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Cent r al Micbigan Unive r sity Bo&rd of Trus t e es
Mt . PleaSAn t , Mi c bi, aD
April I , 1988
Members pr esent: Dr . Gor don N. Lambie , Chai r; Dr . Bernadine N.
De nning; Ms . Rachael E. Moreno; Mr. William C. Odykirk;
Mrs . Margaret Ann Rlecker; Mrs . Alice Tomboulian; Mr. Arthur E.
ELLis, Pr esiden t .
Member s ab sent: Nr . Mitchell O. Kehet1an, Mr . Raymond A.
LaBounty .
Also at tenrtl ng: Dr . Ed ward B. Gr a nt, I nte ri m Vi ce President tor
Admi nistr ation; Mr . Russe ll L. lIe rro n , Secretar y to the Boa rd ot
Trustees ; Yr . James L. Hi l l, Vice President tor Student Affairs;
Dr . Ja n ice W. Re ynolds , Acting Provost; ~r . Jerry R. Tubbs,
Tr ea s ure r ot the Board o t Tr ustees and Vice Presiden t fo r
Bus i ness and Finance .
The meeting was cal led to o r der by Chair Lambie at 10:36 a .m.
I t wa s moved by Mr . Od yk i rk, seconded by ~r s . Tomboul ia n , and
c arr ied , that the mi nutes of t he February 22 , March 3 , and
Ma r ch 4 , 1988, mee t i ngs be a pproved as submi t ted .
MICROCOMPUTBRS FOR COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCSS ; (Fi oance Ca.)
I t was moved by Mr . Od yki rk , seconded by Ms. Mo r e no , and ca r ried,
t ha t the fo l lowi ng r esol ution be adop t ed .
WH EREAS , The del iv e ry o f instr uction, the capaci t y for
r esearcb , and the ab i lity to communi cate uni ve r sitywide
wil l be enhanced by mo re adoqua te faculty access
to mi c r ocompu te r s ; and
WHEREAS , The Unive r sity i s poise d t o pursue agg ressive
l y tbe pote ntials of an up- to-date computing
environme nt; Now be it the r e fo re
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Mi c rocompute r s tor College or Arts and Seiences conti nued
RESOLVED, That t he President or his designee 1s a uthorized
to spend up to $200,000 to provide microcomputers
f or faculty in the College of Arts a nd Sciences .
LIBRARY ONLINB IHTHGRATED SYSTEM: (Pi nance CoMmi ttee)
It wa s moved by Mr. Odyklrk, seconded by Ms . Moreno , a nd carried,
that t he foll owing r esolut ion be adopted .
BE IT RESOLVED, Tha t the Board o f T rustees authorizes
the Presldent o r h is designee t o make 8}{pondttures
not to exceed $99,500 for a software cont ract to r the
library o nline inte&rated system .
S ELECT ION Of' ARCIIITKCTS: (Pinance Commi t tee)
It was moved by Mr . Odykirk , seconded by Ms .
that the f ollowing resolution be adopted .
Moreno , and ca rried,
WHE REAS , Pr esident El li s has emp loyed the architect
selection process of t he Uni versity to develop list s of
finalist architectu ral f irms to provide p rofessional
se r vices for f ive University construction/ r e novation
projects; and
WHEREAS , President El l is has selected fi r ms f r om among
the quallfied finallsts to pe rf o rm the required
services ; Now be it the r efore
RESOLVED, That tho f o llowing fi rms a re a pproved, as
se l ected by the PreSident , to p r ovide profess ional
services fo r the projects listed:
MUSic Buildi ng
Wigh tman fla ll
~i chig an Departmen t of
Transpo r tation Garage
Public Safety Buildi ng
Alumni and Develop Bldg
Harley, El lington, Pier ce ,
Yee Assoc i a tes
Gre iner Associates
Ray Schull As s ociates
Ralph Calder and Associates
Ralph ca lder a nd Associates
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PHYSICAL BDUCATION PBBS : (riDaace Ca.mittee)
It was moved by Mr. Odykirk, seconded by ~r s . Rlecker, and
ca rried, that the followlng reso lution be adopted .
