11
July
1996
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18:00 PM
America/New_York
TRUSTEES: Trustees Approve Ohio Stadium Planning, Etc.
OHIO STATE AUTHORIZES STADIUM DESIGN WORK, GAINS 4-H CAMP
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees
on Friday (7/12) authorized the hiring of architects to do
preliminary design work on improvements to Ohio Stadium and
acquired a camp in Greene County for use in 4-H programs.
In addition, the board approved a contract to build
apartments for students at the Wooster Campus, transferred
funds to relocate police and some business offices on the
Columbus campus, and conducted other business.
Board authorizes preliminary design work on Ohio Stadium
Trustees took another step toward renovating and
expanding Ohio Stadium by authorizing the employment of
firms to conduct preliminary design and cost estimates for
the project.
The board instructed university officials to hire
architectural-engineering and construction management firms
to investigate the choice of major renovation versus new
construction, verify cost estimates, develop a program of
requirements for a major renovation program, and perform the
preliminary design based on the assessment.
Preservation of the historic facility is the first goal
of the project, Athletic Director Andy Geiger said.
Expanding and upgrading the facilities are secondary to
ensuring that Ohio Stadium receives the maintenance and
renovation it needs to continue to serve as the home of the
Buckeye football team and as a symbol of the university.
This preliminary design study is a follow-up to a
feasibility study conducted last year, which showed numerous
options and costs for providing additional seating,
improving sight lines, meeting new code requirements, and
addressing the major deferred maintenance needs of the
facility.
The choice of the firms to conduct the preliminary
design will be left to university administrators. The cost
is estimated to be between $1.5 and $2 million, with the
funding to be provided through the sale of bonds. Debt
service on the bonds will be paid by the Department of
Athletics.
Administrators are to report to the trustees before the
selected firms are authorized to proceed beyond the
preliminary design phase.
4-H to operate former veterans children's camp
Ohio State is gaining a 4-H camp, as the result of a
bill passed by the Ohio General Assembly providing for the
transfer from the former Ohio Veterans Children's Home in
Xenia. The children's home had operated a facility called
Camp Cooper south of John Bryan State Park between Yellow
Springs and Clifton. The camp along Clifton Gorge is a
short walking distance from 4-H Camp Clifton, a university-
owned camp used for 4-H and other programs.
Trustees accepted the property, which consists of 12
acres of fields and woods with an old farmhouse, an attached
kitchen and dining facility, seven sleeping cabins, a
restroom, and shelterhouse, all in good repair.
According to university officials, acquiring Camp
Cooper will alleviate overcrowding at Camp Clifton and allow
for expanded programming such as weekend retreats,
additional educational camping experiences for 4-H members
and other youth, and band practice camps. Camp Clifton
serves 4-H members and their families in Champaign, Clark,
Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Logan, and Union
counties.
"Camp Cooper will provide opportunities for different
types of programming for older youth," said Dennis Elliott,
state 4-H education agent for Ohio State University
Extension. In addition, the camp will permit economies of
scale in operation and use of facilities.
Camp Cooper will be operated by 4-H Camp Clifton Corp.,
a non-profit organization which funds its operating and
capital costs through user fees and donations.
Lisa Peterson, Fayette County 4-H agent and immediate
past president of the camp corporation, said the acquisition
will not only serve 4-H youth, but enable other groups to
rent the camp into late summer and possibly facilitate
development of a winter-time conference facility there.
Students to get apartments at ATI, OARDC
The board authorized university officials to enter into
a long-term lease/lease-back contract with Zaremba Group
Inc. of Lakewood to design and construct an apartment
village on 12 acres of Ohio State's Wooster campus.
The facility will be constructed between the
Agricultural Technical Institute and the Ohio Agricultural
Research and Development Center for occupancy autumn quarter
1997. Zaremba Group will construct 118 apartments for use
by undergraduate students and their families at ATI and by
graduate students and families, post-doctoral students and
visiting professors at OARDC. ATI enrolls students from
across the state and from other states.
