The
Building Committee approves the Architectural Plans
The
Building Committee Meeting Approved the Architectural Plans
Saturday,
May 9, 2004 – 10:00-12:00 pm
Presentation – Participants’
Photo-Album
After months of hard work, and in close
consultation with His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel, and Very Rev. Fr. Dean
Laurence Lazar, on behalf of the Religious Art Commission of ROEA, the
Architects Garo Minassian and Michelle Ertzan, under the supervision of Fr.
Constantin Alecse, were able to structure the building project plans work-load
(90%), the Holy Trinity Parish will undertake in Sunland, California,
commencing the year’s end of 2004.
The progress of the architectural work, as
well as its contingencies (grading/civil, structural, electrical, plumbing,
acoustical, kitchen consulting, soil & geological, etc.) were constantly
reported to the community by Fr. Constantin Alecse, through the church magazine
(http://publicatii.com),
the Internet web-page (http://OrthodoxNet.org
), direct mailing and Sunday’s announcements, at the end of the Church
Services.
On Sunday, February 8, 2004, at the Parish
General Assembly, both: the parish Office, represented by Fr. Constantin
Alecse, and the Building Committee Chairman, Mr. Constantin Jercan, presented -
in a joint report - the 2003 and part of 2004 Building Committee’s activities,
for the full year of 2003 and part of 2004; while Mr. Marian Serban, Treasurer
of the Building Trust Fund, made a detailed presentation of the “Building
Project Finances”, which, at the end-of-year stood at a bit more than $
700,000.00 (money-in-the-bank), not considering the Church’s real estate
assets, and the liquid grant of some $ 800,000.00 (plus the Chatsworth MROC
real estate) from the MROC/Moldovita Foundation, dedicated to the same purpose.
After the final approval was received from the
ROEA (Episcopate), regarding the details concerning “The Church”, Garo
Minassian, the Architect, called upon all the members of the “Designers’ Team”,
while Fr. Constantin Alecse dealt with the convocation of the Building
Committee membership, for Saturday, May 9, 2004, at 10:00 am, at the parish
hall, located at: 3315 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065, with only one item
on the Agenda:
1. Presentation,
Discussions, Recommendations, and Final Approval of the Architectural Plans for
the Building Project of the New Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church in
Sunland, California, commencing the end of 2004.
20 people (members of
the Building Committee and the Architectural team) were present:
The Building committee’s membership present:
1.
Very Rev. Fr. Dean Constantin Alecse, Parish Priest
2. Rev.
Fr. William John (Bill) Clark, associate pastor, Chaplain of the HTROC Chapel
3. Mr.
Constantin Jercan, Building Committee’s Chairman
4. Mr.
Marian Serban, President of the Parish Council
5. Mrs.
Dora-Marcela Serban, Secretary of the Parish Council
6. Mr.
John Simoni (General Constructor) Member
7. Mr.
Dorian Serban (General constructor), Member
8. Mr.
Petrica Predescu, businessman, Member
9. Mr.
Grigore Birtoc (General Constructor) Member
10. Mr.
Constantin Ciocan (Plumbing/Air Conditioning specialist) Member
11. Mr.
Octavian Cinca (Acoustical/Communication specialist) Member
12. Mr.
Ion Anton (Public relations) member
Absent from the meeting (for blessed reasons)
were the following Building committee members:
13).
Mario Theodorou;
14). Doru Afloarei
15). Paul Mantea;
16 & 17). Marian & Robert Sarbu.
The Architectural team (giving presentations):
1. Architect
Garo Minassian and Erick, the Architect’s assistant, the 3 D presentation
specialist;
2. Architect
Michelle Ertzan
3. Mr.
Samir D. Ekmekji (Reiss, Brown & Ekmekji) Structural Engineer
4. Mr.
George V. Hovaguimian and associate (Enercon System) Mechanical Engineering (A/C, Ventilation, Plumbing & Waste
Systems)
5. Mr.
Vrej Ratavousian, P.E. (Arrow Design) – Electrical Engineering Designers
6. “Western
Pioneer Sales Co” – representative - on behalf of Sean Callahan, Principal –
Commercial Kitchen consultants & Suppliers.
Not giving presentations
(at the stated meeting):
7).
Mr. George G. Boghossian (George G. Boghossian & Associates, Inc.) –
Civil Engineer - who fulfilled his tasks, and already submitted the grading
plans for approval;
8).
Mr. Alan Wing, G.E. (RT Frankian & Associates) – Soil &
Geological Engineering – who also fulfilled the tasks, completing for
submission the “Geological Report”.
After the
“Design Team” made its presentation
- close to one (1) hour – the Building Committee membership took almost
another hour of discussions and recommendations.
Architect Michelle Ertzan (as a member of the
community, very knowledgeable in the community’s customs, traditions, practices
and social activities), summarized the Building Committee membership input and
recommendations as following:
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS:
1. Additional
daylight in the great hall, by way of dormers or windows in the blank facade,
borrowing daylight through the stage area;
2. Rain
gutters throughout;
STRUCTURAL DRAWING:
1. Reduce
length of shear wall at East and of Altar in order to make it fit within the
radius of the wall
2. Two
columns can be located in the Kitchen, at the cook’s island wall.
3. Foundations
at Great Hall and Class Rooms wing shall be
designed to sustain two-story loads for possible future expansion.
MECHANICAL SECTION:
1. Verify
location, size and number of condenser enclosures required for the Church;
2. Look
into solar panels located on the undeveloped portion of the hill (or on the 2nd
phase building roofs) for Phase II of project;
Electrical
1. Provide
individual meters for Classroom wing and future Phase II apartments;
2. Use
a continuous light soffit with fluorescent flex-type tubes at the base of the
altar cupola; Omit type G sconces;
3. Sconces
type C in the nave to be raised at the level of the column capitals;
Revised proposed schedule for the services based on progress made to date.
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1. Submit plans for plan check |
June 20, 2004 |
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2. Plan check |
July 01, 2004 |
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3. Plan corrections, clearances &
obtaining of permits |
September 10, 2004 |
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4. Bidding & negotiation, select
contractor |
September 15, 2004 |
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5. Begin Construction |
November 1, 2004 |
Building project web-site:
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Building Project (information) |
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Photo-Album from the Meeting |
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Designer’s Team Coordinates |
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2003/2004 Committee’s actions |
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Special Assembly’s (2002) |
http://biserica.org/Churches/SfantaTreime/Building/BSA/2002/index.html |
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Assembly’s Resolutions (2002) |
http://biserica.org/Churches/SfantaTreime/Building/BSA/2002/Res1/index.html |
Respectfully submitted, Fr. Constantin Alecse,
parish priest / Dora-Marcela Serban, secretary
Viata Crestină, Aprilie-Iunie
2004
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