REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Meeting of the Facilities Planning Committee
LRC 107
2:00 p.m.
March 19, 2012
Meeting Notes
PRESENT
Dave Bazard, Tim Flanagan, Greg Grantham (phone), Bill Hole, Lee Lindsey,
Geisce Ly (phone), Mike Mendoza,Theresa Sisson, Maggie White and Lorie
Walsh.
ALSO
PRESENT
Julia Morrison, Julia Peterson
CALL TO
ORDER
Lee Lindsey called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m.
SUMMARY
NOTES
The summary notes from the February 12, 2012 meetings of the Facilities
Planning Committee were approved as presented.
DISCUSSION
BUDGET
Lee reported that the news from the Chancellor’s office continues to be
pessimistic and we continue to plan for a worst case scenario of a $1.2M cut. If
the tax measures on the November ballot pass there may be some relief to the
budget. As the district continues to have reductions in revenue the district’s
expenses continue to increase due partly to the rising cost of employee benefits,
COLA, step increases and other operational expenses. This leaves an
approximately $3M budget short fall. There will be some cost saving for the
district based employees that took the SERP, workforce reductions, retirement
holds and some reorganization. The district is currently negotiating with both
the faculty and classified unions regarding possible payroll concessions.
101
CORRIDOR
SITES
RECOMMEN
DATION
Lee also reported that there have been ongoing discussions throughout the
district regarding closing the 101 Corridor sites to save money. The Budget
Planning committee has asked that the FPC make a recommendation regarding
these sites. Dave reminded everyone that there should be evidence used that
aligns with a plan to close the sites and makes reference to the Strategic Plan and
the Education Master Plan.
Discussion continued regarding the possibility of finding an alternate location
that is more affordable to replace the current downtown site. Julia Peterson
stated that it doesn’t work well to have Community Ed. (CE) and credit courses
scheduled in the same classroom. If the district were to decide to combine the
two something would need to be designed to fulfill the specific needs of each.
Dave asked if the CE courses are generating enough income to afford the current
site and Julia Peterson stated that they are not at this time. She noted that CE
offers a variety of course offerings including some of the following:
enrichment, the only GE testing site in Humboldt County, truck driver training
(is bringing in revenue over expenses), solar classes, work force training and
short term courses. She also noted that business related trainings bring in the
most income.
Julia Morrison reported that a survey was administered to students attending
Spring 2012 credit classes at the McKinleyville (McK), Arcata (AIS), and
Eureka Downtown (EDTN) Instructional Sites. She stated that the survey
provides a summary of significant findings that address why students take
courses at the corridor sites. The survey may be viewed by accessing the
following link.
http://inside.redwoods.edu/StrategicPlanning/EnrollmentManagement/document
s/101CorridorSurveyResultsSummary.pdf
Both Peterson and Morrison stated that for some students it would create an
insurmountable obstacle to close all of the 101 Corridor sites. They agreed that a
smaller space could work for the downtown site.
The FPC supports a smaller presence to support CR’s Community Education
programs, and supports working with local schools to maintain a scaled back
offering of for-credit classes in the 101 corridor.
ADJOURNED 3:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED lw