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.
  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.

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