10-GRAND THEATER PRESENTATION BY DENNEY ARCHITECTSynenzo�andum
TO: City Council
John Godwin, City Manager
FROM: Shawn Napier, P.E., Director of Engineering, Planning & Development
SUBJECT: GRAND THEATER PRESENTATION BY DENNEY ARCHITECTS
DATE: 6-3-2013
BACKGROUND: The Grand Theater has been discussed at several City Council meetings. A
contract with Denney Architects was approved at the January 28, 2013 City Council meeting.
The contract was for the design of the fa�ade, front entry, fire wall and roof of the Grand
Theater. At the August 13t", 2012 meeting, council gave direction with moving forward on the
idea of replacing the roof and roof shell structure over the existing entrance lobby area
(approximately 18-feet by 70-feet) and rebuilding the fa�ade in conjunction with the Leadership
in Lamar County Class Project. The 2"a floor of the front entry area has been rebuilt, in order to
assist with design measurements of the building. During last year's Festival of Pumpkins event
people had a chance to sign up for a tour of the Grand Theater. Staff had to add tours to
accommodate all the people who wanted to tour the building.
STATUS OF ISSUE: Mr. Paul Denney of Denney Architects will be sharing a presentation on
the Grand Theater at the June l Ot" City Council meeting. The next few proposed working steps
at the Grand Theater would be to prepare two different bid packages. The first package will
include the roof replacement. The second bid will propose to reconstruct the front fa�ade above
the canopy and rebuild the sign. The front fa�ade work includes a porcelain banding that was
previously demolished. The porcelain banding has a 10 to 12 week fabrication time. This would
need to be ordered in advance of the fa�ade work. The Leadership Lamar County Class raised
funds for the fa�ade work. The fa�ade was broken into two phases separated by the canopy.
Phase I would be everything above the canopy and phase II below the canopy. Any Leadership
in Lamar County Class money remaining after phase I would be applied to phase II.
The City of Paris was not awarded a second EPA Brownfield cleanup grant. This would leave
the remainder of the cleanup work to be accomplished. This work will need to be funded from
another source. A group of Grand Theater enthusiasts are still interested in refurbishing the
Grand Theater into a usable community facility. Several members of this group may be at the
City Council meeting to share their vision for the Grand Theater.
BUDGET: These projects will be funded from the law suit settlement ($80,000) with 911
Restoration and funds raised by the Leadership Lamar County Class ($74,770).
RECOMMENDATION: Discussion only.
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