Redwoods Community College District
Meeting of the Facilities Master Planning Committee
Wednesday, March 25rd, 2009 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Present: Tim Flanagan, Mike Mendoza, Tracey Thomas, David Maki (phone), David Holper, Jim Sylvia,
Michael Bailey, Ray Kingsbury, Stephen McCollum (phone)
Others Present: Lynsey Parker, Donna Prieto
Not Present: Tony Sartori, Maggie White, Paul Kinsey, Lance Courtney, Deborah Shepley, Fred Sturner
1. Review facilities notes from March 23rd Facilities Master Plan Meeting.
A. Minutes approved
2. Select and approve preferred options for Mendocino, and Eureka campuses.
A. Any concerns that committee members have will be forwarded on to Deborah Shepley through
the FMP Committee Minutes.
B. Concern that FMP Draft may be written by consultant and FMPC may not see it to give feedback
or input. Would like to see the FMP Draft come back to this committee before it is sent on.
C. David states that the designs of buildings such as “green” energy, solar panels, etc need to be
discussed now and put into the FMP as the direction CR would like to go as far as future
planning.
D. Regarding the concerns about the details going into planning, Deborah had stated previously that
the details do not need to be addressed at this time, the priorities are long term and the details of
building and funding will be discussed later.
E. Tim reiterates that the FMP is a long term vision, and the detailed options and funding will be
discussed at a later time. All buildings will be built to California energy standards; there are
many ways to reach the goals of the college. Solar paneling would need to be researched to see
if it is a viable option for us.
i. Michael adds that the economically feasibility should be considered in the design of new
buildings.
F. David adds that we should make these decisions into priorities as part of the plan.
i. Stephen states that a recent retrofit for propane heat in a building is very costly. There
were no guidelines previously and agrees the considerations of energy should be built
into a facilities master plan.
ii. David Maki agrees that if solar power or another type of energy is a preferred use in the
future, it should be built into the FMP.
iii. Mike comments that overall committee is in agreement that going green should be the
framework of the FMP in regards to future energy use.
G. Page 9 of Miracostas FMP has a section which incorporates energy efficiency into the plan.
H. Motion that FMP be drafted in such a way that it incorporates all concepts of “going
green” as a central framework rather than a recommendation.
i. Motion
ii. Second
iii. Passed Unanimously
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Mendocino
A. In previous meetings the committee gave feedback regarding the dorms, have them moved to the
south east of the campus.
i.
the elevation is better
ii.
away from current residential housing
iii. parking can be extended south
iv.
no need for road around campus
v.
keeps more open green space to the west
B. David comments move 2 dorms and conference center a little further south to keep a buffer from
the noise of woodworking.
C. Add gallery to the woodworking building if it is not already incorporated into the plans.
i.
Michael adds that the woodworking shop should be displayed as two “squares” to
represent woodworking and gallery
ii.
There has also been some previous comments that woodworking gallery should also
incorporate an art gallery.
iii. Suggestion would be to have gallery on north side, closer to the art building.
D. Jim explains sizes of buildings are within the constraints of the costs, but the dimensions can be
modified to fit the needs of the college.
E. Stephen questions that an entrance/exit on Bay View Rd is not possible at this time due to the
fact that Bay View Rd doesn’t exist at this time.
i.
If the road is developed in the future this can be added at that time.
F. Ray comments that woodworking might be moved closer to the art building if art is going to be
incorporated into the gallery
G. David comments that new road will be added to service woodworking and dorms, if
woodworking is going to be built on campus, something needs to be done with existing parking
lot. It is not currently designed for large trucks or vehicles to navigate through the parking lot.
i.
Tim recommends that parking can be modified to accommodate larger vehicles
ii.
David suggests that a “traffic circle” of sorts might be added or loading dock for wood
and food service vehicles servicing woodworking and the dorms/cafeteria.
iii. Another consideration is rather than to build two parking lots, to wrap parking lot
around to the side of woodworking to accommodate both woodworking and
dorms/conference.
1. Tim concerned the farther we move the dorms south, the more walking distance
there would be between dorms and the rest of the campus.
i. This campus is much smaller than Eureka; the distance shouldn’t be an
issue.
iv.
David Maki adds that the “squares” of the future building are deceptive on the power
point presentation.
1. Tim adds this is not to scale.
v.
Paul observes that the orientation of the buildings could be changed to better
accommodate parking.
