PCC Courier, June 23, 1994

NEWS FEATURES SPORTS Cosmetology instructor Ken Kolle retires after a successful tenure at the college. Page 6 Graduating students bid PCC a fond farewell. Page 4 Softball players Chris Zboril and Carol Schreiner are named All-Americans. Page 8 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE PASADENA, CALIFORNIA VOL. 79 No. 1 THE COURIER SUMMER EDITION THURSDAY June 23, 1994 By JACKIE LEE Courier Staff Writer Summer school students arc experi¬ encing a big shift in the parking scene, because World Cup organizers struck a $100,000 deal with college officials to use the campus parking lots for fans at¬ tending the World Cup’s eight soccer Please see WORLD CUP, Page 5 A parking crunch is created on the volleyball courts when faculty and staff cars were moved to accommodate World Cup fans. Below: U.S. fans celebrate before boarding bus to the Rose Bowl. World Cup invasion College profits from soccer Proposition 1C failure delays PE complex construction By ENRICO PIAZZA Courier Staff Writer Construction of the new Physi¬ cal Education complex and the re¬ modeling of the old library have been delayed indefinitely because of the defeat of Prop. 1C, the bond issue on the June ballot. However, school officials believe that the two projects will eventually be com¬ pleted, since the state has already spent money on the architectural drawings. “We pul our PE complex cam¬ paign on hold for now,” Dr. Jack Scott, superintendent president, told the Board of T rustees. “We have no question the facility will oneday be a reality.” He said the slate already spent S9(X),000 for the architec¬ tural drawings of the facility, which is currently the 1 19lh pro ject on the state list of building construction and remodeling. “If the state intends, and it may, to bring back another bond issue of a similar nature in the November election, then we’ 11 have the money for those two projects in 1994-95,” Scott added. “If they do not, then they will bcdclayed as much as two or three years, because next year is not an election year.” Scott said that because thepropo- sition was designed strictly to pro¬ vide funds for construction and re¬ modeling of school facilities, so called “capital outlay,” its defeat will not affect the college opera¬ tional budget, nor will it interfere with the completion of the parking structure or the construction of the newCommunity SkillsCenter. Both of these projects have already been approved and funded by the state. The remodeling of the old li¬ brary will transform the 45-year- old facility into a center for student services, which are currently scat¬ tered all over the campus. This project is currently number 139 on the state list. The two story PE complex will include a gymnasium for physical education classes, men’s and women’s locker rooms and show¬ ers, weight training and sports medi¬ cine facilities, offices and support facilities for the physical education department faculty. The 65,000 square feet facility will also in¬ clude a three court basketball gym¬ nasium and support space for field sports and spectator seating. The cost of the project will be around Please see: PROP. 1C, Page 5 СТА contract negotiations on hold By JOSE INOSTROZ Courier Staff Writer The defeat of Proposition 1C on the June ballot which would have approved $ 2.2 million for the campus, has caused contract negotiations between the Pasadena Com¬ munity College District and representatives of the PCC chapter of the California Teachers Association- to be put on hold until August. Ne¬ gotiations between the СТА and the district have also forced the golden handshake program for retiring faculty to be delayed. “Extreme financial cir¬ cumstances” following a tax revenue shortfall caused by the Northridge earthquake and a low voter turnout on June 3 was blamed for the defeat of the ballot measure. “We are now turning our attention to the (state) legis¬ lature,” said Ed Ortell, СТА chief negotiator. The hope is to push for passage of AB 3474 which makes up for lost revenue from lower property taxes due to lower property values. AB 973 would back fi 1 1 on lost property taxes and must be enacted before June 30, the end of the fiscal year for immediate relief. Once negotiations resume in August, the priority will be to negotiate for faculty salaries. The faculty has not received a raise in three years . Another priority will be the golden handshake program. It encourages senior faculty to retire two years early. Patricia Mollica, dean of human resources, said the golden handshake program which Gov. Wilson approved on March 17 will last three years. However, the Board of Trustees has not accepted it for PCC. Since the 107 community colleges function as indepen¬ dent entities, each college must bargain for the golden handshake locally. Ortell and his team will be pushing hard for what he calls a “win win” program which would not costthe dis¬ trict money. The golden handshake could save the district thou¬ sands of dollars since the in¬ structors who replace the re¬ tirees, are paid about half the rate of senior faculty. According to Ortell, this could save S20,000 per in¬ structor a year. Mollica said there are 16 faculty members retiring this school year. She also said that if implemented, a 120 day window period would allow faculty to decide whether to lake advantage of the plan. An eight hour meeting before the end of the Spring semester was interrupted after opposing sides learned that a 4.5 percent property tax shortfall was to dramati¬ cally hit the college’s gen¬ eral budget. This means the college would lose S 2.2 mil¬ lion out of the 1993-94 budget’s expected S60 mil¬ lion. Councilman William Thompson hears PCC neighbors’ concerns ANA PERALTA/THE COURIER District 7 Councilman William Thompson met with college officials and neighbors to hear both sides of the parking situation at PCC.