SR-091608-13K13-K
September 16, 2008
Council Meeting: September 16, 2008 Santa Monica, California
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE -MEMORANDUM
To: City Council
From: Mayor Pro Tem Bloom and Councilmember Censer
Date: September 16, 2008
13-K: Request of Mayor Pro Tem Bloom and Councilmember Censer that the City
Council endorse Proposition AA on the November 4, 2008 ballot, the Santa
Monica College Career and Educational Improvements Bond.
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FULL TEXT OF BALLOT MEASURE AA
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PROJECT LIST FOR MEASURE AA
All $295 million of Bond proceeds will be spent within the Cities of Santa
Monica and Malibu or at sites that share a boundary and are contiguous with the
Cities of Santa Monica or Malibu.
None of the Bond proceeds can be taken away by the State of California
All projects funded by Bond proceeds will be available for educational and public
uses authorized in this Project List.
All projects have been unanimously approved by the Santa Monica Community
College District Planning and Advisory Committee. Replacement safety and
modernization projects were identified by means of an independenC facilities
assessment. Replacement projects and projects to meet new educational need
have been unanimously approved by the District Board of Trustees as priority
items in the District's Capital Improvement Plan on file with the State
Chancellor's Office.
The .items proposed for financing in whole or in part with the proceeds of the
District's general obligation bonds include the following capital projects at any or
all District facilities: 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; entrance improvements; signage for safety
and public information; modernization and/or construction of new and existing
restrooms; financing/refinancing of reai property acquisition and improvements;
acquiring related furnishings and equipment for all modernization, renovation,
improvement, and/or new and existing construction project components; the
retocation and/or acquisition of temporary facilities duringthe modernization,
renovation, improvement and/or new construction of project components as
necessary to maintain educational programs in operation during construction;
acquiring, refinancing, and(or entering into arrangements for the joint use of real
property for existing and future classrooms, student services, child care and/or
other uses; and acquiring and/or entering into arrangements for the joint use of
Land, making site improvements, building infrastructure and/or constructing
additiogal facilities thereon, for the purpose of expanding instructional programs
to meet future educational demands of District students.
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FULL TEXT OF BALLOT MEASURE AA (continued)
SAFETY AND MODERNIZATION PROJECTS
-Business and Facilities Infrastructure
-Career Opportunity and Advancement Center (Bundy Campus)
-Community Classroom and Facility Projects _
-Drescher Phase I -Academic Facilities Modernization
-Drescher Phase II -Bookstore Relocation and Modernization
-Drescher Phase III -Pico Promenade and Transit Plaza
-Environmentat Performance Improvements
-Madison East Wing Seismic Upgrade
-Malibu High School Library and Educational Improvements
-Media and Technology Complex Phase I
-Media-and Technology Complex Phase II
-Renovation or Replacement of Corsair Stadium
-Replacement Math and Science Extension Building
-Replacement Health/PE/Fitness/Dance Building
-Utility Infrastructure and Technology
Accountability to Community
All bond expendiriires are subject to review by a Citizens Oversight Committee
which reports to the public, as provided in Education Code Section 15278 et seq.
The District will involve faculty, staff, and students in curriculum development at
financed facilities throughout the fife of the bond measure program.
The District will conduct a community assessment of need as part of the program
design of the Career Opportunity and Advancement Center.
The District will provide an opportunity for input from community and
neighborhood residents during the development of Projects to be funded by this
bond measure.
The District will apply energy saving and sustainability standards to all repairs
and improvements.
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEASURE AA
By Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel
Approval of Measure AA would authorize the Santa Monica Community
College District("District") to issue general obligation bonds in the amount of
$295,000,000.
Funds received from the sale of the bonds would be used for the specific projects
certified by the Board of Trustees of the District ("Board'') for developing and
implementing the facilities master plans, demolishing temporary and/or obsolete
facilities, installing and/or upgrading of emergency lighting, fire alarm and
security systems, roadways, walkways, grounds, parking lots, and garages,
entrances, and signage for safety and public information, relocating and/or
acquiring temporary facilities during project phases, acquiring and/or entering
into arrangements for the joint use of land, making site improvements, buitding
infrastmcture and/or constructing additional facilities for the purpose of
expanding instructional programs to meet future educational demands of the
District. No bond proceeds shall be used for administrators' or teachers' salaries
or any other school operating expenses.
As required by law,the Board has adopted a list of the specific school facilities
projects to be funded by the sale of the bonds. The District will cause annual
independent performance and financial audits on the expenditure of the bond
proceeds. The Board will appoint a Citizens' Oversight Committee to insure the
District's compliance with authorized expenditures. If the bonds are approved by
the electorate, the existing Oversight Committee will be appointed as the new
Oversight Committee.
