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The Alamo Colleges board of trustees unanimously voted to approve a$3 million emergency management program that would lock down allbuildings in the event someone is threatening the safety of thecollege population. Trustees approved the program at the regular board meeting May 23. Alamo Colleges Police Chief Don Adams told the Building, Groundsand Sites Selection Committee May 8 that 65 percent of thebuildings in the district have building access controls forlockdown, and it would cost $3 million to equip the rest. He said all buildings at Northeast Lakeview College can becentrally controlled to lock down; however, buildings at thiscollege cannot. We would have to rely on other employees to help us lock it downbecause the officers would be tied up doing other things relativeto the event. So, that puts our people at risk, Adams said. In their regular board meeting, trustees on May 23 also approvedthe construction of a five-level parking garage with 748 spaces atNorthwest Vista College. According to the minute order, the garage will cost $12 million andwill be funded with 2012 revenue bonds. John Strybos , associate vice chancellor of facilities, said construction began Mondayand is scheduled to be completed August 2013. In addition, the board also approved construction of a parking lotat Northeast Lakeview College, which would provide 459 parkingspots. According to the minute order, the parking lot will cost $1.7million and will be funded with 2012 revenue bonds. Strybos said he is waiting for the contractor to bring insurance and bondsbefore construction can begin. He said construction can becompleted by January. Northeast Lakeview has 1,903 parking spaces. In other business, the board approved amendments to Policy C.2.7,Equipment and Property Management, to designate the vice chancellorfor finance and administration as the approving authority for thedisposal of district-owned excess, surplus and expended property. Under the current policy, the inventory control section of thedistrict s material management unit is responsible for thedisposal of district-owned property. In other news, the board unanimously approved Policy B.10.1 andProcedure B.10.1.1 to promote environmental sustainability with anestimated cost of $100,000 for fiscal year 2012-13. The district will fund seven areas of concentration onenvironmental sustainability: sustainability literacy; energy; airquality; waste management; water; facility maintenance, renovationand construction; and purchasing. For example, the procedure says that a $500 stipend will be awardedto 20 instructors per year plus a stipend for the instructor orcoordinator for attending a 15-20 hour summer workshop "Lighten Up!Sustainable Living" in return for incorporating sustainability intoat least one class. Strybos said the co-chairs of the District Sustainability Councilrecommended passage of the policy and procedure at the May 8Building, Grounds and Sites Selection Committee. The co-chairs areStephen Colley , Green Initiatives program manager at Palo Alto College, andDenise Barkis Richter, communications professor and chair of the Go Green! VivaVerde! Committee at that college. In other business, trustees approved an amendment to Policy C.1.4establishing a savings incentive program that would allow collegesand vice chancellors to carry over up to 25 percent of net savingsto the next budget year to fund initiatives. According to the proposed amendment, Up to 25 percent of netsavings (as defined by the vice chancellor for finance andadministration) may be carried forward from the prior year to thenext budget year to provide a funding mechanism in each collegepresident s and vice chancellor s budgets for priorityinitiatives and to incent a culture of savings. The vice chancellor for finance and administration would provide asavings incentive program report to the board of trustees everyJanuary. At the May 8 Audit, Budget and Finance Committee meeting, DianeSnyder, vice chancellor for finance and administration, said theproposal would allow the net savings to create a fundingmechanism, an incentive throughout the college or districtdepartment to be frugal and to do the right thing, and give them amechanism in the future to help fund those bigger strategies andinitiatives that, in our day-to-day budgets, we may not have themoney for. In other news, the board approved travel expenses for two trusteesto attend the Southern Education Foundation: Governance andInstitutional Effectiveness Seminar June 21-23 in Atlanta. Board liaison Sandra Mora said Monday that District 2 trusteeDenver McClendon and District 3 trustee Anna Bustamante will attend the conference. Costs include $199 for registration and hotel, about $345 forairfare and $80 per day for meals per trustee. According to the Southern Education Foundation website, more than200 presidents and trustees from minority-serving institutions willconvene to engage government officials, accreditation leaders andhigher education leaders on issues of institutional effectiveness,innovation and organizational change. The board will not meet in June. Committee meetings are scheduled at 5:30 p.m. July 17 in Room 101of Killen Center, 201 W. Sheridan. The next regular board meeting is 6 p.m. July 24. For more information, call Mora at 210-485-0030. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Flat Panel LED Lights , Outdoor LED Floodlight Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Recessed LED Downlight.
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