Presbyterian Church of the Cross

BUILDING IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE

Minutes -- June 5, 2007

Attendees: Paula Allen, Henry Arms, Amy Boesen, Jim Chapin, June Fettig, Curt Field, Doug Hartman, Mac McCartney, Lloyd Meyer, Mary Ann Pederson

Meeting times set for 1^st and 3^rd Tuesdays of each month, 6:45 – 8:30 p.m. in Room 8 unless otherwise announced

Moderator: Lloyd Meyer Vice-moderator: Amy Boesen Clerk: Mary Ann Pederson

Lloyd opened with poem. Mary Ann distributed committee contact directory and phone number cards.

Paula outlined history of the building committees’ work:

· 4-member committee presented “Vision of Hope” in 2003

· Building Expansion Exploration Committee (BEEC) began Oct. 17, 2005

· Looked at the Case Statement, reviewed Vision of Hope plan with its committee, examined Long Range Planning objectives

· Received charge from Session to determine the congregation’s perceptions

· Held meetings with over 20 different groups of congregation members and analyzed their responses

· Established priorities through an objective process

· Presented a summary to Session Retreat in April, 2006—asked and received permission to engage architects.

· Worked with Kenneth Hahn Architects to devise a plan with stages which could be built independently and also meet most needs expressed by congregation

· Presented Hahn’s schematic drawings to congregation Jan. 2007

· Session engaged Resource Services Inc. of Dallas to conduct a feasibility study and then a capital campaign, culminating in May 2007.

Discussed an enduring perception among some congregation members that there is an agenda being promoted by a few and hidden from the majority. Emphatically denied. Emphasized the correlation between BEEC’s priority list and the Long Range Planning objectives. Discussed that customary space-needs studies do not apply to our building usage patterns.

Compared estimated costs for Stage One of the schematic plan with capital campaign pledges to date: amount is short $1,225,000. Possible remedies:

• Rework cost estimates
• Cut some features from plan
• Apply for interest-free loan from First Presbyterian Church’s endowment
• Revisit the fund raising campaign, appealing for specific “donor packages” and major gifts
• Take out a mortgage

Next steps—assignments for next meeting:

• Each member “boil down” the plan to cut ‘unnecessary’ expenses—we’ll compare each others’
• Seek competitive bids on roof replacement (Mac)
• KHA discuss costs, obtain geotechnical and survey services
• Henry report on 0 % loan possibility

Next BIC meeting: Tuesday, June 19 6:45 pm. Room 8