Services and Facilities

Services and Facilities

Monday March 2, 2009

Chair Mary K. Marlatt brought the meeting to order. Members present were Skip Hurley, David James, Courtney Gagel, James Atkinson and Justin Cowan.

Since Mary K. Marlatt had moved to Chair with the resignation of Ken Nichter since the last meeting, the first order of business was to elect a new Vice Chair. Skip Hurley was unanimously elected Vice Chair.

The Committee discussed a member attending the monthly UPDC construction meetings. David James volunteered to attend these meetings until further notice. He will attend the meeting on March 10 and report back to the committee. Although Tammy Lawson was not present at the meeting, she volunteered to attend the UPDC meetings if David could not attend for any reason.

Members commented on Tammy Lawson’s success with the school supply wish list drive for Atkinson Elementary.

Members brought up issues that had come to their attention since the last meeting. Skip reported that there will be three restaurants in the new Research Building at the corner of Hancock and Muhammad Ali on HSC. James reported that he had just learned that DEHS on Belknap Campus loses power sometimes twice a week. This matter should be looked into. It was reported that the new shuttle shelter in the Floyd Street garage will be completed by the end of May. Mary K. discussed the lack of benches at the shuttle stops on HSC. David James discussed the lack of security cameras in the SAC – there are only a few cameras, none at the entrances and none at the money machines. The disparity of cameras on HSC and Belknap was also discussed. David asked if there was a graffiti abatement program in place. No one knew the answer.

A long discussion ensued about the lack of infrastructure support for the expanding UofL footprint on both Belknap and HSC. More and more buildings are being built, but no additional physical plant, housekeeping, public safety, parking or IT employees are being hired to maintain, support and secure those buildings and the people who work in them. The Committee will work on a document to address this matter. Mary K. will work on a draft document and email it to the committee for discussion over email and at the next meeting.

The next meeting of the committee will be April 6, 3:00 p.m. Room 203 Conference Room, Grawemeyer.