Good afternoon Everyone - hope you are enjoying the sunshine and the upcoming Mother's Day Weekend.

I wanted to provide an update on the project - lots of activity since the last one:

1. We have sent a letter of intent to RA Gray Construction to be the GC.  Once the bridge loan has been finalized with the Archdiocese, we will be able to execute a GC agreement with RA Gray - this should happen within the next couple weeks.
2. A few of us, Father Zach, Deacon Larry, myself, Bob Farek, Henry Fitzgibbon and Ed Kurtz met on site with Bob Gray and his superintendent, Tony Sousa, Jr. for a site logistics meeting on Thursday (May 7).  Very good meeting - the job trailer and connex storage will be located just east of the office parking area - we are looking into a security plan and should know more about that very soon.  It was also good to meet Tony and to walk the site, etc.;
3. The architect has submitted responses to our permit plans with the City of Gresham.  Dialogue continues - some challenges with response from the City given that most reviewers are working from home;
4. I am working on the guarantee bond information for the City which needs to be done prior to receiving the building permit.  Bob Gray is assisting on verifying pricing for the work - we must add a trash enclosure to a future phase in the east parking area;
5. RA Gray and Soderstrom are looking into the possibility of a DEMOLITION PERMIT with the City of Gresham.  If the demo permit is granted, demolition could begin very soon.  We will know more about this early next week;
6. Father and staff have been working on logistics as far as masses go during construction.  Once construction begins, weekday masses will be in the Fireside Room so that mass goers will be away from construction activity.  The GC will make sure access is prepared for the main church for all of the weekend masses.  Father has mentioned he would like to reserve Saturday's for funerals in the main church - the GC will accommodate during construction.
7. Claire has done a great job organizing the budget for both the GC and soft costs - we will be able to use this important document going forward to effectively manage the project;
8. We will be working on signage for office parking, mass access, etc. in the coming days.

Should you have any questions - please feel free to ask.  

Mr. David Mastroieni
DDM CONSULTING, INC.

Gresham, OR. 97080
c - 503 - 998-1070
ddmconsulting@msn.com


Design + Construction Project Management
Strategic Planning + Business Development

I am happy to announce another major step leading to construction of our Welcome Center.  We have a Project Manager, David Mastroieni,  and will select a General Contractor by late March.  We will be directing the contractor to hire parishioners as sub contractors to complete the work, those who have skill sets and documentation as roofers, carpenters, pavers, brick layers, landscapers, plumbers, electricians and the like.  We are gathering your necessary paperwork at the office leaving it for Fr. Julio or Fr. Charles in the next two weeks.
Please include a resume about your business, liability insurance and a business card.