1. PLANNING COMMITTEE COORDINATION: Ron Root reported on the recent BAC budget (State and local) discussions and the fact that all are anticipating 2003-04 budget to be far more constraining than even the 2002-2003 and most won’t be revealed until the Governor’s Budget is announced in January. Curt reported that the last DFPC meeting focused on Maas Companies first planning update and the proposed relocation of the Analy Temps to Kent Hall and Bech Temporary areas; Ed reported that EPCC focused in on the issue of disabled student classroom and course accommodation issues and how to proceed without hindering the educational process; Greg Granderson indicated that the Senate was most interested in the reasonable course and classroom accommodation issue. Doug Garrison reported that StEP had finalized its goals and plan which was to be discussed later in the IPC agenda.

2. ACCREDITATION UPDATE: Ed and others shared information as to the recent Accreditation visit and the evaluation team’s exit report. The team focused on three main recommendations including the encouragement to continually address and improve staff diversity; the development of budget and planning related resource allocation process and; further implementation of an effective employee evaluation system. The visiting team praised the College for its planning efforts and its improvement in collegial relations since the last visit.

3. BUDGET PLANNING UPDATE: Ron Root provided insight into the discussions swirling about the State’s 2003-2004 budget. No definitive statewide budget planning will occur until well after the election and the release of the Governor’s proposed 2003-04 budget. There is consensus within the state that it will be a rather tough two or three years before budgets will turn around. Major impacts on the SRJC budgets include heavy increased costs in health care costs,

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increased PERS rates to employers and the lack of fully funded growth. Though it will take collaboration and a tightening of the budgetary belt, SRJC, as it did

during previous downturns, will survive given its fiscal and financial practices.

4. INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN UPDATE: Ron Root reviewed Business Services Institutional Planning abstract documents and discussed funding and finance issues (operational) and the impact of bond activities on the College and Business Services. Curt Groninga will review Administrative Services plan at the next IPC meeting.

5. PLANNING UPDATE: Curt provided an update on the space planning and parking analysis efforts. He will be receiving a draft parking study within the next two weeks and anticipates a draft space plan in early January.

6. PROPOSITION 47: Dr. Agrella pointed out that the College stands to benefit from the passage of Proposition 47 in that $33 million in library planning and construction funds plus $1.7 million in Petaluma Phase II planning funds would be released to the College by next summer. Recent polls note an increase in statewide support for Proposition 47.

7. PROGRAM AND SCHEDULING ADJUSTMENTS: SANTA ROSA TO PETALUMA: Ed Buckley, Doug Garrison and Curt Groninga outlined the need for collaborative planning on how to "shift" some Santa Rosa enrollment to Petaluma given the possible loss of accessibility to and at the Santa Rosa campus (Highway 101 improvements, temporary loss of parking spaces as well as general campus construction disruptions). Doug and Ed will work closely with the clusters and departments in the recommendation for planned movement of programs and staff to the Petaluma Campus. Curt will develop modular facilities designed to accommodate the needs of the instructional and student services programs. They will report periodically, as to the progress of planning, to the college community and will give added consideration as to the reassignment of some staff to Petaluma and what that means to them, their departments and programs.

8. STRATEGIC ENROLLMENT PLAN: Doug Garrison and Kimberlee Messina presented the goals and enrollment plan as prepared by the Strategic Enrollment Planning Committee. The development of the plan allowed the committee to examine the needs and patterns of student enrollment at both the Santa Rosa and Petaluma Campus and to look at efficiency issues. The Institutional Research Advisory Group (IRAG) will adopt core data elements to measure efficiency and effectiveness of the class schedule; Academic

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Affairs will work with AAC to refine schedule development processes; Computing Services will work with Academic Affairs in the training of key staff in data mining techniques; IRAG will work with Public Relations and Computing Services to evaluate primary college communication products to improve overall effectiveness; Institutional Research will work with Schools Relations to ascertain the feasibility of evaluating customer satisfaction; Public Relations will work with Schools Relations to evaluate effectiveness of marketing tools including outreach and recruitment activities; Component Administrators will review the roles of OIR, A&R and Computing Services to ascertain the responsibility for collection and reporting of outcomes data to better inform the college community and to improve the access to this data and OIR will work with Academic Affairs to review available inputs and outcomes data to identify regular reports for distribution and coordination with departmental planning processes.