MINUTES
Board Work Session
- Board of Trustees
In
accordance with the terms and provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act,
Chapter 551 of Texas Government Code, the Board of Trustees of the Austin
Community College District convened in public session at a Board Work Session
on Monday, October 21, 2002, at 6:18 p.m. in the Student Commons of the Cypress
Creek Campus of Austin Community College located at 1555 Cypress Creek Road,
Cedar Park, Texas, with the following members present: Rafael Quintanilla, Chair/Presiding
Officer; Barbara Mink, Vice Chair; Allen Kaplan, Secretary; Lillian J. Davis;
John Hernandez; Nan McRaven; Beverly Silas; and John
Worley. Trustee Beverly Watts Davis was
absent from the meeting.
It is
further found and determined that in accordance with the policies and orders of
this Board, the notice of this meeting has been posted and return thereof made
pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter
551 of the Texas Government Code, and there has been full compliance with the
terms and provisions of said act, including the timely posting of the subjects
of this meeting.
Cypress Creek
Facilities Plan
Mr.
Quintanilla introduced Bronson Dorsey, Associate Vice President for Facilities
and Operations. Mr. Dorsey provided a
summary of the Fiscal Year 2002 facilities at the Cypress Creek Campus
including campus statistics/growth projections and a proposed facilities
development plan/schedule for campus improvements. Mr. Dorsey responded to questions from
Trustees.
Mr.
Quintanilla introduced the item and Dr. Steve Kinslow,
Executive Vice President for Academic, Student and Campus Affairs, distributed
information in follow up to requests from Trustees regarding master planning at
the
Community
Priorities Declaration
Mr.
Quintanilla introduced the item and Dr. Kinslow
stated that Board policy requires that the Board declare community priorities
and distributed information regarding a revised program review cost model. He
discussed the program cost information and responded to questions from
Trustees. He stated that the methodology/costs information was currently being
reviewed and additional information would be provided. This item will be included on a future
agenda.
Videoconference
Expansion and Upgrade
Mr.
Quintanilla introduced the item. Dr. Ron
Brey, Associate Vice President for Instructional
Resources and Technology, provided information regarding the recommendation to
award a contract to VideoCall for videoconference
equipment, installation, and maintenance in the amount of $269,067. $269,067 is included in the Texas
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund HE4 grant, and the College’s matching
funds of $48,000 are included in the FY03 College-wide Technology budget. Dr. Brey responded
to questions from Trustees. This item
will be included on the agenda of the
Executive
Session
There
was no Executive Session.
There
were no announcements.
Meeting Review
Trustees
commented regarding the meeting:
What we did well rated as 1-5 (with 5 being very
satisfied): Did the Board
discuss items of policy: 5, 5, got the
discussion of a community priorities declaration to a policy level; 3.786—good
meeting; good meeting—appreciate all that staff did to present the information
this evening; 5.
What we can do better: There were no comments.
Chair
Quintanilla expressed appreciation for the information provided by Martha Oburn, former Associate Vice President for Institutional
Effectiveness.
Adjournment
Having
no motion before the Board, the October 21, 2002, Work Session of the Austin
Community College Board of Trustees was adjourned at
Approved By
Allen
H. Kaplan, Secretary