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LWV League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Alameda County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
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Teresa Cox
Answers Questions

Candidate for
Board Member; Ohlone Community College District; Trustee Area 1, Seat 4

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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Fremont, Newark, Union City and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What are your thoughts about the development of the frontage property at Ohlone’s Main Campus?

For almost 20 years the Ohlone College trustees have discussed developing the frontage property as an income source to improve the college facilities due to the lack of support from the State. This is common practice.

Two surveys were taken of the Ohlone college students. There was no strong interest in housing. Students wanted a campus activity center to serve all students and not housing to serve only 300-400 students out of 20,000 who come to college.

If elected to the Board of Trustees, we must evaluate this in near term and long-term and how the impact will affect the college for the rest of its life.

We are not going to settle the frontage property on this website. What we can do is to consult with the various constituent groups to obtain their feedback and do a consensus team building to reach a decision. We will need to review the facts and the tradeoffs to ensure that if I am a board member that I must understand the actions we take and what are the impacts. You as the community are holding us accountable for our actions.

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