MINUTES

PLANNING ACTION COUNCIL (PAC)

Thursday, January 10, 2002

Members Present:

         Administration: N. Malone, J. Ricci, L. Rosas, A. Tomlinson

         Faculty:  Senate – N. Barakat, S. Fasteau

                       AFT – W. Hollis, R. Oakes, J. Stanbery

         Classified:  G. Mendoza, L. Payne, B. Sotelo, T. Sulyok

         Students: M. Ramos

         Co-Chairs: L. Spink, M. Wood

         Resource Persons:  C. Liddle, G. Wood

         Guests:  B. Englert, S. Sandt, A. Wakita

         Project Managers:  Steve Johnson,   Jim Favaro  (MDA Johnson/Favaro)

Absent:  Administration: N. Carson, L. Menzies; Senate: S. McMurray; Classified: L. DeSilva, K. Gentry; Students: A. Bolis, B. Curtis, A. Khalid, M. Larios, D. Powell

 

Meeting called to order at 1:05 p.m.  The minutes of December 20 were accepted as presented.  It was noted that the facilities master plan is available on the college web site.

 

This special PAC meeting follows up on the December meeting with a goal to reach agreement for a draft of the facilities master plan.  The planners would like direction on 3 items:  relocation of the Behavioral Science classroom originally planned along L Street; whether to retain the existing PE building and/or what portion to keep and remodel; and whether to add a 4th level for parking.

A review of previous changes followed:

·        Rotating the football field to a north/south direction. 

·        The surface parking in the southeast corner of campus

·        Building a regulation soccer field

·        A new baseball diamond with lighting and a new women’s softball field

·        A 2-story PE building with lockers and fitness center on the ground floor, one-court on the second floor. N. Barakat would like to see the PE building closer to the parking structure and not the field.

·        3-level parking structure in the SE corner for approx. 300 vehicles.

·        When the PE building is demolished, a practice soccer field could replace it.

Discussion followed on funds available for team rooms on the fields. Currently they would be a luxury. Students can dress in the PE building. Tennis courts could be located on roofs, but they are in question.  Handball courts are not currently used, and they too, are in question.

·        Building a 60,000 sq ft business/tech center with conference facilities, restaurant, kitchen facilities; 12,000 sq ft teaching facility for the business department;  16,000 sq ft  for technical arts with 6 classrooms and 4 computer labs; 12,000 sq ft media arts teaching facility with TV/studio; 5,000 sq ft for a data center and IT offices.  This building will also accommodate campus police and central receiving.

·        A 3-level west parking structure for 210 vehicles.

·        Theater/Speech building will be renovated.  Speech classes will be moved to Liberal Arts.

·        New 35,000 sq ft Student Services building housing assessment center, a welcome center, orientation, A & R, registration, counseling.

·        New 30,000 sq ft classroom building for social studies and behavioral sciences.

·        Renovation of Seahawk Center to include a new student cafeteria and kitchen, and loading dock for bookstore and cafeteria.

·        Modifications to the GC building to accommodate high school students including installation of an elevator.  The high school needs 10 classrooms plus offices from the existing 16 classrooms.

Additional items discussed:

·        2 turn-arounds on L Street and 3 on Figueroa Place

·        17,000 sq ft central plant facility

·        West parking garage to accommodate 260 vehicles

·        YMCA’s roller rinks – the Y is ready to proceed whenever the college is.

It was noted the plan offers some improvement for the swap meet but that all three parking structures will be needed for visitors to the swap meet.  The campus currently has 2,100 parking spaces which are not fully utilized at peak times.  The parking will be consolidated into 3 parking structures providing 2,100 spaces.  A traffic engineer is looking at campus access and vehicular flow. They may recommend a 4th level on a parking structure. The committee felt the west parking structure would be the best choice for a 4th level and that it would need to be added now and not in the future.  The committee had agreed at one time not to have a 4th floor. COST: $3.6 million/floor.

 

Long Term Plans

·        Seahawk Center will be located in a central location on campus. 

·        Visitors can see into the campus from L Street.

·        Community Services – better idea to locate in the PE building to manage community service classes and swap meet and not the hi-tech building as originally suggested.  They would have managed the facilities. Using the GC classroom for some community service needs was discussed, but it was felt the LAUSD needs may not mesh with the college. Community services does need designated classrooms for their use.

·        Discussion followed on the existing PE building and investment to renovate it. The existing building is really 3 buildings and there are advantages to retaining it.  The committee has been consistent in saying the PE building would be the last to be remodeled. Both men and women’s sports will benefit along with complying with Title XI. In previous discussions, coaches requested field renovations over team rooms at the fields. The ASO president stated that the students would like a health fitness center. It was agreed to keep the gym, renovate the lockers, and renovate the other side of the building for community service to use.

·        Child Development Center and DSPS and Health will be located in the Administration Building.  The need for DSPS parking was raised especially in the northeast corner of campus which has no handicapped parking. It was suggested to include handicapped parking on Figueroa Place and in the interim to keep parking lot L.  As a long-range plan, the college may look at shuttles for DSPS students.

J. Stanbery recommended that cost estimates be included for all the projects along with anticipated costs to staff facilities. In the past, the TV studio was not functional because of staffing.  It was felt it is important to quantify costs especially with the business center. S. Fasteau recommended that the business center not be made smaller.

 

The north east corner around the Liberal Arts building can be redesigned and relandscaped so that the area will have a strengthened, ‘new’ look. The space relationships created between buildings and their impact in developing a collegial feeling was discussed.  Parking is a problem still under discussion.

 

Consensus:  For a 4th parking level on the west parking structure; relocate the new Behavioral Science classroom in an east/west direction on the southeast side of the nursing building; and, as a compromise, to spend less money on field development resulting in 2 gyms (1 in the new PE building & a remodel of the gym in the existing PE building), classrooms and offices in the new PE building, 8 tennis courts, and possible room to accommodate community services.

 

Other Items:

·        There is $400,000 in state funds to irrigate the athletic fields.

·        The building and remodels will be done in a staging process.  Very few areas will be displaced (child development center and campus police)

·        Both the high school and community services could use the GC building.

 

 

 

Meeting adjourned 3:30 p.m.

 

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