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Historical Society Building Planning Committee - Feb. 11, 2003
Here, listed in order to be completed, are the steps necessary to finish the
Lincoln School retrofit. Actions remaining to be itemized require additional
information.
Approximate amount of project money unspent to date: $55,000
Actions Estimated Cost
1. Sheet metal work at top of building (Contract for installation) ...... $12,000
2. Replace flat roofs on east and west ends
ofbuilding (S/W).................................................................................... $10,000
3. Remove existing roofing on flat roofs on east and west
ends of building and replace with wood sheathing and
appropriate roofing materials (roofing contractor) ........................ $13,000
4. Construct second floor supports to conform to structural
requirements (S/VV)............................................................................... $20,000
5. Tuck point exterior brick (Contract and S/V)...................................... _._.,CS_
6. Carpentry and other miscellaneous work around building
prior to and during the tuck pointing (S/V).....................................
Total So Far $551,000
A. Build shear walls on north and south walls on east and
west ends of building (or acceptable alternative) .......................... $
B. Install concrete floors to support shear walls mentioned
inA.......................................................................................................... $
Report to Building Planning Committee
Clallam County Historical Society -- May 12, 2003
The Building Planning Committee had voted last year to recommend that the largest part
of the south portion of the Lincoln School building be removed instead of restored. But when
the written recommendation was presented to the committee for its approval, member Ted
Singley asked that the committee reconsider the decision because we had not sufficiently
explored the options before the vote. The committee agreed to Ted's request and the
submission of a recommendation to the board was postponed. Unfortunately the south portion
issue was crowded out of the committee's agenda for several months by retrofit planning and
concern about the state grant deadline.
When the subject finally was revisited in April 2003, as a prelude to being on the
committee's May 13 agenda, Ted indicated that he was still confused by a statement the
committee solicited from the board regarding its position vis-b-vis the restoration of the
Lincoln School building. That statement, issued by the board March 11, 2002, was:
Make the outside of the building as near as possible to its original appearance in 1922. Make
the inside as functional as possible as a museum and home for the Historical Society and
Genealogical Society. The interior design should emphasize ease of use and efficiency of
maintenance. In all cases, get the maximum value for money spent on the building. And, wherever
possible use a design which can be built by our Building Committee and the School -to -Work
Program.
Ted's concern was that in 1922, much of what is now the south portion of Lincoln School
existed. And even though board members on the committee assured Ted that the intention of
the board's statement was that the south portion of the building not be saved, he remained
concerned. In preparation for the May 13 Building Planning Committee discussion of its
recommendation for the south portion of Lincoln School, the board clarified its general
instructions to the committee on the Lincoln School project. On May 12, 2003, the board
passed the following "clarified" statement:
Make the outside of the building as near as possible to its original appearance in 1922,
excluding the south portion of the building. Make the inside as functional as possible as a museum
and home for the Historical Society and Genealogical Society. The interior design should
emphasize ease of use and efficiency of maintenance. In all cases, get the maximum value for
money spent on the building. And, wherever possible use a design which can be built by our
Building Committee and the School -to -Work Program.
With these general instructions, the Building Planing Committee should be able to
complete its current discussions on the building, finish a master plan recommendation (in
consultation with the volunteer staff and our volunteer architect), and begin preparing a six -
year plan for completing the Lincoln School Project, as requested by the board.