Event:2017/07/31 Building

Omni Building Working Group meeting notes, Monday July 31, 2017

= attendees & updates =
 * Jenny - work on finance wants to be liaison between finance & building & specifically on ADA bathroom. AMMR app maybe needs to be submitted?
 * Yar - sudoer. really really really wanna finish the wheelchair bathroom
 * Robb - SUdo Room member; does a lot of work around here
 * Sierk - sudo & fnb members, first bwg meeting, architect
 * Patrik - from CCL; wants to get rodents under control; they are still everywhere and being caught every day in CCL. More mice and small rats. PArticularly a prob for CCL because can contaminate experiments. Long term plan is still to put a plexiglass barrier between CCL & Sudo and the hall (but that is more for dust and access control - may not change rodent issue)
 * Aitan - works at O2 aritsans aggregate in W Oak as a project manager. He makes sure all the projects happens and happens smoothly. https://o2aa.com/
 * Laura - here to be a nudge - help with fundraising for the projects. haven't been successful so far. waiting to hear back from the ext

laura's spreadsheet
laura's major maintenance and upgrades most recent merged list
 * https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TlBf8XzjsuAxbZJHnjikMuFeHwJHLK5tLqmNpYOch-o/edit#gid=0

david's list
made in january for accessibility meeting
 * https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Uyid6liwUBR6b89yDy5yZaoX9r_ahzOZNTt-V6sPnhk/edit#gid=0

trello
has due dates, nags you

south wall

 * area of leak in basement identified and siding removed, still off
 * Have materials
 * Exterior S wall will need many new siding boards
 * yar - can we fit windows around there? Laura will ask this when the estimate comes in from Everest Painting and Waterproofing
 * robb - about 2ft of vacant space above the foundation

wheelchair bathroom

 * next step: AMMR
 * laws have changed?
 * rejected for 4k resist grant, maryanne tried
 * maybe 8.5k

Painting the entrance hall

 * Welcoming working group initiating and planning
 * Wall repair needs to be done first
 * yar happy to show up on paint day - jenny will contact marcus about buying the paint

rats

 * basement areas need rat proofing
 * especially the boiler room
 * running along the top of the vents
 * to the left of the boiler room is an electrical panel... dug out from the outside


 * there are also roaches in the upstairs kitchen
 * the diatemaceous earth has not been effective; robb suggests borax

Downstairs kitchen remodel

 * crowdfunding video planned? Footage shot but final edits not done

Front door opener

 * Come up with a safe way to mount a fairly robust motor above the door, motor assembled
 * Only have 1 button for the outside to enter the building
 * Conduit for all the wires around door and entrance
 * Lowering the doorbell

Fundraising for Building Projects

 * De la Soul fundraising concert?
 * Crowdfunding for Kitchen

Organizing
* Chalkboard wall in the entrance hall with the week's tasks
 * Paper list

Action Items

 * Ping Marcus re: chalkboard wall [jenny]
 * Update wiki with /ToFix [jenny
 * Print out paper list of low hanging fruit tasks to be posted around commons. The list will be edited at BWG meetings. [jenny/sierk]
 * Use the trello for the current tasks; keep open at meetings to update
 * separate

Next Meeting: August 7th @ 6pm

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