Event:2017/08/07 Building

Omni Building Working Group meeting notes, Monday August 7, 2017

attendees & updates

• yar jenny robb sierke patrik

Action Items from Last Week

• Ping Marcus re: chalkboard wall [jenny] - has walls, still need to paint them. where to do that? outside, use drop cloths
• Update wiki with /ToFix [jenny/robb] - ongoing
• Print out paper list of low hanging fruit tasks to be posted around commons. The list will be edited at BWG meetings. [jenny/sierk] - ongoing at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vM-OtW_jBwHSMnDxopJt9F5B2B6XG5xO6w36IcQXiPM/edit#gid=1095471382

• Use the trello for the current tasks; keep open at meetings to update

Projects in Progress

south wall

• laura was going to ask the folks giving a quote on the exterior siding about putting windows in there
• need to schedule a work day to finish it up - maybe Saturday, Aug 26th? - robb will coordinate with yar
  • we'll do it that day if not earlier
• robb will call children's hospital day before to schedule opening the gate

wheelchair bathroom

next step: email inspector proposing an AMMR

• leave in urinals
• one page description, inspector has to sign it
• "alternative means to meet the present code"
• jenny & robb installed soap dispenser

Painting the entrance hall

• white heron? windfresh white?
• jenny will procure paint this week
• need to organize a work party to prep the walls - spackling

rats

• robb finds them in CCL traps in the mornings
• robb put borax + sugar in the upstairs kitchen to kill roaches
• incorporate with the work party - block off the superhighway in the basement duct leading to 48th
• pour concrete? cinderblocks? measure the "ratline" (basement duct to street)
• will need facemasks full hazmat suits

Downstairs kitchen remodel

• no news since last week
• budgeted for 52k? - that was a combined ballroom / kitchen budget for a kiva loan
• lots of decisions unclear regarding the plan and thus the cost. need a new meeting

can we separate this kitchen project into phases? what would a minimal phase 1 be?

• future kitchen meeting: david, max cadji/phat beets, ken, joe, sierk, anka & tuan, yar, jenny, ryan g
• jenny will start a new, full kitchen budget sheet (talk to dk)
• phase 1: walls, windows, fire suppression (quoted at $5K by john@genesis-fire.com)

Front door opener

• we just need to go get the brackets

hallway bathroom

• plumbing stripped
• if it snaps again and starts leaking...
• measure it, get the right faucet
• need to turn off water to whole building
  • also put in shutoff valves this time so we don't have to do that again
• hose spigot? mop sink?

home depot run

• jenny & robb/sierk, sometime this week
• 2 heavy duty brackets for front door opener
• paint for entrance hall
• projector mounting gear for stage

Fundraising for Building Projects

• City of Oakland Facade Improvement Program - 50% funding (up to $30K) for exterior painting, awning and signage
• http://www2.oaklandnet.com/government/o/CityAdministration/d/NeighborhoodInvestment/s/GrantPrograms/DOWD008195
• jenny will inquire
• dk, jenny, laura & niki worked on and submitted CAST grant app for $40K in Tenant Improvements. Grant folder is here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwuYm0uv_ftbamdNUWVGSGVlaFU

post-meeting

• take a look at the basement duct
• check on supply of quick-crete & casters - ~300 lbs of quick-crete, casters not readily visible

miscellaneous link dump

• shit needing fixing - update in progress by location - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vM-OtW_jBwHSMnDxopJt9F5B2B6XG5xO6w36IcQXiPM/edit#gid=1095471382
• 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

Next Meeting: August 21st @ 6pm

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