4/23/24 OSF Steering Team meeting notes

On April 23, the OSF Steering Team held its second meeting with updates shared.   
Deferred Maintenance Update: Work has begun on a spreadsheet of room-by-room information to assess our deferred maintenance status.  Once completed, a Facilities Condition Assessment will take place—sometime in May.

Real Estate Update (part of both “Go” and “Redevelop/Share”):  The commercial real estate professional used for our Stay/Go process in 2019 has been contacted and will work with us again.  In addition to seeking potential new locations for us to consider, commercial developers will be contacted to get their input on interest in working on a redevelopment process with the congregation.

Two team members will meet with St. Paul’s Project Manager prior to approaching the developer of their project.  Additionally, the OSF team will reach out to non-profit organizations who may be interested in partnering with us.

Use/Non-use of First UU Facilities:  A review of our calendar has been completed to understand the level of use and non-use of our facilities and begin thinking how we might make better use of our rooms/facility if the decision is to stay. What are our actual needs? How can we use our space more efficiently throughout the week?

Ensuring South Bay’s Needs Are Considered:  Folding in information about South Bay’s needs is an important aspect for the team to include in its work.  

 As we look to the future, it’s of utmost importance to our health as a religious community to keep our mission as a congregation and our covenant with each other at the heart of all we do.  Our individual and group discussions about the process, our assessments and findings, and our differences of opinion must be grounded in our love for First UU and each other. 

The Steering Team is committed to:

1. providing clear, timely information on an on-going basis and
2. creating opportunities for input from:

• individual congregation members and friends,
• Ministry Teams and their groups, and
• First UU staff.

We look forward to your thoughts and ideas as we move forward to a future that sustains us and our relationships for many years to come—regardless of if we stay, go, or redevelop our First UU Hillcrest campus.  To provide your comments, ideas and feedback, please visit our OSF page.