1. St. Paul Renovation and Repair Recommendation Team
ACTION PLAN
First presented to Council September 12, 2016
Updated for Adult Forum May 7, 2017

2. Objectives:
Recommend ways we can update our use of our facility to make St Paul more WELCOMING to visitors and potential new members.
Recommend renovations and repairs that will make our facility more INVITING to both visitors and members.
Did not consider projects outside of these objectives, such as repair/replacement of the organ or roof/steeple repairs.

3. Methodology Building Use Survey
Distributed over 75 surveys
Received 4 back in print form & had numerous in-person survey discussions with members.
Discussions with Key Building Users/Maintainers
Vanessa Young
Kimberly Olsen
Dan Geiseman (Personal Touch Janitorial Inc.)
ESSE Center Staff
St. Paul Hospitality Audit Notes (5/22/2016)
Input from Operations Board
Tim Kelly
John Whitnell
Facility audit by Jeff Spann, ELCA Mission Investment Fund (2/1/2017)

4. Action Plan focus: Building Usage Exterior Updates Interior Repairs
Maintenance/Cleaning
Exterior Updates
Interior Repairs
Interior Renovations

5. Building Usage & Maintenance
Sunday morning Coffee Fellowship
Adult Forum
Youth and Nursery Programs
“LSSI” Office
Cleaning
Storage

6. Building Usage ADULT FELLOWSHIP:
Fellowship Hall coffee hour currently for “insiders”
Create welcoming adult education and fellowship “HUB” possibly incorporating Circle Drive entryway
More visible to visitors
Easier access for senior members
Easy transition to outdoors
Announce Coffee Fellowship & Adult Forum at end of service to encourage attendance
Increased attendance due to proximity to Sanctuary

7. Building Usage ADULT FORUM:
Move to the Chapel
Recently renovated
Comfortably seats 40+
Easy to find for potential new members
Easy access for senior members
Increased attendance due to proximity to Sanctuary and Sunday Coffee Fellowship
Rear door allows attendees to come and go without disrupting presentation
No weekly maintenance set-up charges
Chapel still available for memorial services, small funerals and weddings, as well as quiet meditation.

8. Building Usage NURSERY: If committed to nursery, return to sanctuary level
Current infant nursery is cramped and too far from Sanctuary.
Separate infant and toddler nurseries not practical for a church of our size.

9. Building Usage YOUTH PROGRAMS:
Create youth education “HUB”
Parents can drop all Sunday School aged children off in one location.
Create check-in/check-out system for younger children
Children can aspire to graduating to “next level”

10. Building Usage COMPUTER ROOM:
Incorporate current computer room into Youth Education “HUB”
Current set-up is antiquated not allowing room to be used for any other purpose.
Work with PADS/ESL to apply for a grant for a mobile computer cart with lap-tops that can be moved from room to room
Property committee currently working to strengthen WIFI throughout the building

11. Building Usage LSSI ROOM: Nice room that has turned into “catch-all”
Building Usage LSSI ROOM: Nice room that has turned into “catch-all”. Consider additional uses, such as a “Mother’s Room” during services (add wireless speaker), or space for high school or middle school small groups.

12. Building Maintenance STORAGE:
Many complaints about lack of storage
Storage Organization
Not utilizing existing storage to full extent
Cleaning out closets part of May 20th Work Day
Establish who is authorized to keep or toss stored items.

13. Building Maintenance CLEANING:
Additional cleaning needed on a weekly, monthly and annual basis
Tables and chairs need scheduled cleaning
Stairs
Kitchen
Interior stone wall at Circle Drive entrance
Exterior power washing
Personal Touch contract to be reviewed/ updated

14. Building Maintenance CLEAN/REPLACE:

15. Building Maintenance CLEANING:

16. EXTERIOR UPDATES
Signage
Entrances
Landscaping

17. Exterior Updates
Add SIGNAGE to Evergreen, Forest and Wheaton Avenue parking lot entrances:
Add SIGNAGE to rear parking lot entrance door:

18. Exterior Updates SIGNAGE:
Exterior Updates SIGNAGE: CURRENT “ST PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH” SIGN HARD TO READ

19. Exterior Updates SIGNAGE:
Update “515” sign at front entrance and add “St Paul Lutheran Church”
Currently a plank routered with “515”

