Event:2015/04/06 Building Working Group

Meeting Minutes 4/6/2015 These notes also at: https://pad.riseup.net/p/buildings Present: Laura T, Matt S, Joe L, amgo, DK, Sean F, Sean L, Jenny, Ali

SOUTH WALL SOUNDPROOFING

 * Sean is point person
 * Blow in insulation?
 * Joe: not industry standard anymore. Now insulate AND
 * how much Sound Transmission Coefficient/Noise
 * How much noise is leaking?
 * Spaz people did decibel reading
 * Didn't have
 * Sean will try to get that reading from spaz
 * 90 decibels might Cabaret law limit
 * Aiming to have this work done first 2 weeks in May
 * Sean's work

SEQUENCE OF WORK

 * Find out how much sound is coming out
 * get numbers about what sound deadening stuff works how much
 * DK is going to send an email to Brian and CC Sean Logan
 * DK: We should leave it to Brian's discretion
 * Maybe we can authorize a few hours professional labor for consulting
 * $150/hour for Brian
 * Jim (architect) might consult for cheap (up to now free)
 * Jim consult with Brian. Brian tell Jim what to mock up on Autocad
 * Contact Seb or Johnny to get decibel equipment and do a sound check under Seb's supervision
 * THINGS WE NEED
 * Lotsa sheet rock - Home Depot can drop it off
 * Sean must recruit a crew
 * ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP WITH FACILITIES MANAGER OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND GET CLICKER FOR PARKING LOT

La Commune Wall

 * Joe is point person
 * Started today hauling stuff away
 * get rid of camper shell
 * if joe can get people to help him he can get some stuff
 * Get help from Jerome

PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES

 * Jim-Architect- no charge
 * SEB - sound guy - has lotsa tools - loves OMNI\
 * BRIAN GLASSCOCK - Friend of Seb
 * BRIAN HOOD- Can no longer do it for free hoodconstructionco.com
 * Johnny Latimer - sound guy

NONHUMAN RESOURCES

 * 2 sets of scaffolding under stage

WORK DAYS

 * Door Day
 * Light day
 * install covers on all lights
 * Need to finish tracing conduit - FRIDAY?
 * Need at least 3 pple
 * extension cords
 * kinda confusing - can't trace all circuits on all subpanels in one day but we can start
 * need to be disconnected - any exposed conduit needs to be inflexible so all the stuff in walls must be destroyed

MAPPING ALL CIRCUITS

 * FRIDAY!
 * Needs at least 3 people
 * Need crew head
 * Matt, Patrik?, DK?, Jake?, Gerald?, Jerome, Rachel?, Liz?

La Commune

 * a row of countertop outlets
 * get counter height cuz don't want box below counter
 * height may be determined by sink

DOORS

 * APRIL 18 - DO ONE DOOR! marc juul - research all material needs BEFORE DOOR DAY
 * NEED DOOR DAY COORDINATOR
 * Who? DUsty? Liz?
 * ACCESS CONTROL
 * PANIC BARS
 * Maybe one day JUST panic bars
 * Marc Juul might be able to make panic bar/access
 * PREP
 * one set of access control equipment as prototype
 * Marc should finalize this list
 * MARC research panic bars! Panic bars need to be able to integrate with access control system

WHAT DO WE NEED PERMITS FOR

 * front door
 * lighting for la commune

FRONT DOOR

 * one wide door (at least 3' wide) and one 2' wide
 * need door to be 80" high for ADA
 * since we have to raise transom may as well change everything
 * for $5000 Ricky will do the door
 * Joe: T astrical as opposed to post
 * includes supplies
 * Seppy can't do the cool double door thing alone now too busy
 * LAURA WILL ASK FRIEND
 * DK WILL ASK A PERSON
 * DK knows a Doug the Anarchist Carpenter
 * DK friend Armel willing to do cool political stained glass thing for top

DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CITY PEOPLE

 * Passing lots of ppl onto Sean F., Joe
 * personal trust and getting along are most important

Building & Fire

 * discrete tasks
 * haven't yet had a building inspection

INSPECTIONS

 * If inspectors think we are using the building we get a set amount of time to finish project
 * If we are actually working on stuff it's not as scary
 * City wants us to succeed and probably won't send over surprise inspection BUTTTTT
 * Commercial Kitchen

BASEMENT KITCHEN

 * Involve Phat Beets
 * Make up air
 * stove - mechanical inspection - don't say we fixed it - it's grandfathered in
 * need to clean out pilot holes
 * may need new ranges
 * Ansel fire suppression - max knows a good person for $2k
 * Disassemble roof fire suppression
 * Disassemble exhaust hood on the roof for the kitchen stove fan, writing down the model number for the fan
 * windows
 * floors
 * knock out wall? When?
 * Ask Antonio to do official basement kitchen ($160/visit)
 * Price out kitchen fixes
 * Going to wait for building officials to tell us that we need to replace the stove.
 * Get Phat Beets involved, start a regular kitchen meeting with them?

Planning

 * abstract
 * they are kinda on our side and want us to succeed
 * DK, Sean f, and Joe will go over everything & puzzle out how all to deal with plans, and introduce to planners
 * Together make decisions about what kind of goals want to aim for

ADA BATHROOM

 * Can't get inspected til La Commune wall is done
 * Need to close holes (?)
 * Liasing with John Givens - Joe?
 * Should also be Board President
 * He loves candy
 * More frequent, short (less than an hour), frequent meetings are best. Perhaps meet on the weekly?
 * Replaced the skylights in sudo/ccl as a nice thing to do for us, could potentially be convincd to do the same thing for the ballroom
 * BID liaison - Sarah P?
 * Neighborhood Groups - JENNY
 * Town SquARED
 * Temescal Merchants Association
 * NextDoor
 * Yahoo group for Temescal
 * 48th Street group
 * Ultra
 * Nautilus
 * Developers, contact is Lindsay
 * 3-phase power with Nautilus - Whitney
 * New maintenance panel, try to get John to buy it
 * what if we make cost lists for all building projects and then point out ot JG what his $ responsibility
 * JG will suspect we don't really have to do it

CCL PLUMBING

 * Talk to friend of Laura t scott rector, licensed plumber
 * put mop sink in ADA bathroom
 * Running pipe under the hallway to sudo/ccl to the bathroom there
 * Need to make sure to get John's approval on all major building repairs
 * Any unlicensed contractor work we do must be done by a MEMBER
 * mechanics leins

MISC ACTIONS

 * Go down to Public Records and look at the redacted records for the building
 * Go file and run in the paper for 30 days 'Omni Commons' DBA
 * Update Wishlist on the wiki: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/WishList

FOUNDATION BASEMENT

 * south retaining wall leak
 * mold
 * MPM, Phat Beets, & Black Hole should work on that
 * take down all siding and dry wall against back wall
 * set up apptmt from facilities manager from children's hospital because may need to build a trnch cuz maybe coming from flower beds
 * SIKA Flecks??
 * plastic on both sides
 * the water table in Temescal is really high
 * oil-based primer over the mold areas after spraying with bleach and dumping a bucket of water on it
 * rip out the carpet in the basement