The Parish Building & Maintenance Committee
This new committee is a subcommittee of the Finance Council and is responsible to advise and assist the Pastor and Parish Manager in the care and stewardship of our facilities. In the immediate future the principle task will be the implementation of the Caring For Our Future 5-year plan. The next items on the agenda are the church aisles, lighting and making our facilities more accessible.
Anne Floros, engineer
Brian O’Connor, accountant
Cliff Harvey, architect (Chair of the Committee)
Connie Durante, parish manager
Dan Fellin, consultant
Friar Rick Riccioli, pastor
Sabrina Esser, intern- architect
Wolfram Esser, engineer
Updates:
August 2010
We are very pleased to announce that Bell Mobility has made a $10,000 donation to our capital campaign in support of the ecological initiatives such as the EnergyStar cool roof on the church. Bell Mobility leases land from the friars for their "stealth" mobility tower that also acts as a flagpole. Bell provides and maintains the parish flag as well as paying rent for the land. Thank you to Bell Canada for this thoughtful assistance to our efforts at being more "green".
The Parish Building and Maintenance Committee has not met since the selection of Montgomery Sisam as our architects for the campaign projects. However, it is expected that a contract will be negotiated with this firm over the next few weeks.
July 2010
The Building and Maintenance Committee has completed the process of selecting an architect to lead the projects that are part of our "Caring for Our Future" campaign over the next few years. Seven firms expressed interest in this project and three were invited to make a presentation to the committee. These presentations took place on the evening of Wednesday, July 14 at which time the committee selected the firm of Montgomery Sisam. The committee will now proceed to develop an agreement with this firm. Then the work begins to develop the "master plan" for our property and in particular the projects proposed in our campaign.
May 2010
The Committee has decided that the best way to proceed is to hire an architect who will take the lead in coordinating the various projects with our committee. A Request for Proposals was prepared and sent to various mid-sized architectural firms. The Committee will then initiate a selection process to find a suitable architect for the Caring For Our Future projects over the next 4 years.
April 2010
Current Total: $2,142,614.00 In long-term pledges and one-time gifts.
The Parish Building & Maintenance Committee met on March 15th to review its mandate and decided to have a review of Life-Expectancy of all of our facilities before we begin any work on repairs and renovations. The next meeting of the committee will be April 19.
January 2010
Our parish campaign to care for our parish’s future is going quite well with over $2,137,634 in pledges and donations so far, which God willing, will be honoured over the next 5 years.
There is still time for everyone to be a part of our community success; 557 parishioners have made a pledge. If you have not done so already, consider making a pledge to the campaign. Brochures and pledge cards are also available at the doors of the church and on our website.
As we go forward, we will proceed with prudence and restraint. We have to stay the course and watch the dollars, because with a 5 year plan there can be unexpected costs. Our case to parishioners was to focus on common-sense necessities and parish priorities. This is what we will do!
- The plan for 2009 was to replace the ceiling tiles in the church aisles and replace the lighting with more energy-efficient products. This project has been delayed to 2010 because of the impact that our choice of location for the accessible bathroom will have on the ceiling. It makes more sense to proceed on these two projects at the same time.
- Toronto Hydro has informed us that due to the volume of kilowatt hours we consume, they have begun billing us at a higher rate. It is therefore in our best interest to look at energy saving strategies sooner than later, even if it is not exactly according to our 5 year plan. For example: there are 170 fluorescent lights in the church and 146 in the parish centre! We are presently testing LED Tube replacements for the fluorescent bulbs.
- Friar Rick has invited parishioners to form a “Building Committee” which will be tasked with the implementation of our 5 year plan. In 2010 the focus is on making the church more wheelchair accessible, renovating the parish centre kitchen and bathrooms and continuing to support our Youth Ministry. This will also be the time to continue our research and prepare for the 2011 projects.
Thank you to our many volunteers who have worked so hard on this campaign and to all who have made a pledge or are supporting the campaign with their prayers.
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