Board Unanimously Approves Master Plan
$90-Million Master Plan:
A Blueprint of PCC's Future
Margie Goodhart
Arts Editor
In three successive resolutions on
Dec. 6, the PCC Board of Trustees
brought to fruition two years of care¬
ful plans and intensive work: the
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
for the master plan was certified; the
30-year, multi-million dollar master
plan was approved, and eminent
domain proceedings were started to
acquire two parcels of land for the
site of the new library.
“A masterplan is a vision,” said
Dr. Jack Scott, superintendent-presi¬
dent. “It’s not something that’s
unchangeable. It points the way
towards a more beautiful campus
that in turn can facilitate the main
object of Pasadena City College,
which is the instruction of students.”
The goal of Meyer and Allen
Associates, the architect and master
planning firm, was to changd the
fabric of the campus to incorporate
more green, open space, pedestrian
walk ways and landscaped connec¬
tors. The final draft of the plan cost
5100,000 and calls for all on-cam¬
pus parking to be moved to the pe¬
rimeter of die campus. Bi-level park¬
ing structures arc planned, as well as
a wall system that will define cam¬
pus boundaries and hide unsightly
parking lots.
“What you have now is a sea of
parking, a shopping-center environ¬
ment,” said Cliff Allen of Meyer
and Allen Associates. “We wanted
to help create a sense of peace, so
that once you’re in the campus, you’re
in a whole different world.”
In order to create this master plan
of a greener campus, the college had
to comply with see. 21,000 of the
Public Resources Code by doing a
study of the anticipated environmental
impact of the plan. The firm of Cot-
ton/Beland/Assoeiates prepared the
521,000 report.
“The California Environmental
Quality Act requires that public
agencies complete and certify an
Environmental Impact Report prior
to adopting a master plan,” said Dr.
James Kosslcr, assistant superinten¬
dent of administrative services. “In
certifying the report, the board made
findings that there were some envi¬
ronmental effects on air quality.
However, the benefits of the pro-
The
MASTER
PLAN
posed project | master plan | outweigh
the environmental risks.”
The last resolution passed by the
board was to begin eminent domain
acquisition of the two properties on
■ Story, pictures and
diagrams on the Master
Plan
Pages 4 and 5
Colorado Boulevard for the site of
the proposed 5 17-million library and
media center. In order to acquire the
property by this means, the college
had to determine that it was in the
public interest and a necessity to do
so, and that the acquisition was “
most compatible with the greatest
public good and the least private
injury,1’ according to Resolution 158.
“In preparing the Project Plan-
Please see PLAN, page 8
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PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 14, 1989
CSEA Charges District with Unfair
Administration Asks Holthaus to
Step Down from Board of Trustees
Margie Goodhart
Arks Editor
Don Holthaus, representative to
PCC Board of Trustees for classified
staff belonging to Instruction Sup¬
port Services Unit (1SSU), was asked
by the administration to step down
because of charges filed by Califor¬
nia School Employees Association
(CSEA). Holthaus, who represented
classified staff members belonging
to ISSU, was asked to give up his
post at the Nov. 22 meeting. CSEA
charged that Holthaus’s presence on
the board constituted support of ISSU.
Charges filed by CSEA on July
3 1 , against the district are for unfair
labor practices; specifically, for
“providing paid release time to ISSU;
providing ISSU with [address] la¬
bels, printing, supplies for commu¬
nication and mail drop box for pur¬
poses of organizing; providing sup¬
port to ISSU for recognition, inter¬
fering witlt employees right to or¬
ganize fairly; denying CSEA its
guaranteed rights,” according to
information provided by CSEA
Chapter 772 President Marvin Trepp.
"The district is required to re¬
main neutral during the entire proc¬
ess," said Dr. Jack Scott, superinten¬
dent-president. "It is very important
that the district express no favorit¬
ism toward cither CSEA or ISSU
during this process. It is for this
reason that the district requested Mr.
Holthaus to step down from the Board
of Trustees."
The formal complaint was issued
against the district by the Public
Employees Relations Board (PERB),
the state arbitrating agency, on Sept.
26.
Historically, ISSU has been a
“meet and confer” organization of
about 250 while-collar, technical
personnel formed in the mid-’70s
when an election with only CSEA
on the ballot failed, says President
Sylvia Ryan. The “no representa¬
tion” choice was selected by classi¬
fied stall'. However, staff anxieties
last summer about possible changes
in health care benefits prompted ISSU
members to look into the possibility
of becoming a collective bargaining
agent. While ISSU's membership is
still about 250 , CSEA has five
members at PCC.
“Without stilus as a collective
bargaining agent, we have no legal
power in negotiations with the dis¬
trict,” said Ryan.
An informational meeting was
held for ISSU members June 9 “to
explore information in relation to
collective bargaining without espous¬
ing a point of view,” Ryan said.
1,500 March for AIDS in Pasadena
Posada Raises $90,000 To Benefit
All Saints AIDS Service Center
Gigi Hanna
Editor-in-Chief
An estimated 1,500 walkers
from throughout the southland
helped raise S90,000 Saturday,
Dec. 9, in the first Pasadena Posada
celebration to raise money for the
All Saints AIDS Service Center.
About 557,000 of the funds
were raised by the walkers. The
difference was donated by corpo¬
rate sponsors.
Participants walked 2.5 miles
passed 10 of the city’s best-known
cultural sites, including the Pa¬
cific Asia Museum, the Pasadena
Playhouse and the Plaza Pasad¬
ena. The candle-lit journey , remi¬
niscent of the traditional Posada
celebration recreating the can¬
dlelight walk of Joseph and Mary
searching for shelter, culminated
on the steps of City Hall. Many
of the walkers sang traditional
Christmas carols as they walked.