The bonds would be issued for a term not to exceed forty (40) years, and would
be issued at an interest rate that does not exceed the legal maximum rate,
presently 12% per annum. The bonds would be repaid by a property tax levied
upon real properTy located in the District.
This Measure requires a fifty-five percent (55%) vote for passage
MASTER ~LA~ UPDATE
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SMC has retained one of the best architectural firms in
the country, Gensler, headquartered here in Santa Monica,
to help us rework our facilities master plan. Here are the
goals:
Reduce the planned density on the main campus. This
is possible because of the new Bundy campus and the.
new transportation initiative that allows SMC students
to ride any line of the Big Btue Bus any time for free.
Incorporate sustainability practices. SMC is making
great strides in teaching and practicing environ-
mentalty superior ways of living.
Incorporate current modernization planning. This
includes a replacement math and science building on
the main campus; moving broadcast and video career
programs to new facilities at the Academy digital arts
campus; and planning a new Career and Advancement
Center that provides immediate job training and small
business support at the Bundy campus.
As part of this effort, Gensler wilt conduct mmmuni_ty
workshops, to which all are invited.
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~ The math department operates in a temporary facility
that is nearing the end of its life ryde. Additionally,
new California regulations require an increase in
minimum math competencies beginning in Fatt 2009.
The current facility lacks the infrastructure to support
modern classroom technology.
The Earth, Life, and Physical Sciences programs are
operating in spaces that are too small and scattered
around the campus. This inhibits the sharing of
resources and incurs expensive replacement costs for
laboratory teaching materials.
There are insufficient science lab classrooms to offer
needed course sections for the Allied Health and
Nursing program.
The new building will restore to the main campus an
instructional observatory and will provide a
replacement planetarium to meet the increasing
demands for course offerings and community
educational program.
The physical education department is currently
operating in a 1958 building in which many of the
systems are in poor condition, including the roof, the
concrete floors, the restrooms, showers, exhaust
systems, and electrical systems. The fire systems are
not centrally monitored and the building lacks a fire
sprinkler system.
SMC has qualified for major funding from the State for a
replacement math and new science wing; however, SMC
must match this funding. In the past, matching funding
has been acquired through local bonds, approved in total
bond measures. SMC is proposing a $295mittion bond
measure to provide the matching funds for the math and
science wing and to address the other deficiencies.
Following are the projects and the reasons for their need.
~ The facility would be available to the community
during non-instructional times.
A replacement building would provide additional indoor
physical education and fitness training, would provide
equal support facilities for men and women, and would
provide needed facilities for the dance program.
SMC's workforce development program is now regarded
as one of the most successful in California. A new
facility would provide the program with modern
classrooms that can be adapted to ongoing need.
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SMC would contribute to the funding of a new Library
and provide other educational improvements on the
Malibu High School campus in a joint-use partnership
with the School District. A college level library in the
Malibu area would support SMC students in that area
who find it difficult to commute to Santa Monica.
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college, city, county, and other agency providers.
The new facility would also allow SMC to provide
advanced instruction tailored to the needs of the
westside workforce, in partnership with other agencies.
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projects that are designed to upgrade College facilities
to achieve energy or resource use efficiency.
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These programs are in 1950s era buildings that cannot
support the modern infrastructure necessary for digital
and online programs. A new Media and Technology
complex will have the necessary data, communications,
electrical, and ventilation systems. The location is a
campus site in the heart of Santa Monica's media and
entertainment district where some of SMC's existing
digital arts programs are housed.
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~ The cost of the proposed bond measure would be
approximately $1.12 per month for renters and
approximately $7.34 per month for the average single-
: family homeowner or condominium owner.
About one out of every ten residents in the Pico
Neighborhood and about one out of every eleven
residents in Sunset Park and Ocean Park attend classes
at SMC each year. The state average is about one out of
twenty residents. Altogether, about 60% of residents
report that they or someone intheir families have
attended Santa Monica College.
Att local communities are supporting or planning to
support their colleges at about the same level. The
average bond program for the nine Las Angeles colleges
will be $633 million each, for Long Beach is $616
million, far Santa Monica will be $590 million, and for
ELCamino is $395 million.
A consolidated bus pull-out and a new bus shelter on
the south side of Pico Boulevard in front of Drescher
Hall wilt assist in reducing traffic congestion.
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~ Community classrooms or community facilities would
be developed in joint-use with other agencies.
~ All of the bond funds raised if this measure passes will
be spent in Santa Monica and Malibu. None of the
money can be taken away by the state.
~ College improvements add value for iota( homeowners,
according to focal realtors, as reported in the Santa
Monica Daily Press. Homeowners who are in the market
to sefl their properties say the college has been a
tremendous asset because of itr facilities, such as the
Swim Center; and overall is a teat positive.