What ABOR Said and Approved Yesterday : 2 Media Accounts + Original Source

What ABOR approved
[ excerpts taken from this State press article By Joshua Bowling | 47 minutes ago ]

" . . . Crow shifted gears farther into the future and discussed ASU's continuing plans with the city of Mesa to establish an ASU presence in the city's downtown. He said the model for the idea is akin to ASU's partnership with Phoenix, where the University utilizes spaces provided by the city. [Blogger's Note: Phoenix and Mesa are two very different cities - what works in one does not mean it will work the other]
 

". . . There are not very many opportunities like this that come around where we have an opportunity to leap-frog to a world-class facility," Crow said. "We believe that we have the means ?, the mechanisms ?, the drive ? and the commitment ?? to make this work."


 

Crow said the ever-lengthening light rail route would provide an effortless form of transportation for students to travel both to and from several of the University's campuses. [Blogger's Note: and students could leave Mesa on light rail to travel into the ever-expanding ASU Tempe campus - that way business in The New Urban DTMesa, just recovering from three years of Valley Metro construction, will not get impacted and disrupted again]
 

Ram Krishna

The board members agreed with ASU's proposals for expansion into Mesa, but Regent Ram Krishna [in image to the right ]expressed frustration with how long the move to Mesa is taking.

 

It should be done as immediately as possible, he said. 

 

Ram Krishna

Secretary

Hometown: Yuma

Term Expires: 2020

Business Phone: 928 726-6943

Ram.Krishna@azregents.edu

Ram Krishna, M.D., was appointed by Gov. Brewer and to an eight-year term on the board, which began in May 2012. He currently serves as secretary of the board, chairs the Health Affairs Committee, and is a member of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee, the Regents’ Award Committee and the Regents Executive Committee

Regent Krishna is an orthopedic surgeon who is currently in private practice in Yuma. He is a member of the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners, Arizona Orthopedic Society, Arizona Medical Association and Yuma County Medical Society.
Source: https://www.azregents.edu/regents/ram-krishna

Readers of this blog might like to note this artice from June 7, 2016  "The Arizona Medical Association is urging the Arizona Board of Regents to conduct an immediate investigation into the departure of the senior leadership team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. . . "

Here's how mainstream media work with each to promote the story: 

1. Phoenix Business Journal

ASU gets OK for Mesa campus (so long as city voters approve tax hike)

Jun 9, 2016, 8:58pm MST                                                                                             

Tim Gallen Digital Editor

Arizona State University received the all-clear from the state Board of Regents to expand into Mesa — pending voter approval of a tax increase, reports The Arizona Republic.

Mesa voters will decide this fall on a proposed increase to the city's sales tax that would fund academic buildings in downtown in which ASU would operate and manage."
 

2. Arizona Republic

Regents give ASU go-ahead to expand into Mesa if city voters approve deal

June 9, 2016 The Arizona Republic | azcentral.com 5:54 p.m. MS

 

Anne Ryman and Maria Polletta, [image at left]

 

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For Budget details:

• ABOR approved all of the proposed university budgets on Thursday. ASU has an additional $7 million to appropriate however the University sees fit, according to the budget. Although University officials will get to decide how to best spend the money, they did not specify where the sum will go. 

 

• The board approved each university's capital development plans for the upcoming academic year. 
• ASU also pitched a housing complex which would feature an assisted-living facility on Mill Avenue and University Drive, near the Tempe Campus. The assisted-living units would aid the elderly and those who require regular physical assistance. 

Morgan Olsen, chief financial officer, treasurer and executive vice president at ASU, said the model age range for such housing would fall between 50 and 70. 

The three universities will present further to ABOR at the final board meeting on Friday.

Meeting Documents for Meeting: 6/10/2016

2016-06-Board-Book.pdf
Item 9 Attachments.pdf
Amended Executive Session Agenda.pdf
Amended Schedule.pdf