The procession garnered inquir¬
ies from passers-by.
One of the highlights of the
journey was a display of the In¬
ternational AIDS Memorial Quilt
The entire 13-ton quilt is com¬
prised of more than 1 1,000 pan¬
els dedicated to the memory of
someone who has died from the
disease; eight were on view for
the processors.
Walkers turned a portion of
Holly Street, in front of the City
Hall, into a living quilt. Those
who wished to remember AIDS
victims were asked to write in
chalk the names of those who
have died or who are dying. The
blue and yellow names in the
concrete were a sobering sight
amidst the celebration which fol¬
lowed the march.
The seed for the AIDS Serv¬
ice Center was planted in Janu¬
ary 1985 when at the General
Convention of the Episcopalian
Church, a resolution was adopted
that required congregations to
respond to the burgeoning AIDS
crisis. Cultivation of the Center
began in 1986 when a telephone
helpline was established at All
Saints. The plan finally took root
in 1987 when the Vestry of All
Saints allocated $30,000 to help
establish the Center.
Now, the Service Center is the
only provider of comprehensive
support services for the hundreds
of people with AIDS, AIDS-
Related Complex and HIV infec¬
tion in the San Gabriel Valley. A
staff of 15 and a volunteer corps
of over 250 provide clients with
a range of services including help
with coordination of benefits,
transportation, selection of nurs¬
ing care and financial assistance
with housing and food.
The center also offers an AIDS
prevention program that targets
black, Hispanic, gay and youth
communities and a series of AIDS
education and training programs
to deal with issues such as AIDS
and suicide, self-esteem and youth
and AIDS.
It is estimated that one in eight
people in our community has been
infected by the AIDS virus.
According to Service Center
volunteer coordinator James Baer,
planning for the event began in
June. However, “planning for the
second Pasadena Posada will begin
in January or February,” he said.
“This was such a tremendous
success, it’s an exciting experi¬
ence, everyone seems to be hav¬
ing fun,” he said.
While participating in the tra¬
ditional posada, the walkers were
raising money to keep the All
Saints AIDS Service Center alive
so that it may be a shelter and a
beacon of hope for AIDS victims
throughout the West San Gabriel
Valley.
AIDS WALK- Walkers gather in front of City Hall as part of
the Pasadena Posada which raised $90,000 for the All Saints
AIDS Service Center, which is the largest service provider in
the West San Gabriel Valley for people with AIDS.
Labor Practices
Consequently, the decision was made
to seek status as a collective bar¬
gaining agent, and an application
was filed with PERB July 7.
This is the point at which the
district should have taken a “hands-
off position” with ISSU, according
to Trepp, who also wrote on Dec. 7
that neither the district nor ISSU has
denied the charges. District repre¬
sentatives did not express an opinion
on Trcpp’s comment, but ISSU did
not agree that all the charges were
accurate and provided acopy of their
response.
ISSU’s response to the charges
were submitted to PERB on Oct. 6,
and according to Ryan, are as fol¬
lows. “|1| Address labels are pro-
Please see CSEA, page 8
Don Holthaus
New Parking Service in Spring
$40,000 Allocated
For Shuttle Project
Michael Rocha
News Editor
The Board of Trustees unani¬
mously approved a S40,000 shuttle
project geared to alleviate the col¬
lege’s parking problem.
The board voted Dec. 6 to author¬
ize Dr. James Kossler, assistant super¬
intendent of administrative services,
to rent 100 parking spaces from
Central Parking Systems in Old
Pasadena at S40 a space for five
months.
With the district allocating
S40.000, “we could in effect pilot a
shuttle operation during the Spring,”
said Kossler.
From February through June, PCC
will be renting the parking spaces,
which will provide PCC students
and staff with alternative parking
spaces besides the campus lots and
the spaces on streets near the col¬
lege.
According to the proposal that
Kossler submitted to the board, “the
shuttle project including off-cam¬
pus parking is suggested as a means
of partially alleviating the problem
of the unavailability of on-campus
parking for staff and students during
the daytime hours.”
The parking facility, which is 1 .6
miles away from the college, is lo¬
cated at Raymond and Green streets.
According to Kossler, the project
would cost the college district S20.CXX)
for fiscal 1989-90. That price,
however, is just the rental for the
parking spaces. Another S20,000
will be needed for salaries for shuttle
drivers, publicity, fuel and wear and
tear on district vans.
The shuttle project currently calls
for two district vans to pick-up stu¬
dents and staff at the parking facility
and travel cast on Green. The vans
will then slop at several drop-off
points, the first of which is the
Community Skills Center. From
there, the van will enter college
premises and will stop at three drop¬
off points. From the college the
shuttles will head back to the park¬
ing facility. The shuttles will oper¬
ate every 20 minutes between 7 a.m.
and 6 p.m.
Please see SHUTTLE, page 8
No More Staff
Parking for
Part-time Staff
The Parking Committee has
recommended and the Execu¬
tive Committee has tentatively
approved a new parking regu¬
lation for the Fall of 1990 that
will not allow people who work
for the college for fewer than
50 percent to have access to
staff parking., said Dr. James
Kosslcr, assistant superinten¬
dent of administrative serv¬
ices.
Currently, people working
for the college for fewer than
50 percent can gel a staff park¬
ing permit. “That’s causing
congestion in the staff lot,”
said Kossler.
Under the new proposal,
people who work hourly and
part-time will no longer have
access to staff parking.
-Michael Rocha