ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR FACILITIES
Date: November 4, 2003
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Place: 307 Kerr Hall
· Draft notes of the June 3, 2003 meeting were sent as an email attachment on June 18, 2003.
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.
3. Design
Advisory Board
Presenter: Frank Zwart
4. LRDP
Committee
Presenter: Charlie Eadie
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
Note: An updated construction
chart will be handed out at the meeting.
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