Measure C Information
HOW MUCH?
- Amount of general obligation bonds to be issued: $82,110,000
- Rate based on average assessed value, not market value
- Estimated tax rate per $100,000 of assessed value: $15.97
- Cost to average homeowner: Less than $2.80/mo; less than $34/year
- Period over which bonds will be repaid: 25 years
WHAT IS IT FOR?
- Repair and renovation of existing facilities
- Science laboratory building addition
- University Center: technology and expansion
- Classroom building adjoining the new Performing Arts Center
- Health Education/Cardiovascular/Physical Education Center
- Vocational Technology Building addition & general purpose classroom building
- Classroom building/high-tech lab center
- Library addition and warehouse
- Canyon Country Education Center -- site purchase and development
- Job training/community education/Center for Applied Competitive Technologies building
- Student Services/counseling/job placement and administrative support building
- Site improvements and renovation
- Prop 39 Requirements
- Requires approval of 55 percent of the district’s voters
- Funds may not be used for administrative salaries
- Requires a citizens’ oversight committee and financial audits
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ABOUT THE COLLEGE
(Fall 2001)
- Student population: nearly 13,000
- District founded: 1967
- First classes: 1969
- Permanent campus opened: 1971
- Campus design capacity: 5,000 students
- Projected enrollment by 2010: 20,000 students
- Campus size: 153.4 acres
- Service area: 367 square miles
- AA/AS programs: 50
- Certificate programs: 42
- Satellite location: ACCESS, Canyon Country Library
- Number of business partners: 187
- Intercollegiate sports: 16 (7 men’s & 9 women’s)
- Faculty & staff: more than 750
ABOUT THE ELECTION
- Date of election: Tuesday, November 6, 2001
- Passage by 67.65 percent of voters (15,047 yes; 7,194 no)
- Oversight Committee appointed by Board of Trustees on Jan. 23, 2002
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