Board of Trustees

●The main church campus consists of: Sanctuary, Chapel, Administrative Building, Fellowship Hall, Education Building, and parking lot located at 566 North 5th Street

●The commercial “Soko” building with the adjacent cinder block storage building located at 565 N. 6th Street, San Jose.  There are two commercial tenants on the first floor of the commercial building (Okayama Japanese Restaurant & Kushinari1, the new yakitori restaurant which is still under construction)

●Two parking lots on either side of the Soko building.  The 6th Street lot and the north lot (including the garden area)

●Our church parsonage (A.K.A. The Mineta House), located at 545 North 5th Street, San Jose

●Upkeep and maintenance of all church properties

●Oversee church’s budget for repair & maintenance, upgrades, insurance, property taxes, utilities, janitorial services, landscaping, etc.

●Oversight of leases for tenants of the Soko building

●Big Screen TVs replaced the projector in our Sanctuary.

For about 20 years, a projector was used to put words and pictures on a screen to support our worship and share the Good News.  In 2026 we upgraded to a pair of 96” diagonal LED screens displaying the same content. A TV was added to the kitchen to stream services.

●Carpeting in the Ad Building hallway was replaced.

●Stage area for the praise band was expanded

●The storage room next to the FSH kitchen was reorganized to increase storage space and de-clutter the FSH kitchen

●Replaced blinds in the Education building and in Administrative Offices.

●Kitchen remodel initiated.

Under leadership of Melissa Diaz, BOT has launched a multi-year project to remodel and upgrade the FSH kitchen. In 2026 we collected input from major kitchen user stakeholders and our general congregation to create high level project objectives. Once objectives are ratified by the Charge Conference, BOT will contract with an architectural firm to develop preliminary (and then detailed) plans for the project. Without preliminary plans any budget forecast is a wild guess, but for now BOT is requesting a capital campaign to raise at least $4M to fund this project.

●Water shutoff valves were replaced in the Education Building

●Roofing repairs

oA section of soffit on the south Ad Building wall fell and was repaired.

oA portion of the roof over the covered walkway between the Narthex and FSH suffering from dry rot was repaired.  Other roof areas were also inspected and areas over the Sanctuary and Narthex were repaired by a commercial roofer.  Areas over the FSH were repaired by WUMC work crews.

●Replaced oversized crepe myrtle trees with Japanese maples to match landscaping architecture

●Added signage at property entrances

●Okayama continues to mitigate A.D.A. issues by remodeling their bathroom and working with us to improve access into the restaurant from 6th Street.

●Kushinari (Aloha Fresh) is still under construction and several years behind their original planned opening date.  While very disappointing and straining our financial plans for managing the building, such delays are common when remodeling and renovating old buildings.  We are focused on helping Aloha Fresh successfully open, but we do not control when that will happen. As work progresses, WUMC-SJ will cover costs to repair part of the building foundation improperly built decades ago, and repaving and re-striping the parking lot to meet A.D.A. standards.

●When Kushinari opens, the Chidori band must cease rehearsing on the 2nd floor above the restaurant.  We have offered rehearsal space on Monday evenings in the FSH.  At this time, it is not known where Chidori will decide to rehearse.