South Austin Campus Advisory Committee Date: Chair: Vice-Chair:

October 1, 2015 Ms. Maria Solis Timothy Kelly

Time: 11:00 a.m. Location:

South Austin Campus, Room 1130

Attendees: Voting Members: Timothy Kelly Maria Solis Mario Cantu James Bear One Musel-Gilley Richard McCain Charles Wukasch Susan Jones Jill Prikryl Enrique Cantu James Bear Fulvia Chochum

Presenters and Guests Guadalupe Sosa Dr. Barbara Mink Allen H. Kaplan Ben Ferrell Kirk Kirkland Bill Mullane David Lydic Yolanda Chapa Pam Spooner Eva Thomsen Mary Gilmer Giao Phan Liz Morris Juanita Chable Ruth Reinhart Michael McCarter Rene Chavez John Rodriguez Sophie McCreary Laurie Clark Laura De La Rosa

Absent Laura Duran Villa Ty Davidson Craig Shapiro Jeronimo Vargas Cesar Salazar-Rangel

Minutes Agenda item: 1-2

Welcome and Agenda Review/ Approval of September 23, 2014 Meeting Minutes

Presenter:

Ms. Maria Solis, South Austin CAC Chair

Maria Solis opened the meeting at 11:05 a.m. with introductions of those in attendance (members and guests) and she reviewed the meeting agenda. Discussion: The Vice Chair, Mr. Tim Kelly moved to accept the minutes and was seconded by the Chair. The vote was unanimous to accept the previous CAC meeting minutes.

Agenda item: 3-4

Election of South CAC Chair and Vice Chair/ Review of CAC By-Laws; Conflict of Interest/Campus Enrollment

Presenter:

Ms. Maria Solis, South Austin CAC Chair Ben Ferrell, Executive Vice President, Finance & PROF.001.1007

Discussion:

Administration Tim Kelly, SAC Campus Manager By-Laws: Dr. Ben Ferrell invited members to recognize the By-Laws in the packet and also reiterated the following:  CAC must meet at least once a year or as deemed necessary by the chair to meet  One chair and one vice chair must be elected by the appointed members  An annual report must be presented to the board of the committees’ work as otherwise directed by the board chair. Mr. Ferrell also wanted the members to be aware of the Conflict of Interest waiver form and asked that all members please sign it and turn it in to him or Ms. Laurie Clark. He also announced the Board Forum immediately following the CAC meeting Election of Officers: Mr. Mario Cantu was elected as the Committee’s President for FY16 and Ms. Maria Solis was elected to be Vice-Chair for the term. South Austin Campus Enrollment: Tim Kelly reported to the committee that the campus enrollment was down slightly from last year and that the decrease actually brought the campus closer to the recommended design capacity. He is hopeful that this will enable SAC to absorb some of the classes when Rio Grande Campus closes for renovation.

Agenda item: 5

Update on ACC Bond Projects

Presenters:

Bill Mullane, Vice President, Facilities & Construction

Discussion: Bill Mullane reviewed that the Board of Trustees proposed 2 bond propositions last year and both propositions were approved by the voters in November 2014. Proposition 1 

Renovations at ACC Highland- Phase II

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New Campus in Leander

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Land Banking (for campus in the South East part of Austin)

 Totaling: $224,800,000 Proposition 2 

Renovations at RGC Main building

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Renovations at campuses after relocations to ACC Highland - Phase II

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Districtwide projects - South Austin-deferred maintenance and utilization of space more efficiently

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Expansion of Elgin, Round Rock and Hays campuses

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Total: $161,166,950

Mr. Mullane’s presentation summarized the progress of each of the individual bond projects across the district. He noted specifically that money is allocated for land banking in South Austin for a future southeastern campus and that the current South Austin Campus will receive infrastructure upgrades and updating as well as possible floorplan changes to accommodate student success initiatives. South Austin Campus will also be used to accommodate sections displaced from the renovation of the Rio Grande Campus.

Agenda item: 6-7

ACC Vision and Value Statements/ Promoting Student Success with Guided

Presenters:

Yolanda Chapa, Dean of Students, Mary PROF.001.1007

Gilmer, ACC Futures Institute, Eva Thomsen, ACC Futures Institute and Giao Phan, ACC Futures Institute

Pathways

Discussion:

ACC Vision and Value Statement - Ms. Yolanda Chapa, the South Austin Campus Dean of Student’s presentation reviewed the current Vision and Value statements of the college and how the goal is still to promote student success, but that it is time to revisit and update the Vision and Value statement. She stated that ACC is open to any suggestions the community may offer to help accomplish the student success goals. Finally, Dean Chapa discussed that as part of the new vision, ACC has created the Futures Institute - which is in the process of creating a more complete approach to achieving student success by using an approach called Guided Pathways. She then introduced representatives from the Institute to explain what it is about.

Futures Institute - ACC staff and faculty members, Eva Thomsen, Dr. Gaio Phan, and Mary Gilmer are part of the 24-member Futures Institute and were present to explain about the institute’s creation and answer questions from the committee. Eva Thompson’s presentation titled, “Redesigning America’s Community Colleges”, explained deficiencies in student success at community colleges in the US and why there is a need for redesign of the approach. Ideas from a study published by the Harvard Press titled, Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: a Clearer Path to Student Success, will be the institute’s guide to implementing changes in the way ACC approaches student success going forward. After the presentation, Ms. Thompson requested that all of the CAC members fill out the questionnaire in their packets because the institute would like to gather ideas for the needed changes from everyone in the ACC community.

Agenda item: 5

Meeting Adjourned 12:47pm.

Presenter:

Maria Solis, CAC Chair

Discussion:

Other Information Next Meeting Date:

TBD

Time:

TBD

Location:

South Austin Campus, Room 1130

Special notes:

PROF.001.1007