WHEREAS, Water activity courses o ffered at remote si tes
by the Department o f Pbysical Educat ion a nd Sport a re
desirable components of our i ns tructional programs ;
and
WHEREAS, The rental o f equipment a nd f acilities
needed in these courses is a financ ially prudent
mechanism for providing such resources to s tudent s;
and
WHEREAS , These e ~penses incurred by t he University
a re be yond those reasonable usual costs o f instruc_
t ion; Now t herefore be i t
RESOLVED, That t he Board ot Trustees a pproves a
variable fee s tructure fo r water ac tivity c lasses,
with the fee c harged fOr a particular c lass dependent
upon actual costs i nc urred.
OBPARTMBNT OP . AMAGElBNT RK»ODKLIftG : ( PLnaDce Committee)
It was moved by Mr. Odykirk, seconded by Ms . Moreno, and carried,
t hat t he follo.ing resolution be adopted .
WHEREAS, The Department o f Management is a large department
c r itical to the success of t he School o f Business
Administration; and
WHEREAS , The c urrent conditions and s pace configura_
tion in the department are poor; Now be it t herefore
RESOLVED, That the president Is hereby authorized to
contract tor the remodeling ot the Department o f
Management in an amount not to e Kceed $57,000.
It was moved by Mr. Odykl r k, seconded by Dr . DeDning, and
c arried, that the following resDlution be adopted.
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• • ..• TEPI) and KH IIS Dean ' s Off icos •• • con ti nued
WHEREAS, The Department of Teacher Educ ation and Pro fe ssional
Development is growing and is e ~panding t ts
services to students ; and
WHEREAS, The Dean ' s of fi ce of tbe School ot Education ,
Health and Human Services is Increasing a cti vities and
needs more e tfi c l ent space to deliver services and
project a positi ve and profess i o nal image for the
school; Now be it therefore
RESOLVEO, That the President is hereby aut horized to
contract for the relocation, remodel ing , and refur_
bishing of the offices of the Departme nt of Te a c her
Education and Professional Development and the offices
of the dean of the School of Educat i o n, !lealth and
HUman Se r v i ces fo r an amount not to e~ceed $55,000 .
,"RASE AGREEMENT l ITH STATE BUILD ING AUTHORITY FOR lET BUILDING:
(Pi nanco Commi ttee)
It was moved by Mr . Odykirk, seconded by ~Is , Mo r eno , and Carried,_
that the follo wing resolution be adopted .
Central Mich igan Un i ve r sity Board of Trus t ees
Approving I.~ase, Basement Agreeme nt, a nd
Conveyance of Pro pe rty fo r the
Indus tr ial Education aDd Technology Buildi ng
A resolution of the Central Michigan Unive r sity Board of
Trustees auth o r i~ing a lease bet ween the State Build ing
Aut ho ri ty , the Sta t e ot Michigan and the Central
Michigan University Board of Trustees (or the purpose
of acquiring by the Authority and leasing to the State
and the Uni v e r sity an Industrial Education and
Technology BuIlding , approving an easement agreement
and the conveyance of property , and to provide matters
relating t hereto .
WHEREAS, The Sta t e Building Authori ty ( the .. Autho r! t y " )
has been i nco rpo ra ted under and in pursuance of the
provisions of Act 183 , Public Acts of Wichigan, 1964,
as amended ("Act 183"), for the purpose of acquiring,
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constructi ng, furn i shing, equ i ppi ng, owning, impr oving,
enlarging, operating, mortgaging and maintaining
buildings, necessary pa r king structures or l ots and
facilities and si tes therefor, fo r the use of the State
of Mic higan (the "State" ) , including institu-tions of
highe r education c reated pursuant to Sections 5, 6 and
7 o f Article VIII of t he Mi chigan Constitu tion of
1964 , o r any of its agencies; and
WH8REAS, The Central Mi c higan University Boar d of
Trustees (the "Unive r sity~) has been c r eated a nd is
maintained pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 of Article VIII
of the Mi chigan Constitutio n of 1963; and
WHER EAS , The State and the University desi re that the
Autho r ity acquire an Industrial Education and
Technology Building (the "Facil ity ") , a nd lease the
same to the State and the University, and the Autho r ity
is willing t o acquire the Facility and lease the same
to the State a nd the University; and
WHEREAS, The Authority, by r esolution adopted
August 22 , 1985, did determine, subject to the cond itions
set f o r th in such r esolution , to acquire the
Pacility and t o lease the same to the State and the
Unive r sity; and
WH EREAS, The site of t he FacUity (the "Site") i s
p r esently owned by the University and the Facility will
be constructed by the Unive r s ity, a nd the University
has designated the State through the Department of
Management and Budget of the State a s construction
agen t of the Unive r si ty, and it is intended that the
Site be conveyed to the Authority by the University and
tbe Fac ility be conveyed by the State and the
University to the Authority as acquired; and
WHEREAS, The acquisition of the Facility by the
Authority fo r use by and lease to the Unive r sity and
