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okay good morning
everyone here me there we go alright
good morning my name is Ann Marie Gable and the vice president administrative
services and they will think everyone for being here this morning and I
helping us to
cut the ribbon honor brand new fitness center here the Pacific Coast campus
so I'd like to introduce some aa our Board of Trustees that are here today as
well as some other dignitaries that throughout the community for stuff we
have our board president Jeff Kellogg
our board vice president Tom Clark
and board member Roberto Uranga
and we also have the interim president Cal State university-long Beach here
with us today
*** parça thank you all for being here
Nexus my privilege to introduce our board president Jeff Kellogg
mister caroline is a member of the line Beach City College Hall of Fame
and former Long Beach City Councilman he has served on the Long Beach Community
College District Board of Trustees since his election
in 2002 please join me in welcoming
work president kellogg to the podium
good morning everyone okay I know it's
after Labor Day and I'm wearing white K
it's really cream thank you anne marie
for those kind comments I'm a half the entire board of trustees
I like to welcome you to the Pacific Coast campus so Long Beach City College
today we celebrate the reopening a building in CC
which is being completely modernized into a comprehensive fitness center to
expand fitness and other programs at this campus
this facility is the latest addition in a long line of new and remodeled
buildings
that in constructing our campus as a result the college's building
and modernization program know where is the impact is work more obvious
than it is here the Pacific Coast campus is being completely
transform and the community will benefit
for years to come years of hard work investment in Long Beach City College is
building program
our pain huge dividends for our students
and for every member other greater Long Beach Community
these dividends are the direct result up the hard work at many people
and a strong support Long Beach City College has received from the community
let us never forget the local voters approved to
local bond measures the first measure he in 2002
and a second in 2000 and a together these measures will invest over
700 million dollars in our students
and communities when combined with state funds
are billing program will complete a host of new facilities and modernize
many all the billions and each our campuses so the lobby City College
continue can continue to meet the needs of our students
as the demands of our economy and society change
I want to thank each my colleagues for their leadership
and dedication to the mission in these are this college
Roberto Tom Clark but trustees here I hope people realize
how fortunate they are to have a board with members such as this
the job the college is to educate students
and as his tunes requires facilities classrooms offices libraries athletic
feels
and laboratories places where students can learn
and their lives changed for the better for over 85 years Long Beach City
College has been about students
and their success I know this college will continue to improve and grow
now look forward to sharing more successes with you in the near future
thank you all for joining us here today to celebrate
another important milestone in that journey
thank you so much go Vikings a keyboard with president Cal I'm
now I'm honored to be able to introduce the president
Long Beach City College the lawyer keys Oakley president Oakley came to Long
Beach City College in 2002
as the executive vice president of Administrative Services
it was appointed president Long Beach City College
in January of 2007 his leadership was instrumental in developing the college's
building program
and moving it forward please join me in welcoming president Oakley
thank you Mr A
good morning everyone it's another great day Long Beach City College is a net
we couldn't ask for better better weather and a better opportunity
to celebrate to this community to celebrate our students
and to celebrate the the great love affair this city has with Long Beach
City College
as because %uh that love affair that we're able to come here today
because the voters are this community have entrusted
I this college just Community College District
with several million dollars in funds to ensure that our students have the
opportunities that they deserve particularly
particularly here at the Pacific Coast campus so we celebrate today the opening
of our new fitness center here the Pacific Coast campus
this building was originally designed as a cafeteria
for Hamilton junior high school in 1935
dumb where you hear then
I thought so a
okay Tom attended Franklin sorry Tom
but now it's reborn as a modern state-of-the-art fitness center to
support our students
with expanded courses and programs
we work very hard to maintain the historic look and feel of this building
while modernizing and repurpose in the building to create a state-of-the-art
multifunctional space on the inside
our associate vice president mean a single will tell us more about the
programs and services offered in just a few minutes
salk keeper my remarks short
on occasions like this it's appropriate to pause to reflect on our progress
and thank those web help make this day possible
and of course is there wouldn't be possible without the elected members to
the board trustees for Long Beach Community College District
we would not be here today without their leadership
these individuals put our students at the heart of everything we do here at
the college
and they deserve our thanks so please join me one more round of applause for
for president kellogg vice president Tom Clark and members mark Boeing dugout on
Roberto younger
know I know hindsight is 20/20 but when the trustees said decided to
go for another bond measure in 2008 there were a lot of skeptics
wondering if this was the right time wondering if we should wait
and of course as we look back now there is probably no way we could have passed
a bond measure
after 2008 so it took a lot of courage to go out then from the voters
and passes bond measure so thanks again
I would also like to thank anne-marie Gable and her facilities team for their
work managing this program
along with Arbonne management team and the Cordova corporation for their
