Anne Larocca: Magda Heath who is 90+ years old and is having trouble getting from the upper parking lot down to the library. She suggests improving the walkway from upper parking lot to office and beyond to Library. I’m not sure if she means the surface is uneven or if she’d like handrails, or both.

Alison Crotty: Do we have tons of rattlesnakes on site, as one expert suggests?
Stu Anderson (after Patricia Weld): We might have a few pounds of rattlers which is still many snakes. They are a natural feature of wild areas in this climate. The coastal commission has just ruled this a wild area and so it will remain.
Rattlers can be dangerous if you do something stupid in their presence. The nice thing about them is that they rattle and most people hear that and back up - and so do the snakes. Unlike the fer-de-lance which quietly and aggressively attacks - fortunately its too dry for them here. I left them all back in Costa Rica last week.
Practically, Patricia's answer addresses the issue - is this something we need to be concerned about at UUFSD? Apparently it hasn't been. You might also ask the Sandy Hill people about their experience and any staff or child training they do on this topic. I am very impressed with their organization which manages about 20 times as many child-hours on the site as we do.
Historic answers are valuable and remain valid unless something changes. Every change is a new experiment. Like building yurts. While snakes tend not to come into constructed buildings they do like to slink into tents. Something to think about.
If you want more information I welcome you to pursue it. If you want to reduce the number of snakes then I welcome volunteers to help clean up debris piles and seal the existing buildings which are inadequately maintained. These actions reduce the habitat for rodents and thus the snake population. -Stu

1. PID-015 Carefully Combat Vermin
2. PID-018 Write Policies & Procedures

Project to document UUFSD's physical site and facilities. Catalog existing and create new drawings and documents as needed. Include: structural; mechanical; electrical wiring & breaker panels; water & gas plumbing, meters & shutoffs; irrigation; telecomm networks - phone, computer, video. Make these readily accessible.

1. PID-061 Electrical Breaker Maps
   • Map locations of outlets against their breakers
   • Information should be available for all buildings
   • Replace illegible breaker schedules on boxes
2. PID-058 Irrigation Plan
   • Map irrigation plumbing over site.
   • List controlled valves.
3. PID-017 Create Site Map
   • Web-page map of buildings and grounds
   • Hot-links to relevant UUBG docs
4. TID-084 Define Emergency Procedures
   • Document evacuation routes
   • Post laminated instructions
5. TID-074 Document Phone Network
   • Which is the real network interface?
   • Trace underground cables.
6. TID-053 Create Electrical Breaker Maps
   • Getting started on PID-061
7. TID-048 Repair Restroom Faucet @ Palmer Library
   • Faucet part numbers and vendor
   • Illegible plumbing sheets in building plans

Cooperate with efforts of the Green Sanctuary committee.

1. PID-007 Replace Fiberglas Roof in Office
2. TID-049 Seal Out Varmints @ Office

Look at energy usage throughout the site. Look for opportunities to reduce.

1. John Gillies did an energy audit for Green Sanctuary.

Write a set of Policies & Procedures for the Buildings & Grounds committee.

1. Anne Larocca has offered to wordsmith these.

Web-page map of buildings and grounds with hyper-links to relevant UUBG documents.

Eliminate ants, rodents and other vermin from inside UUFSD buildings with a minimum of poisons. Instead seal them out and minimize their habitat and food sources.

1. PID-007 Replace Fiberglas Roof in Office
2. OSS Task: Weatherproof Office Skylight

Use native plants to displace weeds throughout the site, one patch at a time: 1) Clear non-native weeds from the patch. 2) Select and plant appropriate natives for the area. 3) Weed and water "religiously" for 1~2 yrs. 4) Start next patch.

1. PID-058 Irrigation Plan
   • Anne Larocca and Greg Brown will tackle it this summer, after memorial wall construction, in July.
2. TID-054 File Plan with Fire Marshall
   • http://www.sandiego.gov/fireandems/pdf/brushpolicy.pdf
     Especially see the part about NOT trimming natives until after Aug. 15th.
3. TID-103 Develop Reusable Irrigation Platform
   • Stu Anderson will tackle this.
4. TID-104 Plan Attack on Weed Patch
   • LEADER?
5. TID-105 Plant Natives @ Recovery Area
   • Work party?
6. TID-106 Water Natives @ Recovery Area
   • LEADER?
7. TID-107 Weed Natives @ Recovery Area
   • LEADER?

1. Source of solar powered valves & controller.

There are many trees of all sizes throughout the site. They are threatened by drought, pests and old age. Inspect annually, trim, irrigate, plant replacements as needed.

1. PID-050 Recycle Biomass
2. PID-025 Remove Dangerous Trees

• Check out the old eucalyptus tree overhanging roof @ Office.

Document existing irrigation plumbing over site. List controlled and manual valves. Design a plan to automate irrigation.

1. PID-063 Document Site & Facilities
2. TID-070 Find 400% Increase in Water Use

1. Work with Greg on Fleming Memorial Garden
2. Have paper drawings from Greg and Caroline DeMar
3. Was the mysterious water usage a broken irrigation system?

Reduce habitat for vermin. Reduce risk of wildfires.

