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46CE78861C668E27872587AB00593E7B Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO

JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Date Dec 14, 2021      
Location SCR 357



University of Northern Colorado - Committee Discussion Only

09:15:11 AM  

The committee was called to order. A quorum was present. Todd Saliman, President, University of Colorado (CU) System, and Nolbert Chavez, CU Regent, introduced themselves and provided an overview of the university system's FY 2022-23 capital requests. CU's presentation is included as Attachment A. Committee members received a handout which is included as Attachment B. Regent Chavez provided an overview of the system's request package. President Saliman discussed the system's controlled and deferred maintenance needs, and highlighted some FY 2022-23 requests. Discussion ensued regarding the Hellems Arts and Sciences request, and demographics for CU's freshman class. Discussion followed regarding employee demographics for the CU System, and system-wide hiring criteria.

09:25:50 AM  
Phil DiStefano, Chancellor,
and David Kang, Vice Chancellor for Infrastructure and Sustainability,
provided an overview of CU Boulder's FY 2022-23 capital requests. Chancellor
DiStefano discussed the requests in detail, and noted deferred maintenance
needs on campus. Discussion ensued regarding campus controlled and deferred
maintenance needs, and how the need was evaluated. Mr. Kang responded to
questions regarding the campus project priority rankings, and Chancellor
DiStefano provided additional input. Kori Donaldson,

Senior Director,
Capital Assets, provided input on controlled maintenance. Discussion turned
to the exclusion of the Hellems project from funding recommendations by
the Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB). Mr. Kang
responded to questions regarding the air handling units in the Hellems
Building.
09:59:04 AM  
Michelle Marks, Chancellor, CU Denver, provided an overview of CU Denver's FY 2022-23 capital requests, and discussed demographics and trends for the campus.
10:09:52 AM  
Venkat Reddy, Chancellor, CU Colorado Springs, presented the university's FY 2022-23 capital requests. Chancellor Reddy responded to questions regarding the Engineering Building project.
10:16:52 AM  
Don Elliman, Chancellor, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, presented the CU Anschutz FY 2022-23 capital requests. Jay Campbell, Associate Vice Chancellor of Facilities, responded to questions regarding a facilities audit on the Anschutz campus, and a controlled maintenance project. Discussion ensued regarding demographics for the student body and employees at Anschutz. Discussion followed regarding the Anschutz role in the COVID pandemic response.






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