The recommended master plan to spend Measure E funds was formed September 2000.

“Each classroom will be touched by the bond measure,” said Mike Brandy, vice president of Finance and College Services.

Brandy said there is more than one architect firm covering the new design of De Anza because some firms specialize in particular buildings such as science labs while others specialize in cultural / social science buildings.

The Kirsch Foundation donated $2 million for the Environmental Studies Building, but De Anza still needs to raise $4 million for that project.

On parking

De Anza is “not ready to make a decision” about where to put a new parking structure, Brandy said. A plan has been proposed to locate it behind the library and next to the current garage.

But, a question has been raised concerning how a parking structure will affect traffic congestion at the intersection of Highway 85 and Stevens Creek Blvd.

It has also been a suggested that the structure be built in parking lot B. However, there has been a great deal of controversy over that suggestion, as it would endanger the monthly Flea Market, which is where clubs and the student body makes a lot of their revenue.

“All factors are in the air,” Brandy said. Brandy also said that he wants De Anza to be a quality place for people to attend.

Therefore, another factor to be considered is the noise factor. Brandy said that he does not want students to have trouble hearing lectures due to outside traffic.

Currently designs for three new buildings are in the works. These buildings will include an arts / lecture hall, a multi-purpose building that will provide housing information, a community service center and bookstores and a new science building that will replace the OTC buildings.

More design plans are being proposed and are waiting for approval from the state in 18 months.