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COLLEGE SETS FEES FOR TRAILER PARK AND PRIVATE APARTMENT RENTAL FOR SEDONA/VERDE VALLEY FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS

By R. Oliphant
Friday, December 1st, 2023

College offers no subsidy

Yavapai Community College has announced the rental fees for Sedona/Verde Valley faculty, staff, and students seeking temporary accommodation. Options include either a trailer park or rental apartments in Cottonwood. According to the College:

  1. A two-bedroom apartment is available at $1,900 per month for faculty, staff, or students.

  2. A “private bedroom” apartment can be rented for $1,100 per month.

  3. For those opting to share a bedroom in an apartment, the cost is $750 a month per person.

For those wishing to park their travel trailer of any vintage at the trailer park (six spaces potentially available), the fee is $500 a month. This fee may include water and electricity, but it’s advisable to confirm this before making a decision. The primary regulation for the trailer lot is a length limit of 50 feet for a trailer.

Additionally, the College has four of its own travel trailers for rent at the trailer park, which each renting for $1,000 per month, likely including electricity and water costs. However, potential renters should verify this information beforehand.

These facilities have been made available by the College to address the shortage of affordable workforce housing in the Verde Valley area for faculty, staff, and students.

 

Categories : Housing

GOVERNING BOARD NEEDS BETTER PLANNING WHEN SCHEDULING ITS SECRET EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETINGS IF IT CHOOSES TO SHOW CONCERN AND RESPECT FOR SEDONA/VERDE VALLEY RESIDENTS ATTENDING THE MAIN MEETING

By R. Oliphant
Friday, December 1st, 2023

At the November 26 meeting, local residents were sent from the large, comfortable meeting room to stand huddled in an adjacent hallway or to sit outside in the cold because four Board members would not move to smaller space to hold secret executive meeting of unknown length before starting posted workshop and business agenda

Robert E. Oliphant

EDITORIAL:  The experience at the November 26 Yavapai Community College Governing Board meeting left many local residents attending it questioning the lack of a better plan for accommodating them when the Board meets in secret executive session.

The meeting had just begun when the Chair announced the executive session. Surprisingly, and to some attendees’ dismay, the four-member Board in the room (a fifth on zoom) chose to stay in the large meeting room, leaving dozens of residents to either wait for the regular meeting to resume by standing in the hallway or wander about the Verde Valley Campus with no idea of how long the secret executive session would last. Meanwhile, the four Governing Board members remained seated comfortably in the main meeting room, opting not to relocate to another space in the building or to an adjacent one for their secret executive meeting.

After about an hour or so with no indication of the secret meeting’s duration, many frustrated residents left.

This situation could have been easily avoided with proper planning and adequate consideration for those local residents who took time from their busy schedules to attend. For example, the secret meeting could have been moved on the agenda to the end of the workshop and business meeting. Or, it could have been held separately in the morning hours before the announced Workshop and Business meeting. 

Alternatively, the four members of the Board could have demonstrated concern for the local Sedona/Verde Valley residents by moving to a space in Building “M” or ‘to an adjacent classroom building, if Building “M” had no available rooms. The residents would at least had chairs to sit on rather than stand in the hallway outside the meeting room or sit outside in the cold.

Categories : Editorials/Essays

FOUR VACANT KEYSTONE COUGAR TRAVEL TRAILERS SEEN GROUPED ON YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE VERDE VALLEY CAMPUS PARKING LOT

By R. Oliphant
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

It is presumed they are being staged to prepare them for eventual placement at the ten space trailer lot still under partial construction where they will be used for faculty/staff/student temporary  rental

Four Keystone Cougar trailers have been seen grouped in a Yavapai Community College Verde Valley Campus car parking lot. These are likely the same four trailers that were scheduled to be ready by fall 2023, and it appears they have finally arrived—at least to a parking lot. Once fully equipped and relocated to the partially still-under-construction trailer park, these trailers are expected to be available for short-term rental to faculty/staff and students.

Yavapai Community College has not disclosed the purchase price of the four travel trailers to the public.

 

Categories : RV PARK ON VERDE CAMPUS, Verde Campus

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE OFFERING ONLY FOUR CLASSES AT SEDONA CENTER IN SPRING SEMESTER

By R. Oliphant
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

One culinary class is scheduled for January: a second for March.  Two remaining voice classes blended into one class

According to registration records, Yavapai Community College will offer only four classes at the Sedona Center in Spring 2024. In the culinary area, one class will begin in January, and a second class will start in March. The two voice classes offered at the Center have been combined into one. Below is a snapshot of the registration as of November 20, 2022, showing the classes being offered and the number of students each class can accommodate.

 

Categories : Enrollment data, Sedona Campus

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHEDULES HANDEL’S MESSIAH FOR DECEMBER 1 TO BEGIN AT 7 P.M. AT CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH IN COTTONWOOD

By R. Oliphant
Saturday, November 18th, 2023

General Admission Tickets of $20 can be purchased online from the College at its Performing Arts Center box office on the Prescott Campus.

