E AMENDMENT
H. IS PRESENT BUILDING ADE QUA TE FOR USE? HOW LONG WILL IT REMAIN SO?
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High on any list of itc1ns to be considered in planning for future housing of the headquarters of Kiwanis International would be a review of the present facilities.
Two major concerns about the present property were expressed in the report of the Past Presidents Committee to the Board on June 25, 1971. Your Con-i- 1nittec has taken action by investigation of these concerns. The Connnittee1 s findings axe listed below.
1. First concern vvas that the Kiwanis International Office Property on East Erie Street might be in danger of being absorbed under the right of eminent domain in the near future and, therefore, at considerable financial loss to Kiwanis.
Your Conunittee wishes to assure the Board that this concern has been investigated. In£orn1ation is on file that there is not presently, nor will there be in the in1mediate future, any possibility of intent on the part of the party reported to be interested in acquiring the Kiwanis property, either by negotiation or condemnation.
2.. Second concern expressed was the possible danger of decrea8ing Real Kstate values in the area now occupied by Kiv,'anis.
The ·committee is of the opm10n, after investigation, that not only are Real Estate values in the area of the present location excellent, but are alinost certain to reach even higher values in the years ahead.
. It is worth noting that even now value of our present property far exceeds that anticipated by the 1966 Property Study Co1nmittee. The Committee bases it's opinion on the follo\\:ing inforn1ation on file:
a. Sudler & Company Real Estate Report to Kiwanis International, dated September 28, 19_71
b. The Greater· North Michigan Avenue Association Report of May 28, 1971
c. . ·"1969-70 Outlook for Chicago's Near North.side, 11 by Nelson Forrest, Executive Director, the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association
d. The published study of the North Michigan Avenue Area, entitled,
11Streeterville Today11 (Published August, 1971)
The 1966 Building Study Committee estimated the present building might be inadequate in three to five years, based upon their estimated growth of Kivvanis.
Original design of present building projected that the facilities would be adequate to serve up to 7500 clubs. The following growth pattern of clubs compares 1971 with 1966.
1966 1971
IGwanis Clubs 5415 Kiwanis Clubs 5857 Circle I<.: Clubs 800 Circle K, Clubs 802
Key Clubs 3000 Eey Clubs 3558
Circle K Clubs and l{ey Clubs require less service and ernployed personnel.
For the purpose of analyzing space 1·equ.irernent, we have used 1 /2 for
Circle K Clubs and Key Clubs. We find the present club load to be 8037 clubs.
It is to be noted that total membership is approximately the same as 1966, while the number of clubs has increased. Work load of the International Office is effected more by the nmT1ber of clubs than even by membership strength.
The actual need and adequacy of present facilities can probably best be analyzed by those who use them. The Committee has asked Secretary R. P. Merridew and Associate Secretary L. A. Hapgood to submit a current status report on need. Their l'epod is hereby atta.chec1.
APPRAISAL OF THE UTILIZATION OF SPACE AT 101 EAST ERIE STREET AND A PROJECTION ON FUTURE NEEDS
At the time of the Report of the Special International Cormnittee on Building Study made to the International Board, June 23, 19 67, the prediction was made, based.upon staff analysis, that the facilities would be adequate for five years or longer.
We are now approaching the fifth year mentioned in the report and it is, therefore, timely that a new appraisal be rnade.
For the five years involved since 1967, there has been a continual study of the utilization of space plus a re-evaluation of services and the space and personnel required to provide such service.
As was the case in 1967. t,he General Office is still short on storage space - both foT general needs and for the Supplies Departm.ent. CeTtainly there are other areas 'vvhc:rc additional sp2:cc could en.ha.nee the total operation.. Such areas involve archives as well as additional space for the Youth Services Departinents. Leased space off the premises still continues to be used.
With s01ne relief for storage and supplies operations, curTent facilities can be adequate for another five years or longer. However, it must be remembered that this elhninates c'onsideration of space for such new areas as archives.
Nevertheless, under current conditions of growth in .Kiwanis, I<~ey Club and Circle K, and in the light of increasing costs, it seems more desirable to consolidate operations and increase efficiency than to plan on expansion.
2/72
Submitted by
R. P. MERRIDEW L. A. HAPGOOD
at the request of the Board Committee on Property and Supplies
By direction of the International Board, the General Office was asked to obtain rough estirnates on the cost of building usable space under the present patio on the southsicle of the present building.
The estirnate offered by a reputable builder of the Chicagoland a·reas, as of May, 1971, was $7 5, 000.
In consulting with the General Office on futlue planning, the builder asked questions about the possibility of building over the patio at some tirn.e since planning for such would necessitate pla.cing footings in the corners of the room or rooms vvhich would be built 1mder the patio. Such would reduce the total space available for use. Also, the practicality of corn.pleting one aspect of the work and then in a few years n1.aking further additions which would disrupt the first addition in a rnajor way was fully discussed.
This resulted in the same builder being asked to subm.it a rough estimate on the co'st of filling in the entire area between the two wings of the present building. The estimate offered, again in May of 1971, was $235,000.
These estimates were made available to the International Board for inforrna- tion purposes 011ly,