The complex will include one-, two- and three-bedroom
apartments; laundry, meeting and television rooms; offices
and a maintenance shop. The Office of Housing, Food
Services, and Event Centers will manage the facilities.
The university sought competitive proposals for a
lease/lease-back arrangement and Zaremba's bid of $6,527,690
was determined to be the lowest and best based on price,
quality of the developer's team and the project proposed,
the construction management process, production schedule,
and understanding of the project and the university's needs.
The funding will be underwritten by tax-free
certificates of participation. After constructing the
apartments, Zaremba will assign the leases to the trustee of
the certificates while remaining responsible for the
construction warranties. The transaction for Ohio State
will then become essentially an installment purchase using
low-interest tax-free financing, funded through rental of
the apartments.
Police, other staff to move into former VA Clinic
The board authorized a transfer of $1,427,500 in
General Fund monies to the university's endowment fund to
use the former Veterans Affairs Clinic at 2090 Kenny Road as
a police station and academic support building. The
transfer amount represents the value of the building, based
on an average of two appraisals.
The two-story masonry building was constructed on 6.2
acres of land in 1981 for use as a clinic. The Endowment
Fund provided the financing which was recovered through
lease payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The
VA left the building in March.
Ohio State will move police and other occupants of the
Public Safety Building on Millikin Road to new locations.
The Public Safety Building is scheduled to be razed to
permit expansion of the Northwest Parking Ramp. The
expansion is needed to help meet parking demands created by
the construction of new buildings for the Max M. Fisher
College of Business in the north campus area.
The former VA building will house other academic
support offices, too. According to Nancy Tinker, director
of facilities planning, some business offices on main campus
that don't deal face-to-face with students may move in the
building. Among them are the accounts payable and travel
offices in Lincoln Tower. Moving business offices west from
the central campus area would free up more space for
academic and student use. Tinker said plans should be
finalized about mid-August.
Business, hospital lab construction contracts awarded
Trustees awarded contracts and established contingency
funds for construction of part of a new campus for the Max
M. Fisher College of Business campus and of a University
Hospitals lab. The board also authorized the university to
request construction bids to extend a runway at Don Scott
Field.
The board awarded contracts for the first phase of the
Fisher College, which includes the college and graduate
program buildings and infrastructure improvements to provide
the additional chiller plant capacity to service the new
complex. Total cost of the project phase is $49.5 million,
of which more than $19 million is being funded with gifts to
the university and the remainder coming from the state. The
estimated completion date is February 1998.
The $24.66 million general contract went to Danis
Building Construction Co. of Dayton. Other contracts for
the project went to Teepe River City Mechanical of
Cincinnati, Kirk Williams Co. of Grove City, and Buckeye
Electric Co. of Dayton.
Contracts also were awarded for a $1 million University
Hospitals project. The project renovates space on the
second floor of Doan Hall to relocate the Peripheral
Vascular Lab and expand cardiology services in an adjacent
area. It also renovates space on the second floor north
wing of the Endoscopy Suite to increase patient privacy,
improve operating efficiency, and generally upgrade the
facility.
Contracts were awarded to Miles McClellan,
Mandeville/Croson, and Eastmoor Electric, all of Columbus.
The estimated completion date is January 1997.
Trustees also authorized the university to employ
architectural/engineering firms and request construction
bids for improvements at the University Airport.
Plans are to extend Runway 5 by 170 feet to 3,670 feet,
in accordance with the airport master plan and to comply
with a Federal Aviation Administration request. The
extension will not allow larger aircraft to land at Don
Scott and will not contribute to any increased noise levels,
said Kenneth R. Newstrom, director of the University
Airport.
Total project cost is $200,000, with the FAA providing
a $180,000 grant and the Department of Aviation funding the
remainder.
