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• Feb. 21, 2010 at 4:00 pm.  Business Meeting voted by 75% to approve Option C as our future building plan.
   
• Jan. 31, 2010 at 3:00 pm.  Business Meeting canceled due to snow.
   
• Jan. 26, 2010 Pastor mailed out to every member, a letter with rough pricing and details on Option C.
   
• Jan. 24, 2010.  Church board discussed and voted to recommend Option C at the next business meeting.  Also voted to locate the new building between the school and the Morgan Center.  The building committee reported that rough estimates of costs would be $550,000 for Option C, and $425,000 for Option B with a Kitchen.
   
• Dec. 8, 2009.  Church board discussed and voted with unanimous support and without objection to research two options for our next business meeting:
  1. Option B Enlarged: Build a ~7,200 sqft separate building to be used as a Community Services Thrift Store with Yard Sale. Including a concept for a kitchen and conference room in the existing Morgan Center.
  2. Option C: Build a ~8,000 sqft separate building to be used as a gym, kitchen, and conference room. Including a concept to remodel the existing Morgan Center to become entirely a Thrift Store with Yard sale.
      
• Nov. 15, 2009.  Business Meeting voted 65% for Option B, 27.5% for Neither, 7.5% for Option A.  Because the business meeting voted to require a 75% majority to pass any option, the entire issue is referred back to the church board for discussion.
   
• Nov. 9, 2009.  Building Team held a Information Meeting, open to everyone, a detailed question and answer session for clarification of the plans for options A and B.
   
• Nov. 1, 2009.   Building team mailed out to every member, a letter with pricing and details, including selected pages from the building plans for: Option A, an Expansion & Remodel to Morgan Center and Option B, a Stand-alone Building.
   
• May 12, 2009.  Church board informed that the architect has finished the Thrift Store plans for the new building near the bamboo.
   
• Apr. 14, 2009.  Church board voted to schedule a business meeting as soon as detailed plans are complete with estimates of total cost for all new buildings in previously voted proposal #7.  Also voted to wait until after the finance committee counsels with Lynn Johnson CPA (happened on May 4).  The business meeting would seek to approve plans and determine phasing.  A septic system has been tentatively approved by the Health Dept.
   
• Mar. 14, 2009.  Church business meeting voted to proceed with revised proposal #7 from previous meeting with some revisions: The kitchen addition on the side was eliminated due to cost.  Instead the existing kithen inside would be remodeled.  The storage lean-to to be added on the side of the gym might be expanded in size.  The existing storage container could be relocated for school use.
   
• Mar. 10, 2009.  Church board voted to add Dennis Green and Wally McDaniel to building team.
   
• Feb. 10, 2009.  Church board voted a new Building & Planning Team: Earl Hornback (chair), Todd Collson, Pam Green, Karen Syfert.
   
• Feb. 8, 2009.  Church business meeting votes to explore proposals #2 and #7.  Building committee to refine proposals and present more information at future business meeting.  Both proposals add a steel building 80' x 100' used as community services, located near bamboo. Orange Proposal #2 has existing thrift store becoming kitchen and S.S. rooms. Violet Proposal #7 has a new kitchen connected to the side of gym, add 25' to the back of the gym, and add lean-to storage on the east side of the gym where the shipping container is currently.
   
• Jan. 24, 2009.  We had 99 ballots submitted. Survey results:
  1. Community Services / Yard Sale Storage
  2. Kitchen, larger, more efficient
  3. Sabbath School Rooms Addition
  4. Fellowship Hall/Gym
  5. Sanctuary expansion.
   
• Jan. 13, 2009.  Church board voted to conduct a needs survey on Sabbath Jan. 16.
   
• Dec. 31, 2008.  At the end of the year our 'fleece' goal totals were: $19,961 towards the Building Fund, and our church budget income had a deficit of $4,735.
   
• Sep. 9, 2008.  Church board voted to continue to hold work on the plans. Architect had only done $1,000 of $6,000 contracted work on the plans. Pastor & Architect had agreed to hold finishing plans until after 'fleece' goals are met.
   
• Aug. 12, 2008.  Church board voted: "To present a 'fleece' of keeping within our church budget and raising an additional $50,000 by the end of 2008 before going ahead with the project."
   
• Aug. 12, 2008.  At Church board, Shawn & Robert presented bids for gym expansion from area contractors: ranging from $75,000 to $95,000.
   
• May 13, 2008.  Church board voted "to go ahead with architect plans for $6,000"
   
• Mar. 19, 2008.  Church business meeting voted: "to build phase A and D and have a designated amount in hand before beginning." Phase A is a storage expansion of ~2400 sqft, along the east side of the Gym. Phase D is a 40' x 50' gym expansion of ~2000 sqft, straight out the back of the gym.
   
• Mar. 12, 2008.  Church business meeting voted: "to use Church Capital Savings funds for building expansion by matching $1 from the fund for every $2 brought in through building fund donations"
   
• Mar. 12, 2008.  At Church business meeting, Architect Mark Gillis and Building Team presented a Master Site Plan for future expansion.  The team shared some visual renderings, and asked for church approval and direction on phasing.  Voted to table decision for one week.
   
• Nov. 13, 2007.  Church board voted "to hire an architect to recommend best utilization in adding to current structures."  This should purchase the church a master site plan for around $2,000.
   
• Summer 2007.  Church board & business meeting vote to create a new building team with the goal of addressing these top 3 priorities:
  1. Kitchen, larger more efficent
  2. Community Service, larger, more storage, all one level
  3. More Sabbath School class rooms

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BUILDING TEAM '09-'10
Roger Peden, Leader
Deb Grant
Dennis Green
Pam Green
William Sampson
Paul Witt

BUILDING TEAM
Feb.-June 2009
Earl Hornbeck, Leader
Todd Collson
Dennis Green
Pam Green
Wally McDaniel
Karen Syfert

BUILDING TEAM '08-'09
Shawn Eckmann, Leader
Robert Carney
Deb Grant
Bill Sampson
Karen Syfert