WEC MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Plant Facilities Conference Room
1:00 P.M.
Present: Gary Prostak, Lorraine Manoogian, Dena Feldman, Dorothy Mundt, Maria
Fenyes, Charlotte Saldick, Debby Wong, June Wada, Cecilia Chan, Crystal Caldwell,
Maury Pearl, Victor Reynolds, Jim Liko, Jeanne Cassara.
Absent: John Glavan, Geri Shapiro, Ed Zayas, Richard Rains, Julius Walker
Guests: Luis Cruz, Gwen Walker
1. The meeting was called to order by Gary Prostak at 1:08 p.m.
2. Gary Prostak began by giving the meeting over to Mr. Luis Cruz, Campus
ProjectManager for Proposition A/AA, to update WEC on the Campuswide
Improvement Committee’s work regarding campus design and aesthetics. The
following is taken from Mr. Cruz’s report:
When designing a project on campus, guidelines are established for the architects;
the final goal is for all of the campus to have similar design vocabulary and
features. It has taken 1.5 years and many meetings to prepare the Campus
Aesthetic Guidelines and Design Manual. This document was prepared by
architect Ted Tanaka and contains a variety of guidelines and design review
processes that all architects shall follow.
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Buildings: The buildings are of plaster and stucco contemporary design,
with ornamental metal. The photos contain bright colors, as do the photo
samples of new parking structures, water features, and courtyards. The
paint color samples include numbers correlating to a color chart.
Landscaping Plan: This has been broken into zones of outdoor learning
spaces, which may serve as training tools for students. Areas have been
broken into color schemes, with suggestions of trees, flowering trees,
shrubs, accent trees, a lot of which are native to California. Paving
patterns, benches, signage examples, and directional signs are also
included.
It was mentioned that the ideas for a Biology Garden and a Culinary Arts
Herb Garden be incorporated into one. It was also made clear that the
student drop-off/pickup location will be at the main circular drive in front
of the campus.
Lighting: The outside lighting Mission College has presently is
extremely bad – the pylons, which are meant to be merely accent lights,
serve as the primary lighting. There are plans for these to be improved
upon with higher and brighter lighting added. In addition, interior
lighting samples are included. Finally, the manual contains detailed
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information regarding security and the LEEDS energy efficiency design
which must be followed.
This manual will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval next week.
In response to the question regarding a timeline on these projects, it was
confirmed that work is already underway: planning for the Monumental sign for
the campus’s main entrance is already completed. The Campuswide
Improvement Committee has met with an architect regarding the Master Lighting
Plan and ADA requirements. A team has been put together that will work on the
signage. A solar panel will be built atop the parking structure when that project
begins this coming fall. However, we will most likely not see changes for some
time yet – six months at the earliest.
It was suggested that an email go out to faculty regarding the Campus Aesthetic
Guidelines and Design Manual, and that a copy be kept either in the faculty
lounge or on reserve in the library. It was also suggested that Gary Prostak be
kept abreast of progress via emails from Mr. Cruz. It was confirmed that this was
already in effect, and that Gary Prostak also has Luis Cruz’s cell phone number.
3. Following Mr. Cruz’s presentation, Gwen Walker held the floor as a
representative of the Academic Senate. As of July 1, all of the new Academic
Senate offices shall be in place. Ms. Walker proposes the following: that the new
Secretary be moved into Bonnie Sherman’s office next to the Academic Senate
President’s office, Bonnie Sherman be moved into Sonia Soto’s office, and Sonia
Soto be moved into the counselors’ offices. All people involved are already in
agreement, as is David Green. There was some discussion regarding
accommodating employees for whom the new carpet in the Academic Affairs area
may pose a health problem. However, the air purifiers seem to be helping, and it
was determined that enough reasonable accommodations are being made to allow
for the aforementioned moves. Thus, a motion was made by Maria Fenyes,
seconded by Jim Liko, and agreed upon unanimously to approve these staffing
moves. Maria Fenyes agreed to create a flow chart regarding new seating and to
keep Gwen Walker apprised.
4. Correction and approval of last meeting’s minutes:
A. Point 5c: a change needs to be made. The sentence should
read: “After years of suggesting that INST-2019 be
considered as a room to convert into a Biology Lab in order
to meet the enrollment needs of this exploding discipline,
this is now in progress.”
B. Point 5d, line 4: a word is missing. It should read “…what
we can and can’t do regarding political issues.”
C. Point 6: 2;25 p.m. should read 2:25 p.m.
Following this, the minutes were approved.
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5. Chair’s Report: This was presented as a reflection of the minutes, and further
time was not spent discussing it during the meeting.
Old business:
1. Free Speech Area:
A policy is in place on campus and was included as an attachment to the
meeting’s agenda. Many questions were raised regarding sanctions,
application forms needed, monitoring of the process, and enforcement of the
rules regarding the Free Speech Area. It was suggested that, like Pierce
College already has in place, Mission College needs to have a formal written
application and map indicating exactly where the Free Speech Area is. It was
also suggested that those occupying the Free Speech Area carry a copy of this
form on their person to present to the sheriff. Gary Prostak will follow up on
this with David Green, see if there is a policy and form in place, and forward
this form to both the sheriff and Crystal Caldwell.
Regarding vendors: it was recommended that the vendor tables be moved
from the walkways to the Free Speech Area, and the question was raised as to
how vendors get their approval to be on campus. This is an issue that merits
being brought to the College Council – Gary Prostak will present it, in order
to discover the process of approval of vendors. It is also necessary to know
which vendors are sponsored by the ASO, which are independent, and what
the policy regarding this is. There was some discussion regarding placement
of rubber mats under table legs to spare the grass, but it was decided that this
is impractical and would destroy the lawn.
2. Faculty contract negotiations:
These are proceeding more quickly than usual! There has been one main
change regarding Committee structure: the WEC Chair must now be provided
up to .2 release time. There will also be a new ratio between administrators
and faculty, and the exact wording of this will be included in the next AFT
meeting package.
3. Lanier Copier:
We are 7-10 months away from renewal of the Lanier Copier lease, and
Maury Pearl has brought to their attention our need for another copier. They
agreed it was warranted, and we are still waiting for this to be put into the
updated lease proposal. This additional information should be included in the
returning proposal; Lanier seems to want to retain our business relationship.
Having the extra copier will remove the issue of overuse.
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New Business:
1. Computers in Adjunct Faculty Cubicles:
There are now refurbished computer available, and it is possible for these to
be assigned to adjunct faculty. However, cubicles are in the process of being
moved, and new Department Chairs are being elected to take office as of July
1st. After these moves have occurred, a decision can be made about where to
allocate these refurbished computers. It was mentioned that the Math Room
does not have a computer OR telephone for adjuncts, both of which are badly
needed.
It was determined that an assessment shall be completed, and this issue shall
be revisited in September, once the inventory is in.
2. An attachment and notes regarding the Six-Pack meeting was given to all
WEC Members, but due to time constraints, it was decided that this would be
read and reviewed independently and discussed in September.
The next meeting of the WEC is Thursday, September 15th, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. in the
PFCR.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:35 p.m.
Submitted by Dena Feldman
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