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CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
Co-chairperson, Richard Guy, called the meeting to order at 1:10p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
M/S/P (Isomoto/Beaulieu) to approve the minutes
of November 08, 2004.
M/S/P (Isomoto/Senensieb) to approve the minutes of
December 13, 2004.
President’s Report
Tabled.
Opening Remark
Mr. Senensieb made the following remark:
East Los Angeles College is an educational institution and should not be run as
a business. Every decision that is made by EBPAC members should take into
account student success. State funding is not provided for parking lots or to
renovate stadiums, but to provide the best learning environment for students.
Mr. Beaulieu requested a brief explanation in terms of facilities and Mr. Guy
suggested that all questions be held until after the facilities report was
presented.
FACILITITES REPORT
Scott Harral distributed “ELAC Bond Project Highlights” (Week Ending 1/21/05)
and gave the following report:
- Construction is ahead of schedule for the E3/E5 buildings.
*- Construction for the PE fields have been placed on hold due to rain delays.
*- The K8 demolition has bids ranging from $23,000 to $77,000. Bids are being
evaluated at this time.
Parking structure site preparation will commence on February 21, 2005. That is
a nine-month process and all staff will have to deal with the inconvenience
until possibly November or December.
Mr. Guy informed the committee that in preparation for this project, two
hundred parking spaces have been identified on the concourse area.
Mr. Beaulieu said that the president had requested that the committee not
discuss the priority list for buildings; however Mr. Beaulieu wanted to address
this concern as a courtesy to the guests attending the meeting (English and
Foreign Language faculty) with the consent of the co-chairs and committee
members.
Mr. Beaulieu mentioned that there was expectation that the committee would be
presented the budget breakdown of costs but instead was informed that one of
the academic buildings had been deleted from the Jacobs prioritization list.
Mr. Beaulieu provided copies of the priority list that was voted on unanimously
at the Facilities meeting (Prioritization List C) and expressed his
dissatisfaction with the shared governance process at ELAC.
M/S/P (Beaulieu/Judge) to notice motion that the EBPAC meeting vote to accept
the Priority List C for building projects as proposed by the Facilities
Committee.
Dr. Perez mentioned that it was her understanding that information on the
background of the Jacobs prioritization list had been forwarded to faculty and
the facilities committee. This information was intended to be distributed back
in November which provided a list of the differences between the facilities
priority list and the Jacobs priority list of building projects.
Guest Sheila Goldstein expressed her concern that the Language Arts Building
being deleted from the Jacobs priority list and explained how difficult it has
been for faculty to communicate and to schedule classes across campus when they
are so dispersed. Ms. Goldstein suggested that this issue be addressed as a
committee.
Mr. Judge replied to Ms. Goldstein’s concern by informing the committee that
the Language Arts Building had been put back on the priority list and asked,
how much of the insistence of configuration of Language Arts in relation to
Math/Science has to do with removing Language Arts from the list.
Mr. Beaulieu responded that there is lack of building compromising and there
needs to be more clarity on basic priorities. The money difference between
those configurations is less and less and administration has not been open to
faculty and classified input.
Mr. Harral clarified that Jacobs is not proposing to eliminate any of the
projects and they intend to move forward with the Language Arts building on the
premise that funding will be obtained either by means of the current
Proposition AA or other sources from the state.
Mr. Senensieb asked the Vice Presidents if other funding sources such as bond
measures or funding from the state will be obtained. Mr. Isomoto replied that
there has not been any discussion to seek additional state funding.
Ms. Martinez replied that a master plan was submitted for the Humanities
Building (E5/E3) which is pending state funding and that the Performing and
Fine Arts building is partially funded by the state.
Dr. Perez informed the committee that the state has limited funding and for
that reason the Math/Science building was put off since the Humanities building
had a better chance for obtaining state funding.
Mr. Harral mentioned that $26 million has already been lost attributed to
market conditions such as inflation; $19 million has been incurred for the year
2004. This has led to the realignment of prioritizing. Not everything on the
original list can be built; therefore, the priority list was generated.
Dr. Kingett expressed her frustration and commented that since inflation is one
of the substantial expenses, rather than procrastinating any longer due to lack
of communication, everyone should share information so that construction
projects can be moved forward.
Dr. Burke-Kelly mentioned that the fitness center serves roughly 500-600
students per semester in a small fitness center and 300 students in the short
sessions. The proposal would be to completely remodel the fitness center.
Guest Alex Immerblum commented that there was no reason to delay voting when
faculty had unanimously voted on the priority list.
Guest Susan Suntree inquired on who makes the final decision as to what gets
built on campus since it was her understanding that the decision should be a
shared governance decision and not one made solely by the president.
Dr. Perez replied that the president obtains recommendation from Jacobs, the
Facilities Committee, and EBPAC and then finalizes his decision based on the
input received.
Mr. Senensieb informed the members that EBPAC is a shared governance committee
established by AB1725 which then makes the recommendations to the president.
Guest Marco Dominguez expressed that he has worked at ELAC under deplorable
conditions and that preference should be given to academic building rather than
parking lots.
It was concluded by the EBPAC members that all discussion and voting concerning
building prioritization would be curtailed until the next EBPAC meeting so that
the President can participate.
Ms. Chi responded to the earlier inquiry regarding other funding opportunities
and if anything was being done to seek funding for the shortfall. Ms. Chi
reported that efforts were being made with the external community and events
such as the President’s Gala was just one building processes in which
Jacobs/Pacifica has played a positive role as a partner to the college in this
area.
BUDGET UPDATE
Mr. Isomoto gave the following report:
- The Governor’s budget proposal will be very helpful to the community colleges.
- There is a 3.9 percent COLA and a 3 percent growth allowance.
- There will be no fee increase, which has hurt enrollment throughout the state.
- The district has distributed the preliminary allocation and ELAC is doing
fine.
- Mission College will probably be transferring employees to different campuses
throughout the district.
Mr. Senensieb inquired how hiring will proceed now that the governor’s budget
allocation has been obtained.
Dr. Moyer responded that this subject has not been discussed, but he will meet
with the president to discuss how much hiring can be budgeted for.
Ms. Martinez will be submitting the latest retirement list to John Clerx’s
office. There needs to be verification as to what positions have been replaced.
There has been hiring from the previous approved list, but expressed that a
decision had not been made regarding hiring for next fiscal year
Ms. De Ocampo reported that she sent out copies of the projected budget
worksheets for next year to the Deans and the Department Chairs.
DBC REPORT
Mr. Beaulieu reported that the number of adults in higher education (75
percent) is an issue which was acknowledged by Rocky Young at the district
meeting.
STRATEGIC PLANNING REPORT
Tabled.
WORK ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Judge inquired about the date for the next meeting for the Air Conditioning
Committee which was brought up at a previous EBPAC meeting, and Mr. Isomoto
requested that Mr. Judge to contact Administrative Services to schedule a
meeting next week.
ADJOURNMENT
M/S/P to adjourn the meeting at 2:30pm.
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