Charge to the Committee
The Provost’s Capital Planning Group will develop and execute strategy to meet major capital needs, including deferred maintenance needs, for individual units and the campus as a whole.
- Develop and implement a strategy for identifying and prioritizing major capital needs, both physical and technological, for the Ithaca campus.
- Develop a recommended annual capital budget and a rolling five-year capital plan for approval by the Capital Funding and Priorities Committee and the Board of Trustees.
- Review space utilization and facility condition data to inform and shape future capital planning needs.
- Develop a strategic approach for facilities planning and addressing deferred maintenance.
- Solicit and analyze deferred maintenance plans for all colleges and units.
- Evaluate individual proposed capital projects to: assess need and proposed scope; available capacity; potential synergy, overlap, and conflict with other campus activities; and coordination with unit deferred maintenance plans.
- Approve the scope and scale of major capital project activity for further review and final campus approval by the Capital Funding and Priorities Committee.
Members
| NAME | TITLE |
|---|---|
| Rick Burgess | Vice President, Infrastructure, Properties, and Planning |
| Margaret Carney | University Architect |
| Mary-Lynn Cummings (Staff Support to Committee) |
Director of Capital and Space Planning, Budget & Planning |
| Rayna Kalas | Associate Professor, English |
| Mike Kotlikoff, Chair | Provost |
| Ryan Lombardi | Vice President, Student and Campus Life |
| Katherine McComas | Vice Provost |
| Eduardo Peñalver | Dean, Cornell Law School |
| Ben Renberg | Senior Associate Vice President, Alumni Affairs and Development |
| John Siliciano | Deputy Provost |
| Paul Streeter | Vice President, Budget and Planning |
| Abe Stroock | Director, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Steven Wolf | Associate Professor, Natural Resources |
| J. Meejin Yoon | Dean, Architecture, Art and Planning |