Campus development committee split in two

UVic's campus development committee (CDC), responsible for advising the president on the long-range planning of the campus's physical development and on its new building projects, is undergoing a re-alignment.

On April 5, UVic's board of governors approved a recommendation that the CDC be reconstituted into a policy committee and an operations committee. The change was one of the recommendations by the CDC review team which tabled its report with UVic President Dr. David Turpin in December. The CDC review was one of the 30 action items in the campus plan, approved by the board of governors in May 2003.

The new policy body, to be called the campus planning committee (CPC), will have a long-term focus. The operations group, to be called the facilities development and sustainability committee (FDSC), will focus more on specific projects.
The CPC will report to the president while the FDSC will advise the president and the CPC.

In making the recommendation, the review team cited the immense demands made on the current CDC, requiring members to deal with long and short-term perspectives, high-level policy and project-specific detail, and to possess quite different sets of skills and abilities.

There will be some cross-memberships between the two committees to assist in communication between the two groups. The 17-member CPC will be co-chaired by UVic's vice president finance and vice president academic. In addition to UVic vice presidents, deans, faculty members, students and staff, it will also include a local member of UVic's alumni association.

The FDSC will be chaired by the vice president finance and operations and have 11 members including an external planning or architectural professional and a local member of UVic's alumni association. More information about the committees, appointment processes, and the transition period will be available in the next few weeks.