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St. Dominic Community Center Project
As stated in the history of St. Dominic Catholic Church (on the churches web site) the
parish origins stretch back to 1966. In 1973 the current “temporary” church came into
existence. The building's end functionality has always been planned to transition to a
community center as part of a larger parish infrastructure. Over the 35 years that have
come and gone, the dream of a community center has not diminished among its
parishioners. The initial project started with it first meeting on May 04, 2009. During the
seven months that followed the initial design was established and we were waiting for
ability to start demolition of the front of the old church bathroom and room structure.
During this time three significant challenges developed that caused us to change our
plans. First and most significant, all our planning was based on internal building walls
were not load bearing. In Mid January we were double checking approach and it was
determined that several of the walls were in fact load bearing. This would force
engineering for redirection of roof load requiring paying for contractor delivery of the
new wall design. A second major concern developed when we could not obtain contract
bits on tunneling required for water and sewer pipes to be placed under the front of the
church. This issue was compounded with high probability of insurance liability if we
proceeded with volunteers. The third challenge was the significantly increased city
requirements to submit permits. On January 26, 2010 a meeting was convened to discuss
these (and other) issues. It was decided that we could not move forward with a 100
percent volunteer approach. We would have to contract most of the work. The dream of
35 years still exists. We are just going to have to plan a different way to accomplish the
task.
| Project Goals: |
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| To incremental deliver to St Dominic's community a profit producing facility as rapidly
as possible. |
| The project will not be in competition with the new church building funding. Funding
must be separate, distinctive, and stand alone. |
| The highest level of community involvement possible will exist within the project.
Subject matter committees shall be established and the chairperson of each committee
shall be a member of the core leadership team. |
| The upstairs restrooms shall be upgraded to include one handicap facility in each. The
ladies'; restroom shall have a minimum capacity of three. The men';s restroom shall
have a minimum capacity of two. |
| Infrastructure shall be established for a kitchen |
| Infrastructure shall be established for rooms to accommodate a store and storage |
| Project Objectives: |
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| A committee shall be established to identify and competitively select proposals for a
community center design. |
| A committee shall be established to research, plan, and implement the Catholic rights of
church closure. |
| A committee shall be established to identify, plan, and implement the fundraising. |
| A committee shall be established to identify volunteers to deliver on individual work
assignments (within work packages) delineated in the master work breakdown structure
document. |
| A committee shall be established to market to high-end donors |
| A committee shall be established to identify operational processes and procedures
(standard operating procedures) for the administration of the community center. This
committee shall also propose an individual to fill the position of facility manager. |
| Committees and subcommittees shall be established and terminated as required to
complete the goals of the project. |
| Project Includes: |
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| Fundraising |
| Developing a design for the community center |
| Developing a work breakdown structure with detailed work packages
Building permits (if required) |
| A two path approach shall be implemented: first, Parish community work force to
deliver work packages. Second, contracted work force to deliver work packages |
| Handicap restroom facilities upstairs only |
| Infrastructure shall be established for a kitchen. If funding becomes available, the
components (cabinets, sinks, stoves, refrigerators, etc.) in the kitchen will be procured
and installed. |
| Infrastructure shall be established for the sale of religious items (i.e., store). |
| Infrastructure shall be established for storage near the front of the building. |
| Infrastructure shall be established for small storage near stage area |
| A change control system shall be established |
| Project Excludes: |
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| The stain glass windows will be moved to the new church as part of that project. |
| The front ceiling (extending approximately 15 feet into the community center) is a
permanent structure, and not expected to be modified. |
| The restroom facilities downstairs will not be upgraded to handicap facilities. |
| Air-conditioning |
| Lighting |
| Sound system - current system shall remain. |
| Anything not specifically listed as in scope is out of scope. |
| Name | Role | Phone | E-mail Address |
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| Dick Brogan | Co-Chair of Architecture Committee | C: (443) 794-2707
H: (210) 433-5621 | brogan2@aol.com |
| Fr. Eric Ritter | Pastor/Executive Sponsor | W: (210) 435-6211 | frericritter@yahoo.com |
| Henry J. Ornelas | Chair of Volunteers Committee | H: (210) 435-1173 | henry.ornelas@att.net |
| Deacon Scott | Chair of Catholic Rites Committee | H: (210) 434-8834 | limbu25234@aol.com |
| Rosa Ramos | Chair of Transition to Operations Committee | H: (210) 684-8784 | r.ramos09@gmail.com |
| TBD | Chair of Fundraising Committee | TBD | TBD |
| Susan G. Gonzales | Marketing Committee | W: (210) 648-1611
C: (210) 365-7832 | sggteach@yahoo.com |
| U.L. Gutierrez | Co-Chair of Architecture Committee | C: (210) 389-0011 | ulg@prodigy.net |
| William (Bill) Mosher | Project Manager | H: (210) 521-2825
W: (210) 519-8769 | wmosher@satx.rr.com |
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