The Cathedral Of Our Merciful Saviour's Roof Construction Documents
To contract with qualified professionals to prepare construction documents for the preservation of the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
$4,500,000 the first year and $6,500,000 the second year are for history programs and projects operated or conducted by or through local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Funds are to be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer these funds using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. grants@mnhs.org
Short Term Goal - An architectural firm will be selected through an informal bidding process, affecting the project by way of a best value decision for quality of project bid, reasonable cost, and previous experience with construction documents projects.
Short Term Expected Result: Selected firm meets the majority of predetermined criteria for evaluating RFPs, as established by the Cathedral?s grants team.
Actual Result: Yes, we selected MacDonald and Mack and they met the conditions of our contract with them. Even exceeded in accomplishing moving the deadline up for the final documents. We have a good working relationship with MacDonald and Mack and they understand that we are submitting a large grant request in May of this year.
Intermediate Goal: The construction documents will enable the Cathedral to continue with fundraising to build up a fund to match an anticipated large grant application for actual roof construction. The documents will also provide the necessary next step in moving forward with the roof construction.
Intermediate Expected Result: The Cathedral leadership will send out capital campaign letters to businesses, organizations and citizens who are shareholders in the Cathedral's community outreach endeavors. A large grant application will also be made to MNHS in 2020 for the Cathedral to proceed with roof construction.
Intermediate Actual Result: Yes, the Cathedral has met this goal as well. Capital Campaign letters have gone out based on the 60% and 90% construction documents that were submitted to MNHS. The large grant application has been started and will be submitted by the end of May.
Long Term Goal: The documents will allow roof construction to proceed and be completed. This will ensure that the building remains structurally sound and the artifacts, community outreach events and people who congregate under its roof are dry.
Long Term Expected Result: The Cathedral will get a new roof.
Long Term Actual Result: Based on the completion of the construction documents the Cathedral is one step closer to renovating the existing roof. The large grant to help fund this goal has been started and will be submitted at the end of May.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org