April 19, 2006                                                                                                  64LCB#17-CAPCON

 

 BILL

 

 

University of Colorado

Legislative Council

                                                                                   

 

Sponsored by:                                                  Jeremy Jimenez                         Tri-executive

                                                                        Katie Wolf                               Vice President

                                                                        Ben Thacker                             Senator

                                                                        Max Mascarenas                     Senator

                                                           

Authored by:                                                    Jeremy Jimenez                         Tri-executive

                                                                        Juan Stewart                             Dir. Capital Construction

Steve Fenberg                         Chief of Staff

           

A Bill

Bill History

On April 15, 2004 University of Colorado Student Union Legislative Council passed 60LCB#15 Capital Construction.  This piece of legislation implemented a student fee increase that would reach $400 per year per student in order to fund the construction of the Wolf Law Building, ATLAS Center, LEEDS School of Business Expansion, IT Infrastructure, and a new Visual Arts Complex.  These projects had previously lost funding due to a state fiscal crisis and therefore could only progress with this student funding. 

 

Since the implementation of this student fee, UCSU has been deeply involved in the preconstruction and construction stages of the Wolf Law School, the ATLAS Center, the Recreation Fields Initiative and now the LEEDS School of Business.  The Director of Capital Construction has worked closely with student participants, Facilities Management, colleges and schools, and the CU Administration to develop and implement an innovative construction process for these projects called Best Value Contracting.

 

Bill Summary

 

This bill will create a Capital Construction Standing Committee that is formally charged with the responsibility of issues regarding the development and implementation of programs that fulfill the requirements of 60LCB#15. 

Setting up a committee to take on these capital construction responsibilities will create more oversight and involvement by the Legislative Council in the requirements of 60LCB#15 and act to further institutionalize the efforts that have been put into this issue thus far.

 

THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by Legislative Council of the University of Colorado Student Union, THAT,

 

SECTION 1:  This bill creates a Capital Construction Standing Committee which will report to the Legislative Council

 

SECTION 2:  This committee will be comprised of at least two members of Legislative Council as appointed by the Legislative Council President and confirmed with a majority council approval, up to five students at large nominated by the committee and appointed by a majority approval of Legislative Council, and the Director of Capital Construction from the executive staff.  The position of Committee Chair will be filled by one of the students at large and approved by majority approval of the committee. 


SECTION 3:  It is strongly advised that the positions of student at large be filled by students with proven experience in Best Value Contracting policy, construction management programs, and/or issues related to workers’ rights (i.e. healthcare, safety, democratic workplace issues). 

 

SECTION 3:  The Responsibilities and purpose of the Committee will include but are not limited to the following:

1.      Act as the primary body that works with Facilities Management and any applicable contracted construction companies regarding UCSU capital construction issues 

2.      Act as UCSU’s student representatives on any Evaluation Teams and Monitoring Teams that assist in the scoring, selection, and monitoring of contractors and subcontractors

3.      Ongoing construction site follow-up and monitoring

4.      Further implementing and improving Best Value Contracting in UCSU related construction projects

5.      Develop a Best Value Contracting policy in conjunction with CU Administrators that could be implemented for the rest of the CU campus

6.      Developing any other necessary programs regarding capital construction and labor related issues

 

SECTION 4:  The Chair of the Committee shall give a formal presentation regarding capital construction progress to the Legislative Council at least once a semester

 

SECTION 5: This bill takes effect upon passage by Legislative Council and upon obtaining the signature of the Legislative Council President and the Tri-executives.

 

4/27/06                                                            Passed                                                            13-0-1             

 

 

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Ashley Moore, Legislative Council President                Jeremy Jimenez, Tri-executive

 

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Brad Long, Tri-executive                                                    Mebraht Gebre-Michael, Tri-executive