CPC Minutes

APPROVED MINUTES

COLLEGE PLANNING COUNCIL (CPC)

Monday, 26 January 2009

1:30 pm

SSA 219

Presiding: B. McNeel

Members Present:

Co-Chair: B; McNeel, J. Smith

Administration: l. Spink, A. Patterson, L. Rosas, N. Malone, A. Tomlinson, D. Humphreys, B. Richards

Faculty: AFT: J. Stanbery, S. McMurray, B. Young

Senate: L. Mckenzie, N. Barakat, M. Wood,

Classified: I. Clarke, L. DaSilva, L. Minor, W. Gilliam

Students: R. Richards

Guests: D. Tull, C. Mussa-Muldoon, B. Englert, T. Liley, E. Colocho, T. Mariner, N. Tan, L. Glover, M. Young, D. Hart, E. Andrews, T. Michaelman, M. Bishop, Y. Moss, G. Swade, J. Goodell

Absent: Faculty: AFT: L. Lane; Classified: R. Nadler

Meeting was called to order at 1:30.

Acceptance of Agenda:

The Agenda was accepted as presented: one-item Agenda: Review of Measure J Priorities and Campus Master Plan.

Review of Measure J Priorities and Campus Master Plan:

L. Spink discussed the creation of the lists submitted for Measure J, and the need to prioritize the list submitted to the district for the 3.5 billion bond measure, now that the bond has passed. L. Spink introduced D. Hart, M. Bishop, E. Andrews, T. Michaelman.

M. Bishop discussed the projects on the list:

Science Center/Physical and Life Sciences Center:

Would include the chemistry, physics labs, life sciences, etc. The programming for this building is finished. The project is ready to go to design-build. The design-build program is one where the same company both designs and constructs the building, rather than having it be designed by an architect and built by a different construction company. It is a much faster process, and allows us to make a qualification–based selection. The 3 major building projects will be done with design-build.

New Culinary arts Kitchen and Restaurant Laboratory, DSPS, Bookstore, health Center, Business Office and Student Union:

Will also be design-build.

Fine Arts/Theater Renovations:

Will pick up a lot of the things that were left out of the first renovations, and complete the theater, Drama Speech and Fine Arts. It will also include the exterior package for the Fine Arts Quad.

CalWorks, Job Placement and Data Center Modernization (Old Admin Building):

The Data Center will be enlarged; the building will be given air conditioning and modernized. Hazardous materials will be removed from the CalWorks and WorkSource center, and it will all be folded into a One-Stop Center. The WorkSource center is for 18-24.

TV Studio Learning Equipment and Uplink to Enhance TV, Theater and Film Production Programs:

The TV Studio equipment needs replacing.

Astronomy Building

Extended Education:

The GC Building will be modernized and an elevator will be added.

Campus-Wide Landscape/Hardscape:

This is aimed at infrastructure upgrades. Once all building is completed, walkways will be upgraded; this will also include campus-wide landscaping, signage and way-finding devices.

New Parking Structures:

Aimed at accommodating about 1000 cars. This will be the third design-build project on the list.

FF&E Replacement and Supplementation:

There will be only 6 buildings left from the original campus; this is to replace window fittings, patch and paint walls and trim. This will also allow us to finish off FF&E left over from Proposition A/AA construction, and in the modernized buildings.

Harbor Land Acquisition:

Specifically refers to the 4.8 acres in the back Southwest of the campus that now belongs to DWP.

Infrastructure Upgrades:

Finishes the infrastructure upgrades begun under Proposition A/AA (the remaining half of the campus): water lines, sewer lines, power lines, chiller water return and hot water return.

Discussion included:

Money going to district-wide projects, to be managed by Larry Eisenberg’s area; it will go towards ADA, technology, etc.

The Library will be completed during the Measure J period; this is the final A/AA building.

Parking structures will be phased in; we will start the first new one when the PE & Wellness Center is finished and occupied, around August or September.

Possible re-purposing or demolition of the racquetball courts? Tennis courts?

Bleachers at the North end of the football stadium; is there a way to get them built?

Each phase of construction is contingent on the phase before: before the new Library can be built, Business has to come down; before Business can come down, the Tech Building has to come down, etc. The deadline to start building the Library is 6/1/09 to receive the promised state funding. The state has frozen all state-funded building projects, but the Board has decided to move forward with them.

The Board is entertaining a proposal to use the electric signs to sell advertising, which would bring revenue into the campuses.

Campus storage: we are limited as to space. A room will be added to the parking structures to house emergency supplies, etc. Warehouse space will be cleared as the photovoltaic project moves into its next phases.

There is some money left over from the Prop A/AA funds, but it is unclear how much there is at this point.

It may be possible to use money left over from the PE building to construct two team rooms under the bleachers; we could do track and field events then. Discussion on this topic will be continued at another time.

D. Hart discussed the proposed purchase of land/land swap: there is 76.6 acres, owned by two different entities, for sale on Pacific Coast Highway, and requested permission from CPC to explore the possibilities at a conceptual level.

Option 1: A land swap is also being discussed which would obviate the need for the parking structures, allowing us to use that money for another purpose. Or the parking structure could be built and the swapped land used for another purpose. Cost is 24.8 million. This option is a straight land swap.

Option 2: A property swap that would bring the campus up to PCH; a road could be brought from PCH to the Student Services/Administration Building on L Street. Development costs would be required (moving two golf holes). The cost would 47.2 million; 6 million more than the planned parking structures. That road would cut down on traffic around the campus.

Option 3: use the DWP land as part of the swap with Rec and Parks. This would provide possible revenue. Would give more of an opportunity for development and revenue enhancement.

Discussion included:

Rising costs to maintain the new buildings. Revenue generation would help deal with those rising costs.

Do ground lease for 66 years, with an option for the lessee to develop it. That development would ideally be an enhancement for the college, for example, student housing. At the end of that time, the college would get the land back. That would also require 3-5 years of pre-development, with associated costs, which would come from the bond money. This is not a new concept for colleges and universities, just a new concept for community colleges.

It is an opportunity to consider the Harbor College of the future, 10-20 years from now. This would take the college to the Pacific Coast Highway, with all the attendant benefits: visibility for the college, increased access. The city or the port could develop the land for programs.

There would be a timing issue, holding up the parking structures. Arrangements would have to be made to provide parking in the meantime. It could also take quite a long time to negotiate with DWP.

The land would belong to the college, not the district, if measure Q comes along. Any MOU between Rec & Parks would have to come through LAHC. The district is not approving projects unless the campus is behind it.

Parks & Rec has already expressed their interest.

The Port has been looking at other land. They have been talking about a Green Technology Center; there is partnership potential with the port and the city.

S. McMurray asked that the minutes to reflect that the commitment we have already made to student-centered things like the Student Center and Culinary Arts be the #1 priority.

J. Stanbery requested that any study being done include questions and concerns of the college, so they can be addressed before anything is presented.

N. Malone raised the question of the location of the Student Union; if it near classroom buildings, etc., the students cannot hold rallies or have dances or make noise without creating a disturbance and incurring complaints.

The Committee gave permission for a land study to explore the possibility of a land swap/purchase.

Meeting adjourned at 4:00 pm.