/ Student Government Senate Minutes
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Coville Conference Room

Notice

  1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the general public and to all members of the CSU Channel Islands Student Government that:

A meeting of the Student Government Senatewill be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. at California State University Channel Islands, Student Union Conference Room (room 1080), located at One University Drive, Camarillo, CA 93012, to consider and act upon the following matters:

Call to Order

  1. Call to Order – 9:32 a.m.
  2. Roll Call
  3. President – Michelle Noyes (P)
  4. Vice President – Marlene Pelayo (P)
  5. Senate
  6. Academic Affairs – Travis Hunt(P)
  7. Alumni, Graduate & Credential –Kiera Sailor(P)
  8. Commuters & Transportation –
  9. Housing & Residential Education –
  10. Social Justice – Mia Fernandez(P)
  11. Student Engagement – Noelle Ewing(A)
  12. Sustainability & Technology – Raul Perez(P)
  13. Veterans & Non Traditional – Nathan Altman(P)
  14. Wellness & Recreation – Debora Ehrich(P)
  15. Executive
  16. Director of External Affairs – Carla Mena(P)
  17. Director of Operations – Karina Hinojosa(P)
  18. Director of Events – Alexis Mumford(P)
  19. Chief of Staff – Angela Christopher(P)
  20. Judicial
  21. Chief Justice – Brandon Burns(P)
  22. Associate Justice – Jack Holden(A)
  23. Associate Justice – Jorge Robles(P)
  24. Advisor –
  25. Bethany Bañuelos(P)
  26. Members of the public
  27. Annie Block Weiss
  28. Genesis Delong
  29. Isaiah Ball
  1. Approval of the Agenda
  2. Motion to approve the agenda: Senator Altman
  3. Seconded this motion: Senator Ehrich
  4. 6-0-0
  5. Approval of the Minutes
  6. Motion to approve the minutes: Senator Hunt
  7. Seconded this motion: Senator Ehrich
  8. 6-0-0

Public Forum

Public forum is intended as a time for any member of the public to address the Senate on issues affecting any student(s) and/or organizations of California State University Channel Islands.

Special Presentations

None

Business

  1. Unfinished Business –
  2. Informational Item - None
  3. Discussion Item –None
  4. Action Item –None
  5. New Business
  6. Action Item –

None

  1. Informational Item –

None

  1. Discussion Item
  2. Parking – President Noyes (30 minutes)
  3. Banning Freshman from having cars is not feasible because they work off campus and have other business to do off of campus
  4. Parking privileges cannot be taken away by housing because parking is a separate entity and it is something students pay for
  5. Maybe student housing students should park in the dirt lot
  6. Have to remember housing students have groceries
  7. Have to remember commuter students feel forgotten on campus
  8. Loading zones can help housing students who have groceries
  9. Should we close off the street in front of the library?
  10. For closing the street – 1 person
  11. Against it – 5 people
  12. Maybe create a roundabout in front of the library
  13. Maybe add another stop sign so both crosswalks have a stop sign
  14. Lighting could easily fix this issue
  15. Indifferent – 1 person
  16. Commuter carpool lots
  17. How are the current car/vanpool spots being monitored that are in front of the police station?
  18. How are the current fuel efficiency spots in SH2 being monitored?
  19. Against a carpool lot – 1 person
  20. Tiered parking – all prices would stay the same or become higher
  21. For it – 2 people
  22. Especially if it generates more revenue because we could then potentially create a parking garage
  23. Against it – 3 people
  24. Everyone should pay the same price and whatever spot you get is the one that you get
  25. One way streets
  26. We do not like this idea
  27. Not that many students use their bikes
  28. By having a bike lane, students that live in university glen may be encouraged to ride their bikes down rather than drive their car down
  29. If the bus was free, would you use it?
  30. Yes
  31. Recess – 10:06 a.m. – 10:16 a.m.
  32. Motion for a 10 minutes recess: Senator Hunt
  33. Seconded this motion: Senator Ehrich
  34. 5-0-0
  35. University Glenn Phase II– Terry M. Tarr, Assoc. Architect (30 minutes)
  36. Presentation is attached as a supporting document
  37. There used to be a plan to create over 400 single family detached homes behind our current university glen townhomes, this was stopped in 2007 because of the economic crisis
  38. We have to keep in mind our long term goals as a university, student housing demands and new university buildings for classes to be in, as well as CI in 2025 plans
  39. Eric Blane would be a good person to contact if you have suggestions about making these development plans student friendly
  40. Open CI Efforts – Dr. Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Communication (30 minutes)
  41. The affordable learning solutions initiative is a CSU wide initiative that looks into textbook costs and hardships that this causes students to have
  42. is the official website that they have for this initiative
  43. Long term goals that Dr. Jenkins has is to have a special logo or mark for classes that are low cost or no cost
  44. Students would more than likely sign up for those classes which would encourage professors to be a part of this program long-term
  45. He wants low cost or no cost majors, where all of the major has adopted these cost cutting practices
  46. There could be different marks in the catalog depending on the price range for required textbooks

Reports

Reports presented by the following shall be attached with all weekly packets. Weekly packets will consist of agenda, any supporting documents, minutes, and reports.

  1. Senator Reports
  2. Vice President’s Report
  3. President’s Report
  4. Executive Branch Report
  5. Judicial Report
  6. Advisor Report

Adjournment

  1. Closing Comments
  2. Adjournment– 11:01 a.m.