Introduction:

· Meeting convened by Tom Vani, Chair

Discussion of Notes from the Previous Meetings:

· Notes from the March 27 meeting were revised to include minor adjustments regarding the Library space presentation.

· Notes from the March 29 meeting were revised to correct who ACF makes recommendations to and to correct a statement about decision-making by the Chancellor/EVC.

Information Items:

1. State and Non-State Funded Major Capital Improvement Projects

MBEST Well and Irrigation System

MBEST Infrastructure

Presenters: Lora Martin and Shelley Kadota

· Of the 28,000 acres of property at Ford Ord, approximately 7000 acres are to be developed.

· UCSC’s property is at the northeast edge – operations began in January 1995.

· Maggie Fusari (Natural Reserves System) manages natural reserve at Fort Ord.

· Farmers work with campus’ sustainable agriculture people -- $600,000 in grants received.

· Well needed for farming/irrigation and has been in operation for 3 years.

· Infrastructure in place for the first 55 acres of land and includes roads, lights, sewer, telecommunication conduits, etc.

· Currently working on roadways (construction and improvements).

· Building construction to be completed in May, with opening date this summer.

· Over $18 million already invested in planning and infrastructure, most of which is in the form of federal/city grants.

· All infrastructure to be owned by Marina, the Water District, or the County. Only the telecommunication conduits are going to be owned by UCSC.

· Funding to pay the line-of-credit authorized by the campus is to come from a land deal with the developer (partly); land leases are paying operating portion of the line-of-credit.

· RFQ to come before the committee at a later date (don’t know if it will be an informational or consent item).

Status Report from Committees and Working Groups

2. March 22 Design Advisory Board Meeting

Presenter: Frank Zwart

· College Nine and Ten Student Mural Proposal

Ø Painted on wooden panels of housing unit

Ø Balance between school spirit and artistic expression needs to be evaluated

· Child Development Center presentation

· Arboretum (partial) Master Plan presentation

Ø Help determine value of master planning for the Arboretum

Ø May increase donors

· Boiler Building/Central Heat Plant Expansion

Ø Building between heat plant and road to hold 3-4 boilers, and allows for additional room should the campus pursue increased CoGen goals.

Ø Located to the east of the Communications Building.

Ø Heat loss is not an issue, since heat is in insulated piping.

Ø CoGen facility to be kept available for future use.

Ø Our attorneys were authorized to make Bank of America an offer ($100,000) on purchase of the CoGen facility. B of A wants $500,000.

Ø CoGen would be used as an emergency generator and “kept warm” to enable a 30 minutes start-up time (vs. 5 hours for a cold start).

Ø Issues: Summer outages expanded (May – Sept?); Length of outages.

3. Classroom Subcommittee Report

Presenter: Pamela Hunt-Carter

Handouts: Classroom Renovation Totals, Improvements to Classrooms, 2001-02 Media

Equipment Classroom Improvement Projects

· $110,000 one-time and $30,000 permanent funding provided last year for classroom maintenance/renovations.

· The Registrar’s Office is working with Physical Plant to coordinate the work

· Classroom Improvement Projects proposed for 2001-02 (presented in priority order). Questions/points to consider:

1) What are faculty needs?

2) Are there specialty needs?

3) Harder to schedule certain rooms because of outdated equipment.

· $176,000 being requested this year for media equipment for the classrooms (similar in size to usual yearly requests).

· Physical Plant classroom upgrade list needs to be prioritized.

Informational/Discussion/Report Items:

4. MBEST Update

Presenter: Lora Martin

· This item was discussed at the same time as agenda item #1. Please refer to the notes in that section for information.

5. Infill Apartments Design

Presenter: Frank Zwart

Handout: Design and Location Information

· This project touches all four campus watersheds.

· Description of specific locations and characteristics of Apartments at Cowell/Stevenson/Porter given. (Cowell apts. Include computer lab; Porter apts. Mimic “loft-style living” studio apartments for Arts students).

· Cost estimate is approximately $80,000 per bedspace for 640 bedspaces.

· If we’re going to double the number of dorms, the increased costs to students are a growing concern. (One member stated that this would increase room and board rates by $300/month per student to make the debt payments and then raised the question whether we could fill the dorms at the increased charge)

· Units house 4-6 people per apartment.

· Committee indicated it would like to see the room rate figures regarding how much students will pay due to new housing construction debt.

· Should we raise the question to students asking if they’d prefer lower rates over preservation of the meadows? (Since building on the meadows would be less expensive)

· The project is currently at the working drawing stage.

· Should an outside estimator be brought in the evaluate costs?

6. 2002-07 State Funded Major Capital Improvement Program

Presenter: Fran Owens

Handouts: 2002-07 State-Funded Capital Improvement Program letter from UCOP;

Space & Capital $$ Binder updates; ACF criteria/prioritization needs.

· How do we address priorities for capital plan in the future?

· Should an ACF subcommittee be created to come up with a list of principles?

· What do we submit this year (deadline is May 7)?

· Do we want another “surge” building/

· Do we want to phase-build Nat Sci 6 (presents problems)?

· A request was made for further discussion of what alterations projects are.

· At the 4/24 meeting, a decision needs to be made for the 2002-07 MCIP 5-year plan. This leaves no time to get to PAC due to meeting times and deadlines.

Review of Upcoming Agenda Items

Handout: Anticipated Future Agenda Items (through July 10)

· The agenda items for the next six weeks were very briefly discussed.

Member Items:

· No other items from the members were discussed.

Next Scheduled Meeting:

· April 24, from 3:00 – 5:00, at 481 McHenry.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR FACILITIES

Status Report from Committees and Working Groups

4. MBEST Update

Review of Upcoming Agenda Items