Saint Catherine of Siena Facilities Study Group

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Saint Catherine of SienaFacilities Study
Group

• REPORT TO PARISH COMMUNITY
• OCT 28 NOV 2, 2008

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• ? Getting Started
• gt Facilities Study Group Action Plan
• gt Objective
• ? Information Gathering
• gt Development of Parish Program Plan
• gt Condition Survey Feasibility Study Results
  
• ? Where do we go from here ?
• gt Cost and Program-Sizing Options
• ? Parishioner Participation
• gt Questions, Comments and Reactions

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GETTING STARTED
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ACTION PLAN DEVELOPED BY FACILITIES STUDY GROUP

• The FSG action plan included three studies
• gt a Parish Program study which identified
  the space and time
• usage needs of currently active and
  planned programs and
• activities
• gt a Condition Survey which identified
  probable costs to alleviate
• conditions (maintenance code
  etc.) requiring attention in
• 2 to 10 years and
• gt a Feasibility Study which determined
  the reasonableness of
• accommodating the recommended
  program activities AND the
• probable costs of
• 1) renovating all or a portion of the
  existing structure AND/OR
• 2) constructing new space to fit the program

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FACILITIES STUDY GROUP OBJECTIVE

• The development of a facilities plan which is
  both
• ? adequate to effectively and efficiently support
  the liturgical, educational, faith formation,
  social, community service / outreach and
  administrative activities of the parish, and
• ? affordable for the parish membership to support
  the capital costs required for the renovation /
  construction phase and the maintenance phase for
  the lifetime of the facility.

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INFORMATION GATHERING
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PARISH CENTER PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS

• Parish Center Program Needs
• gt additional small large meeting rooms
• gt a mixture of private shared staff
  offices w/ workstations
• gt more flexibility in scheduling seminars,
  classes, meetings, etc.
• gt larger service kitchen appropriate
  equipment
• gt interior connections to meeting rooms,
  staff offices, etc.
• gt privacy in / around chapel, offices and
  lounges
• gt larger space for social, educational,
  liturgical and other activities

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CHURCH PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS, contd

• Church Program Needs
• gt Greeting gathering space (narthex) located
  adjacent to
• the Church serves as the
  primary entryway to Church
• gt more than one restroom is needed
• gt larger (and possibly relocated) family crying
  room
• gt more visible baptismal font with capability
  for the immersion
• of adults
• gt storage space for music other program
  materials

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CONDITION SURVEY RESULTS

• Physical Condition of Parish Center Church
• gt For Immediate Action --- carbon monoxide
  monitoring in Church
• and interim roof repair in Parish
  Center large lounge
• gt Significant deferred maintenance on Parish
  Center Church roofs
• gt Both heating / ventilating systems Church
  A/C system are at the end
• of their life cycles will likely
  need replacement by 2010
• gt Building obsolescence due to progressive
  energy, code and safety
• standards
• gt Required Occupancy Code review changes for
  Parish Center
• e.g., the number of rest rooms lack of
  ADA-approved rest rooms
• gt Safety and egress problems for Parish
  Center
• gt West wall Parish Center windows are in
  poor condition

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CONDITION SURVEY RESULTS, contd

• Minimum Project Costs
• These are rough project cost estimates taken
  from the Condition
• Survey Report with soft costs added to
  provide a total. Soft
• costs include Architecture / Engineering
  fees Furniture, Fixture
• Equipment costs, etc.
• gt Church building --- Roof HVAC replacement
  750,000
• gt Parish Center --- Roof HVAC
  replacement 700,000
• Includes only roof, HVAC and minor ADA
  / code changes
• Does not include window
  replacement, major interior wall changes or
• major code changes (residential
  to assembly code use) addition of rest
• rooms electrical, plumbing,
  kitchen, lighting, flooring or sound-proofing
• upgrades etc.

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FEASIBILITY STUDY RESULTSFOR PARISH CENTER
CHURCH

• Concept 2 Narthex attached to Church not
  attached to Parish
• Center accommodation of
  full parish activities
• program within a
  renovated, expanded Center
• Concept 7 Narthex attached to both the Church
  Parish Center
• accommodation of full
  parish activities program
• in a new, expanded Parish
  Center located in two
• building wings flanking
  the west-facing main entrance
• to the narthex
• Concept 8 Narthex attached to both Church
  Parish Center
• accommodation of full
  parish activities program
• in a new, expanded Parish
  Center located in two-story
• north wing adjacent to a
  narthex

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FEASIBILITY STUDY RESULTS, contd

• Concept 8 was preferred
• 1) accommodates existing planned parish
  programs
• 2) an 18,000 SF Parish Center including
  private shared staff
• offices a 3,600 SF reception hall
  expanded kitchen chapel
• areas and large small meeting and
  lounge rooms, etc. AND
• 3) a greeting and gathering space (narthex) of
  1,600 SF
• Additional benefits of Concept 8 during
  construction
• 4) allows use of the existing Parish Center
• 5) eliminates the dollar people-time cost
  of identifying,
• scheduling and relocating to
  alternative program spaces
• 6) keeps staff and volunteers on campus

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FEASIBILITY STUDY RESULTS, contd

• gt Each of the three concepts, which include
  major work on the
• parish center, church and narthex, will cost
  at least 6.25M
• gt HOWEVER this level of project cost could be
  beyond the
• capability for the parish community to
  support, given the reduction
• in the number of parishioners
• gt It is important to note that the charge to the
  Facilities Study
• Group was to research the current status
  future use of
• parish buildings within the context of the
  parish program.
• No decision has been made on a specific
  design concept,
• capital cost or renovation amount to expend.

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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE ?
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COST PROGRAM-SIZING OPTIONS

• A) Minimum Cost Option -----
  1,500,000
• Church Parish Center roof and HVAC
• replacement minor ADA/code issues
• other necessary expenditures related
• to the work noted above
• B) Full Parish Program Option -----
  6,250,000
• Construction of Narthex and new Parish
• Center connected to Church Church
• roof HVAC replacement safety
• other code issues
• C) The Somewhere-in-Between Option
  (refer to
• next slide)

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COST PROGRAM-SIZING OPTIONS, contd

• C) Somewhere-in-Between Options
• gt The costs for these mid-range options
  would depend on
• which and how many of the
  programmatic space needs are
• either down-sized, deleted or
  combined with other parish
• program activities
• gt Further decisions regarding these
  mid-range options vs.
• programmatic space needs are the
  responsibility of the Pastoral
• Council
• Examples What would be the impact on cost
  program if one
• or more of the following changes were
  made in the program plan?
• 1) delete the narthex ?
• 2) delete the choir rehearsal room ?
• 3) combine the narthex large social gathering
  space ?
• 4) delete the chapel space planned for the
  center ?

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COST PROGRAM-SIZING OPTIONS, contd

• More Examples
• 5) reduce the number of planned meeting
  rooms by 25?
• by 33? by 50?
• 6) for Concept 8, locate lower half of 1st
  floor underground
• thus reducing the cost of a
  2-story building to 1-1/2 story
• 7) the existing Parish Center was renovated
  --- BUT the Center
• square footage was either
• a) not increased beyond the current
  size OR
• b) increased to a square footage
  appreciably less
• than the program
  target of approx 18,000 SF?
• 8) a new Parish Center was constructed,
  similar in size to the
• existing center demolish the
  existing center
• 9) the construction / renovation plan
  was segmented and
• phased over a multiple year
  period?

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PARISHIONER DISCUSSION AND INPUT