The Yavapai Community College Performing Arts Center on the Prescott campus has announced that it is adding a wine dinner as a component of its upcoming season of performances. The Center, which loses hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, announced an outstanding line-up of programs for the coming year. For more information, please click here.
Ms. Kathy Bazan has joined the Yavapai College Verde Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC) as its new business analyst. The SBDC is part of Yavapai College’s Regional Economic Development Center (REDC). It is located on the YCC Verde Campus in Clarkdale.
The College describes the SBDC as a “resource center for small business owners and entrepreneurs, helping businesses succeed through counseling in finance, management excellence and marketing.” Ms. Bazan has experience in marketing, social media content writing, editing and career counseling. She will share her expertise in these areas to help local businesses grow.
For the detailed announcement for this new position, please click here, which will take you to the YCC website.
The first fall session of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s (OLLI’s) “Lunch & Learn” program will be devoted to discussing issues related to community college education in the Verde Valley. The program, free and open to the public, will be held Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in room 34 of the Sedona Center (across Rte. 89A from Red Rock High School).
Guests are invited to bring their lunch or come for complimentary coffee, tea, water and a little snack. An informal discussion begins at 12:30 p.m., followed by speaker presentations starting at 1 p.m. The session is titled “Moving Forward: Visions for Yavapai College’s Sedona Center.” The discussion is related to Yavapai College’s formation of a committee to provide ideas for community college education in the Verde Valley. The committee will include representatives from Sedona, and the Oct. 1 program is intended to identify ideas that Sedona’s representatives might bring to the committee.
Brief presentations, followed by discussions, will be made by: Rob Adams, City of Sedona mayor; Linda Buchanan, community education coordinator on the Verde Valley Campus; Dave Lykins, superintendent of Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District; James Perey, executive dean of the Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus; Mike Raber, City of Sedona senior planner and chair of Western Gateway Community Focus Area Work Group; Robin Weeks, OLLI director/coordinator; Jennifer Wesselhoff, president/CEO of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce; and Ruth Wicks, Verde Valley Community College advisory committee member.
To read the entire announcement of this event in the Verde Independent, please click here.
Former Yavapai Community College instructors Bryan Reinhart and Jeremy Hawkes will be helping the Sedona Arts Center develop a film school, according to a story in the September 19 Red Rock News by “Andrew Pardiac. Reinhart said that “When the film school closed in May, we were approached by Lynette Jennings” who “felt the film school shouldn’t have closed down and she loved the way we taught there.” Jennings had done quite a bit of work with the Sedona Arts Center.
The Sedona Arts Center will initially rent space from the College and also some of the equipment. The semester long classes will be offered in the fall, 2015. In addition to the semester long classes, the Center will offer smaller workshops designed for residents who may not have the time or inclination to learn at a professionally geared pace but still want to learn modern filmmaking techniques and software.
To view a list of classes that SAC is offering, please click here.
The Yavapai Community College Verde campus Art Gallery in Clarkdale will present the “Radical Center” exhibition from September 29 to October 23. The exhibit features the works of artists Rose Moon, Cathy Gazda, and Paul Gazda.
There will be an opening reception on Thursday, October 2 from 5-7 p.m. The Verde Valley campus Art Gallery’s hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., and it is closed Friday through Sunday. For more information, please click here.
In a news release to the Prescott Daily Courier of September 8, it was announced by the Mountain Institute JTED that it had formed a partnership with Yavapai College that will allow its students to take part in the Aviation Technologies program taught at CTEC for the 2014-15 school year.
No similar program is available to JTED students in high school on the East side of Yavapai County.
Aviation Technologies is a two-year program. Year one is devoted to fixed-winged flight, with students completing simulation labs in take-off, landing, and maneuvering an airplane in real-world situations. This past summer, Yavapai College completed its new helicopter simulator lab, and as a result MIJTED’s year-two aviation students are focusing on helicopters and utilizing the new facility, which features simulators that react as if the students are in flight, including realistic sound, motion and vibration.
Students also have the opportunity to take classes in air-traffic control. Though they are in different rooms, students in the air-traffic control lab can send voice commands to students in the fixed-wing or helicopter simulators. This technology enables them to realistically direct aircraft to take-off, land, or go into a holding pattern, and enables the students in the flight simulators to become experienced in processing air-traffic control commands.
To read the complete news release that appeared in the Prescott Daily Courier please click here.
