Presbyterian Church of the Cross

BUILDING EXPANSION EXPLORATION COMMITTEE

Minutes – June 19, 2006 – 7:00pm

Members present: Lloyd Meyer, Paula Allen, Mac McCartney, Jean Brady, Amy Boesen, June Fettig, Chris Erickson

The BEEC met tonight with the primary goal of addressing the Building Space Program as outlined in the Hahn plan. This was at the request of the Architectural Advisory Panel (AAP). At the last BEEC meeting, Paula Allen, as a member of the Christian Educ Committee as well as BEEC, was asked to find out how many rooms were needed for any new expansion of the church.

An itemized list of needs from the Christian Educ meeting was given to Lloyd Meyer, head of the AAP. Multiple ideas were discussed with the plans of Mr. Hahn and Mr. McCartney. Much of the discussion dealt with rooms for the pre-school and the need for the pre-school to remain easily accessible to parents driving to drop-off or pick-up their kids, trying to utilize the same rooms for our own Sunday School since the furniture would be the same size, and the need for keeping the pre-school a fair distance away from the sanctuary in order to not interfere with funerals, etc.

The need for a new façade for the church was also discussed with several ideas mentioned. There is strong sentiment about having a parlor or extended narthex area for people to meet prior to worship.

The AAP has a meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 27 at 7 PM. Mr. Hahn will be there to listen to review the Building Space Program and consider a variety of ideas on how to achieve those goals.

The meeting adjourned with plans to meet again on Tuesday, July 11 at 7 PM.