RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PLAN AND
DESIGN FOR A NEW ACADEMIC BUILDING

WHEREAS                  Adequate and appropriate instructional facilities are essential to
fulfilling the college's academic mission; and

WHEREAS                  For the past several years, staff and faculty have in general
presumed that the number and capacity of general classrooms are
inadequate to meet the scheduling needs for courses and sections; and

WHEREAS                  In September 2003, the college engaged an outside firm, MGT of
America, which specializes in collegiate space utilization and
capacity issues, to ascertain independently whether or not the
institution had sufficient instructional facilities given current and
future projected enrollment; and

WHEREAS                  Utilizing data and other information provided by the college's
office of Institutional Research, MGT of America conducted a
detailed analysis of room capacity and room and student station
use; and

WHEREAS                  MGT of America found that the college's classroom use and
station use exceeded commonly accepted guidelines; and

WHEREAS                  Based on heavy utilization currently of existing space and
projected future growths in headcount and FTE enrollment that
will only further exacerbate scheduling problems, the construction
of additional classroom space is reasonable and warranted; and

WHEREAS                  A new academic facility could further serve the projected need for
additional faculty offices, a planned center for international
education, as well as address and help resolve existing space
anomalies and adjacency issues; therefore, be it

RESOLVED                That the Board of Trustees authorizes the administration to initiate
programming for and design of a new, approximate 44,000 GSF
facility to meet current and projected classroom and other
academically-related space needs; and further be it

RESOLVED               That the Board of Trustees approves an advance from current
unrestricted reserves in an amount not to exceed $800,000 for
professional services and other project-related expenses, with the
understanding that these funds will be reimbursed from bond
proceeds once permanent tax-exempt financing for the project is
secured; and further be it

RESOLVED                That architectural, engineering, cost estimating and other work for
the project shall proceed in phases (i.e., confirmation of program,
schematic design, design development, and final construction
contract documents) with approval of the Board's Capital
Improvement Committee required for each phase.