KEHILAT NITZAN SYNAGOGUE RENOVATION AND REFURBISHMENT PROJECT

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KEHILAT NITZAN SYNAGOGUERENOVATION AND
REFURBISHMENT PROJECT
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Presented to the Kehilat Nitzan Members at AGM
17th August 2009.
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KEHILAT NITZAN SYNAGOGUERENOVATION AND
REFURBISHMENT PROJECTBACKGROUND

• At the 18th of March Board meeting a discussion
  was held to explore the possibilities of
  refurbishing the existing site instead of
  investing in a new building construction.
• Rationale was
• Were there cost savings?
• Could we complete project before high holidays
  2010? and
• Whether we will have enough room in future to
  accommodate a growing membership.
• A building committee set up charged with deciding
  whether such a proposal was feasible and to
  proceed to Town Planning if it was.

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KEHILAT NITZAN SYNAGOGUERENOVATION AND
REFURBISHMENT PROJECT

• The First Meeting Held March 21
• An agenda of having weekly meetings was agreed to

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Current Situation External
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Current Situation Internal
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Size Comparisons
440m2
145m2
420m2
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To Confirm the technical feasibility the
Committee engaged an outside consultant to review
whether the property could be refurbished.
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Consultants Conclusions

• Summary
• The basic structure of the building is sound and
  suitable for re-use.
• Demolition of all of the roof and rear of the
  building will be required.
• New work will require new roofing, part new roof
  structure, new wall structures, new services, new
  ceiling and wall linings, new floor structure and
  all new floor coverings.
• New and fully fitted amenities will be required.
• The boundary brick walls, the residence, the
  front flat roof structure and the timber gable
  roof trusses are all worth retaining.

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The Town Planning Consultant from our original
building project was retained by the committee
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The Traffic Consultant from our original building
project was also retained by the committee
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Proposed
Downstairs A dedicated Childrens Room A Kosher
Kitchen Community Hall Sanctuary Outside Garden
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On the basis of favorable reports the committee
discussed and reviewed various options in regards
of how the internal layout would look. The
committee decided that it would be best if we
also incorporated a 2nd floor extension .
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The committee have agreed on a design and
subsequently engaged a drafting company to work
with Greg to provide the CAD drawings needed for
the town planning submission
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Proposed Upstairs
First Floor Library Learning centre and Admin
offices
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KEHILAT NITZAN SYNAGOGUERENOVATION AND
REFURBISHMENT PROJECT

• We have now completed phase one of this project.
• As you have seen we have a viable design and a
  prepared town planning application.

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Statement

• As the current chairman of this committee I
  wish to acknowledge that without all the members
  input we would not be at this stage today.
• This task was completed in a short twelve
  weeks.

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What Next?

• It was our committees unanimous recommendation
  that the Kehilat Nitzan Board accepts this
  proposal and gives its approval to proceed.
• The Board gave its approval mid July and our
  application to Council was submitted.

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What Next for the Building Committee?

• Phase 2
• Application Pending
• A Committee will need to be available
• to answer council queries
• to modify submissions
• meet with council
• start preparation of working drawings and
  engineering computations
• liaise with Fundraising.

• Phase 3
• Application Approved/Rejected
• Building/Renovation commences without
  delays as all plans in hand.
• If rejected board needs to decide whether
  to appeal to VCAT.

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Thank you for your patience
Update Council advertising on site finished
. Council advises so far only four objectors have
come forward . Fund Raising should now be
commenced.
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Our Aim Next Years AGM at Hawthorn Road. You the
members can make it happen.