STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DIANE WOODRUFF, CHANCELLOR (INTERIM)
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
SYSTEM OFFICE
1102 Q STREET
SACRAMENTO, CA 95814-6511
(916) 445-8752
HTTP://WWW .CCCCO.EDU
December 13, 2007
Tom Harris, Interim President/Superintendent
Redwoods Community College District
7351 Tompkins Hill Rd.
Eureka, CA 95501-0330
Dear Dr. Harris:
The purpose of this letter is to provide the details of the Redwoods Community College District’s
(District) request and subsequent approval of state funding to replace and relocate the Student
Services Administration building and the New Science/Humanities Building.
Many hours of meetings and discussions took place between the District, the California Community
Colleges System Office (System Office), the Division of the State Architect and the California
Geological Survey prior to the submittal of the final project proposals in September 2006. It was
determined that the District could not modernize/renovate the existing buildings and stay within the
50% replacement cost as required by law. Consequently, the System Office advised the District to
submit final project proposals and third party independent professional reports to substantiate its
request. After further review of the proposals and supporting documentation, the System Office
approved the proposals and granted a Category A designation, the highest priority out of the six
Board of Governors capital outlay project priority criteria.
The table below shows funding sequence, phases and funding amounts for the projects:
Project
Student
Services/
Administration
Building
New
Science/
Humanities
Building
Funding
Phases
Year
2007-2008 Preliminary
Plans/Working
Drawings
Amount
$1,322,000
2008-2009 Construction
$14,976,000
2008-2009 Preliminary
Plans/Working
Drawings
$2,258,000
2009-2010 Construction
$27,397,000
The System Office is responsible to review and grant priority funding, if justified, to districts that
request mitigation of seismically deficient buildings. The District provided ample documentation
that allowed us to approve these projects and grant them the highest priority classification.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at (916) 324-9508 or Shelley Petavini,
Facilities Specialist for the Redwoods Community College District, at (916) 327,5363 or
spetavin@cccco.edu.
Sincerely,
FREDERICK E. HARRIS, Assistant Vice Chancellor
College Finance and Facilities Planning