Although there will eventually be two Verde Valley advisory committees bringing (hopefully) insight and information to the Community College Board and administration, Ms. Ruth Wicks says that Verde Valley Community College Citizens Advocates group will continue efforts to establish a separate Administrative College. In a story in the September 17 Verde Independent written by Yvonne Gonzales, Ms. Wicks says the Advocates have not “lost our focus on what we want.” She said that she was glad the two committees were being formed, however, the vision of the Advocates’ “is the right one for the Valley.”
The complete story in the Verde Independent may be found by clicking here.
In a story in the Wednesday, September 17 edition of the Sedona Red Rock newspaper written by Andrew Pardiac, it was reported that the Sedona Arts Center will now begin offering film workshops. The Center also anticipates adding full semester courses in the fall of 2015.
The Center states on its website that it is:
“proud to announce the addition of Filmmaking to its diverse offerings. SAC has partnered with the Sedona Film Institute to offer a new home to the proud tradition of film education in Sedona. Building on 15 years of quality film education in the area, the new Filmmaking program provides a unique hands-on experience, providing educational opportunities from novice to expert. From personal projects to professional productions, our hands-on approach allows students with all levels of interest and skill to find an intensive and rewarding film experience within these workshop offerings.”
If you click here, you will be taken to the Sedona Arts Center Filmmaking School.
Yavapai Community College closed the campus film school in Sedona this year saying it was too costly to continue.
The Sathcupa Corporation, which owns the Sedona Cultural Park property, received a right of first refusal to repurchase the Sedona Center as a part of the final property settlement reached in August. Under the agreement, the Community College is obligated to notify Sathcupa of its intent to sell the College Property at least 45 days before entering into any binding agreement to sell the Property to any third party. The Sathcupa Corporation then has the right, within 30 days thereafter, to purchase the College Property for the 96% of fair market value as determined by an appraisal reasonably approved by the Community College and Sathcupa.
Section 14 of the final agreement containing the repurchase clause follows below:
14. Right to Repurchase. At the Closing, the parties shall record a ocument terminating Sathcupa’s right to repurchase as set forth in the First Amendment to Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, recorded on December 17, 2002, Book 3985, Page 262, in the Yavapai County Recorder’s Office and the Corporation Special Warranty Deed, recorded on September 11, 1998, Book 3600, Page 519, in the Yavapai County Recorder’s Office, and terminating Sathcupa’s right of first refusal as set forth in Section 7.3 in the Old CC&Rs. In its place, YC shall grant Sathcupa a right to repurchase the YC Property if YC elects to sell the YC Property. YC shall notify Sathcupa of its intent to sell the YC Property at least 45 days before•entering into any binding agreement to sell the YC Property to any third party, and Sathcupa shall have the right, within 30 days thereafter, to purchase the YC Property for the 96% of fair market value as determined by an appraisal reasonably approved by YC and Sathcupa (“Repurchase Price”). If Sathcupa does not timely or properly exercise its right to repurchase, YC may for one year thereafter sell the YC Property to any third party for the Repurchase Price (or greater), without any further rights of Sathcupa to purchase the YC Property. If YC does not sell the YC Property for the Repurchase Price (or greater) before the expiration of that one-year period, Sathcupa’s right to repurchase shall be reinstated, and (a) a new appraisal and (b) new notice from YC to Sathcupa shall be required before YC may sell the YC Property.
The Community College was given a 60-day option to purchase additional land adjacent the Sedona Center as a part of the land settlement with the current owners of the Cultural Park property. The option available to the Community College includes a large business building locally referred to as the Miller Building that is located on this land.
There has been no public discussion of this provision by the Governing Board. The following is the language found in section 17 of the settlement agreement and a copy of the sketch contained in the agreement.
17. Option to Purchase Additional land. Sathcupa hereby grants YC an option to purchase the corner parcel bordered by Highway 89A, Cultural Park Place and the Sathcupa Exchange Parcel, as depicted on Exhibit B (the “Option Parcel”). YC may exercise this option by giving written notice to Sathupa on or before 60 days after the Closing Date (the “Option Deadline”). If YC fails to exercise this option on or before the Option Deadline, the option will lapse. The purchase price for the Option Parcel shall be fair market value as determined by an appraisal, but in no case less than One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000), reasonably approved by YC and Sathcupa and with an effective date within 60 days of the Option Deadline. If YC exercises the option, the parties will enter into a written agreement that will set forth the closing date, the purchase price (based on the appraisal), the title and property review period, the closing cost allocations, and any other standard provisions customary and necessary for such a purchase and sale. YC’s purchase shall be subject to any current lease(s) with tenants encumbering the Option Parcel. A separate escrow shall be opened with Stewart Title & Trust of Phoenix, Inc. for the sale of the Option Parcel.
