Redwoods Community College District
Meeting of the EMPC and FMPC
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Board Room: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Present:
Allen Keppner, Keith Snow-Famer, Tim Flanagan, Melissa Green, David Bazard, Mike Wells, David Holper, Joe
Hash, Jason Leppaluoto, Justine Shaw, Paul Agpawa, Martha Davis, Jim Sylvia, Carol Matthews, David Maki,
Stephen McCollum, Deborah Shepley, Ray Kingsbury, Gene Nichols, Dan Rossetto, Maggie White, Chris
Gaines, Matt Malkus, Bill Studt
Others Present:
Lynsey Parker, Roxanne Metz, Paul DeMark, Wayne Nadon, Jeff Marsee, Doug Edgmon, Cheryl Tucker
Not Present:
Toni Sartori, Paul Kinsey Kinsey, Michael Bailey, Lance Courtney, Julie Hatoff, Pat Girczyc, Michael Thomas,
Fred Sturner, Arturo Levenfield, Mike Mendoza, Geisce Ly
1. Approval of Minutes
1. Committee requests more dialog and detail go into future minutes.
2. Minutes reviewed and approved.
2. Review Options
Del Norte
1. Deborah reviews the facilities planning priorities –
a. Replace portable buildings with permanent facilities.
b. Planned expansion of science labs
c. Develop new student gatherings to encourage students to stay on campus
(indoor and outdoor)
d. Construct a new book store
e. Help improve visibility of campus in the community
f. Create a buffer to the high school
g. Develop the outdoor spaces of the campus
2. Issues Identified
a. Lack of visibility in community
b. Undeveloped area to front of the site
c. Limited gathering areas outside
d. Portable buildings
i. Correction - building 5 is not portable, but is a permanent building
3. Option A
a. Adding buildings to front to reach out to the community
b. Replace portables
c. Create outdoor areas for gathering between bldg 1 and 8
d. Discussion about moving into the wooded area for outdoor gathering was
also discussed previously.
4. Option B (option A developed further)
a. Develop front area into park like setting to encourage community to enjoy
campus
b. Move into wooded landscape (clear out, trails, tables, creek)
c. Expand parking to north and south
d. Use parking by high school
e. Entry walkway at the north
f. Possible landscape area in front instead of parking (increases visibility)
5. Building 9 is also a portable building
6. DC building owned by Del Norte Unified School District and will need to be worked
out with them for the removal of this building
7. Positive feedback on moving into the wooded area; gives more room, the parking
area will be less bottle necked, drop-off area/turn around area will help vehicle
traffic flow through campus.
8. Some discussion surrounded concern about building entrances and exits.
a. Deborah explains the Master Plan is not a detailed development plan, but
describes direction
9. If this option is defined as preferred option, it would be a good time to present to
larger group, talk about the evolution of the option and get feedback.
Mendocino
1. Deborah reviews this facilities planning priorities
a. Increase visibility to community
b. Bring woodworking building/program to campus
c. Develop student housing for multiple use:
i. Conference center
ii. Other programs
2. Option A (previous discussion)
a. Expanding to the north for quicker/easier visibility
b. Building placed to north
c. New entrance identity
d. Parking expanded in both directions
e. Potential new building to the south
3. Option B (Look to North and South)
a. Place smaller building to north (woodworking or instructional)
b. Green buffer at front with new entry
c. Visibility
d. Expand parking to the south
e. Building to the south that takes advantage of the view (housing and/or
conference center)
f. Outdoor gathering space to tie campus together
g. Possible future development and another entrance/exit to the south
4. Option C
a. Develop landscaped park at front and entry at north
b. Focus development to the south
i. Expand parking
ii. Cluster of buildings for student housing/conference center designed
to take advantage of view
iii. Welcome court and outdoor gathering space
iv. Central outdoor gathering space to tie campus together
c. Develop woodworking building or another building to tie campus together
d. Series of outdoor spaces connected by smaller paths
5. Concern brought up whether it would be cost effective to purchase land to the
north due to the high cost in the area.
