OHLONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Video Conference Room /
Minutes of College Council
MEMBERS PRESENT: Dennis Keller Doug Treadway
Connie Teshara Elizabeth Silva
Richard Grotegut Susan Myers
Ban-Jin Tan Saad Siddiqui
Zane Gray Kathleen Johnson
MEMBERS ABSENT: Debbie Tucker
Linda Evers
Additional staff and student rep needed
OPEN MEETING:
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Motion: Moved/Silva; Second/Johnson
– Passed to approve the
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Motion: Moved/Silva; Second/Takakuwa
– Passed (with note to correct spelling of Susan Myers’ last name) to
approve the
· Simon Barros presented a review of various scenarios and key considerations regarding the placement of the proposed Student Services building. Discussion included:
o Review of schemes
o Review of process (Forum presentation, Board of Trustees review in February)
o Presentation of specific floorplans proposed for new building
o
Discussion
of relationships to
o Discussion of acoustical considerations, natural daylight, open offices
o Discussion of benefits to newly proposed location (replacing Building 7), including activating Main Street, taking advantage of slope and accessibility to each level of building, etc.
o Minimum loss of upper parking
· Questions / comments included:
o
Could
entryway be problematic if everyone has to pass through the new building to get
to
o Is the anticipated traffic flow through the building desirable or potentially distracting?
o Consider wear and tear on building, over time
o Seating? Will there be kiosks, waiting areas, computer stations? Is this more of a lobby area or a walkthrough?
o Will the “catwalk” be preserved coming from Building 8?
o How wide is the walkway/corridor in the new building? (30-40-50 feet estimated). Intent is to make it spacious. A two-story space.
o Fire considerations regarding distances between buildings? Architects have reviewed spacing with fire officials.
o Disabled access? The new "L" shape will allow for ramping system to connect to Health Services and building and then access building through elevators.
o President relocating to new building? No. The Board Room will be located in new building, however.
o When construction is underway, there will be disruption to surrounding buildings. Noise issues are part of what we have to go through to move forward.
o
Possible push-back from community and possibly
Board re: taking out Building 7.
Specifically, voters were told there was a "crisis of space"
for classrooms. Local business people
may see removal of classrooms as a decline, shipping classes to
o
Will new building (or some other building) be
named after Blomerley?
·
Dennis
Keller distributed the first two pages of the complete compressed calendar
report for Council review. Dennis
requests that Council members e-mail him with questions, concerns, or
suggestions. This topic is on next
week’s Faculty Senate agenda.
· Meeting with leaders of shared governance groups, separate from College Council, to meet monthly and review Board & Council agenda to make sure groups are fulfilling their roles. Whether that group (Executive Committee?)\ is connected with Council is open for discussion. Organizational question / by-laws issue.
· If endorsed, two VPs would serve as ex-officio members of College Council. Task forces will continue, but fine tune over summer, codify how task forces will continue to function. No movement towards major reorganization.
· Does Council want to elect current member to carry over as co-chair? Beneficial for new chair to have time to prepare to take over. Recommend that the person who will serve as co-chair be a person we elect now.
· It was agreed that the co-chair would be elected at the end of one Council cycle, not at the beginning of a new one. Co-chair comes from within membership of Council (current charter). Important to have a variety of leadership styles and perspectives.
· Motion: Moved/Holcomb; Second/Johnson – Passed unanimously to re-elect Dennis Keller as College Council co-chair.
· Regarding Council re-org proposal (executive committee, etc.), Treadway suggests that the Council review topic one more time before making a decision.
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June 10
meeting moved to Wednesday, June 8 (
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July 8
meeting moved to Wednesday, July 13 (
· Susan Myers suggests Council members send any feedback to her now, and that the Council vote on June 8. Requesting 30 minutes at the June 8 meeting for this topic.
· Saad Siddiqui introduced the new ASOC President, Raz Mohammed. Saad will continue Council participation through the July meeting.
· Cheryl: Don't see a lot of classified staff on Council. Can there be two CSEA/SEIU representatives? Cheryl expressing interest in becoming a member.
· Tull: Thanked Dennis Keller for compressed calendar packet.
· Holcomb: We do have some people who are leaving council. Suggesting that the President write letter expressing appreciation of service.
·
Confirming those Council members whose terms are
ending:
- Kathleen Johnson
- Connie Teshara
- Student representative
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Wright: Announcement regarding tenure ceremony
(16) 5/25 @
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Silva: Groundbreaking – free event @
· June 8 next meeting
8.
Summer Meeting Schedule
Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at