Space Planning Advisory Committee

Space Planning Advisory Committee (SPAC)

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Administrative policy regarding space and space programming

(E): Space planning advisory committee (SPAC).

The SPAC shall be responsible for reviewing space planning, allocation, and/or assignment issues affecting existing space on university property.
The committee shall be jointly chaired by the associate vice president facilities, planning and operations and the senior associate provost. Members of the SPAC shall be appointed by mutual agreement of the chairs.
The committee shall be comprised of thirteen (13) additional members appointed as follows: one member each from student affairs, information services, human resources, research and sponsored programs and institutional advancement, two campus deans, two academic departmental chairs or directors, the vice president for Kent State system integration, two faculty representatives (one member to be selected from nominations submitted by the faculty senate and one at-large member), and one student representative to be selected from nominations submitted by both the undergraduate and graduate student governmental bodies.
The university registrar will serve as an ex-officio, nonvoting member. The chairs may also appoint such other ex-officio members as deemed necessary.
The committee will meet at regular intervals to review facility requests and to make recommendations to the senior vice president for finance and administration regarding the six-year capital plan, renovation priorities, space-utilizations standards and practices, and space-assignment issues.

Policy Effective Date: Apr. 01, 2016

Policy Prior Effective Dates: 11/4/1977, 10/4/1979, 11/5/1990, 2/8/1993, 6/6/2000, 10/20/2002, 10/3/2005, 6/1/2007, 5/27/2008, 3/1/2015