efforts to keep our building programs moving forward
I would also like to thank the architecture firm hell partnership
which is Dunham marvelous job here and the Angeles contractors
for their efforts to make this building a reality
well it's appropriate to pause and say thanks and to celebrate
this is only a slight pay in our continuing efforts
to educate our students I commit to you that I will continue to work with the
Board of Trustees
an art very best faculty staff and administration
in the entire state of California to prepare our students to meet the demands
this new economy and to secure better futures for themselves
and their families we do all this because a simple belief
there where once doubts starts out in life
should not determine or limit where they can go in life
the Pacific Coast campus is a perfect example
love those words this is where students come
to move forward in life regardless of where they started
this campus is for them and we will continue to push forward
I'm behalf all those students so thank you for being here today
and thank you all for your continued support to this college have a great day
thank you President Oakley our next speaker is doctor me nothing at all
the associate vice president other Pacific cuz campus for 1b City College
doctors think all arrived at this campus in 2000 as a faculty member in English
as a second language
and served previously as the Dean evacuating services at LBCC
before taking on her new role this year as the lead in Venice trader for the
Pacific Coast campus
please help me in welcoming doctor menacing all
thank you Anne Marie it is an absolute pleasure to be here and what an exciting
day
I am delighted to be here with I love you this morning to celebrate the
opening
love the new facility and the ongoing transformation
love the Pacific Coast campus have some as you may
recall for the last several years the fitness center was
in part housed in the old library there were no classrooms
and the facility offered basic weights and machines
which very much limited which what could be offered on campus
this semester all of that has changed our facilities team
worked closely with user group the kinesiology
and the Physical Education Department to create an area
that would be suitable for a wide range of students
the new cardio weight room features nearly one hundred thousand dollars and
brand new state-of-the-art circuit machines
and free weights including a lateral carver machine
1 only seven in the United States we hope to see you all there
a their efforts have clearly paid off as more than 700 students
are enrolled in a variety of classes including
introduction to can you see ology core training
stretch and relax ation physical fitness
dance aerobics and weight training
the kinesiology faculty members and students are very excited to have this
beautiful new facility
to call home at the Pacific Coast campus
the new 7,000 square-foot facility was also designed
with sustainability in mind and meets the title 24
energy efficiency standards the design include Sony tubes to allow the use of
natural light
in the facility and the landscaping uses drought tolerant plant materials
I know this facility will make a large impact
at this campus for years to come and look forward to new facilities
here at PCC in the near future as the transformation of this campus continues
thank you for being here today and thank you for your continued support
thank you doctor singer am proud to say they were receiving a safety word today
firmer insurance provider the statewide educational rack
wrap-up programmer better known as so up for this project
we're pleased to announce that there were no general liability orbit builders
risk claims
throughout the project keenan associates administers the so what program
and mister John Rodriguez is here today to present one Beach City College
cordova corporation Angeles contractor
the safety awards accepting the award on behalf occurred over
construction this project manager Michael those map
and for Angeles contractor is their project manager
Brian mom Clyde Smith if you guys can both come up please
thank you and Marie and thank you Long Beach committing College District for
allowing this brief presentation
on construction of the recently completed 4.5 million dollar
can use your LG fitness center start in October 2011
here we are today and I'm really happy to say that this project
did up finish without any workers compensation claims
or general liability claims that's something to be very very proud of
so on behalf of the Board of Directors for the statewide educational wrap a
program
and have to present these awards to Angeles
the my management team and course Long Beach Community College District
congratulations to everybody
all right thank you gentleman as we prepare to close a ceremony
I'd like to think several key people who played vital roles
and worked very hard to make this building a reality and so on behalf of
the college I'd like to think
for Citizens Advisory Committee for their oversight ever bond program
our facilities team under the leadership that Tim Louis
and then honey ephraim who helped oversee this project
been all over construction projects along with a couple ever custodians that
I saw here ryan Thomas and Aaron Anderson for helping to set up
there they are revered we have
part of our end information Instructional Technology Services
Department who were here /div make today
at this event Fred Rossmannek whether the managers over media
Jerome Thomas and Sean Caroll a couple the classified staff that are helping
today
are kinesiology department for their foresight
envisioned what a fitness center should be which includes Dean connie sears
and department head Karen Kane and the members the by management team
particularly
bill Adams Michael Boo's mama and Molly Grasset
the Cordova corporation I would also like to thank the Office of
Communications Inc college advancement for organizing the event today
especially Mark Taylor and communal bowl 10 and most importantly faced all you
for being here today
now I invite president Oakley word
president kellogg and board members Clark
And Uranga to come join me for a photograph in the cut the ribbon
and then everyone else is welcome to enjoy refreshments that are on the side
patio over here
thank you very much
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