the State is necessa ry in o r de r fo r t he State and the
University to carry out necessary governmental
fu nctions and to provide necessary ser vices t o the
people of tbe State , as mandated o r permitted by
Constitution and law , and the use of Act 183 to
a ccomplish s u ch acquisition r epresents the most
p r actical means to that end at the lowest cost to the
State and the Unive r sity; and
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.• • Agreement With State Buildi ng Authori ty ••• lKT ••• eont
WHEREAS, A lease between the Authority, tbe State and
the University providing for the acquisition of the
Site and the Facility by the Authority and the Lease
of the Site and the Facillty to the State and the
University has been prepared in substantially final
form and is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
"Lease"); and
WHEREAS, Section 7 of Act 183 provides that the Lease
shall be approved by the Authority, the State Administrative
Soard of the State, by concurrent resolution
of the Legislature of the State concurred in by a
majority of the members elected to and serving in each
house and If the Lease i s for an i nstitution of higher
education existing or created pursuant to Sections 5,
6 and 7 of Article VIII of the State Constitution ,
then in addition the Lease shall be authorized by the
institution of higher education and Signed by its
authorized officers and, accordingly, it is necessary
that the University authorize and approve the Lease;
a,d
WHEREAS , The Authority intends to finance a part of
the cost of the Pacility through the issuance of its
revenue bonds as authorized in Act 183 wh ich tOgether
with other runds legally available therefor will be
sufficient to finance the cost of the Paci lity, and it
is necessary for authorized officers of the University
to app r ove of the description of the Pacility fo r use
in the official statement (the "Official Statement")
to be distributed hy the Autho r ity in connection with
the s ale of its reve nue bonds ; and
WHEREAS, The Unive r sity will require f o r future use
certain easements th r ough the Facility whi c h is to be
conveyed to the Authority a nd the Authority and the
University require an agreement to provide for such
easements and the same has been prepared and is
attached hereto as Exhibit B ( the "Easement
Agreement") .
NOW, THERE PORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY THAT:
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1. The University hereby authorizes and approves the
Lease and the Easement Agreement in substantially
the forms attached as Elhibit A and Exhibit Band
the President and the Vice President and Chief
Pinancial Officer of tha Un iversity are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and deliver the
Lease and the Easement Agreeme n t in substantially
the fonns attached as Exhibit A a nd Ex hibit B for
and on behalf of the University at such time a s
shall be agreeable to the State, the Authority and
the Universi ty officers and such officer s are
hereby designated as authorized officers of the
University for purposes of Section 7 of Act 183j
such officers are hereby authorized to approve
such changes in and modifications to the Lease and
the Easement Agreement as do not materially alter
the substance and intent the r eof aa expressed in
the Lease and the Easement Agreement and the
request for action submitted t o the Boar d or
Trustees in connection therewith; provided such
officers are not hereby authorized to app r ove of a
change in the Lease with respect to the r ental,
the description of the Pacility o r the material
financial obligations of tbe University contained
in the Lease approved harein. The University
hereby determines that the maximum rental in the
amount described below is reasonable a nd the
authorized officers are hereby authorized to
approve in the Lease, a8 executed, a rental in an
amount determined by the final appraisal of "True
Rental," but not exceeding $1,642,000 each year
and a lease term not exceeding 20 years .
2 . The plans for the Pacility , as filed with the
University, are hereby approved.
3 . The conveyance of the Site and the Pacility, as
he r etofore and hereafter constructed and acquired,
to the Autho r ity as provided in the Lease i s
hereby approved and the President and the Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of the
University are hereby a uthorized and directed to
execute a warranty deed in substantially the form
attached 8S Exhibit C and bills of sale to
accomplish such conveyance in such form as may be
trom time to time approved by counsel for the
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4. The Pres ident and the Vice Pre s id ent and Chief Fina ncial
Of ficer are he reby autho rized and directed to
approve t he desc ri p t ion of the Faci l ity and other
~atters rel ati ng to the Un i ve r sity a s may be
requ i r ed fo r use in the Of fi cial Statement to be
d i str ib uted by t he Au t horit y i n connec tio n wi th t he
sale of its reve nue bonds.
