ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR FACILITIES

Date:                November 4, 2003

Time:                2:00 to 4:00 pm

Place:               307 Kerr Hall

Agenda

Introductions

Approval of Notes from the Previous Meeting

·        Draft notes of the June 3, 2003 meeting were sent as an email attachment on June 18, 2003.

Items for Action

Attachments for Meeting

1.      Cingular Lease of Campus Space

Sponsor:      Tom Vani

Presenters:   Pat LeCuyer and Ed Titus

The Committee is asked to recommend approval of the Cingular Lease of Campus Space (Project Summary Form attached).  Action on this item will follow agenda item 6 (a presentation by CATS on the larger Cell Phone Infrastructure and Service project that sets the context for this lease).

2.      Option to Purchase University Town Center (UTC)

Sponsors:     Tom Vani and Meredith Michaels

Presenters:   Dennis Artman and John Bono

The University holds a purchase option at the UTC Building that must be exercised no later than September 17, 2004.  A presentation will be given that describes the approximately 60,000 rentable square feet occupied by the University (University Extension, Colleges and University Housing Services, and Academic Information Systems); the remaining approximately 25,000 rentable square feet in the building (15,000 retail and 10,000 office); and the issues to consider before proceeding with the purchase (debt capacity, revenue streams, location, flexibility of space, parking, compliance with current building codes, etc.).  ACF is asked to recommend whether the campus should proceed with the investigation of this purchase, including obtaining, at a cost of approximately $12,000, a fair market value appraisal of UTC.


 

Status Report from Committees and Working Groups

3.      Design Advisory Board

Presenter:     Frank Zwart

4.      LRDP Committee

Presenter:     Charlie Eadie

Informational/Discussion/Report Items

5.      Student Presentation on Sustainability

Presenters:   Jacob Cabrera, Marcia Winslade, Arthur Coulston, Amy Stoddard, and Tim Galerneau

The California Student Sustainability Coalition (CSSC) and the Student Environmental Center (SEC) will make a presentation to ACF on sustainability.  The draft presentation agenda and background materials prepared by the students are attached.  Officers of the Student Union Assembly have been invited to attend.

6.      Cell Phone Infrastructure and Service Project

Presenters:   Pat LeCuyer and Ed Titus

Communications and Technology Services (CATS) is proceeding with the Cell Phone Infrastructure and Service project, one of twenty transformational projects recommended by the Executive Budget Committee that are aimed at reducing campus costs, transforming campus operations, and in some instances, increasing revenues for the campus.  This cell phone project will develop and implement a plan to install a micro-cell network on campus to simultaneously provide better and more continuous cell phone coverage and increase revenue to the University.  The presentation of this project by CATS will set the context for agenda item 1 (Cingular Lease of Campus Space).


7.      Update on 2004-09 State Funded Major Capital Improvement Program (MCIP)

Presenter:     Fran Owens

At the April 7, 2003 meeting, ACF recommended the five-year 2004-09 State-funded MCIP. [1]  At this meeting an update on the revised draft five-year program will be reviewed.  Attached are:

·        June 2, 2003 letter from Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Simpson to Vice President – Budget Hershman on the 2004-09 Major Capital Improvement Program

·        July 28, 2003 letter from Vice President Hershman to Chancellor Greenwood on the Proposed State 2004-09 Capital Program with 2003-04 Capital Budget Request

·        September 22, 2003 revised Draft Regents Budget—2004-09 State-funded Capital Improvement Program

Member Items

Note:  An updated construction chart will be handed out at the meeting.


Upcoming Agenda Items

Known upcoming agenda items are as follows:

·        2003-08 Non-State Capital Improvement Program

·        2005-10 State-funded Major Capital Improvement Program

·        Five-year Housing Plan

·        Policies and Procedures for the Review and Approval of Capital Improvement Projects

·        Classroom Subcommittee recommendations to increase classroom utilization

·        Space Evaluation Team (EH&S Facility) recommendations on interim solutions for waste handling

·        Student Life Facilities Planning

·        Capital Improvement Projects:

o       COSMOS Chemistry Lab

o       FSH Renovations Project

o       West Entrance Kiosk

o       Early Education Care Center Update

o       College Dining Hall Renovations (Porter, Cowell, Stevenson)

o       Baskin Engineering Room 252 Alterations

o       USGS Building at Long Marine Lab

·        Space Leases:

o       DASCOM Leases—Renegotiation and change of occupants

o       Lease of Campus Space to three additional cell phone providers