I want to share some history with you and challenge you with two questions. This was the site of one of the Royal Exhibition Buildings, an imposing building of glass and brick. Gorsebrook Hill, best known for tobogganing is part of the former golf course of the same name. The nature of the properties the Cathedral Congregation maintain make servicing them a task that consumes resources. Much time is required, by those involved, in keeping the properties in reasonable condition.
Reasonable condition is relative to our limited finances.
Last year we identified several areas of concern. We budgeted funds to address them on a priority basis for 2000. I thought you might like to know what some of these projects are. Fuel price increases prompted us to address the rather poor insulating value of the windows and doors in the Deanery. We have gone through an estimating and quoting process and expect to start this project before the winter heating season.