The Oxnard College Maintenance & Operations Department cordially invites all OC Faculty and Staff to attend the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Open House for the new M & O Warehouse on Friday, April 20, 2007, from noon to 2 p.m.
There's a country western theme to the event which includes a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a barbecue held in the new warehouse parking lot and tours of the spacious new facility, which was finally occupied by the Maintenance & Operations department earlier this year. There will be "boot-scooting" fun and music provided by a KHAY-FM radio DJ.
Anderson Design were the architects hired to design the facility and construction was completed by L.A. Contractors under the supervision of project managers Miguel Renteria and Terrance Greenlaw of Heery International.
Oxnard College President Dr. Richard Duran expressed thanks to Will Deits and the staff of the Oxnard College Maintenance & Operations department for their dedication to serving Oxnard College and keeping the facility operational despite limited space and resources. The department has been waiting for years for a new warehouse and now they have sufficient space and state-of-the-art equipment for future campus growth. Special thanks went out to the Ventura County Community College District purchasing and accounts payable staff whose assistance helped to make sure all the invoices and requisitions were taken care of.
Dr. Duran also praised the support of the Oxnard College faculty and staff who served on the campus Facilities Planning Steering Committee and to all of those voters who supported the district's Bond Measure S, which provided additional funding for this warehouse.
Here a few facts about the Oxnard College Maintenance and Operations Warehouse:
- The facility includes 32,000 square feet in site development and includes a separate shop for plumbing, carpentry, heating/air conditioning, electrical, welding, paint, machine and mechanic functions. before, all these areas were crammed into a single room;
- The warehouse costs $3.2 million to build, most of the funding coming from $1.9 million in state funds with the remaining $1.3 million coming from Measure “S”, the Ventura County Community College District’s Bond;
- Construction began in December 2005 and finished in October 2006;
- The state approved the project primarily because of safety concerns about the college's use of the old military bunkers used for storage at Camarillo Airport, which had no cooling or ventilation;
- The two-story warehouse will provide secure storage of emergency supplies, such as food, water, first aide supplies, emergency generators, fuel, tools and equipment. it will be a base station for emergency response is a part of the function the new building provides for our campus.
Invitations will be left in everyone's mailboxes with instructions for guests to RSVP and indicate a beef, chicken or vegetarian food choice by the Tuesday, April 17 deadline. For more information, contact Connie Owens in the Oxnard College Foundation office at 986-5889 or Cathy Garnica in the OC President’s Office, 986-5809.
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