Yavapai Community College will give a performance of “The Messiah” on December 1, 2023 in the Verde Valley. The concert will take place at the Conception Catholic Church Parish, 700 N. Bill Gray Road, Cottonwood, and will begin at 7 p.m.

Ticket Information:

Adults: $20

Youth (18 years and younger): $5

Tickets are available by calling the Community College Performing Arts Center box office on the Prescott Campus at 928-776-2000.

This special event should provide an evening of magnificent music.

Categories : Performing Arts Center

DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD SCHEDULES THIRD BUSINESS MEETING SINCE LAST MAY FOR NOVEMBER 28, ON VERDE VALLEY CAMPUS IN CLARKDALE

By R. Oliphant
Saturday, November 18th, 2023

Workshop to run from approximately 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and a business meeting to run from approximately 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Note: Normally such meetings are held in M-137, which may not be affected by the current  renovation of portions of building “M”.)

Just to give everyone a heads up, the Yavapai Community College District Governing Board is set to convene for its third session since May on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. The meeting will take place on the Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale. The proceedings begin at 1:00 p.m. with a workshop, followed by the main business meeting starting at 3:00 p.m.

Please note that portions of Building “M” are currently under renovation, which may affect the usual meeting location of Room M-137. The exact location is yet to be announced. Keep an eye on the Governing Board’s website for the official meeting notice, which will confirm the details.

For those interested in addressing the Governing Board, there is typically a slot at the start of the meeting for public comment. You’ll need to fill out a “Request to Speak” form and submit it to the Recording Secretary beforehand. Please be ready to keep your comments within the allotted time of one to three minutes, though three minutes is the usual limit.

Under Arizona law, a citizen has a right to attend, listen, tape record, or videotape all of these meetings. The public may not disrupt, but may speak during the Call to the Public at the beginning of this meeting if the call is on the agenda. See Ariz. Att’y Gen. Op. No. I78-001.

You may access the agenda for this meeting at the District Governing  Board’s website when it is eventually posted.

Categories : Meeting Notice

DECEMBER AT YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE: OUTSTANDING EVENTS SCHEDULED AT THE PRESCOTT CAMPUS’S JIM AND LINDA LEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

By R. Oliphant
Saturday, November 18th, 2023

Prescott Residents Invited to Enjoy Nine Major Events at the Center, Including Jake Shimabukuro’s Christmas in Hawai’I, Handel’s Messiah, the Nutcracker Ballet, and More

Yavapai Community College is presenting an impressive lineup of diverse holiday programs this December at the Jim and Linda Lee Performing Arts Center on the Prescott Campus. Residents of Prescott can look forward to an array of nine outstanding scheduled events including Jake Shimabukuro’s festive “Christmas in Hawai’i,” the timeless “Handel’s Messiah,” the enchanting “Nutcracker” ballet, and many more captivating performances.

Categories : Performing Arts Center

CHINO VALLEY AGRIBUSINESS CENTER GREENHOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADES – IN PROCESS

By R. Oliphant
Friday, November 17th, 2023

Building 55 torn down; unclear what, if anything, will replace it; cost of possible replacement and overall purpose of project not found in Master Plan or most current approved budget

Building 55 at the Chino Valley Center was recently demolished. From all appearances, it seemed old and in need of repair or replacement.  However, attempts to find details regarding the cost, purpose, or even the existence of a planned replacement building in Community College records have been unsuccessful. No mention of the project appears in the latest Master Plan or the $100 million budget. The Blog has reached out to the College for more information about the project and will update readers with any new developments.

SOURCE: Yavapai Community College Pagebook posting by unknown author.

 

Categories : Chino Valley campus

NEW APARTMENT ON PRESCOTT CAMPUS OF YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE APPEARS READY FOR TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, November 16th, 2023

College says it completely “gutted” Building 30 to transform it from a storage facility to a furnished apartment with modern appliances and laundry

Yavapai Community College has completed the construction of a new apartment on the Prescott Campus. According to Community College authorities, the remodeling effort began with a complete gut of Building 30 to transform it from storage to a furnished apartment. The apartment comes complete with all modern kitchen appliances and laundry facilities.

The campus apartment is intended to provide temporary housing for new faculty and staff transitioning to Yavapai Community College. The College has found housing in the Prescott area for its new faculty and staff challenging, so it is attempting to help out with a temporary solution.

According to Community College officials, ‘The new apartment is comparable to the Verde Valley Campus RV park and will help new employees with this temporary solution.’

The total cost of the apartment renovation is not yet known.

Categories : Construction, Prescott Campus, Yavapai Community College

COMMUNITY STAR GAZING NIGHT NOVEMBER 17 5-7 P.M.

By R. Oliphant
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023

A night to gave at the stars will be held November 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. on the Verde Valley Campus.  The event will be held on the Southwest Wine Center patio.  For more information, contact Bobbi Evans at 928-634-6511.

Categories : Verde campus events
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