Title/Name/Summary
Faith United Methodist Church - Commercial Facade Improvement Program
History
The petitioner, Bob Wilson, Old Orland Heritage Foundation (OOHF) Board of Directors, proposes to re-paint and repair the west façade and half of the south façade of the Twin Towers Sanctuary, a National Register building, located at 9967 W. 144th Street.
PLANNING OVERVIEW:
The Old Orland Heritage Foundation is petitioning to continue previous preservation efforts and repair the existing paint job on the building as well as the gutter system.
The Faith United Methodist Church supports the Heritage Foundation’s preservation effort with this petition, having stated their support in a letter to the Development Services Department.
An administrative review approved the project on July 9, 2009 per Section 6-209 of the Land Development Code.
ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL
The Certificate of Appropriateness was administratively approved on July 9, 2009. It included repair and repainting of the west façade and the west-half of the south façade, with colors and materials the same as the existing, including the siding and the window frames, eaves, trims and other architectural and historic features of the Twin Towers Church, as well as the repair of the gutter system on the east elevation by the Old Orland Heritage Foundation.
DISCUSSION:
According to the information provided by the petitioner the following work is required for the building:
1. The exterior siding and trim on the west side of the building from the tower to the south corner and the south side of the building from the chimney to the west corner need repair;
2. Water damage on the east tower needs repair.
The project will involve a) scraping and removing all loose and peeling paint and brush clean all surfaces; b) caulk and repair where needed; c) spot prime all exposed wood; d) paint two coats with colors that match the existing/ original colors; e) correct and repair the gutter system on the east elevation with proper pitch to manage storm water run-off that has damaged the building on that elevation in the past; f) replace damaged and missing drip edge on the south end of the building.
Routine Maintenance
Section 6-209 “Old Orland Historic District” of the Land Development Code classifies “repainting” as “routine maintenance”. Routine maintenance is defined as the “repair or replacement of exterior elements where there is no change in the design, materials, or appearance of the structure or property…” The Code lists a series of examples of routine maintenance such as “gutters, downspouts, driveways etc.” all of which are a heavier degree of impact on a building than painting.
Contract Work and Commercial Façade Improvement Program
The Old Orland Heritage Foundation is proposing to petition for façade improvement assistance from the Commercial Façade Improvement Program (CFIP) to do this project.
The Heritage Foundation has provided one bid for the project. CFIP requires two bids. The Heritage Foundation has provided a document outlining their request for bids. OOHF requested bids from and met with six vendors: Southland Painting, AT Kladis, Scaccia Decorating Inc., Donovan’s, J&A Industrial Painting, and Joseph Painting Service. Of the six vendors, Scaccia Decorating Inc. was the only company to submit a bid to the Heritage Foundation.
In 2008, the Twin Towers received façade improvement assistance from the then Old Orland Façade Improvement Program. Scaccia Decorating Inc. received approval from the Village Board to do the work at the time because their bid was the best in terms of price and quality of work. The Heritage Foundation was satisfied with the quality of work that Scaccia Decorating did in that project.
Due to Scaccia’s previous work experience with the Old Orland Heritage Foundation and being the sole respondent, the Heritage Foundation proposes to use only Scaccia’s bid for this application.
Scaccia Decorating Inc.
Scaccia proposes to furnish all labor and materials to complete the project. This contractor includes “scraping, priming where necessary and painting of two finish coats on lap siding and trim boards to match existing. Caulking of chimney brick to lap siding” on the west half of the south façade. Scaccia Decorating has also included some touch-up work on the southeast side of the east tower “from just above the gutter to and including the grey trim boards.”
The contractor also proposes to scrape, prime where necessary and paint two finish coats on lap siding and trim around windows to match existing on the west façade of the building.
The total cost from Scaccia Decorating Inc. is summed at $5,100.00. The 2008 bid for similar work was $4,750.00.
Jerry’s Roofing Service Inc.
OOHF is also proposing to correct and repair the gutter system on the east façade of the Twin Towers building. Jerry’s Roofing Service Inc. was previously selected to repair the Twin Towers roof. The Old Orland Heritage Foundation noted that Jerry’s Roofing has experience repairing historic rooftops, particularly the Twin Towers church. They would like for Jerry’s Roofing to repair the gutter system because they have intimate knowledge of the roof system and how it connects to the gutters.
Jerry’s Roofing proposes to remove existing gutters on the east side of the church and re-pitch the gutter and replace all damaged hangers with new aluminum omni hangers at 2 foot intervals using aluminum twist nails. They also propose to replace the aluminum drip edge on the west half of the south side of the building and clean up and remove all debris from the site.
The total cost from Jerry’s Roofing Service Inc. is summed at $625.00.
Lowest Bid and 50% Matching Grant
The Commercial Façade Improvement Program requires the lowest bid be selected of the two required. Scaccia Decorating Inc. is the only and comparatively lowest bid for the painting job. Scaccia Decorating is the selected contractor for the necessary preservation work. Jerry’s Roofing Service was selected for their previous work experience on the Twin Towers building and is the only bid for the gutter repair job.
OOHF is requesting 50% of Scaccia Decorating’s cost of work or $2,550.00 in CFIP assistance.
OOHF is also requesting 50% of Jerry’s Roofing Service Inc. cost of work or $312.00 in CFIP assistance.
The total cost of work is estimated at $5,725.00.
TOTAL COST TO THE VILLAGE
The Commercial Façade Improvement Program would pay fifty percent (50%) of the cost of work or $2,862.00 pending approval.
On July 27, 2009, the Development Services and Planning Committee moved 3-0 to recommend to the Village Board of Trustees approval of the Old Orland Heritage Foundation’s Commercial Façade Improvement Program application for $2,862.00 in matching grant funds to repair the paint on the Twin Towers Church’s west elevation and west half of the southern elevation, and the gutter system on the east elevation subject to the following information:
1. That the petitioner understands that the Commercial Façade Improvement Program is currently unfunded by the Village;
2. That the petitioner understands that until funds are made available again this project will remain on a waiting list as a “first come first serve” priority; and
3. Funds in the Commercial Façade Improvement Program related to the ComEd Community Energy Challenge and budgeted for energy efficiency related projects cannot be used for façade work only and do not apply to this project.
This is now before the Village Board for consideration.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to approve the Old Orland Heritage Foundation’s Commercial Façade Improvement Program application for $2,862.00 in matching grant funds to repair the paint on the Twin Towers Church’s west elevation and west half of the southern elevation, and the gutter system on the east elevation subject to the following information:
1. That the petitioner understands that the Commercial Façade Improvement Program is currently unfunded by the Village;
2. That the petitioner understands that until funds are made available again this project will remain on a waiting list as a “first come first serve” priority; and
3. Funds in the Commercial Façade Improvement Program related to the ComEd Community Energy Challenge and budgeted for energy efficiency related projects cannot be used for façade work only and do not apply to this project.