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Thursday February 8,1990

Plan proposes fourth campus,
renovations to KEC and Langara
with major funding from all levels of
government. Such a centre would house
VCC's existing Music and Theatre Arts
Programs, but would support all per¬
forming arts in the city. It was also
suggested that the performing arts centre

VCC's Facilities Development Plan

(FDP) calls for the establishment of a
fourth campus and renovations-but not
expansion-to Langara and KEC cam¬
puses.

The FDP, unveiled by VCC President
Paul Gallagher and Strategic Planning
Director Hans Rerup, will be submitted
to the College Board for review on
February 12, with a final version going
to the Ministry of Advanced Education,
Training and Technology by about
March 31.
Here are the major recommendations
in the report, which is designed to meet
space needs of VCC until at least 2010:
* VCC should address its shortage of
space by immediate short term leases
and construction of a fourth campus for

might be combined with the new public
library being proposed for the city.
* The proposed VCC-City of Vancou¬
ver Community and Recreation Centre at
KEC should be implemented when funds
become available. The centre would be
constructed on KEC land now used for
parking, requiring construction of a new
parkade.

The FDP predicts that the downhill

2,000 Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
student capacity by 1994-95. Short term
leases would relieve the urgent need to
accommodate the Office of Continuing
Education and KEC's English as a
Second Language classes.
*By 1995, Langara and KEC should
complete major renovations and space
reorganization.

* The fourth campus would be on the
east side of Vancouver or in North
Bumaby.

* The fourth campus should have
major components of first year Arts and

Planning Director Hans Rerup

Science and ESL programs and some
small components of technical programs
from City Centre, which would free up
some CC space for additional tourism
programming. The Music Program
should be expanded at the fourth
campus.

The FDP also calls for two supplemen¬
tary projects of lesser urgency:
* A performing arts centre, while not
an educational priority, should proceed

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slide of the baby boom will result in a 28
per cent decrease in the number of
students attending VCC in the period
1990 to 2010. In addition, the new
Richmond campus of Kwantlen College
is expected to reduce VCC enrolment by

800 FTEs by 1995.
"We can not justify a new campus or
an expansion (of KEC or Langara) based
on a long term increased enrolment
projection," said Gallagher. "But we
can prove the need for a fourth campus
to relieve the overtaxing of our current
facilities and to accommodate the
increased space which will be needed
with the changing technology of instrucSee next page

tion.

"We need immediate renovations to
KEC and Langara, which are becoming
obsolete campuses."

He added that the proposal is not being
driven by an increase in students, "and
therefore it's going to be a very tough
sell."

"They (government) are going to tell
us that if overcrowding won't be a
problem in 20 years then we should just
try to ride it out as we have done for the
past 20 years. That, of course, is totally
unacceptable to us."
Gallagher said that the city of Vancou¬
ver has refused requests to expand either
KEC or Langara due to traffic pressure
on the surrounding neighbours.
He responded with particular interest
to a suggestion from Langara Sociology
and Political Science Instructor Law¬
rence Warren that the Langara campuswhich occupies 20 acres of prime landbe swapped for a new third campus in
another part of the Lower Mainland that
would accommodate Langara's existing
programs and those envisaged for a
fourth centre.

The FDP predicts that affordability of
housing will reduce the younger adult
population and therefore enrolments
from the western part of Vancouver.
Therefore, the plan proposes a fourth
campus location either on the east side
of Vancouver or in North Bumaby,
which is now under-served with access
to community college programs.
The plan foresees a new campus that

THE ANNUAL NOTABLE EVENT
featuring

Jeff Hyslop and RuthNichol
Proceeds to provide music scholarships

THURSDAY MARCH 8TH,1990

houses 800 PTE of first year Arts and
Science Programs, 800 PTE of ESL

at the New World Harbourside Hotel

Programs, the Music Program and some
Technical/Vocational Programs such as
Printing Production and Graphic Arts,

Reception • Dinner • Entertainment

for a total of 2,000 PTE in facilities of
about 15,000 square metres of net

assignable space (just slightly smaller
than Langara).

• $100 per ticket (includes $50 tax receipt) • please bring a friend •
• For more information please call 875-1131 local 329 •