057-5 Wyo. Code R. § 5-11

Current through April 27, 2019

Section 5-11 - Capital Construction Requests

(a) Under authority of W.S. 21-18-225, this section addresses the development of a prioritized list of community college capital construction projects, and the submission of this list to the State Construction Department.

(b) The prioritized list of community college capital construction projects shall include only necessary building square footage required for provision of those education programs serving the state's interests as described in Chapter 4 of the WY Community College Commission Statewide Strategic Plan developed and maintained under the authority of W.S. 21-18-202(a)(v).

(c) The Commission's Facilities Handbook shall be referenced for specifications regarding automated programs and databases, forms, formats, timelines, documentation, guidelines, facility classification systems, forecasting models, indices and/or other factors.

• (i) The Commission shall provide guidelines and formats for community colleges to use in developing its prioritized capital construction lists which are correlated to the WY Community College Commission Statewide Strategic Plan.

• (ii) The Commission shall provide access to a statewide community college building database (otherwise referred to as the capital construction database), a component of which shall be a facilities inventory database.
  • (A) Community colleges shall provide updates to the facilities inventory database in a timely fashion, thereby facilitating both current and comprehensive descriptions of colleges' built environments. Deadlines for all outstanding updates may be established by the Commission in order to ensure the validity of computations inherent to, and reports generated by, the capital construction database.
  • (B) Database information shall be used to develop the long range plans for building space needs.

• (iii) The Commission shall identify and implement a forecasting model to assist community colleges in computing future student enrollments and related building needs. Model reports will be available to the colleges upon completion of commission-related database updates including, but not limited to, population projections, enrollment projections, student demographics, participation rates, distance education, utilization hours, library volumes and student study stations.

(d) By June 1 of every year, the colleges shall be authorized to submit for funding consideration capital construction projects. Each submission must be supported by a Level I study, and shall use the capital construction database described in the Facilities Handbook. The proposed project must have an identified educational use and must also be described and prioritized within the college's published 5-year master plan.

• (i) No later than June 1 of each year, Commission staff shall forward the prioritized list, supported by Level I design documents, to the State Construction Department in accordance with W.S. 21-18-225(g).

• (ii) An informational report will be created related to the prioritized list given to the State Construction Department, and will be provided to the commissioners at their summer meeting.

(e) Community colleges may submit requests for authorization to construct without state funding, as provided for in W.S. 21-18-202(d)(v). Such requests shall be sent to Commission staff no later than 30 days prior to any scheduled commission meeting for consideration at that meeting. Commission-authorized projects of $1 million or more also require authorization by the State Building Commission and the legislature, and therefore will not move forward until the following October.

(f) Community colleges shall submit requests for modification of capital construction priorities through resubmission of their respective college master plans. Re-writes and updates to college master plans must be submitted to the Commission within 30 days of college board approval.

057-5 Wyo. Code R. § 5-11

Amended, Eff. 12/14/2015.

Amended, Eff. 11/29/2016.

Amended, Eff. 11/21/2017.