MINUTES
PLANNING ACTION COUNCIL
(PAC)
Thursday, March 14, 2002
Members
Present:
Faculty: Senate – N. Barakat, S. Fasteau, S. Mc Murray
AFT –R. Oakes
Classified: B. Sotelo, T. Sulyok
Students: A. Bolis, A. Brooks, J.
Escalante, P. Heath, P. Lovett, A. Nwokajor, G. Palmer, M. Ramos
Co-Chairs: L. Spink, M. Wood
Resource Persons: C. Liddle, G. Wood
Guests: C. Bossler, B. Englert,
L. Heimgartner, S. Sandt, B. Young
Project Managers: Steve Johnson, Jim Favaro (MDA
Johnson/Favaro)
Absent: Administration: J. Ricci; AFT: W. Hollis, J. Stanbery; Classified: L. De Silva, K. Gentry, G. Mendoza,
L. Payne
Meeting called to order at 2:30 p.m. The minutes for February 7, 2002 were accepted as presented.
1. LAUSD / High School Update
Dr. Linda Spink
The college is entering into a MOUS with LAUSD to create a middle college. Two doctoral students from Pepperdine will provide some of the services as part of their consulting course in the doctorate program. Once the agreement is signed with CSUDH, they will be able to assist with surveys, develop FLEX activities to acquaint the college with the program, and any support needed for the program. B. Richards will coordinate the program. LAHC will have 40-50 tenth grade students in the fall from Region K. Students will be part of a special teacher preparation academy with probably a ‘B’ GPA. Students are not continuation students. They will file an application to be part of the program. There will be no exchange of funds or office space. They will use the modular units currently used by District J from LAUSD. LAUSD will provide a counselor, on-site principal, and clerical support, lunch for the students. Nursing may be charged on an incident basis. The president will talk with District K to clarify the lunch and nursing concerns. Otherwise there would be no additional burdens on the college campus.
2. ITV________
Dr. Linda Spink
ITV is an instructional TV college that acts as a small independent college within the District and is currently housed at LA City. They have approximately 1,000 students and they are looking for a new home with approximately 1,500 square feet of space. They want to remain separate from the host college and not merge with the host college. The Chancellor recommended Valley or Harbor as two possible sites, in light of the fact that Harbor recently received a TV grant. ITV would pay rent to the host college and cover their own expenses including staff. The host college receives a piece of ITV revenues computed on a formula. ITV would require MIS support. They produce their own transcripts. Discussion followed on the impact ITV would have on the college and the perception by faculty of ITV courses. It was noted that some colleges value ITV courses differently. USC does not accept them. Committee members expressed interest as to why they were leaving City. Apparently there is a space issue and ITV prefers not to merge with the college’s existing departments. There was discussion as to what is distance education and what is not and on the future of ITV technology. It was noted that most of ITV students are from the north end of the LA basin. Committee members wanted to know more on how our facilities and staff would be impacted. If PAC were interested in pursuing, other campus groups would be involved in further discussions. ITV needs an answer by the end of March to be operational in September. Paul McKenna (Exec. Director of ITV) could attend the April Division Council meeting and Academic Senate to answer further concerns about ITV.
B. Englert indicated that with campus renovations starting soon, housing ITV in a portable building may present a problem since space is going to be limited. Paul McKenna (Exec. Director of ITV) could attend the April Division Council meeting and later speak to the Academic Senate.
3. Master Plan
Dr. Linda Spink
J. Favaro noted the importance of a concise summary of what is being accomplished by the 5-year plan and to restate where we are in the process. The master plan begins the steps and is followed by the EIR, programming, design, and actual construction. At our current stage, almost everything will be revisited at a later point in time for more detail including traffic and parking. The master plan develops the broad concepts and provides the general layout. Updates to the master plan that have occurred in the last few weeks were provided including:
· PE Building – at the request of the PE faculty and staff, a greater portion of the building will remain in the 5-year plan in exchange for the tennis courts. Tennis will use off-site facilities.
· PACE – requires office space in the new NW Academic Building.
· Community Services/Job Placement will be in the Technology Building as submitted in the FPP. The technology building will house automotive, technology, architecture, drafting, electronics, job placement and community services. Should the state not fund the building, we can revisit the programming.
· Behavioral Science will be located in the new NW Academic Building.
· The NW Academic Building will have a kitchen & dining facilities in addition to the 54,000 square feet dedicated to classroom space. The large meeting rooms can also be used for classes.
· Currently traffic and parking is addressed within the boundaries of the campus. EIR will address the impact and compare the existing situation with the 5-year plan and its impact on traffic and parking.
PARKING EXISTING CAMPUS 5-YEAR PLAN
Accessed via L Street 913 804
Accessed via Figueroa Place 1,189 1,447
The city and county will address the traffic impact on PCH and L Street. There has been an effort to distribute vehicles equally around campus.
· Soils Testing – Five borings were taken from different locations on campus by a geotechnician.
Results: a 3-4 rating which is above average; the water table is at 35’to 40’; the soil is sandy, allowing for a convention foundation. The library building has a conventional foundation while Seahawk is on piles.
· Use of artificial turf on the track is still pending, however it will conserve water and improve our sustainability.
There will be a new statewide bond measure for higher education for either $2 billion or $2.3 billion. Negotiations are ongoing with CSU & UC to change to the normal 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 split. If the higher amount is approved, CSU & UC have agreed to the community colleges receiving 40%
Discussion Items:
· Harbor was in the bottom 25% for transfers to 4-year colleges. That computation has been modified and Harbor is no longer in the bottom quartile. The current computation is more accurate. Staffing our Transfer Center and scheduling more frequent visits by university reps have contributed to our increased transfer rate. East, City and Trade Tech remain in the bottom quartile.
· Costs for all the new buildings and renovations will be discussed when scheduling projects.
· Renovations include paint and air conditioning.
· Seahawk Center will get an addition.
· A project manager was recently hired and will begin to work on phasing the projects.
· The Business Conference Center has tentatively been renamed the NW Academic Building.
· PAC meets the first Thursday of the month.
Meeting adjourned 4:40 p.m.