96-07-12 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. # 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] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.