Items approved at the Board of Regents meeting

Dona Cornell, vice president for Legal Affairs and General Counsel, left, and Benjamin Wells, UH System student regent, middle, sit at Wednesday’s Board of Regents meeting. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar

From the Academic and Student Success Committee:

• Request to reaffirm the policy statement regarding the use of race and ethnicity in student admissions; and
• Request to confer honorary degrees to two individuals who have made significant contributions to the community and the University.

From the Facilities, Construction and Master Planning Committee:

• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute contracts for the conveyance of a driveway access easement to the city of Sugar Land at the UH-Sugar Land campus; and
• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute contracts for the conveyance of two easements and a sale of land to the Houston Parks Board at UH.

From the Endowment Management Committee:

• Request to modify the UH System Investment Policy for Non-Endowed Funds;
• Request to continue assessing the UH System Endowment at a rate of 1.5 percent for Fiscal Year 2014;
• Request to liquidate four endowments from the UH System endowment fund and transfer three of the endowments to the UH Foundation and one to an operating scholarship at UH; and
• Request to renew investment resolutions for the UH System.

From the Finance and Administration Committee:

• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute contracts for the re-construction of Building 1A in the Energy Research Park;
• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute contracts for the build-out of Building 5 in the Energy Research Park;
• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute contracts for design and construction of the new Basketball Practice Facility at UH;
• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute contracts for the design and construction of the Girard Street Parking Garage and Welcome Center at UH-Downtown;
• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute contracts for the sale of UH properties acquired through gifts and to use local brokers as needed;
• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute contracts associated with the sale of land by the UH System to the Houston Parks Board;
• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute contracts for the purchase of land by UH-Victoria;
• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute insurance policies for FY2014;
• Request to delegate authority to the chancellor to negotiate and execute a contract for financial advisory and arbitrage rebate compliance service for the UH System;
• Request to write of Accounts and Notes Receivables for FY2013; and
• Request to modify the banking resolution governing the UH-D operating account at Bank of America.

Other items:

• Request to establish four-year fixed tuition rates for FY2015 and FY2016 at the UH System;
• Request for the approval of changes made to the FY2015 and FY2016 variable-rate undergraduate and graduate tuition and fee rates for UH System campuses;
• Request for the approval of changes to the mandatory student-recommended fees for UH System campuses; and
• Request for the approval of changes to the voluntary and optional fee charges for FY2015 for UH System campuses.

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