving the building for 5 decades to come, and installing an energy efficient heating system. These features will benefit all current and future users. For decades we have proudly been the home of the Watertown Food Pantry, as well as dozens of recovery programs. We know that these efforts save lives and as we have discussed our church’s future, at a time when it would be easier for us to scale back, maintaining and even expanding our community missions has always been our top priority. As both individuals and a whole congregation, we have committed our money and space in these efforts. For us, it is not just something we do, it is who we are. Investing in this space will represent a commitment by the City of Watertown to the health and wellness of its people, especially in providing universal access to healthy food and nutritional information. The Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church is committed to providing continued access to this facility and for current and future city projects. We look forward to more collaborative opportunities going forward. UP TO MECH RM CHURCH STUCCO BUILDING (N.I.C) BELMONT WATERTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PROPOSED RENOVATIONS TO THE LOWER LEVEL WATERTOWN FOOD PANTRY STORAGE STORAGE STORAGE MULTI-PURPOSEROOM MULTI-PURPOSEROOM STORAGE NEW ACCESSIBLE MEN'S ROOM NEW ACCESSIBLE WOMEN'S ROOM NEW ACCESIBLE ELEVATOR MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE (SEE BOTTOM RIGHT OF PAGE) COMMUNITY KITCHEN CURRENT USES: MULTI-PUROSESPACE NEW ACCESIBLEENTRY STORAGE PARKING WITH TWOACCESSIBLE SPACES GENERAL NOTES: - FIRE PROTECTION UPGRADES: SPRINKLERS AND NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM ON BOTH FLOORS. - NEW EXTERIOR ALUMINUM, INSULATED GLASS THROUGHOUT LOWER LEVEL. ACCESIBLE SINK FOR FOOD PANTRY. - ALMOST NONE, DUE TO THE POOR CONDITION OF THE KITCHEN MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE CURRENT USES: - WATERTOWN FARMERS' MARKET - 12-STEP RECOVERY GROUPS (SOBRIETY ANNIVERSARIES, ETC) - ALCATHONS - SCOUTS - POTENTIAL WINTER FARMERS' MARKET. 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