CLEARLAKE — The Yuba Community College District (YCCD) Board is acquiring a 3.17-acre parcel of property located adjacent to the Clear Lake Campus (CLC) for for $475,000.
Acquisition of the property will allow for improved access to the campus, give CLC greater visibility and provide the campus with more options for placement of its future Student Services Center.
The Student Services Center will be a 30,000-square-foot facility, which will be the first permanent building at the Clear Lake Campus and will house student services, the library, the learning resource center and administration. Science and culinary arts labs are also part of the construction project.
The Student Services Center is a $19 million construction project, which is a part of the Measure J facilities bond program, a measure that the citizens of Lake County supported overwhelmingly in 2006.
This action by the YCCD Board followed the Konocti Unified School District”s Board of Trustees approving the purchase agreement at its June 2 meeting. Next steps include requisite inspections, soil tests and environmental studies that need to be finalized during escrow.
“I”m extremely delighted to see that we are moving forward with this land acquisition,” YCCD Trustee Ben Pearson said, who represents Lake County. “Expanding the Clear Lake Campus and building a permanent facility on that site will greatly benefit both our students and the community.”
The Yuba Community College District spans eight counties and nearly 4,200 square miles, including the Middletown and Konocti unified school districts in the County of Lake. For more information about YCCD, please visit its Web site at www.yccd.edu.