5. The Unive r sity furt he r con f irms its o blilations to
pe r fo rm the dut i es a nd obliga t i ons spec if ied in the
Le ase a nd acknowl edges t hat such obl ila tlo ns do not
depe nd upon the passage of the t i t l e to the
Facility to the Uni ve r s it y or the St a t e wi thou t
consider a t ion a nd th~ Uni ve r s ity he r eby r e presents
t ha t it would ha ve e xecut ed and de l i ve r ed t he Lease
even though the title to t he Pacllity would no t
pa ss upon t he t e rm i na tion of the Le ase .
6 . The Univ e rsity recogni zes tha t the Autho r ity shall
pay fo r costs of the Pac ility in an amoun t not i n
excess of $9,500 , 000 .
7. All o r d i nances , r esol u ti ons and ord ers o r pa rts
t hereof in conf lict wi th the provis i o ns o f thi s
r esolut i on a re, t o the ex tent o f s uch con f lic t,
he r eby r e pealed .
8 . Tbi s r esolut i on sbal l be ef f e cti ve immed iate ly upon
i ts ado ption.
EASRMENTS FOR UNIVBRSITY PARr, PRASES I AND 11: (finance Com)
I t wa s moved by Mr . Odyki rk, sec onded by Dr . Denning , a nd
carried, tha t the t o llow1ng r esolution be adopted .
BE IT RESOLVED , That the Presid ent i s a utho r ized to
gr an t easeme nts fo r the cons truction and ope ration of
r oad s and uti l iti es in University Park, Phase s I and
I I.
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(Pinance
It was moved by Mr. Odyki r k , seconded by Mr s . Tomboulian, and
carr ied, that the followi ng resolution be adopted .
BE IT RESOLVED, Th a t the Board of Trustees approves the
ame ndme nts to t he joint operating Agreement between
Delta College and Central Michigan University .
REPORT Of INVESTMENT ACTIVITY : ( f i nance Co.mittee)
The Board rec e ived inves tment activity reports for Ja nua r y and
February 1988 .
ACADEM IC Af f AIRS oo..ITTEB:
Acting Provost Reynolds reported on the prolress of academic
planning .
SABBATICAL LEAVE POLICY : (Acada-ie Affairs eom.ittee)
It was moved by Mrs . Tomboulian, seconded by Mr s . Riecker, a nd
c arried , that the Sabbatical Leave Policy as revised by the
Academic Senate , December 8, 1987, be approved .
MAGO:
Dr . Denning reported tha t WAGB is involved in the study of the
s tatus of faculty women in t he State and gave some preliminary
statistics that indicate r oom for imp r ovement . Dr. Denning also
reminded colleagues of the Awards Convocation which will be held
April 20 at the Kellogg Ce nter on WSU's campus .
PERSONNEL RSCOMMENDATIOKS :
It was moved by Mr. Odykirk , seconded by Dr . De nnin g , and
ca rr ied, that pe r sonnel recommendations as submitted on pages 1-5
of the agenda be approved .
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• GIFTS:
It was moved by Dc . Denni ng , seconded by Mr s . Riecker, and
car ried , that gi fts r eceived duri ng Ja nuary 1988 in the a~ou n t ot
$318,297 . 60 be accept ed with a ppreciation .
GRANTS:
It was moved by Ms. Mo r eno, seconded by Dr . Denning, a nd carried,
that grants awarded du r i ng February And March 1988 in the amount
of $411 ,970 be accepted .
PRRSIDENT 'S REPORT:
President EIlts reported that preliminary discussions tor CYU's
centennial celebration have begun , bid open i ng 1s April 14 fo r
the Student Ree Center and Apr!l 26 lor the School or Business
addition, and eMU wl11 host the WAC t r ack meet May 20-21 .
NOM INATING COMMITTEE:
Ch air Lambie appointed a nominati ng committee to make recommen dations
fo r 1988-89 Board off icers a t tbe Nay meeti ng:
Mr . Kebetian (c ha ir), Mr . LaBounty , and Mrs . Tomboulian .
COKMENCEMENT SPEAKER:
Ch a i r Lambi e a sked Pr es i den t El lis to be t he speaker at the
Nay 7 , 19 88, commenceme n t ceremon i es .
Mr s . Tomboulian, and
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It was moved by Dr. De nni ng , seconded by
c arried, that the meet ing be adjourn ed .
11 :15 a .m.
The meeting adjourned at
Russell L. He rron
Sec r e tary to the Boar d o f Trustees
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