Concern was expressed about the glass side on the auditorium. The main entrance to the building will be on the north side. The public will be able to access the auditorium area and other support spaces without having access to the Museum during times it is closed which will provide for better security for the Museum. Scattered offices will be consolidated into one area. Prokopoff indicated the remodeled facility will serve as a pedestrian pass through from north to south, with primary entrance on the north.
Project is now in fund-raising mode.
It will come back into the normal process once funds are raised. Gibson was asked to explain to the committee how projects are initiated and developed. He explained there is no single way, but instead a variety of ways in which this can occur. A department head or dean can push for certain ideas and needs and then develop a proposed project that meets those needs. If central administration decides it is worthwhile, it can become a project.