Shall Santa Monica Community College District increase educational opportunities and raise student achievement; replace or repair deteriorating buildings and related facilities; construct, furnish, and equip classrooms, laboratories, learning resources, and related facilities; upgrade computer technology and energy saving equipment; improve campus safety, fire security, parking and lighting; improve or acquire real property; and complete earthquake retrofitting by issuing, at interest rates within legal limits, $160 million in bonds with citizens’ oversight and annual performance and financial audits?
The Facilities Projects List proposed for financing with the proceeds of the District’s general obligation bonds includes the following capital projects: development and implementation of facilities master plans and related requirements such as environmental impact reports and soils testing; demolition of temporary and/or obsolete facilities; installation and/or upgrading of emergency lighting, fire alarm, and security systems; roadways, walkways, grounds, parking lots and garages, and entrance improvements; signage for safety and public information; modernization and/or construction of new restrooms; financing/refinancing of real property acquisition and improvement; acquiring related furnishings and equipment for all modernization, renovation, improvement, and/or new construction project components; the relocation and/or acquisition of temporary facilities during the modernization, renovation, improvement and/or new construction of project components as necessary to maintain educational programs in operation during construction; acquiring and/or refinancing real property for future classroom, student service, child care and/or other uses; and acquiring land including but not limited to contiguous parcels, making site improvements thereon and/or constructing additional facilities thereon, for the purpose of expanding instructional programs to meet future educational demands of District students.
Specific projects include: Site plan and infrastructure development; Central Utility Plant and distribution system; Technology improvements at existing campus and satellite buildings; Construction of campus perimeter enhancements and campus north-south pedestrian walkway; Construction of new Student Services & Administration Center, campus north side Plaza, and underground parking; Demolition of earthquake-damaged Liberal Arts Building and replacement with new Liberal Arts facility; Construction of underground parking for new Liberal Arts facility; Construction of new Literacy Center building; Construction of off-site warehouse and related land acquisition; Replacement and additional off-site parking, related land acquisition, and construction of off-site parking garages; Emeritus College facility replacement and related land acquisition; Renovation of campus Main Stage Theater to meet modern teaching standards; Construction of new addition to Science Complex for Nursing, Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Math and related programs; Construction of parking ramp and recessed entrance to complete replacement of earthquake-demolished Parking Structure B; Modernization and renovation of Student Activities Building; Replacement or repair of Letters and Science Building.