PULLMAN, Wash. – The Board of Regents of Washington State University will hold a regularly scheduled meeting Oct. 29 and 30 on the WSU Pullman campus, Compton Union Building, Room 204, to consider action items, including approval of the $32.3 million Troy Hall Renovation project, approval of $1.9 million for design and preconstruction of the Global Animal Health Facility Phase 2 project, and approval of a new policy designating the Pullman campus free of smoke and nicotine.
The meeting will begin at 1 p.m., Oct. 29, with a meeting of the Regents’ Executive Committee, followed by consecutive meetings of the Regents’ Finance and Audit, Academic and Student Affairs, and External Affairs committees. Each committee session will convene immediately following the completion of the previous session. All four sessions are scheduled to conclude prior to 5 p.m.
The Regents will re-convene at the same location at 8 a.m., Oct. 30, to initially hear reports from various campus organizations, including the WSU Foundation, the WSU Faculty Senate, Associated Students of WSU, Graduate and Professional Student Association, WSU Administrative Professional Advisory Council, and WSU Alumni Association.
The Regents are expected to take action on recommendations including:
- A proposal to approve the schematic design documents for the WSU Pullman Digital Classroom Building project. The approximately 80,000-square-foot facility will provide an array of classroom sizes and settings to accommodate small groups as well as large theater seating possibilities. The Board of Regents approved the design and construction for the project within the budgeted amount of $60 million at its September meeting.
- A proposal to approve the schematic design for the WSU Pullman Public Safety Building project. The new 15,000-square-foot building will include a 2,500-square-foot garage for the police vehicles. The building will include offices, evidence rooms and weapons storage, locker rooms, records storage, a small kitchen and a conference room for training sessions. The Board of Regents approved the design and construction for the project within the budgeted amount of $7.5 million in its September meeting.
- A proposal to approve the schematic design documents for the WSU Pullman, Food Quality Building East Side Addition project. The planned addition to the east side of the Food Quality Building will expand the existing processing facility with a 4,000-square-foot, two-story addition, to include a whey processing area, a training room, offices, and a milk receiving bay large enough for deliveries from 6,000 gallon tanker trucks. The Board of Regents approved the design and construction for the project within the budgeted amount of $4 million at its September meeting.
- A proposal to approve the schematic design documents for the WSU Pullman Soccer Field Improvements – Phase 2. The Board of Regents approved the design and construction for the project within the budgeted amount of $1.6 million at the May 8, 2015 meeting.
- A proposal to approve the schematic design for the Troy Hall Renovation project, authorize the project to proceed to construction, and further delegate authority to the President or his designee to enter into any and all contracts necessary to complete the project within the budgeted amount of $32.3 million. The 2013-2015 Legislature appropriated approximately $2 million for the design and pre-construction. The 2015-2017 Legislature appropriated $30.28 million for construction. The university plans to proceed into construction with shelling one of the four floors, for future interior finish work.
- A proposal to authorize the WSU Pullman Global Animal Health Phase 2 project to proceed to design and pre-construction, with costs not to exceed the budgeted amount of $1.9 million. The Global Animal Health Facility Phase 2 will house the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health disease detection and surveillance program. This program, which is integral to the mission of the Allen School, is delivered primarily through the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory WADDL is at the front line of the nation’s defense against foreign diseases, zoonotic diseases, and food-borne illness, and is known regionally and nationally for its work to combat pandemic flu, avian influenza, West Nile Virus, Mad Cow Disease and Foot and Mouth Disease. The facility will also house research and development laboratories and serve as a teaching laboratory for educating veterinary (DVM) students, post-DVM and other health professionals, graduate, and undergraduate students.
- A proposal to adopt WAC chapter 504-38, establishing that tobacco and nicotine use is not permitted within the perimeter of WSU Pullman property and requiring smoking and nicotine-use materials to be be secured, extinguished and/or disposed of prior to entering WSU Pullman property or exiting private vehicles on the Pullman campus.
In addition, on Thursday, Oct. 29, the Regents will attend the Global Scholars Hall Dedication and reception held at 5 p.m., at the Global Scholars Hall on the Pullman campus and the home football game (WSU vs Stanford) on Saturday.
The official notice and full agenda for the meeting are available at http://regents.wsu.edu/meeting-dates/.
Questions about the Board of Regents meeting and schedule may be directed to Desiree Jacobsen, (509) 335-4200.
Media contact:
Robert Strenge, WSU News, 509-335-3583, rstrenge@wsu.edu