35641 / 63.95% Yes votes ...... 20093 / 36.05% No votes

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If the measure is approved and bonds are issued, the District is required by law to meet certain accountability requirements. To meet these requirements, the proceeds of the bonds will be deposited in a Building Fund and the chief fiscal officer of the District will annually file a report with the Board of Trustees, setting forth the amount of funds collected and expended, as well as the status of the improvement projects. The Board of Trustees will annually conduct an independent performance audit and an independent financial audit, until all proceeds from the sale of the bonds have been expended, to ensure that the funds are used only for the projects listed in this measure.

In addition, the Board of Trustees shall establish an independent citizens' oversight committee to insure that bond proceeds are expended only for the school facilities projects listed in the measure.

This measure will not become effective, and the bond issuance and sale will not occur, unless the measure is approved by fifty-five percent (55%) of the registered voters voting on the measure.

For nearly forty years, College of the Redwoods has been serving local residents in the California north coast region, helping students enter the local job market and transfer to four-year universities.

However, in order for College of the Redwoods to continue to meet the demands of a 21st century education and provide local residents with the quality higher education they deserve, Measure Q has been placed on the ballot.

Colleges of the Redwood's facilities are nearly forty years old and in desperate need of safety repairs and modernization.

Measure Q will update and expand job training classrooms, renovate labs used for training health and technology professionals, repair decaying walls and aging classrooms and renovate outdated mechanical systems including making necessary facilities earthquake safe.

Measure Q will allow College of the Redwoods to repair and expand science and computer labs, and provide even greater career training to students in the areas of Police and Fire Sciences, Construction Technology, Health Occupations, Automotive Technology and Computer Science.

There are taxpayer safeguards in Measure Q. An independent Citizens Oversight Committee will conduct annual audits to ensure Measure Q bond funds are used appropriately, and by law, not one penny of Measure Q funds will be used for salaries or administration.

Please join local elected officials, students, faculty, business owners, retirees, community leaders and neighbors in voting Yes on Measure Q.

s/ Russel Pardoe, Medical Doctor
s/ Gary Philp, Sheriff, Humboldt County
s/ Edy Vaissade, Retired Bank Executive
s/ John Gierek, Retired Business Owner
s/ Kevin Hartwick, Certified Public Accountant

1. The best estimate of the tax which would be required to be levied to fund this bond issue during the first fiscal year after the sale of the first series of bonds, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is 1.8 cents per $100 ($18.00 per $100,000) of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2005-06.

2. The best estimate of the tax rate which would be required to be levied to fund this bond issue during the first fiscal year after the sale of the last series of bonds, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is 1.8 cents per $100 ($18.00 per $100,000) of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2009-10.

3. The best estimate of the highest tax rate which would be required to be levied to fund this bond issue, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is 1.8 cents per $100 ($18.00 per $100,000) of assessed valuation. The tax rate is expected to remain the same in each year that the bonds are outstanding.

Voters should note that the estimated tax rates are based on the ASSESSED VALUE of taxable property on the County's official tax rolls, not on the property's market value. Property owners should consult their own property tax bills to determine their property's assessed value and any applicable tax exemptions. Attention of all voters is directed to the fact that the foregoing information is based upon the District's projections and estimates only, which are not binding upon the District. The actual tax rates and the years in which they will apply may vary from those presently estimated, due to variations from these estimates in the timing of bond sales, the amount of bonds sold and market interest rates at the time of each sale, and actual assessed valuations over the term of repayment of the bonds. The dates of sale and the amount of bonds sold at any given time will be determined by the District based on need for construction funds and other factors, including the legal limitations on bonds approved by a 55% vote. The actual interest rates at which the bonds will be sold will depend on the bond market at the time of each sale. Actual future assessed valuation will depend upon the amount and value of taxable property within the District as determined by the County Assessors in the annual assessment and the equalization process.

Dated: June 17, 2004

s/ Kathleen E. Crabill

President/Superintendent
Redwoods Community College District

To strengthen local job and vocational training programs, and increase academic classes for students with 2-year and 4-year college goals by:

• Adding classrooms and tech labs;
• Renovating unsafe and deteriorating campus buildings;
• Repairing, acquiring, constructing, furnishing and equipping college facilities;

The following are the specific college facilities projects to be funded:

I. Expand and renovate the Health Occupation Career Training Center by expanding classrooms, labs and other facilities needed for the training of dental hygienists

II. Renovate and add science and technology labs used for career training, including police and fire science, and for students whose goal it is to transfer to a 4-year university

III. Expand and renovate career training facilities in the Construction Trades industry

IV. Build, relocate, and renovate career training facilities in the Fine Woodworking industry

V. Expand and renovate career training facilities in the Automotive industry

VI. Develop modern career training facilities in tourism and hospitality industries

VII. Upgrade and renovate computer labs used for career training

VIII. Add classrooms to allow for more students to take the classes they need to transfer to a 4-year university

IX. Make seismic, safety and American with Disabilities Act upgrades and improvements

X. Renovate and repair college buildings

XI. Add hi-tech infrastructure to increase the number of Distance Learning students

As required by the California Constitution, the proceeds from the sale of the bonds will be used only for the provision of college facilities by construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or replacement of college facilities, including the furnishing and equipping of college facilities, or the acquiring or leasing of real property for college facilities, and not for any other purpose, including paying for teacher and administrator salaries and other school operating expenses. The proceeds of the bonds will be deposited to a Building Fund and the chief fiscal officer of the District will annually file a report with the Board of Trustees, which report shall contain information regarding the amount of funds collected and expended, as well as the status of the projects listed in the ballot measure.

The District's Board of Trustees has certified that it has evaluated safety, class size reduction and information technology needs in developing the foregoing list.

The District's Board of Trustees will conduct an annual, independent performance audit to ensure that the funds have been expended only on the project list set forth above.

The District's Board of Trustees will conduct an annual, independent financial audit of the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds until all of those proceeds have been expended for the college facilities projects.

Pursuant to Section 15772 of the Education Code, the District's Board of Trustees will appoint a citizens' oversight committee and conduct annual independent audits to assure that funds are spent only on school and classroom improvements and for no other purposes.

As required by Section 53410 of the Government Code, the following accountability measures are hereby made a part of the District's Bond Measure:

(a) The specific purpose of the bonds is to improve the quality of education by constructing and renovating college facilities.

(b) The proceeds from the sale of the District's bonds will be used only for the purposes specified in the Measure, and not for any other purpose;

(c) The proceeds of the Bonds will be deposited into a Building Fund to be held by the County Treasurer, as required by the California Education Code; and

The chief fiscal officer of the District shall file an annual report with the Board of Trustees of the District, which report shall contain pertinent information regarding the amount of funds collected and expended, as well as the status of the projects listed in the Measure.