1963-12 ----------xxxxx---------- Board of Trustees Minutes - December 1963 - Page 1 ----------xxxxx---------- 1134 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES December 19, 1963 The Board of Trustees of Western Washington State College held a special meeting Thursday, December 19, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 208 of the Viking Union. Present were Mr. Joseph Pemberton, Mr. Marshall Forrest, Mrs. Bernice Hall, Mr. Stephen Chase, Dean Harold Chatland, Mr. Joe Nusbaum, Mr. Harold Goltz, and President James L. Jarrett. RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT FUND FOR RIDGEWAY PHASE III Mrs. Hall moved that the following resolution be approved; Mr. Chase seconded the motion; the motion passed. BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of Western Washington State College as follows: Section 1. That there be and is hereby created a special account to be entitled "College Facilities Furniture and Equipment Account (Ridgeway, phase III)" in the special fund of the College entitled "Western Washington State College Facilities Revenue Fund", which Fund was created by Section 10-A of that certain resolution of the Board of Trustees of the College adopted February 9, 1956, and entitled "A RESOLUTION of the Board of Trustees of Western Washington State College authorizing the issuance of $ 325,000 of dormitory revenue bonds of the College, to be dated March 1, 1956, and confirming the sale thereof." Section 2. All surplus money on deposit to the credit of such College Facilities Revenue Fund after all of the obligations of the College required to be paid each calendar year out of such fund by those certain resolutions of the Board of Trustees authorizing the issuance and sale of the following bond issues: Western Washington College of Education Dormitory Revenue Bond, 1955, dated March 1, 1955 - $ 461,000; Western Washington College of Education Dormitory Revenue Bond, 1956, dated March 1, 1956 - $ 325,000; Western Washington College of Education Student Center Revenue Bond, 1957, dated October 1, 1957 - $ 475,000; Western Washington College of Education Dormitory and Dining Hall Revenue Bond of 1959, dated October 1, 1959 - $ 1,950,000; Western Washington State College Dormitory Revenue Bond of 1961, dated April 1, 1961 - $ 1,800,000; and Hestern Washington State College Dormitory and Dining Hall Revenue Bonds of 1961 - $ 1,500,000 under a resolution currently being drafted by bond counsel, have been paid or duly set aside and/or provided for, shall be transferred to such College Facilities Furniture and Equipment Account (Ridgeway, Phase III) until the sum of $ 200,000 shall have been so transferred thereto. Section 3. The moneys in such College Facilities Furniture and Equipment Account (Ridgeway, Phase III) shall be used for the purpose of acquiring and installing furniture and equipment necessary for the use and operation of the dormitory facilities to be soon constructed by the College and financed pursuant to a loan agreement entered into with the Housing & Home Finance Agency of the United States of America under "Project CH-Wash-64(D)" of such Agency. Section 4. A portion of the College Facilities Furniture and Equipment Account (Ridgeway, Phase III) not to exceed $ 85,000 may be transferred to the Construction Fund of Project Ch-Wash-64(D) for fixed furnishings and equipment. ADOPTED by the Board of Trustees of Western Washington State College at a meeting thereof duly and regularly called and held as required by law at said College on the 19th of December, 1963. ----------xxxxx---------- Board of Trustees Minutes - December 1963 - Page 2 ----------xxxxx---------- 1135 RESOLUTION OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE HOUSING & HOME FINANCE AGENCY ADVANCED PLANNING LOAN Mr. Forrest moved that the following resolution be approved by the Board; Mr. Chase seconded the motion; the motion passed: The Board of Trustees of Western Washington State College, having received an offer from the Housing Home Finance Agency dated December 2, 1963, providing $ 100,132 for preliminary and final plan preparation for dormitory buildings and dining hall addition (Ridgeway, phase III, Project No. P-Wash-3238, Contract No. H-602-3123), do accept the conditions of the offer and authorize President James L. Jarrett to execute the acceptance documents. PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF PITTSBURG TESTING LABORATORY CLAIM - VIKING COMMONS AND HIGGINSON HALL Mr. Forrest moved that the College offer to settle the disputed claim of Pittsburg Testing Laboratory for $ 600 be paid as the result of the November 30 letter of acceptance by the company. Mrs. Hall seconded the motion; the motion passed. BOOKSTORE LOAN AGREEMENT AND BUILDING PLANS - PROGRESS REPORT Dr. Howard Mitchell reported on loan plans and the proposed building schedule to finance and build an addidDn to the present bookstore. Mr. Chase moved that the loan agreement stated in the December 11 memorandum be approved; Mrs. Hall seconded the motion; the motion passed. CREATION OF BUREAU FOR FACULTY RESEARCH President Jarrett recommended that a Bureau for Faculty Research, charged with the responsibility for review of all research proposals to be presented to institutions and agencies external to the college, be established and that Dr. Herbett C. Taylor be appointed as Director. Mrs. Hall moved acceptance of this recommendation; Mr. Forrest seconded the motion; the motion passed. APPOINTMENT TO THE FACULTY President Jarrett recommended approval of the following appointment to the faculty, effective September 1964: Gary M. Lampman, Assistant Professor of Chemistry B. S., University of California, Los Angeles, Ph. D. expected in March 1964, from the University of Washington Base nine month salary: $ 7,000 Mrs. Hall moved approval of this appointment; Mr. Chase seconded the motion; the motion passed. 701 PlANNING Mr. Forrest moved that the Board adopt the following resolution concerning comprehensive city planning, partially financed through 701 Federal Planning Fund; Mrs. Hall seconded the motion; the motion passed. The Board of Trustees recognizes the importance of comprehensive and long-range planning on behalf of the City of Bellingham and the College. Certain common problems can be identified and, where these common concerns exist, it is the hope of the Board of Trustees that a cooperative effort will be made to solve them to the mutual benefit of the city and the College. It is within this spirit, that the Board of Trustees proposes an addendum to the Proposed Phase II of the City Comprehensive Plan covering special items of Land Use Plan, Circulation Plan and Public Facilities Plan. Subject to approval by the Bellingham City Council, the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, and the federal Housing & Home Finance Agency, Western Washington State College pledges up to $ 3,334 toward support of a 701 Program budget which would incorporate the addendum proposals and authorize the president to forward the offer to the proper agencies. ADJOURNMENT JOSEPH PEMBERTON, CHAIRMAN MARSHALL FORREST, SECRETARY ----------xxxxx---------- Board of Trustees Minutes - December 1963 ----------xxxxx----------