Faith's Parking Lot Project

The deacons have continued to work with the engineering firm (Weekes Engineering) that developed the blueprints to progress our parking lot project. What follows is the latest on work done since the last update as well as the current status.

Following approval from the Town of Oakville in May, our engineers provided a series of questions related to the construction phase of the project for the board to provide direction on. Our responses will comprise the "General Instructions" that will be included in the bid package that ultimately will be shared with potential contractors. These were primarily practical questions about the construction phase, such as parking management for Sunday services, construction crew-access to the building, whether they provide their own power supply, waste/garbage management, liaising with neighbours, etc. We provided our response to our engineers in July. We had hoped the bid package would go out for tender this summer to get a clear picture of the actual costs of the project, and so that construction might begin and finish this fall. That has not happened.

The key question the board has continually tried to confirm is timing of construction. Weekes has confirmed that fall 2024 is no longer a realistic possibility for construction. Next Spring 2025 is now the realistic timeline for construction commencement. 

At the Lord's leading, the board plans to work with Weekes through the intervening months to finalize the bid package and be ready to finally proceed come the Spring. 

The delay in construction has enabled us to administer parking space rentals for the fall and winter semester as per our usual practice with Sheridan students. It was originally planned that parking rentals would be suspended for the fall, but with the delay parking passes can be accepted and the church office has been processing these. To this end, the board approved a modest increase in our per/semester rental price which had remained unchanged for several years.

Your continued prayers for the Parking Lot Project are encouraged, required and appreciated. Thank you for your continued faithfulness and patience as we follow the Lord with this work