CITY OF SHORELINE

SHORELINE CITY COUNCIL

SUMMARY MINUTES OF JOINT DINNER MEETING WITH SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Monday, September 8, 2003

Shoreline Conference Center

6:30 p.m. Highlander Room

City Councilmembers

PRESENT: Mayor Jepsen, Councilmembers Gustafson, Hansen and Ransom

ABSENT: Deputy Mayor Grossman, Councilmembers Chang and Montgomery

STAFF: Steve Burkett, City Manager; Bob Olander, Deputy City Manager; Julie Modrzejewski, Assistant City Manager; and Joyce Nichols, Communications and Intergovernmental Relations Director

Shoreline Community College Board of Trustees

PRESENT: Paul Burton, Edith Loyer-Nelson, and Sarah Phillips

STAFF: Holly Moore, President; Beverly Brandt, Vice President; and Kae Peterson, Community/Resource Development

Mayor Jepsen convened the meeting at 6:25 p.m. Mentioning that it has been some time since the last opportunity to discuss issues of mutual concern, he welcomed the Shoreline Community College (SCC) Board of Trustees and SCC staff members. There were self-introductions around the table.

Mayor Jepsen introduced Kae Peterson, who is responsible for the SCC Foundation and Community Relations. Ms. Peterson made a presentation about SCC which included the following information:

• SCC was established in 1964 and is one of 34 community colleges in Washington State;
• This year SCC is celebrating its 40^th anniversary;
• 14,800 credit and non-credit students attended the college in 2002, 35 percent of whom were employed full- or part-time while attending; and
• SCC offers five academic degree programs and 52 professional technical degrees.

Continuing, Ms. Peterson described some of the economic benefits SCC provides to the City of Shoreline, including:

• Employment of 384 full-time and 752 part-time faculty and staff, who earned $25.7 million in wages in 2002; and
• 90 percent of the students stay in the region and contribute to the local economy after they leave SCC.

Ms. Peterson went on to describe the College’s commitment for the next 40 years, including the completion of a master plan that will incorporate and enhance SCC’s ability to serve students and the community. She said this master planning process began in 2001. It includes involvement of the campus community, the City and the community at large. A zoning overlay to accommodate future growth and renovation will also be developed as part of the master plan.

Continuing, Ms. Peterson said that in the fall of 2002, the College created a community task force to review and work on the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The final EIS is scheduled to be presented to the City at the end of November and they are looking for acceptance by the end of 2003.

Dr. Holly Moore, SCC President, mentioned that the EIS will be submitted to the City, the College and the community, contingent on a review of possible mitigation solutions for traffic and parking on and near the campus. She noted that the traffic mitigation plan is being reworked to address deficiencies noted during review of the draft EIS.

Ms. Peterson continued her presentation, noting that the Ray Howard Library and Technology Center was opened in 2002 and exemplified how well the City and the College could work together to make sure the building received funding and actually was built. She outlined other projects at the college:

• 2900 Renovation currently under way;
• 2900 Annex/Allied Health and Science Building is in the planning process with funding approval pending;
• PUD in pre-design phase (funded with COP and student funds);
• Parking structure, ballfields and amphitheater in the pre-planning phase (funding sources are being identified); and
• Campus theater and music complex included in the legislative request for the 07-09 biennium.

Ms. Peterson, Dr. Moore and Dr. Brandt all thanked the City and its staff for working with the College throughout the master planning process. They also acknowledged the positive results from the partnership and said that continuing the partnership will serve both entities well.

Councilmember Gustafson asked if the college was open to a potential recommendation from the City’s Bond Advisory Committee that the City and College jointly build/operate/maintain a facility. (He said there has not been such a recommendation, but that there as a possibility of this at some point in the future.)

Dr. Moore mentioned several partnerships the College already has with other groups and said that she and the College were open to the possibilities and that the College and City have the expertise to make this happen.

Mayor Jepsen thanked the representatives from SCC for coming and adjourned the meeting at 7:25 p.m.

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Joyce Nichols, Communications and Intergovernmental Relations Director