South Austin Campus Advisory Committee Date: Chair: Vice-Chair:
September 23, 2014 Ms. Maria Solis Timothy Kelly
Time: Location:
10:00 a.m. South Austin Campus, Room 1130
Attendees: CAC Members: Timothy Kelly Maria Solis Mario Cantu Dr. Samuel Echevarria-Cruz One Musel-Gilley Richard McCain Charles Wukash
CAC Members Absent Laura Duran Villa Wafae El Harim Craig Shapiro Jill Prikryl Willia Bailey Sandie Smith Diana Hernadez-Quinonez
Presenters Dr. Mary Hensley Mr. Bill Mullane
Guests ACC Trustee Guadalupe Sosa ACC Trustee Dr. Betty Hwang Henry Cantu Jamie Hand Yolanda Chapa Adrian Graham Mauri Winters Laura De La Rosa Theresa Foster
Minutes Welcome and Agenda Review
Discussion:
Maria Solis opened the meeting at 10:19 a.m. with introductions of those in attendance (members and guests), and she reviewed the meeting agenda.
Agenda item: 2 Discussion:
Presenter:
Ms. Maria Solis, South Austin CAC Chair
Agenda item: 1
Approval of April 30, 2014 Meeting Presenter: Ms. Maria Solis, South Austin Minutes CAC Chair Previous meeting minute’s amendment: Dr. Samuel Echevarria-Cruz requested that the sentence in the first discussion item of agenda item #5 be changed to read that the Shared Governance Committee would “review” the decision to move the microbiology labs to HLC and not that it “was decided” to move them. The Chair moved to accept the minutes as amended, and it was seconded by the Vice-Chair. The vote was unanimous to accept as amended.
Agenda item: 3
Discussion:
Report and Discussion on the November 4, 2014 Trustee election, Bond Election, and Tax Cap Amendment Election
Presenters:
Dr. Mary Hensley, Exec. Vice President, College Operations
Mr. Bill Mullane, Exec. Director, Facilities and Construction
Prior to Dr. Hensley’s presentation, she wanted to allow Mario Cantu to make an announcement since he had to leave early. Mr. Cantu announced that he is a candidate for the Austin City Council District #3. Dr. Hensley then thanked Board of Trustee members Dr. Betty Hwang and Guadalupe Sosa for attending and asked for their assistance answering questions about the election. PROF.001.1007
Dr. Hensley then began her presentation to update the committee on the details of the items on the upcoming ballot.
Three Board of Trustee seats are up for election. They are currently held by Tim Mahoney, John Michael Cortez, and Nan McRaven.
She explained that the final bond recommendation sent to the board was divided into two propositions to send to the voters.
Bond Proposition 1 – $224.8 million – Planning and Construction for Future Growth. ACC Highland Phase II, a campus in Leander, workforce land acquisition in Southeast Travis County.
Bond Proposition 2 - $161.17 million - Existing Campus Growth, Renovation, Health, Safety, and Sustainability.
Finally, the ballot would contain a proposed Maintenance and Operation tax cap increase to be phased in over 6 years beginning in 2016. She reminded ACC employees present that they may not advocate for or against the propositions while on duty for the college but were free to do so on their own time. She closed by discussing how ACC has had only one bond election in the over 40 years that the college has been in existence. She then thanked Maria Solis and Samuel Echevarria-Cruz for their hard work on the Bond Program Advisory Committee, and asked for a round of applause for the Board of Trustees attending for their hard work in getting these proposals to the public.
Agenda item: 4
Discussion Items: Capital Metro Service South Austin Campus Enrollment
Discussion:
Capital Metro Service: Concern was expressed by Maria Solis that changes in the #3 bus route leading to the South Austin Campus is not conducive in getting students to attend college. It was suggested that a committee needs to be formed to contact Capital Metro for a possible solution. Maria Solis, Tim Kelly, and Mauri Winters volunteered to explore the issue.
Presenters:
Ms. Maria Solis, South Austin CAC Chair Tim Kelly, South Austin CAC Vice-Chair
South Austin Campus Enrollment: Tim Kelly reported to the committee that, possibly due to reasons such as recent new campus openings and the current economic climate, that the enrollment for the campus was down from the previous fall semester. He noted that the decrease actually brought the campus closer to the recommended design capacity. One Musel-Gilley emphasized that it is important that the reasons for the decline be clearly available on ACC’s website.
Agenda item: 5
CAC Waiver of Interest Form
Discussion:
Ms. Solis asked all members in attendance to sign a current Waiver of Interest form.
Agenda item: 6
Adjournment
Discussion:
Presenter:
Presenter:
Ms. Maria Solis, South Austin CAC Chair
Ms. Maria Solis, South Austin CAC Chair
The meeting was adjourned at 11:57 a.m.
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Other Information Next Meeting Date:
TBD
Time:
TBD
Location:
South Austin Campus, Room 1130
Special notes:
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