Clatsop Community College
1653 Jerome, Astoria OR 97103
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Contact: Nadine Faith (503) 338-2306
CCC Board approves placement of $22 Million Bond Measure on May ballot
to build a new campus
On Tuesday, February 27, the Clatsop Community College Board approved placing
a bond measure on the May 2007 ballot to build a new community college
campus in Warrenton.
Speaking in support of the resolution, Board Chair Rosemary Baker-Monaghan
stated, “We asked the people of Clatsop County what we should do
and now we need to do it.” Baker-Monaghan was referring to a recent
voter survey which indicated that a majority of Clatsop County voters would
support a bond measure to build a new campus in Warrenton on property donated
for that purpose as well as to the positive responses to the bond proposal
the Board and the College President, Greg Hamann, have received at various
city council and school board meetings throughout the county.
The bond measure will request up to $22 million to build the new campus.
The full text of the measure follows.
Caption: Clatsop Community College District General Obligation Bond Authorization
Question: Shall the District be authorized to issue general obligation
bonds in an amount not exceeding $22,000,000? If the bonds are approved,
they will be payable from taxes on property or property ownership that
are not subject to the limits of sections 11 and 11b, Article XI of the
Oregon Constitution.
Summary: If approved, this measure would provide funds for capital construction
and other capital improvements for the development of a new Clatsop Community
College campus in Warrenton, utilizing property donated to the college
for this purpose, including:
New facilities to replace the Jerome Avenue Campus in Astoria, including
classrooms, computer labs, student services function, library, other instructional
support functions, and administrative activities;
Fully accessible classrooms and other educational support facilities, equipment,
and furnishings designed for current and future curriculum;
Increased physical capacity supporting higher education in Clatsop County;
Increased physical capacity supporting expanded programs in areas such
as nursing, small business development and transferable lower division
university courses;
Increased physical capacity providing on-site delivery of degree completion
programs through coordination with State Universities, such as PSU and
OSU;
Infrastructure, parking, and other site improvements necessary to support
the new campus;
Repayment of interim and other financing associated with initial stages
of project, and
Bond issuance costs.
The bonds will mature in 21 years or less.
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