6. Jeff is unsure of whether or not the properties surrounding the current campus will
be available for sale.
a. Are the parcels going to be available? At what cost?
7. Deborah puts the question out whether or not it’s important to purchase land to the
north to put a building on and/or increase visibility, what are the priorities?
8. Allen brought up Mendocino low FTES – concern about how much money should
be put into a campus with low FTES?
a. Jeff stated that adding buildings/programs brings more students and
activities. There would be new programs and conference center to bring
more and different types of students. It is important to open up the campus
before it gets enclosed by future development.
b. Wayne asks if there would be a way to “horse-trade” properties (property
already owned by the school with property wanted by college)
9. Martha commented on conference building with view would attract students and
community/business.
10. Jeff comments that the vision is that future students will come to the area and stay.
a. Large percent of people in this community are retired and are more
interested in hobby oriented programs.
b. Location of conference center on southern property
c. Woodworking building should have more direct access and visibility
11. Deborah asked preferred location of conference center.
a. One comment is having conference center more towards the street
i. Areas to south are elevated and will have a better view.
12. Tim expresses that spending large amounts of money on new property may not be
the best option. Building to the south would be more cost effective and the views
would be an important draw for the conference center.
13. Deborah suggests landscaping or additional signage at the current entrance for
some visibility.
14. Deborah discusses that a Master Plan is a long time vision and it is not important
to know how things will be paid for now. Out of a Master plan you prioritize what is
most important to help develop goals of the campus.
15. Dave commented that he would like to see woodworking building being highlighted
on the campus and possibly having a space for a gallery.
a. Add traffic flow to go by this building.
b. Deborah suggests further study as to where the woodworking would go.
16. Jeff suggests pulling the buildings down south a bit more and facing toward the
view and putting woodworking more central in the campus and adding parking to
the south.
17. Justine brings up the idea of making the main entrance to the south instead of the
north.
a. Currently there is no easy access to the southern road from the main
highway.
18. Idea suggested to look at a lease option to buy the northern property
a. Jeff states that nothing has been done yet regarding properties.
19. Deborah taking information back to modify further with one more diagram for
preferred option.
20. Jeff asks what has been agreed upon by the committee:
a. In agreement to move south
b. In agreement conference center would be on southeast side
c. In agreement woodworking should be highlighted/gallery where the 3
buildings are currently located
d. Parking area less visible and possibly creating a loop
21. Jeff suggests possible amphitheatre in south
Eureka Campus
1. Deborah reviews this facilities planning priorities:
a. Replace portable buildings with permanent facilities
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b. Re-purpose and seismically upgrade vacated buildings
c. Renovate existing facilities
d. Cluster related programs to create flexible interdisciplinary space
e. Develop student gathering areas on campus, indoor and outdoor
Potential areas to be developed
a. Student services/admin/theatre buildings already under construction in
prime area to build
i. Ties in with new main entry and new drop off
Building 20
a. Renovating this building as opposed to demolishing in
b. Repurposed for college use
Building 16 and 18
a. Also could be re-purposed and upgraded for college use
Buildings 16, 12, and 10
a. Important to college and community
b. To be renovated for non-college use
c. Possibly repurposing 10, 12
i. to create partnerships
ii. bring businesses and entities to campus
Jeff asked what committees feelings are on old library demolition
a. Jim believes that the removal of just the library does not destroy the nature
the integrity of the campus and this needs to be presented to the Board of
Supervisors properly.
Academic Building
a. Next state funded project after admin building
b. Previous discussion was to demolish student union and place academic
building there.
c. Original site discussed for building has been found to be an area that cannot
be built on.
d. There has been additional trenching north of old library cannot be built upon
e. Areas running north between 27, 26 and 18, 20 cannot be built on due to
location of an easement reducing options of where building can take place.
