October 6, 2013
Dear Parishioners and School Parents,
While we had all hoped to break ground on our new school by now, we have not escaped the inherent delays with permits and other approval processes. This is typical for a project of this scale. None of these issues are insurmountable, however, they all require due attention and care. Here is where we stand today.
City Permits: we are awaiting the development and building permits from the City of Vancouver. The City made 16 requests of the parish, all of which have been met. Our final building plans are now making the last rounds of City departments and about six weeks ago we received a "prior-to letter" indicating that the permits will be issued in due course. Based on this assurance, we proceeded with the project bidding process with the full expectation that the permits will arrive by the time we select a contractor.
Contractor selection: over the past several months the Parish Building Committee collaborated with the Archdiocesan Building Commission to identify reputable contractors. We now have a competitive group of contractors who will submit their final bids on October 8. The building committee will work very closely with the Parish leadership (finance committee and Pastor) and the Archdiocese to select and enter into a contract with the preferred builder, and make final loan arrangements. All going well, this process will take at least until early November. Obviously, at some point soon after this date we will break ground and start the construction process.
Thank you for your patience and support as we reach a very important stage in our project. Please stay tuned as we hope to share more information with you as we start our Fall campaign in the first week of November.
Father Terry McNamara, OMI, Pastor
Cliff Nipp, Chair, Finance Committee
Vic Vela, Chair, Buidling Committee
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