#BuildSFA Update April 2022
We hope that you all enjoyed spring break. We are just thrilled that we were able to welcome you back with the new City of Vancouver development application signage which has been mounted to our fences. These signs are a mark of progress and an important notification to our neighbours and community that our project is proceeding. The City of Vancouver is asking for community feedback on our project, so please follow this link https://shapeyourcity.ca/870-victoria-dr and write to the City in support of our school redevelopment project. Our positive comments by next Thursday, April 14th are needed.
At the AGM meeting, we shared the news that we have now awarded the contract for our Construction Management company to Smith Bros. and Wilson who will now oversee the pre-construction engineering and budgeting process in preparation for the final tender for construction which we expect to occur in the fall. We have now also awarded contracts for our mechanical and structural consultants who went into the school during the spring-break school shut down to perform an evaluation of the existing structure to better inform the seismic upgrade process. The next steps will be to engage an envelope engineer and a code consultant.
In the meantime, we have begun our $1.5 Million Capital Campaign. We all have busy lives with multiple commitments to meet. Yet the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to contribute to a project that is so foundational such as an elementary school is rare. We have the ability to secure the future of the school for generations of children in the way that the original builders of St. Francis of Assisi provided for us today.
Please keep your door and ears open to our volunteer parents who have joined the We’re Building for the Future Capital Campaign Committee and be a part of the community that regenerates our school. This final 10% of the financing will require the commitment of our entire school and parish community and we ask each of you to consider what would be a thoughtful gift on behalf of your family, and to pray for our success.
Let us all enjoy seeing each other’s faces.
With blessings,
Father Eugenio Aloisio
Pastor
Mrs. Anne Yam
Principal