20. Exterior Updates ENTRANCES:
Narthex Entrance
Recent stair, railing and lighting additions look great
Add large planters

21. Exterior Updates CIRCLE DRIVE ENTRANCE: Power wash stone wall (done), add commercial benches, paint rusty railing, fix lamppost

22. Exterior Updates Circle Drive Entrance:

23. Exterior Updates REAR PARKING LOT ENTRANCE: Replace bench, remove small decorative items, consider adding a canopy

24. Exterior Updates LANDSCAPING:
Plan for 4 seasons
Pruning - Expand responsibility of contract landscapers
Update plantings around Circle Drive signage
Consider investing in commercial sized planters that do not require daily watering
Front entrance
Circle drive entrance

25. Exterior Updates PRAYER GARDEN: Great idea, needs ongoing maintenance
St. Paul
Geneva Lutheran Church (ELCA)

26. Sanctuary Walls/Bulletin Boards Classrooms Ceilings Doormats
Interior Repairs
Sanctuary
Walls/Bulletin Boards
Classrooms
Ceilings
Doormats

27. Interior Repairs SANCTUARY:
Stained glass windows – replace damaged panes as needed
Communion kneelers – consider reupholstering

28. Interior Repairs WALLS: Repair and paint walls (East Entrance completed); update bulletin boards or remove

29. Interior Repairs CLASSROOMS:
Update frosted glass in classrooms with clear glass
Safety issue if adult alone with a child
Inspect horizontal blinds where they still exist
Choking hazard for young children

30. Interior Repairs CEILINGS:

31. Interior Repairs DOORMATS:
Replace door mats at all entrances (in process)

32. Interior Renovations/Updates
Adult Education & Fellowship HUB
Children’s Education HUB
Nursery to Sanctuary Level (if committed to nursery)
Narthex Furnishings
Fellowship Hall
Lower level bathrooms (under Narthex)
Lower level slat board Welcome Center
Interior Signage
Lower level Recycling Station
Prisca Room sound proofing

33. INTERIOR UPDATES NARTHEX FURNISHINGS:

34. Interior Renovations FELLOWSHIP HALL:
Replace carpet
Round tables
Retain some rectangular tables
Replace red chairs
Consider removing one of the two storage closets to gain more seating for large events
Bride’s Room will become storage.
Storage will be needed for tables, racks & chairs
Repair moveable walls as needed.
Paint

35. Interior Renovations KITCHEN:
While dated, the kitchen functions well for large events
Do not recommend full scale renovation
Recommend replacing refrigerator
Recommend purchasing mobile dishwasher for large events
Hot water mentioned as an issue; heater is new.
The water heater is turned down to save energy and can be adjusted as needed for special events.
ESSE warming drawer just replaced by ESSE

36. Interior Renovations CONVERT BRIDE’S ROOM TO STORAGE:

37. Interior Renovations LOWER LEVEL BATHROOMS:
Gut the lower level bathrooms underneath the Narthex
Replace with 2 single use, unisex bathrooms
Similar to a physician’s office
Handicapped accessible
Include child changing table in one or both
Convert Bride’s Room to storage

38. Interior Renovations LOWER LEVEL BATHROOMS

39. Interior Renovations LOWER LEVEL SLAT BOARD WELCOME CENTER:
Add a larger slat board Welcome Center in the lower level hallway (by the rear parking lot entrance)
Info for potential new members
Info for current members
Would also be available to families of ESSE clients

40. Interior Renovations INTERIOR SIGNAGE:
Current names of certain rooms not intuitive
“Prisca”, “Aquila”
Nursery is now on lower level
Choir Room labeled, but library not included
Need sign over door for “Fellowship Hall”

41. Interior Renovations RECYCLING CENTER:
Great concept
Needs to be more deliberate
Sign announcing “St Paul Recycles”

42. Interior Renovations PRISCA ROOM:
Currently used by ESSE principally for storage
No longer used as a lunch room
Noisy in winter due to proximity to boiler room
Consider sound proofing/repurposing

43. God’s work our hands
Together at St. Paul we have an opportunity to update our church home to make it both Welcoming and Inviting for Visitors and Members. Let’s get started!

44. All Church Work-Day Saturday, May 20th, 9am-1pm
Come for all or part of the 4 hours
Interior and exterior projects large and small
Guaranteed Fellowship!
Please Join Us!

45. DISCUSSION