H. Jim makes motion to accept Preferred Option #2 with the stated concerns of the committee
as to things that might be changed.
i.
Motion
ii.
Second
iii. Passed Unanimously
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Eureka
 Replace portable buildings with permanent facilities
 Repurpose and seismically upgrade vacated buildings
 Renovate existing facilities
 Cluster related programs
 Create flexible, interdisciplinary spaces
 Develop student gathering areas
Stephen questions that the location and building of the two new administrative buildings should
also be incorporated into the priorities.
i.
The state has already approved the building of the academic buildings
Ray asks if the “go green” initiative should be added to the priorities.
i.
Does not need to be in priorities, it will be the framework of the plan and all other
priorities will come under it
Motion to add another bullet to priorities stating to add new facilities to replace vacated
buildings.
i.
Motion
ii.
Second
iii. Passed Unanimously
How will additional bond money be used; it would be important to have this information and
should it be added to the plan?
i.
The use of the bond money isn’t part of the FMP, but can be worked out later using
priorities within the FMP
Construction on new administrative buildings should start in summer or late summer at earliest
if/when it gets out of DSA
Area to the west of Student Union not available for building due to faults, and an easement to the
east restricts some building area
Previous discussion brought up about leaving a façade of the old library to keep continuous
roofline but to create new open space
Previous discussion brought up about moving creative arts to the life science building to bring it
closer to the rest of the campus and to turn the current creative arts building into the academy
building or community space.
i.
David Maki comments that if creative arts program was moved to science building the
students would have a long way to walk with many supplies needed for class.
ii.
Moving Academy of the Redwoods to creative arts building would give then their own
space, but this separates them from the campus when they were trying to integrate them
more into the campus.
iii. EMP has discussed that if Academy can be moved it gives them a permanent facility.
iv.
David Maki comments that it would be a bad decision to move creative arts to a
building that would not last a major earthquake.
Stephen mentioned that president made point that the state would not provide funding for retrofit
of vacated buildings.
David asks Tracey if the paths would still accommodate the DSPS bus throughout the campus
with the orientation of the buildings in the preferred option.
i.
Tracey demonstrates that the roads around the campus will remain, but it really depends
on the point of entrances of the new buildings. It is more about the flatness of the
terrain, so students that don’t have their own vehicles will still require the campus bus.
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Both new academic buildings will need entrance/exit in an area that the DSPS bus will
be able to drop students off.
iii. Tracey comments that if state placard parking spaces can be maintained in their current
locations, then there should be no issues.
Ray comments that a roadway or walking path large enough for a vehicle would be useful
between LRC and new buildings in quad.
a. Jim concerned about paving too much of the green space through this area.
Michael had previously proposed a 3D model be built in order to see how new academic
buildings would fit into the overall layout of the campus.
i.
Jim comments that the proposal of 3D model was taken into consideration, but more
importantly an acceptance of the current proposal is more pressing and more specific
details can be worked out.
Michael comments that the buildings in the preferred option are not solar oriented.
i.
Jim comments that the buildings orientation can be changed, just deciding on the
general location of the building.
ii.
The configuration of solar panels can also be changed.
iii. Jim comments again that the orientation of the buildings is not yet decided; will the
committee accept the concept of buildings being in this area and the orientations of
buildings can be adjusted as they are designed.
The committee has concerns that if the preferred option is accepted as it is depicted, that the
orientation of the buildings will remain as they are pictured.
The preferred option shows that creative arts will move to the current science building; this may
not be the best option, committee would like more information on retrofitting the vacant
buildings
i.
Tim states that nothing will be done if it is not approved. Just because there is a
preferred option, does not obligate us to do anything if it is not later approved by the
state.
David Holper makes motion: in the preferred option, leave east building in the orientation
shown and have west building rotated to get maximum solar orientation. Remove the old
library. Be sure there are DSPS/ADA access entrances and exits to the north of each
building.
i.
Motion
ii.
Second
iii. Passed Unanimously
3. Identify next steps.
A. Options and concerns will be sent to Deborah Shepley through the minutes
B. Request to get copy of the text from Deborah before it goes onto anyone else
C. Are we ready to share this information?
i. Not ready to share at this moment
ii. Take preferred option and use it as final option
D. There should be a chance to share this information with staff and faculty on each campus to give
them a chance to give feedback.
i. Once a draft has been written there will be a chance for staff and faculty to review and
give feedback.
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