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Roslyn Old City Hall and Community Center Tourism -Related, Small -Scale Municipality -Owned Capital Project 1. Project Description: Please describe the project in detail. Indicate the major work to be completed, any milestones that need to be overcome in order for the project to move forward, and include a comparison of existing and proposed conditions. This request is for an ongoing project which has had funding support of nearly $2, 000, 000 over the last thirteen years. If granted, lodging -tax funds will complete the renovation of the exterior of Roslyn's City Hall, Library and Community Center. The building is a significant historic structure and is on both state and local historic registers. Once completed the building will be a model example of geotourism in Upper Kittitas County. As defined, geotourism "sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place — its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage and the well-being of its residents. " The YMCA built the building as a recreational and social hall for the town's coal miners and their families in the late 1800's. The building long played a key role in Roslyn's culture, providing a gathering space for reunions, weddings, performances and funerals for many of Roslyn's 26 ethnic and cultural groups. The need for a large community gathering space remains as much a need in 2017 as it did in 1902 when coal company manager B. F. Bush financed the building as an "attractive place of recreation place for miners. " Existing Conditions: Roslyn's City Hall, Library and Community Center is an anchor building of the Roslyn National Register Historic District. Major structural repairs have been completed over the past 13 years. Current renovation, funded by a Washington State Commerce grant has paid for insulation, weather proofing, and added ADA access on the north side of the building. The project included re -roofing the building Previous rehabilitation projects included a new foundation that is pinned to bedrock for seismic stabilization, a concrete slab for the ground floor, removal of hazardous materials, and an updated heating and cooling system. The ground floor space was once a public pool for Roslyn miners. It now is an enclosed space with handicapped accessible restrooms, the City Council's meeting chambers and temporary space for the public library. The first floor remains in a condition unsuitable for public occupancy or use, but the exterior renovation is nearing completion Proposed Conditions: Funds would pay for residing, weather proofing and insulating the south side of the building and refurbishing or replacing windows.