Date: 04/30/2009

Final
Colorado State University Cash Requests

COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Approve Snow Mountain Ranch Conservation Easements
Approve the Research Innovation Center project, co
Approve the supplemental request for the Moby B & 		PASS
PASS
PASS



08:07 AM -- Colorado State University Cash Requests

Mr. Brian Chase, Director of Facilities Management, and Ms. Shelly Carroll, Engineer, Facilities Management, both of Colorado State University (CSU), came to the table to present several cash-funded requests. Mr. Chase first presented a Senate Bill 92-202 request for the Snow Mountain Ranch Conservation Easements project. Committee members received a summary of the request, prepared by Legislative Council Staff (Attachment A). Ms. Carroll addressed questions about the timing of the project's submittal, and how and why CSU is involved in the conservation easement process. Mr. Chase answered a question about the future role of the YMCA of the Rockies in management of the easements and explained that the sale of the easements takes economic pressure off the YMCA to sell the property for development. Ms. Carroll clarified that the YMCA will maintain trails on the lands and that the Colorado State Forest Service will monitor the property to ensure that no development takes place on the easements. Mr. Chase answered questions about managing the forest lands to monitor and prevent bark beetle kills, and the source of funds for future operating and maintenance expenses associated with the easements.

090430AttachA.pdf

BILL:Colorado State University Cash Requests
TIME: 08:15:33 AM
MOVED:Sonnenberg
MOTION:Approve Snow Mountain Ranch Conservation Easements (202 Project) ($6,000,000, including $5,000,000 FF and $1,000,000 CF). The motion carried on a vote of 4-0-2.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Kopp
Excused
McFadyen
Yes
Schwartz
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Bacon
Excused
Riesberg
Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

08:16 AM

Mr. Chase next summarized a FY 2009-10 cash-funded request for the Research Innovation Center. Committee members received a summary of the request, prepared by Legislative Council Staff (Attachment B). Mr. Chase addressed a question about how the project will proceed if no federal grant dollars are awarded, and offered clarification about the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine purchase that is included in the project. In response to a question about the likelihood that CSU will receive federal funds for the project, Mr. Chase said that CSU has historically received many federal grant dollars because of the excellence of the research being conducted at the university.

090430AttachB.pdf
BILL:Colorado State University Cash Requests
TIME: 08:22:31 AM
MOVED:Sonnenberg
MOTION:Approve the Research Innovation Center project, contingent upon the receipt of federal grant funds, ($10,700,000 FF). The motion carried on a vote of 4-0-2.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Kopp
Excused
McFadyen
Yes
Schwartz
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Bacon
Excused
Riesberg
Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

08:23 AM

Mr. Chase concluded by presenting a supplemental request for additional federal funds spending authority for the Moby B & C Wings Expansion and Remodel, Human Performance/Clinical Research Lab project. Committee members received a summary of the request, prepared by Legislative Council Staff (Attachment C).

090430AttachC.pdf
BILL:Colorado State University Requests
TIME: 08:24:02 AM
MOVED:Sonnenberg
MOTION:Approve the supplemental request for the Moby B & C Wings Expansion and Remodel, Human Performance/Clinical Research Lab project, contingent upon receipt of federal grant funds, to change the source of funds for FY 2008-09 ($5,700,000, including $2,300,000 CF and $3,400,000 FF), and to authorize additional federal funds spending authority for FY 2009-10 ($1,600,000). The motion carried on a vote of 4-0-2.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Kopp
Excused
McFadyen
Yes
Schwartz
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Bacon
Excused
Riesberg
Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS