• Seismically strengthen, then rebuild the Bell Tower
• Seismically strengthen, then rebuild rest of Sanctuary
• Add a new foundation under the western half of the Sanctuary and steel moment frames throughout the interior
• Make the Altar and Choir areas and the Communion Rail accessible to all parishioners, including those with mobility challenges
• Replace the failing pipe organ with a world class digital organ
• Improve lighting and acoustics
• Build a lovely and serene Memorial Chapel with columbarium niches and memorial plaques
• Enhance our financial reserves to assure the future of what we have built

• 2016 – Removed and rebuilt the Bell Tower due to cracks and structural concern
• 2018-2019 – Create Sanctuary renovation plans, obtain County permits/bids
• January 2019 – Last service in Sanctuary before renovation
• February-March 2019 – Move all interior items to storage
• April 2019-June 2021 – Formal construction
• June 2021 – Complete construction and move interior items into newly reconstructed Sanctuary
• July 4, 2021 – First in-person worship in “new”

• Bell Tower: R.J. Spann
• Sanctuary: Armstrong Associates

• 2012 Engineering consultants advised Vestry that the Sanctuary and Bell Tower would not survive significant earthquake:
• Bell Tower had no foundation, cracked mortar and rubble core
• Oldest section of Sanctuary had no foundation, floor supports no longer touching earth, and north and south walls bowed out
• 2013 Parish-wide survey identified key enhancements to be achieved while seismic strengthening under way:
• Accessibility to full range of liturgy for those with mobility, vision and hearing challenges
• Replace the failing pipe organ
• Create a memorial chapel and columbarium
• 2014 hired architect, began permit process with County Planning Department and Building Department, and hired capital campaign consultant for feasibility study and campaign planning

• 2016 While permitting process underway, received emergency permit to rebuild Bell Tower due to the danger of it falling
• Each stone removed and numbered to be able to replace it in its same location
• Drilled down 27’ and installed multiple concrete and steel caissons to anchor the tower, and erected a rebar reinforced concrete core from foundation to roof
• Facings of original stones affixed by steel hangers to core in exact original locations, with original year 1900 corner stone restored
• 97% of the original stones were re-used

• Original plans cleared Building Department in August 2018 but when put out for bidding by General Contractor candidates, lowest bid was $2 million over budget
• Hired lowest/best bidder, Armstrong Associates, to help re-engineer project to meet budget
• Revised plans approved by Building Department in February 2019, calling for:
• Shoring up of existing ceiling/roof while most walls demolished
• Creation of rebar-reinforced concrete foundations and grade beams for entire perimeter
• Erection of steel moment frames and vertical beams around the perimeter in walls and columns, and connecting them with horizontal steel beams
• Some beams so large they had to be lowered by crane through a cut in the roof
• New HVAC and electrical systems and sub-floor
• Construction began in April 2019

• Main double door and north and south aisle doors were modified for re-use; all exterior doors are original except for three on east end accessing working areas

• Effort was made to salvage original Douglas fir Nave flooring but it was brittle and nailed to subfloor through its tongue and groove ends
• New Nave flooring is engineered on cross-laid plywood base for strength with top layer of riff-cut oak to simulate straight grain of original fir, stained to match original
• New Chancel flooring is similar but finished to the same color as original Chancel oak floor

• Each pew was refurbished and repaired as needed, and each pew cushion was recovered in dark red material similar to the original
• Beneath the pews runs an electronic “Loop” system allowing those with hearing aids to connect to the new sound system
• New HVAC grates beneath the pews connect to a system of ducts below the floor to silently cool and heat the Nave
• New HVAC system has the capacity to supply 100% outside air, exchanging six times per hour, an important anti-viral protection

• All stained glass windows were removed before demolition began and cleaned, refurbished and stored with Judson Studios in Pasadena and Los Angeles, which had created most of them
• 2 windows required full restoration, due to heat buildup between the exterior protective glass and the leaded stained glass panes
• All windows returned to new frames and sashes created by Architectural Millworks in Santa Barbara, which did all of the specialty wood milling
• Each window is vented to prevent heat and moisture build up

• Replacing the conical spotlights of the old Sanctuary was a key mission
• New fixtures are LED with lighting elements that diffuse light shining down and radiating out, plus capacity to shine up
• Light intensity can be adjusted, and all lights are programmable for varying events

• An original project goal was to move Communion to the Nave floor level to enable the Eucharist to be celebrated all together, eliminating barriers to those with mobility challenges
• The Communion rail was preserved, moved to Nave level and extended with portions of the former altar railing and additions created by Architectural Millworks, and the Communion kneelers now rest in line with the first step up to the Chancel
• The height of the Chancel main floor also has been lowered 18 inches, and the elevation of the pulpit and lectern also have been adjusted downward, bringing the Celebrants closer to the people but still preserving line of sight
• In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a three-level lift allows access to the altar level, Communion serving level, and floor level
• A new camera system has been installed, permitting videotaping and live streaming of services, and is capable of expansion to multi-camera format
• A new sound system has been installed to project the spoken word and choral performance

• Digital organ is “voiced” with the recorded sound of the pipes of the most prestigious organs in Europe
• Organ has the equivalent of 90 ranks of organ pipes, 50% more than the number of our old organ, many of which were non-functional
• The organ plays through an array of speakers located in the space behind the Reredos, along the sides of the Nave and in two banks of speakers above the Baptistery

• Created in space originally occupied by organ pipes
• North and east walls have been built out with 318 columbarium niches, each accommodating two urns, and west wall, to either side of entrance door, has been built out with 96 memorial plaques
• A bay window was created between niche banks on the north wall, reminiscent of the Baptistery window and fitted with leaded antique glass created by Judson Studios, looking to the mountains.
• South wall has been reserved for future installation of three banks of niches

• New Altar Guild and Flower Guild Rooms feature counters that open onto the south aisle of the Nave through sliding stained glass windows
• Two new gender-neutral rest rooms were added, one of which complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act
• A new Vesting Room features the cabinet from the original Clergy Vesting Room plus a wall-to-wall closet for clergy and lay ministers