Says Community College will ask Foundation to raise $2.65 million for project; already spent about $250,000 in design, exploring concept and is ready to spend another $1 million on improving parking lot adjacent the field
Yavapai Community College was told by VP Clint Ewell that it will ask the Yavapai Community College Foundation to raise $2,657,000 so it can build a multi-use soccer field on the Prescott campus. Last year, the Governing Board majority approved spending up to the a quarter million dollars for design and estimates for this project. Much earlier, over $1 million originally found in the capital improvement fund was transferred to the preventative and unplanned capital budget where it will be used to build (rebuild) a parking lot adjacent the soccer field.
This project had a high priority with the former administration. Despite concerns over spending money on this project rather than on educational programs, scholarships or constructing badly needed facilities on the east side of the County, it was clear to all observers that it would be pushed through the Governing Board in some fashion at some point.
From the Blog’s perspective, the money being raised by the Foundation would be much better spent on scholarships.
A short video clip follows below where Dr. Clint Ewell explains how the money will be spent for this project.