PROPERTY COMMITTEE REPORT 1994-1995
			by David S. Lawyer

During this one year period, some progress was made in catching up
with deferred maintenance.  About half of the damaged window sills
have been repaired.  However there are about a hundred other items
which remain to be done.  See David Lawyer for a detailed list of
these along with rough estimates of the time and material cost.

The heavy rainfall revealed numerous water leaks, the worst of which
was water from the neighbor's parking lot to the north flooding the
ground floor of Henry House.  Thanks to Jim Stiver, a retaining curb
and drain has been installed to divert the water.  Water leaking in
around the windows of the minister's study resulted in fallen plaster
from the kitchen ceiling.  Cracks near the west facade (Jesus window)
resulted in water leaking into the upstairs choir room.  David Lawyer
has been putting caulk (5 tubes used so far) in these cracks while
hanging from a rope.

Most of the work has been done by just a few people: David Lawyer,
Ward Rogers, Jim Stiver, and Nancy Palmer.  With more people, much
more could be accomplished.  Besides physical work, there is much work
needed on tasks such as sorting out "junk", finding parts, evaluating
estimates, etc.

Some of the other work done on the church include: Repairing broken
chairs and banquet tables; Installing new (but short) stairway
railings to make the building more accessible;	Repairing the parking
lot display case (including electric wiring);  Replacing a light
fixture in the projection booth;  Reinstalling a hot water check valve
in basement; Anchoring the main electrical switchboard to a wall;
Varnishing the fireside room door;  Painting the tops of kitchen
cabinets;  Replacing obsolete electric receptacles; Connecting a
thermal overload relay for the sanctuary blower motor;	Buying an 8
ft. stepladder;  Installing kickdown door stops;  Replacing a bearing
of the Throop Hall blower; Tracing & documenting the control wiring
for heating-ventilation; Repairing the microwave oven;	Replacing
fuses & obtaining spares; Making the Throop Hall thermostat
adjustable;  Getting a toilet tank top;  Installing drip flashing on E
windows of the minister's study; Renailing about 40 loose shingles on
the roofs;  Painting the interior of some roof gutters to stop rust;
Building a small dam in the patio to prevent crawl space flooding;
Patching a patio wall and concrete bench;  Scraping old finish off the
floor of the office hall;  Putting a Throop Hall door back on its
hinges;  Installing insulation on the hot water pipe under the
building to provide hotter water for the dishwasher.

Ward Roger's apartment has been refurbished:  A new carpet was
installed and other repairs were performed by a contractor with Ward
checking the work.  Some of the window sills of the apartments were
repaired and painted by work parties but more need doing.  David
Lawyer fixed a couple of plumbing problems in one apartment. 

Over 100 pages of property documentation exist on David Lawyer's
computer (Unix --not IBM-PC or Mac compatible).  Copies of all of
these files are available on 5 1/4" floppy disks either in DOS format
(the long Unix file names get truncated) or in Unix Tar format.

Some of the major projects remaining include the repaving of the
parking lot, a better PA system, window sills, a new roof on the top
of the tower, refinishing the floor of Throop hall & stage, and
obtaining & installing a large outdoor sign for Throop Church.