BOARD OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT - September 2019

Congregational Work Day for September TBD

August Congregational Workday This off schedule workday was attended by a lot of folks considering the hot weather and chance of rain. We continued the assault on the roof with Bruce and David leading the way blasting the canopy. The planting beds were also under siege from Gretchen, Doug, and Shirley. Linda chilled out in the kitchen and chair closet. Bud and Tom wired and plumbed the day away. Judy played roving reporter. J.B. and Ryan harvested the grass and yard waste. Hope I got everyone. What a great crew sweating through another great workday. Thanks so much!

September Congregational Workday Subject to Call At this writing the September work day is still being planned. The normal day for this would be September 14. This may be a special workday to finish off the roof work or something else. Stay tuned.

Roof Repairs - Sanctuary The upper flat roof areas and wall caps have been coated and/or caulked. Doing some caulking or sealing of the stucco and coating the walkway canopy are the two remaining items in this project.

David and Bruce started the ball rolling on the latter by pressure washing the canopy. They did this despite the extreme heat. The follow up steps are final cleaning, sterilization and application of the silicone.

At this writing, I have not seen the final results, but we are all hoping that we made a substantial reduction in the leaks in these areas. Time will tell on how successful this effort will have been.

We still are looking at doing some sealing of the exterior stucco on the sides of the Bell Tower and in other stucco locations. We will need a piece of equipment to do most of this work, perhaps in the fall.

Ed Building Stucco Repairs We beginning to move ahead on this project. We are having some contractors look at the stucco work, that is, the stucco application after the exterior walls have been removed and replaced with an appropriate plywood façad e and other repairs. In addition to the closing of the triangle window, it will also include the replacement of the South facing windows and doors with two window walls and a door wall, the latter probable off of the nursery. This latter project is being championed by Bud and John, and is moving ahead already.

As stated before, what we would also like to do is to give the east facing side of the building a new look. E.g. where the triangle window is converted to stucco, should we or can we put some kind of a religious icon or design, and perhaps highlight it with an exterior light in the evening. The old iron cross might also be enhanced with some back lighting and sprucing it up with a new, perhaps different painting scheme. Doing something with the stuccoed areas at ground level is also a possibility. This is an opportunity to change the Ed Building into the proverbial silk purse!

If you have some ideas on these upcoming designs, please let us know and maybe we can develop a ‘new look’ for old Trinity along with our new emphasis on outreach and assimilation.

Meeting Room Improvements If you have not noticed, there are some changes going on in the Meeting Room in the Ed Building. New blinds, new valance, new paint have improved the looks of things greatly. This is thanks to Bud, John, and Barbara. We are also looking at re-doing the trim and perhaps some other improvements.

Energy Energy Energy Karl made a special note of it in his report to Council, we are underrunning our energy budget by about $3000 YTD. This could not have come at a better time considering our tight budget! Some of this has to do with the physical changes, but most of has to do with YOUR effort to keep these costs down. Thank you so much and keep the lights on while you need them and turn them off when you leave. P.S. Same with the HVAC!

Fire, Safety and Building Security Systems We are still pursuing some free advice on this in specking and design of the system. If you can help, please let us know. Or if you can secure someone knowledgeable in these systems from the outside, it would be greatly appreciated.

Something Need Fixin’? If there are things that need attending to please let us know by talk or text to 314-249-8721 (Bud) or 912-236-3128 (Mike) or by email to mfajen@comcast.net or eegerdes@gmail.com.

For Bud and I, Mike Fajen