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ATTACHMENT C Lane Community College Downtown Center – project description GENERAL BACKGROUND Lane Community College (LCC) is in the planning stages for a new 80,000 square foot Downtown th Center. LCC has selected the 10 & Charnelton Development Site as the preferred location for the project. The new facility will house the programs currently located in LCC’s Downtown Center – continuing education, non-credit workforce development programs, English as a Second Language, and Adult Basic Education. In addition, Career and Technical Energy Programs, the Business Development Center and Employee Training, eDev, Senior Companion Program, and Successful Aging Institute will relocate th from LCC’s facility at 14 and Willamette. Career and Technical programs that support training for “green” jobs such as Energy Management and Renewable Resources will be relocated from the main campus to the downtown facility. It is intended that the multi-use facility will include space for lease by tenants and other community uses. For example, the Oregon Small Business Development Center Network, hosted by LCC and currently leasing space from the City of Eugene, will move into the building. The building is projected to have a 100% utilization rate for approximately 16 hours per day, 6 or 7 days a week. A feasibility study regarding the inclusion of student housing in the building is currently being conducted. The new building will be a “state of the art” educational building and a learning laboratory for the Energy Management students to use for experiments and monitoring. LCC is targeting LEED 1 Platinum certification and the Living Building Challenge as standards for the building. Both building programs include standards which will add to the overall cost of construction but will ultimately provide significant operating savings to LCC. To date, LCC has secured approximately $17 million for the project through a local bond measure and state matching funds. Although the total cost of the project is unknown at this time, the most recent estimate is $27 million. Because LCC’s operating funds (used to make debt service payments) are limited, the Downtown Center project is actively seeking alternative, non-debt funding sources. 1 The Living Building Challenge (LBC) was established by the Cascadia Region Green Building Council. LBC goes beyond LEED Platinum certification in terms of sustainability. To date the Living Building Challenge has not been met by any single building.