After months of conversation, cost-cutting, and dialogue, the congregation voted on September 29th and strongly endorsed completing improvements to the glade around the outdoor chapel with congregational funding. These improvements will include the memorial garden, and the stone paths, site work, grading and seeding we anticipate happening in the late winter/spring. We also approved seeking community funding to complete improvements in the great lawn area including entryway garden and patio, stone paths, labyrinth and the important remediation of water issues:

1. Therefore be it resolved that this congregation approves completion of

Option A, with the understanding that the council will extend the capital appeal; invite
new friends and partners to participate; and will prioritize elements of the project in
keeping with the financial resources received or promised.--- Approved

2. Motion 2: Therefore be it resolved that this congregation also approves completion of improvements to the great lawn with funding primarily through community giving; and with the understanding that the council be authorized to prioritize elements of the project in keeping with the financial resources received or promised. --- Approved.

Many thanks to the outdoor chapel team under the leadership of David Olson and Patti Houston. Many thanks to the capital appeal team and Allen Leadbetter. And many thanks to the St. Andrew council for hours of work to move us forward.

The Capital Appeal Team

Allen Leadbetter, Chair, Nicole Manfredo, Elise Sinagra, Gail McCarthy, Rebecca Northup, Dana Millar, Roy Jacobsen, Kerry Gallup, Pastor Lisa Hazelwood, Wayne & Judy Hellert, and Jessica Babineau

Option A –Improvements to the Glade-South of the Stone Wall — Additional Cost $ 124,128.68

• Completed chapel structure 
• Fully developed memorial garden 
• ADA approved stone dust pathways throughout chapel area and entrance from auxiliary lot
• Auxiliary parking lot graded and finished with stone

Benefits

• Accessibility to, and within, the chapel and memorial garden area
• Wedding friendly, creating a potential source of revenue for maintenance of the site
• Fully developed memorial garden for interments/reflection and source of revenue
• Project in Glade completed (no need to disturb what has been done to finish elements later)

Great Lawn Improvements North of the Stone Wall – Additional Cost $66,180 

• Lawn remediation to include grass planting
• Labyrinth preparation and materials
• Pollinator garden preparation
• Decorative fencing at lawn entrance from main parking lot