Campus Vision Project
The Campus Vision Project was created to plan and execute a renovation of the UUCPA campus that will sustain our vision for the future. We have completed the Design phase and are expecting bids from contractors on December 9.
On November 24th, a Special Congregational Meeting was held to vote on completing the project, which 57 members attended. Sally Ahnger presented an update on the Campus Vision Project and Elsa Schafer presented an update on the 75th Anniversary Capital Campaign. The motion “The congregation authorizes the Campus Vision Task Force to complete the Campus Vision Project with a total budget of $2,855,000” was overwhelmingly approved. If you missed the meeting, you can watch the video recording here. The meeting starts at minute 19:40 in the recording (there is no sound at the beginning of the recording).
Previously, on October 20, the Campus Vision team presented an update on the budget and schedule for the project. You can watch the recording of that meeting here. The total projected expenditure for the project exceeded the available funds by about $300,000, even after removing some features of the project, including the renovation of the storage closets in the back hallway and the optional earthquake strapping in the Main Hall. In order to preserve the Main Hall electrical HVAC and keep us on track toward our critical goal of carbon neutrality, the board approved an increase in the project budget of $300,000 and plans to raise additional funds to cover it.
The scope of the Campus Vision Project, funded by the Capital Campaign, is now:
- Entire campus electricity system upgrade to lay the infrastructure for achieving our Zero Carbon goals
- Full kitchen remodel to upgrade it to a commercial-style fully-electric kitchen
- Main Hall electric heat pump heating/cooling and filtered fresh air
- Main Hall electric heat pump water heaters
- Choir room remodel with built-in work surfaces and music storage
- Accessible Bathroom with Shower for our homeless shelter guests
- Washer/Dryer for church laundry and homeless shelter guests
Two other items will be included in the Implementation, funded by other sources. Ten Electric Vehicle chargers will be funded with a grant from the city of Palo Alto and new electric heat pump heating/cooling and filtered fresh air in the Ministers’ building will be funded by UUCPA’s Capital Budget.
See the Campus Vision Project Plan & History page for a history of the project so far.