ENMU regents to provide update on residence

ROSWELL — The Eastern New Mexico University board of regents will provide an update on ENMU’s efforts to build a new presidential residence during Friday’s meeting on the Roswell campus.

Regent Terry Othick told The News that ENMU released its Request for Proposal (RFP) for architectural services related to the residence on Monday, with bids due by June 5.

Othick said the RFP included general guidelines for architects that the building, not to exceed 3,500 square feet, should include both private residence space and public meeting space to host guests.

Othick said a committee of ENMU regents and university officials will review the proposals and select an architect fairly quickly after the June 5 deadline.

He said more weight will be placed on the architects’ designs and capabilities, rather than cost.

ENMU received $650,000 from the Legislature during the most recent session to put toward construction of a new president’s residence.

Other items on the agenda for Friday’s meeting, scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Campus Union Building multi-purpose room on the Roswell campus, include:

n The board will vote on the Portales’ campus updated five-year capital plan.

The top prioritized projects for the upcoming fiscal year, in order, are phase two of renovations to Roosevelt Hall to be funded by the 2018 general obligation bond at $8 million with a $1 million match from ENMU, a $7.5 million renovation to Harding Hall to be funded by the 2022 GO bond, at the earliest, and $750,000 for new transmitters for the campus broadcast station KENW, for which the university received funding from the Legislature during the most recent session.

n The meeting will be followed by an executive session to discuss personnel matters and threatened or pending litigation.