Priority list of projects indicates the location to be determined with sketches in plan inconsistent with priority list; confusion over location coincides with College using different figures for estimated costs
The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board approved 4-1 in concept the construction of an estimated $8 million dollar brewery project at its November meeting. However, there remain questions about whether the project is being delayed, its actual estimated cost, and its possible location.
The confusion over this project arises for a number of reasons. First, in October 2022 the College announced in its Facilities Management Newsletter without further explanation that the Brewing project had been “postponed.”
Second, at the November 2022 Governing Board meeting the brewery project was approved in concept by a 4-1 vote. As noted by Third District Governing Board Representative Paul Chevalier during the meeting, the cost estimates seem to be unsettled. For example, in October the College said in its Facilities Management Newsletter the project would cost around $10 million. However, in November the cost was listed in the adopted concept plan (see below) at a little over $8 million.
Third, in the November presentation, the College lists the location of various possible projects. However, when it came to the Brewery project, on the “Priority Projects” list it clearly states the location is to be determined (TBA). See below.
Fourth, In the same presentation there is a map of the Verde Campus with numbers that indicated where each Verde Campus priority project would be located. The Brewery project is number 8 in the list of priorities but nowhere on the Verde Campus map showing locations of projects does that number appear. (See below).
Fifth, to add even more confusion to the issue, in a slide contained in the five year concept plan that briefly explains the Brewery project, there is a dot on the upper right of a tiny map of the Verde Campus showing the possible location of the Brewery.
So far, the Prescott based Community College executives have not supplied any explanation to the public about the confusion over cost, postponement, or actual site for the project. (For additional information about this project found in the Blog please click here.)
Following below are some excerpts from the plan approved in concept by the Governing Board at its November 2022 meeting.