1. PID-050 Recycle Biomass
2. TID-037 Rent Chipper
3. TID-081 Distribute Mulch from Chipper

There are a couple of exterior closets on the east end of the YRUU building which contain lots of landscape supplies, hose and irrigation fittings, etc. Organize these.

1. TID-043 Organize Closets @ YRUU Building

1. Anne Larocca offered to lead this

Lower parking lot is decomposed granite. Erosion has become severe. Need to add more material and grade.

1. TID-031 Reseat Railroad Ties @ Lower Parking Lot
2. TID-095 Clean Up Brush @ Lower Parking Lot
3. TID-064 Fill Gullies @ Lower Parking Lot

Formalize this path from lower parking lot to the path leading to the amphitheater (shortcut past the long bridge).

1. PID-008 Formalize Path to Montessori

There are two paths between UUFSD's lower parking lot and the Sante Fe Montessori school yard. The established path is long and gently sloped, the newer is a shortcut up an embankment to the parking lot. We propose to formalize the shortcut by building a set of steps up the bank and informalize the longer path as part of a hiking trail.

1. OSS Task: Planting Along New Steps to Montessori
2. TID-001 Remove Brush @ Montessori Path

The original generation of wooden buildings are all painted the same beige color. They all need to be repainted every few years.

1. PID-032 Paint Tool Shed
2. TID-102 Paint Exterior @ Office Building
3. TID-101 Paint Exterior @ YRUU Classroom
4. TID-100 Paint Exterior @ Treetops Classroom
5. TID-099 Paint Exterior @ Footsteps Classroom
6. TID-098 Paint Exterior @ Pinecones Classroom
7. TID-097 Paint Exterior @ Sound Kiosk
8. TID-094 Paint Exterior @ Tool Shed

• Determine/specify the standard paint color for all and record cross references by several paint vendors.

1. Back of the sound kiosk has been much neglected because it's hard to access.

Repair door locks, organize keys, make duplicates as needed.

1. TID-071 Fix Door Locks @ Office & Kitchen
2. TID-034 Fix Lock @ Chair Storage Closet
3. TID-006 Key Safe

• Find the ID numbers for the locks and replace several.

1. The keys made for the umbrella chest never did work. Do we have both originals? One is on a large wooden tag in the kiosk. Perhaps the other is in the Office.

Patricia reports: North County Roofing replaced one classroom roof in September 2003 and the other two in February of 2005. These flat torch-down roofs are guaranteed for five years. Unfortunately, the paperwork does not specify which classrooms were repaired when. Greg Brown, and Miles Anderson were involved and may remember these details.
We did business with Chuck Williams. His phone at North County Roofing is 760-726-6692.
Other roofs are fancy foam types replaced by Eberhard Benton roofing. Last inspection by Jeff ??? in October, 2007 after which the 10 yr warranty expired.

1. TID-062 Shingles Blown Off @ TreetopsRoof
2. TID-061 Roof Leak @ Minister's Office
3. TID-042 Fix Leaky West Wall @ Kitchen
4. TID-039 Fix Leaky Fiberglas Roof @ Footprints

Map the physical locations of outlets against their controlling breakers. This information should be available for all buildings. Replace illegible breaker schedules on boxes.

1. PID-063 Document Site & Facilities
2. TID-053 Create Electrical Breaker Maps

1. Stu and Eleanor Batho have started this.

During PID-029 Bees at Founders' Hall it became clear that Founders' Hall exterior woodwork needs repainting and that it is a job for professionals with scaffolds. Palmer Library may be similar. Put it out to bid. Complete sealing out bees when scaffolds are up?

1. PID-029 Bees at Founders' Hall
   • Reinstall repaired wood trim
2. TID-012 Paint Exterior @ Founders' Hall

Many planks are worn down to bare wood. Sand, prime, repaint.

Build new administration building in place of YRUU building or between the playground and the Palmer Library.

1. Very much in doubt after latest rulings of the California Coastal Commission.

Replace umbrellas at amphitheater with a permanent shade structure.

1. Very much in doubt after latest rulings of the California Coastal Commission.

When it rains hard water gets into the kitchen. There is a musty smell in the Nursery.

1. TID-083 Combat Mold & Mildew @ Nursery
2. TID-075 Sandy Hill Office @ Nursery
3. TID-042 Fix Leaky West Wall @ Kitchen

Address various storage needs throughout the site. Patricia needs room for more Banker's Boxes to store annual financial records. Currently there are 9 boxes in the office supply closet + 10 in Palmer Library Mens' restroom closet. She proposes we put cabinets up on the rear wall of the office under the new roof (above the gravel). Bankers' box is 16"x11"x12". Such a cabinet could be 12' long by 3' high and hold 2 rows of 10 boxes = 20 boxes.

1. TID-080 Build Shelves in Closet @ Founders' Hall
2. TID-044 Hazardous Storage Shelf @ Janitor's Closet
3. TID-015 Hang Cabinet @ YRUU Classroom

Repaint or restain all the benches in the amphitheater.

1. TID-011 Repair Amphitheater Benches

• Find matching paint - haven't found it in the toolshed

Hand-painted wooden signs are in use throughout the site and to mark special parking spaces. Many of these are outdated or termite ridden.

1. A particular crafstperson paints these for us.