BOARD ACTIONS

On September 22, 2003, the Board of Trustees approved:

§ The adoption of the District’s budget for fiscal year 2003-04.

§ Revising the Board of Trustees meeting schedule, moving the board meeting scheduled for October 20 to the following week, October 27.

§ Adding the Oracle Applications Users Group and the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers (CCCCIO) to the approved list of memberships for the district and its representatives.

§ Authorization of three employees to approve warrants on the Los Angeles County Peoplesoft system for the 2003-04 fiscal year.

§ The acceptance of $425,000 from the U.S. Department of Education Strengthening Institutions grant. These funds are the fifth year of a five year grant designed to improve access and success primarily by developing the capability of faculty, student services, and management to respond to the special needs of a predominantly at-risk, needy student population.

§ The appointment of Mr. Albert Abkarian and Ms. Christine Olliff to the Measure G Bond Oversight Committee.

§ An agreement with Oracle for additional software licenses for the Enterprise Resource Planning System. At the time of the initial purchase, the scheduling software was not ADA compliant. It is now satisfactorily compliant and needs to be implemented with the rest of the system. In addition, the college is purchasing two additional processors for the system.

§ An agreement between the college and the Los Angeles County Office of Education for business and financial data processing services for the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004. The estimated cost of this agreement is $94,000.

§ An agreement with Spencer/Hoskins Associates for architectural services for the following projects: ACTC HVAC remodel, upper parking lot project and elevator tower and bridge. The total cost of these services is $314,849, with funds available from Measure G funds.

§ An agreement with STRATUS in an amount not to exceed $70,000 for a development plan for the Adult and Community Training Center (ACTC). This agreement provides for services to assist the district, the City of Glendale and the owners of the medical building at 801 S. Chevy Chase in creating a development plan for the area immediately adjacent to the ACTC.

§ An agreement with Huntington Hospital to allow students in the Glendale College Nursing Program to gain clinical experience at the location.

§ Change orders increasing the cost of the Science Buildings Project: general construction by $112,563.94; the New Construction and Remodel of Science Buildings: drywall/framing/carpentry by $6,913.00; Science Buildings Project acoustical ceilings by $809.52; New Construction and Remodel of Science Buildings: plumbing by $4,055.23; New Construction and Remodel of Science Buildings: casework by $7,389.00; New Construction and Remodel of Science Buildings: landscaping by $1500.00; New Construction and Remodel of Science Buildings: painting by $992.01; and Auditorium Repiping by $2,052.28.

§ Acceptance of the contract for the New Construction and Remodel of Science Buildings: Aluminum Windows as complete.

§ Acceptance of the contract for the New Construction and Remodel of Science Buildings: Furnishings as complete.

§ Acceptance of the contract for the Auditorium Repiping project as complete.

§ An extension of the early retirement incentives for academic employees, classified employees and management and confidential employees, if the employee gives notification of intent to retire by October 15, 2003.

In addition:

§ GCC Accreditation Coordinator and Professor of English Dr. Kathleen F. Flynn gave an overview on accreditation. GCC will receive an on-site visit from its accreditation team March 16-18, 2004. This process happens every six years.

§ Glendale College’s 75^th Anniversary Celebration will take place this Sunday, September 28.

§ The Glendale College Patrons Club’s fundraiser will take place on November 7.

§ Enrollment currently stands at 15,670, down 9.3% from last year.

§ The Chancellor’s Office will be holding a press conference on Tuesday, September 23, calling on California leaders to ensure that community colleges receive the share of Proposition 98 funding promised in State law in order to arrest a sharp reduction in access to college programs.

§ Associated Students has received permission from the Campus Development Committee to hang a September 11 Memorial Plaque outside the Administration Building.

§ A community relations committee has been established with the Armenian community and has met twice so far.

§ The planetarium at the new Cimmarusti Science Center has been hosting shows for the campus community to showcase its technology.

These are not the official approved minutes of the meeting of September 22, 2003.