Dave comments that taking down building 60 might not be cost effective. The area
behind 32 is a fault that runs through and excludes that area for building on.
Softball and Baseball field have been cleared and has potential for building.
a. Jeff indicates that clustering buildings and bringing campus closer together
is the first priority, and other options will be reviewed in the future if needed.
Options being developed to use the middle open area of campus
a. Looking at “two-structure” options to break building up and help make the
middle area of campus a more active area of campus.
i. Two separate two-story buildings
ii. Create flow from main entrance to student union
iii. Create more intimate spaces and student gathering areas
iv. Enhance middle of campus to make it more active
Preliminary concepts
a. Looking at flow around and between new buildings and current buildings.
b. Diagrams are preliminary and being explored to test the central location
Concerns
a. Shade from buildings in plaza, important to look at where shade falls
i. bigger area outside student union might be more preferred to help
with shade problem
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b. Jim refers to Deborah’s comment about the path between new building and
existing building and if traffic flow would be a problem between them
c. Deborah brought up the concern of “cutting off” other buildings/programs,
such as art, from the rest of the campus
d. Melissa comments on making sure the DSPS bus having a route through
the campus to drop off students.
e. Justine suggests attaching cafeteria and one of the new buildings to form
continuous L shape to create more open outdoor space.
i. Deborah explains that adding onto existing building can be more
complicated and difficult by requiring more seismic upgrades than
already necessary
f. Wind tunnel created by two buildings
i. environment is always considered when buildings are being
developed
ii. the view and visibility of other buildings are also taken into
consideration
g. Jeff asks about building A being aligned with the current LRC to open up
more space.
Positive feedback
a. Buildings could also be wind barrier
b. Dave Bazard comments that central area is a good idea
i. will possibly add some covered areas for rain
ii. science programs may be closer to other related programs (i.e.
nursing, biology, technology, agriculture, forestry)
c. Deborah explains the actual orientation of the buildings will be developed
further, and at this time is looking for the goals of the space used in the
central part of the campus. The details of buildings will be discussed further
outside of the committee
Preferences
a. Larger area outside student union more preferred
b. looking for flow through whole campus so no buildings seem cut off from the
rest of the campus
Deborah asks for general thoughts of placing buildings in this area
a. Grass area is currently under used
b. More enclosed space might bring more activity
c. Creates covered areas during rain
d. Roxanne asks if buildings A and B need to be the same size or if one can
be smaller than another.
i. Deborah explains this could be a possibility, but is more for the next
step of discussion
e. Hard-scaping an area might give students more areas to gather
i. Warmer and dryer spaces for students
ii. Positive feedback on hard-scaping idea
f. The current portable buildings use will be incorporated into new buildings.
g. Dave brings up a concern about noise by the classrooms if academic
buildings are close to the student union
i. By putting new buildings in central location, other areas are opened
up for outdoor and student activity areas.
Old Library
a. Whether or not the old library is there depends greatly on how new buildings
can be configured
b. Community needs to be informed in detail the plans for saving buildings and
then try to create a successful argument to be successfully presented to
community in favor of removing old library
c. Removing library is so far from the original plan that it might be easier for
community to agree on
d. Removing the library and being able to move building just slightly back
would open up area more and help
e. Maintaining the old library would probably be more of an expense in the
long run than removing it if it is not going to be used in the future.
f. Jeff suggests presenting to the community (starting with the Board) that the
library doesn’t have any future function purpose to the campus, it is
seismically the most fragile, there is redundancy with the LRC and it
interferes with the traffic flow of the master plan
i. At this time the decision needed is the scope change about where to
place the buildings and to agree with putting them in the central
location.
3. Select Preferred Option- Central Mall Area will be location of academic building
4. Next Step
1. February 27th activity
a. Planning support will send meeting announcement to all
2. Morning – EMP presentation by College Collegiate Brain Trust representative
3. Deborah will be present in afternoon to continue with facilities
4. Need RSVP
Meeting Adjourned 4:04 PM