MiraCosta College Community Leaders Event and Open House

Local business leaders, elected officials, community members, donors, and others are invited to join MiraCosta College for the Community Leader’s Open House of the Community Learning Center.

MiraCosta College’s Community Leaders Open House and Tour
Community Learning Center (CLC)
1831 Mission Avenue, Oceanside
Monday, October 25, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
RSVP by October 17 to foundation@miracosta.edu
Digital Invitation

The event will include a tour of the newly constructed 10,770 square foot Student Services Building at the Community Learning Center Campus and release of the District’s Annual Report.

The Student Services Building serves as the home for essential student support services, including Admissions and Records, Counseling, Testing Services, CARE, and the Student Success and Support Programs. The new building, along with a dramatic new monument sign at the entrance to the campus, provides a welcoming new gateway for the Community Learning Center.

The student gathering area opens to a plaza within a quad, providing a physical connection between the new building and the existing facilities to help unify the campus. The quad will allow for large events and includes bike racks, a seat wall, tables, and a campus information kiosk.

The $12.3 million facility is highly energy-efficient and includes several sustainable design strategies:

• Passive sun shading/roof overhang
• An abundance of natural light inside the building via storefronts and skylights
• Use of 'green' materials, including the lobby floor, which is polished concrete with recycled glass chips using the colors of the nearby ocean
• Low water use through high-efficiency fixtures and plumbing, and native and drought-tolerant landscape
• All stormwater is treated on-site, using landscaped bio-detention areas to filter the stormwater

Additional projects at the Community Learning Center Campus funded by Measure MM include the renovation of the A and B buildings, (now known as the 100 and 200 buildings, and a site improvement project. Buildings 100 and 200 comprise nearly 39,000 square feet and will house  the campus library, tutoring services, the California Adult Education program, classroom space, and faculty offices. The $13 million project is scheduled to be completed this month.

The site work project also includes demolition of the former Building C to create space for critically-needed parking and improved landscaped areas for campus use. This project is in the design phase currently, with construction planned for the summer and fall of 2022.

These projects are funded as part of MiraCosta's Measure MM, a $455 million general obligation bond approved by voters in 2016.

Visuals/Media Availability:

• Early phase construction activities, including grading
• Renderings
• Interviews are available with MCCD Superintendent/President, Dr. Sunita Cooke, MiraCosta College Board President Rick Cassar, and members of the project design and construction teams upon request
• Spanish speakers available upon request
• Photos of the construction site are available

Community Learning Center Student Services Building Project Team

• Architect: Lord Architecture, Inc.
• General Contractor: Align Builders
• Inspector of Record: Consulting & Inspection Services
• Landscape Architect: The Lightfoot Planning Group
• Structural Engineer: O. Gonzalez, Inc. Engineers
• Mechanical Engineer: ALM Consulting Engineers
• Electrical Engineer: Johnson Consulting Engineer
• Civil Engineer: Snipes-Dye Associates
• Controls Engineers: SC Engineers, Inc.
• Fire Protection Engineer: Protection Design & Consulting
• Commissioning Authority: GMC Commissioning, Inc.
• Energy Consultant: STOK
• Interior Design: Hasenbeck Interiors

The program and construction manager for the capital improvement program is Kitchell Capital Expenditures Manager (CEM), in association with Element Consulting, Inc., and Vic Salazar Communications.
Detailed information about all of the District's Capital Improvement projects is available for public review through the Capital Improvement Dashboard at miracosta.edu/measuremm. The Dashboard provides build-out details, financial performance, and project schedule performance.
 
About MiraCosta College
The MiraCosta Community College District has served the coastal North San Diego County area for over 80 years. More than 19,000 credit students annually in over 70 disciplines enroll in associate degrees, university transfer and workforce readiness certificate programs. The college also serves over 7,000 students a wide spectrum of educational needs in the region ranging from programs for adult education, community education, basic skills, and ESL to a California Community College pilot program offering the nation’s first baccalaureate degree in biomanufacturing. As a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), veteran and military supportive institution, and Achieving the Dream Leader College, MiraCosta College fosters the academic and holistic success of its diverse learners within a caring and equitable environment to strengthen the educational, economic, cultural, and social well-being of the communities it serves. MiraCosta College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).