Measure I Citizens' Oversight Committee Members

• Measure I Bond Committee Members List
• Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee Bylaws

Financial Information

• Annual Financial Report - June 30, 2009
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2010
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2011
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2012
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2013
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2014
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2015
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2016
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2017

Annual Report

• 2009-2010 Annual Report
• 2010-2011 Annual Report
• 2012-2013 Annual Report
• 2013-2014 Annual Report
• 2014-2015 Annual Report

Bond Committee Information Packet

• March 13, 2012
• September 4, 2012
• February 26, 2013
• November 7, 2013
• March 4, 2014
• September 16, 2014
• March 17, 2015
• March 29, 2016
• March 21, 2017

What Will Measure I Do:

• Fund Nursing technology and equipment for the nursing program. Currently, COS trains almost 75 percent of all the nurses working in the area's medical facilities.
• Fund up-to-date computers and technology to ensure that education is current and to improve distance learning.
• Fund security upgrades on campus including code blue emergency phones and exterior lighting
• Fund the required $5.5 million local match to receive $12.5 million in state funds to modernize instructional buildings that house the social science, language arts and business/computer classrooms.
• Pay the remaining $4.3 million debt on the Science Building
• Fund acquisition of land for parking and expansion to meet long-term needs.
• Lease classroom space for the Health Professions Continuing Education program.
• Fund the required $1.2 million in matching funds for upgrades and repairs ranging from roofs to plumbing.
• Replace systems with more energy-efficient technology, for an estimated annual savings of $100,000.
• Renovate the COS Theatre and replace or repair aging 1970s equipment.

Financial Information

• Annual Financial Report ~ June 30, 2009
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2010
• COS Tulare Area Improvement District GO Bonds Election 2008 Series B - Financial Update April 11, 2011
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2011
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2012
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2013
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2014
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2015
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2016
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2017
• Revenue Bond Construction Fund - June 30, 2021
  
• Revenue Bond Co​nstruction Fund - June 30, 2022

• Revenue Bond Construction Fund - June 30, 2023

  
  
  
  

Annual Report

• 2009-2010
  
• 2010-2011
  
• 2010-2011 Activity Report
• 2011-2012
• 2012-2013
• 2013-2014
• 2014-2015
• 2015-2017
  
• 2021-2022
• 2022-2023​​
  

What Will Measure J Do?

• Build 93,000 square feet of academic buildings in Phase 1 of the COS Tulare College Center with almost $60 million in state funding. It will offer general education and vocational education, and it will allow students to gain certificates, degrees or transfer to a four-year university.
• Provide parking, library, food service and other student services funded with almost $13 million in local money. This is the local match required for the academic building.
• Create a Vocational Education Complex to be built in Phase 2, funded with $27 million in state money and $2.7 million in local match. Courses here will focus on training students for high-demand jobs such as welding and farm equipment repair.
• A Farm Animal Complex will be built with $14 million in state funds and a $13 million local match. facilities will be shared by COS and TJUHSD Ag programs.
• The Tulare Ag Pavilion, a venue for events and competitions, will be fully state funded.
• Provide classrooms and farm animals buildings housing Ag career training courses including animal science and diagnostics; ornamental horticulture; and dairy, equine and plant sciences.
• Provide computers and health education programs for Lindsay.
• Fund projects in Corcoran such as equipment for the Technology Learning Center, renovation of science labs or a correctional officer training program.

Citizen's Oversight Committee

• Members, Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee
• Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee Bylaws
• 2007-08 Annual Report
• 2008-09 Annual Report
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2011
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2012
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2013
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2014
• Proposition 39 General Obligation Bonds Financial and Performance Audit Reports - June 30, 2015

Project Information

• Site Plan
• Floor Plan
• Timeline (Spreadsheet)

Bond Measure Information

• Ballot Initiative
• Board of Trustees Resolution for Bond Election

Questions and Answers

• Questions and Answers