El Camino College
Facilities Steering Committee
August 20, 2003
Present: Pat Caldwell, Jan Caldwell, Michael D’Amico, Thomas Fallo, Bob Gann,
Victor Hanson, Nadine Hata, Tom Lew, Donna Manno, David Miller, Barbara Perez,
Susan Pickens, Cameron Samimi, Angela Simon, Luukia Smith, and Julie Stewart
Other representatives: Hugh Brownlee and Debrorah Shepley
Implementation Progress Update
The Environmental Impact Report is being developed and will be filed with the State late
August. There will be a public hearing at the December 2003 Board meeting. The Board
will hear any public comments at that time and may recommend adoption. A 30-day
period to allow for legal challenges will follow.
An historical survey plan has been completed. Buildings that have historical status are
Business, Field house and the Humanities complex. We may have to do some
preservation efforts with the Humanities building which will be demolished. A picture
may be satisfactory.
Another element of the report was a traffic analysis. Fifteen surrounding intersections
will be impacted. Our share of those traffic improvements is $260K with $250K for the
southwest entrance alone.
Other facility implementation activities include preparing detailed project scopes with
budgets and timelines. There has been a review and assessment of all buildings to be
renovated to identify anything else that needs to be done.
Campus standards and design guidelines will be developed for the future.
A civil engineering firm will fly over campus and to conduct a survey to establish a grid
system to locate our sites.
Initial project deadlines are as follows:
Natural Science 1st phase completed March 2004
Natural Science 2nd phase completed January 2005
Humanities start date November 2003
Humanities occupancy date September 2007
Central Plant & Electrical Sub Station start date November 2003
Central Plant & Electrical Sub Station completion date April 2007
Please note that the start date refers to start of design not construction.
Campus-Wide Programming
Debra Shepley reviewed the summary of findings for the campus-wide programming
meetings.
Location for Administration
It is recommended that we keep the existing footprint and the front address at Crenshaw.
The functions that should remain in this area are the President’s office, Vice Presidents’
offices, Human Resources, and the Board room. There should also be an information
center at this front location. The telephone operators could be at another location on the
campus. Other functions that may also be located in this area are Student & Staff
Diversity, Academic Senate, Research, and Foundation offices. The existing Board room
will be replaced by a larger room that could be partitioned off for conference space.
Technical Arts Building
One option to consider is to eliminate existing building and move some of the programs
into the shops building (Electrical, Architecture, & CAD) and the other programs could
be moved into a big portion of Communications building. Another option would be
replacing the existing building, which would give us an opportunity to receive state
funding.
Behavioral & Social Sciences Building
Currently the division is split. The current building has many seismic issues. The cost
difference was less than $400K to renovate versus rebuild. The state could possibly fund
the project. It is recommended that a building large enough to house both Social
Sciences and Business be built. There are various ways building could be divided.
Deborah met with some Behavioral & Social Sciences staff members who expressed
interest in this option.
Next Steps
Detailed project scopes with budgets and timelines will be presented in October. There
will be two campus forums following this presentation. Engineering studies will be done
in January.
Planning Process Timeline
Pat Caldwell presented the Planning Process and Educational Master Planning Timelines.
Flex day will include a presentation by six members of the May 15-26, 2003 Planning
Summit. There will be a workshop on strategic goals. There will also be a bond update.
The President’s office will notify committee members when the next Facilities Steering
Committee will meet.