Executive Summary Continued
Department chairs, deans, and other administrators have been involved to avoid possible contradictions between the Facilities Master Plan (FMP) and the AIMP while these two documents were being developed concurrently. Hereafter, the AIMP will be revised annually and changes which might impact the FMP will be forwarded to the President for consideration. However, once the AIMP has been completed and adopted, it can assume a more dominant role in guiding and providing direction to all planning.
Del Mar College’s two campuses consists of 34 buildings with a total of 948,000 square feet. A Building Assessment Survey determined that in general the buildings have been well maintained but are in need of over $7,000,000 in deferred maintenance caused by normal use of the buildings over their life time. This report will recommend certain periodic maintenance be scheduled for building components such as mechanical equipment, roofs, etc.
Partial implementation of the 1986 Master Plan has eliminated cross vehicular traffic on the East Campus and has created a more pedestrian-friendly environment. At the West Campus the Barth Learning Resources Center has become a symbolic termination of the boulevard entry to the campus from Airport Road. The new loop service road at the west of the campus provides access to all of the vocational shop buildings and opens the undeveloped land for expansion.
Since the majority of the College’s open space is now at the West Campus, future growth of academic and vocational programs should occur at this site. However, such expansion at the West Campus will require the installation of a substantial investment in utility upgrades to support the new construction.
Development priorities were classified into three categories:
- Immediate (2 to 5 years)
- Intermediate (5 to 10 years)
- Long Term (10 to 20 years)