The first phases of the 10 year plan is almost complete and much of the second phase is under way. Here are a few photos taken from the District Governing Board agendas in the last couple of months showing how and where construction is occurring. The construction is taking place on the Prescott campus and the CTEC campus.
The Yavapai Community College administrators are asking the Governing Board to approve $5 million dollars to construct Art and Music facilities in Building #15 on the Prescott campus. The request appears in the draft capital improvement plan submitted to the Governing Board at its February, 2015 meeting.
The $5 million dollar request is in part the culmination of a specific effort on the Prescott campus to develop music courses while ignoring music development in the Verde Valley. For example, by the fall of 2014 the Community College listed 87 separate courses of music instruction and 16 areas of music concentration that students might consider. However, of the 87 courses, 85 are taught only on the Prescott campus; two music courses existed at the Sedona Center for Arts and Technology campus. None appear online.
In the spring, 2015 the College Registration catalog listed over 100 music courses being offered on the Prescott campus. It listed less than six on the Verde campus.
The Yavapai Community College Foundation has no doubt played a significant role in pushing for development of the facility with its Friends of Music Auxiliary. The Auxiliary has an outstanding membership made up mostly of Prescott and Prescott Valley residents. It has provided scholarship assistance to outstanding student musicians and co-sponsored musical events with the music department.
As a part of the the ten-year plan, Supai Hall, which is located on the Prescott campus, is to be demolished. After that, the first phase of the 10-year plan to be completed in its first three years calls for expending $6.75 million for a new residence hall on the Prescott campus.
College facilities report that demolition and site clearing is expected to be complete by
January 28. The chart below shows the anticipated projects and costs associated with them for the first phase of the ten-year $119 million development plan that was approved by a 4-1 vote of the Governing Board in December, 2013. As you can see, there is almost nothing planned for the Verde Valley in this chart. You can also see the “Residence Hall (apartment-style) facility planned for this period at a cost of about $6.75 million.
Construction of the parking lot and road adjacent the Sedona Center is moving ahead. The road and parking lot became available after the College settled a ten-year-old access dispute with an adjoining landowner.
The parking lot will accommodate approximately 90 autos and is scheduled for completion by February 15, 2015. The road is a joint venture between the College and Sathcupa, LLC, which is the owner of the Cultural Center. The new road will connect the Sedona Center with the parking lot and property further to the west. It is scheduled to be complete in mid-February.
Construction on the new elevator at the Performing Arts Center on the Prescott campus is well underway. The cost of this elevator is estimated to be around $750,000.
Photo of location of elevator shaft from Governing Board Agenda, January 13, 2015.
Although the bulk of the construction for Buildings 1 and 3 on the Prescott campus is scheduled from March 6 through July 31, 2015, minor construction occurred during the month of December. According to the College, this consisted of construction to accommodate the move of the CTIS office suite to Building 1, new Registrar’s Office, and Dean of Student Services office along with Building 3 room 119 as the Allied Health administrative office suite.
Phase 1 of the 2014-2024 Master Plan for construction at CTEC at the Prescott airport is underway for the new locations of the Automotive, Transmission, Motorcycle, Upholstery and Industrial Plant programs. The College reports that This phase of construction is scheduled to run through May 4, 2015. The second and third phases of construction will begin in March and May respectively, and conclude July 31, 2015.
Photo from Board Agenda of January 13, 2015 showing CTEC construction.
Photo from Governing Board agenda of February, 2014.
It was announced at the December Governing Board meeting that construction has begun on an elevator for the Performing Arts Center. Budget estimates for this project put the total cost at around $750,000 (see February 2014 proposed capital budget in February, 2014 Governing Board agenda). Over the last four years, the Community College has allocated an estimated $5 million dollars in upgrades to the Performing Arts Center on the Prescott campus. The facility is used almost entirely by Prescott and Prescott Valley residents. Most of the cost of the upgrades is being paid by Yavapai County taxpayers.
The gymnasium on the Prescott campus suffered significant water damage in a storm earlier this year. The replacement of the floor is underway and scheduled to take three more months. The exact cost of replacing the floor was not available at the time this blog was written. (Photo from Governing Board Facilities Report, December 14, 2014.)
The Community College Facilities Management unit reports that Phase 1 of the 10 year $119 million dollar development plan, with 97% of development scheduled for the Prescott side of the County, is moving quickly ahead. McCarthy Building Companies was recently hired to serve as the construction manager for Phase 1 of the Campus Master Plan.
Representatives from McCarthy are at work with SmithGroup/JJR and the College, developing design documents for construction along with a phasing plan to address the continuation of services in Buildings 1 and 3 and CTEC while construction is underway.
Renovation of the first floor of Building 32 will begin in mid-October to develop space for the Institutional Effectiveness and Research (IER) department. Once the IER team is moved into Building 32, the bulk of the Business Office functions will be moved to Building 29 followed by the Dean of Computer Technologies and Instructional Support office suite moving to the first floor of Building 1. All of these moves will occur prior to the start of the renovations of Buildings 1 and 3, scheduled to begin on or about
December 15, 2014.