Taxpayer, Business Groups Will Be Tapped for College Bond Panel

State budget crisis or not, four vacancies will be filled on the public committee that oversees bond money allocation in the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District. An 11-member board works to ensure that what’s left of $207 million from of 2002 is properly spent.

Officials say positions to be filled are a representative from a business organization, a representative from a taxpayers association, a Cuyamaca College Foundation representative and a representative from the San Diego Building & Construction Trades Council.

“This committee has played an invaluable role by serving as the eyes and ears of the community during construction of the projects that have transformed the Grossmont and Cuyamaca campuses,” said Cindy Miles, chancellor of the district.

As of January, Grossmont College’s completed projects were:

• A Health and Physical Sciences Complex
• A multilevel parking structure and attached facility for the district’s police department offices
• Remodeling of the Exercise Science and Wellness Complex
• A Science Lab building
• A Digital Arts and Sculpture Complex
• Entrance road improvements
• And a Learning and Technology Resource Center and LRC expansion

Cuyamaca College’s completed projects were:

• A Business and Technology Building
• A Communication Arts Center
• A Student Center
• A Math and Science Study Center
• And remodeling of the Automotive Technology Complex

All applicants must be East County residents and apply by Friday, June 3.

For more information, contact Anne Krueger at 619-644-7842 or 619-252-2295, or by email at anne.krueger@gcccd.edu. For an application, click here or see attached.