Bill Antonin, president of the Old Schoolhouse Community Center (Club Recovery), told the Citrus County Historical Resource Advisory Board that his organization plans to erect a 40-by-60-foot pole barn behind the historic Hernando School to provide covered outdoor event space and increase revenue-raising capacity.

Antonin said the structure would be 14 feet at the posts, have a 3:12 roof pitch and use 29-gauge Galvalume metal roofing. He told the board volunteers contributed about 2,500 man-hours to interior restoration and that the group has nearly completed interior work. Antonin said engineered drawings and material specifications are ready and he and a treasurer identified as Mike (a licensed building contractor) intend to pull permits and submit full engineered plans with the permit application.

Board members asked about placement, visibility and whether the structure would be seen from Parsons Point Road; Antonin said the pole barn would be sited behind the building and partially screened by tree lines. Members also asked whether the pole-barn height would exceed the school's roofline; Antonin said it would not. Staff and members discussed using existing asphalt as a pad and noted footings would be independent of the asphalt surface.

One board member said, "I moved to approve their recommendation of putting a pole barn up at the historic Hernando School," and another clarified for the record that the presentation was a courtesy review and that a formal permit application and any request for HRAB input would return to the board as part of the full permitting process.

Antonin said the community center is open many hours daily, hosts numerous programs (the group estimated about 43 recurring meetings) and recently served the community during holidays; he and others noted some exterior work remains, and Antonin said outside repairs are estimated at about $125,000 while door replacement quotes ran about $9,000 each for some entries.