Agenda Item #2

BOND PROJECT ASSUMPTIONS

 

The Financial Picture

  1. The state will continue its long-standing policy of not allocating any funds for parking, land acquisition, and for construction of certain student and administrative support services functions.
  2. General Fund resources will be insufficient to provide local matching funds for future state-approved scheduled maintenance and building improvement needs.
  3. A higher proportion of local matching funds will be required by the state for future state-approved projects.
  4. State funding for scheduled maintenance and remodeling will continue to be grossly inadequate, lagging farther behind SRJC's critical infrastructure needs each year.
  5. A General Obligation Bond program approved at a level close to the Proposition 39 cap of $25 per $100,000 of taxable value will be sufficient to fund the college’s long-run capital project needs for at least the next 10 to 15 years, including all required local match for state-approved projects.

    6. The Facilities Picture

  6. All 16 temporary [portable] buildings on the Santa Rosa campus exceed 25 years in age and are reaching the end of their useful life; programs currently housed in these structures must be relocated into appropriate permanent facilities.
  7. The build out of the Petaluma Campus is essential to meet the needs of the southern part of our district.
  8. The construction of the Learning Resource Center on the Santa Rosa Campus is the key component to campus redevelopment, enabling the college to adequately address major facility needs for a variety of programs and services, and to rethink how all other programs and services should be optimally arrayed.
  9. Health and safety issues are becoming acute in some locations and cannot wait for uncertain state funds to become available
  10. Adequate parking remains one of the highest priority needs on the Santa Rosa Campus, and the problem can be solved within the existing authority and control of the Board of Trustees if adequate resources become available from a bond program.
  11. To the extent possible, "form must follow function"; that is, existing buildings should be remodeled, and new buildings constructed, with an intent to optimize their functionality in the delivery of college services.

    Bond Project Assumptions - Continued
  12. Population growth patterns will necessitate that a physical presence be established in north and west county areas.
  13. Community demands for program growth will necessitate that acquisition of property contiguous to the campuses be accorded a high priority for the use of bond funds.
  14. The District’s need to serve a growing student body requires additional and remodeled facilities to meet evolving student needs.

 

Agenda Item #2

BOND PROJECTS LIST

Discussion Draft 11/10/01

The Capital Projects List, as presented for purposes of the Bond Election, is broken out by six (6) project categories. The project categories include new construction, modernization projects, infrastructure improvements, property acquisitions, parking-roadways-landscaping and new technologies and equipment. Specific projects are listed, in summary form, within the six categories.

Renovation, Expansion and New Construction: Construction projects, including new permanent, replacement and expansion facilities, and related equipment:

 

 

BOND PROJECTS LIST

Discussion Draft 11/10/01

Modernization: Projects designed to upgrade and improve existing instructional, student services and support facilities, including equipment, throughout the district.

Infrastructure Maintenance and Improvements:

Infrastructure projects that address needed electrical mechanical, plumbing, roofing, seismic, sewer system and building system replacements and/or upgrades.

Building and Site Systems Improvements:

Internal and external building system improvements including Blewett Track; Santa Rosa Campus re-plastering projects; Exterior Painting and re-sealing of buildings; Santa Rosa tennis courts re-surfacing; Santa Rosa and Petaluma interior re-painting; Quinn Indoor Pool re-decking; Physical Education Fields Renovation including modernization of irrigation systems (Assumptions: #1, 2,3,4,5,9,11)

Electrical System Improvements:

 

 

BOND PROJECTS LIST

Discussion Draft 11/10/01

Infrastructure Maintenance and Improvements Continued:

service; Lark Hall lighting upgrade; Lounibos electrical service; Santa Rosa Campus technology wiring, Petaluma Campus technology wiring; Petaluma Campus transformer and electrical upgrade; Pioneer Hall electrical upgrade; Plover Library electrical upgrade; Shuhaw Hall electrical service (Assumptions: # 2,3,4,5,9,11)

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Improvements:

Roofing Projects:

Plumbing Replacements and Upgrades:

Safety/Seismic Improvements:

Property Acquisitions: Planned purchase of acreage for purposes of expansion of instructional facilities and parking at Santa Rosa and Petaluma campuses and the acquisition of property for future education centers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOND PROJECTS LIST

Discussion Draft 11/10/01

Property Acquisitions Continued:

Parking, Roadways & Irrigation: The parking and roadway systems at the Petaluma and Santa Rosa campuses area are in need of improvement and expansion. Landscaping systems upgrades are necessary as well.

Parking Improvements:

Roadway Improvements:

Irrigation System Improvements:

Instructional and Institutional Technology and Equipment Upgrades: Major and periodic academic and support technology equipment upgrades and new institutional information technologies and networks will be required to keep the instructional and support operations current.

 

 

 

BOND PROJECTS LIST

Discussion Draft 11/10/01

 

Instructional and Institutional Technology and Equipment Upgrades Continued:

system upgrades and electronic classroom upgrades across the college; language laboratory upgrades at Petaluma and Santa Rosa; CATE system upgrades; and for the institutional information support system including mainframe upgrades; desk top computers; administrative software licenses; Bussman Core Technologies; an integrated institutional computing system supporting student records, business operations and institutional research activities (Assumptions # 12,3,5)