Draft plan presented for West Campus district
Trustees heard a report from Janet Pichette, vice
president for business and administration, and Jill Morelli,
assistant vice president and university architect, on the
West Campus district plan. The plan, the fourth in the
campus planning series, examines development in the 693-acre
area from Ohio 315 to North Star Road and the north edge of
the Waterman Farm to the university-owned buildings on
Kinnear Road.
It continues the master plan principles of addressing
architectural cohesiveness and offers a plan for development
during the next 30 to 50 years as the university begins to
create its Research Park in the southern part of the
district.
The draft plan sets guidelines for land use,
landscaping and maintaining open spaces. It also sets
standards for density of building in keeping with the urban
character of central campus while maintaining the rural
Waterman Farm. Along North Star Road, which borders Upper
Arlington, it sets density and development standards to
comply with zoning codes.
Trustees will examine the draft proposal before
formally considering it, likely at their next meeting
Sept. 13.
Completed Plan Presented for University Neighborhoods
Trustees heard a report from David Williams, vice
president for student affairs, on the recently completed
University Neighborhoods Revitalization Plan. The plan is
the culmination of 18 months of planning and community
discussion led by Campus Partners in collaboration with the
city, the university and the neighborhoods. The document
outlines a comprehensive approach to improving the quality
of life for students and other residents of the University
District.
Board sells farm, buys house
The board agreed to sell 189 acres of the Kagay Farm at
2809 Georgesville-Wrightsville Road near Grove City. The
land was obtained by Ohio State as part of a unitrust
agreement between the late Edmund M. Kagay and the
university.
Trustees agreed to sell 188 acres to James Phillippi of
Columbus for $1,525 per acre and one acre with a pole barn
to Robert and Susan Morton of Georgesville for $18,000.
Proceeds from the sale, to total $304,700, will be placed in
an endowed scholarship fund to support students studying
languages, in accordance with Kagay's wishes.
The board also voted to purchase a house on a .148-acre
lot at 225 W. 10th Ave. to be available for use in the
university's long-range academic and support plans for the
South Campus area. The three-story house with basement
between Worthington Street and Neil Avenue was built about
1900.
The board agreed to buy the property from Fred
Neuenschwander and June Loving of Columbus at a price of
$135,000. Funds for the purchase will be provided through
Ohio State's land purchase account, to be repaid by the
Office of Housing, Food Services and Event centers, which
will operate the property as rental housing.
Lease of land approved for construction of Nicklaus museum
Trustees authorized President E. Gordon Gee and
Pichette to negotiate and enter into a long-term lease of
two acres to the Jack Nicklaus Private Operating Foundation
Inc. for construction and operation of the Jack Nicklaus
Museum. The proposed site is along Olentangy River Road
across from the Fawcett Center parking lot.
The lease is for $1 a year. The foundation would
compensate Ohio State through additional lease payments over
the initial 25-year term of the lease for certain
development costs associated with displaced parking. The
facility would revert to university ownership after the
initial and renewal leases.
The museum is to provide internships and employment
opportunities for university students and exhibit space for
displays on the turf management program of the College of
Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and on Ohio
State's golf program.
Before engaging in a distinguished career in
professional golf, Nicklaus led Ohio State's golf team to
Big Ten Conference championships in 1960 and 1961. Nicklaus
won the Big Ten and National Collegiate Athletic
Association's individual championships in 1961.
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Contacts: Dennis Elliott, (614) 292-6942; Lisa Peterson,
(614) 335-1150; Nancy Tinker, (614) 688-4188; Robert
Haverkamp, assistant vice president for business and
administration, (614) 292-7970; Jill Morelli, assistant vice
president and university architect, (614) 292-4458.
Written by Tom Spring, (614) 292-8309; Ruth Gerstner, (614)
292-8424, Dave Bhaerman, (614) 292-8422; and Jeanette Drake,
(614) 292-8421.
[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
Fri, 12 Jul 1996 16:13:34 -0400]
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