City of Gainesville - File #: 080828.

• File #: 080828.
• Version: 1
• Name: Cade Museum Update (B)
• Type: Discussion Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/19/2009
• In control: Community Redevelopment Agency
• Final action: 2/19/2009
• Title: Cade Museum Update (B)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/19/2009	1	City Commission	Approved as Amended	Pass
2/16/2009	0	Community Redevelopment Agency	Approved as Amended	Pass

Title
Cade Museum Update (B)

Explanation
Over the last several months, the Cade Museum Foundation and City of Gainesville have made significant progress on the museum development. The project has reached an important and exciting stage that will advance fund raising and development of the project.

Last summer, the Boston-based architecture firm of E. Verner Johnson joined the project team as the museum designer. The landscape architecture firm Carol R. Johnson and exhibit designers Amaze teamed with the architect to brainstorm conceptual ideas and in the fall, the firms completed a building concept that captures the essence of the museum's organizing principles - Inspiration, Invention, and Innovation. The conceptual design is a 3 story, 50,000 square foot building located on the west side of Depot Park.

The City of Gainesville continues to make progress on the Depot Park project. Work is underway on formalizing a Letter of Intent between the City and the Cade Museum Foundation, which will set forth terms of use for the Depot Park site. The agreement will allow the Cades to refine the building program and museum concept. The CRA has obtained architecture services for the depot building rehabilitation design. In March, the CRA will select a park designer to complete the park construction documents. Remediation is scheduled to begin in July 2009 with a completion of all remedial work anticipated by February 2010. The park will begin construction in late 2010.

The next step for the Cade Museum Foundation is to initiate the capital campaign. This will be aided by color renderings of the museum building and will be led by a professional fundraiser. The Cade Foundation has compiled extensive donor research that it will use to approach potential investors.

Fiscal Note
The City of Gainesville General Government, the CRA, and GRU have committed approximately $28 million for park improvements including recreation elements, depot building rehab...