City College of San Francisco
Overview
City College of San Francisco (CCSF) is a public, two-year community college accredited by the Accrediting Commission for
Community & Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Since its founding in 1935, City College has
evolved into a multicultural, multi-site community college that is one of the largest in the country.
The College currently serves over 60,000 students (credit and noncredit) through one main Campus, eight Centers, one additional
instructional location, and an administrative office; CCSF’s facilities are sited throughout the dynamic neighborhoods of beautiful
San Francisco. Each location has its very own distinct identity, offering an authentic sense of the surrounding area, culture and
people. The College’s locations include:
Facility
Ocean Campus
Airport Center
Civic Center (vacant)
Civic Center (occupied)
Chinatown / North Beach Center
Downtown Center
Evans Center
Fort Mason
John Adams Center
Mission Center
Southeast Center
District Business Office
Location
50 Phelan Avenue
San Francisco Airport, Building 928
750 Eddy Street
1170 Market Street
808 Kearny Street
88 Fourth Street
1500 Evans Avenue
2 Marina Blvd., Building B
1860 Hayes Street
1125 Valencia Street
1800 Oakdale Avenue
33 Gough Street
Square Feet
1,140,092
29,603
26,400
37,102
186,764
86,083
90,000
24,000
148,397
138,129
31,419
50,521
1,988,510
Owned / Leased
Owned
Leased
Owned
Leased
Owned
Owned
Owned
Leased
Owned
Owned
Leased
Owned
Accomplishments
A Facilities Master Plan (FMP) is currently in development, to guide facilities advancement over the coming ten years. The FMP
needs analysis and options development phases occurred in 2016; a recommendation will be in development in Winter 2017,
with the final recommendation scheduled to be presented to the Board of Trustees in late Spring 2017.
At the Ocean Campus, the facility condition index of existing structures – along with the layout, structural system, and viability
for adaptive reuse for modern instructional needs – informs decisions about renovating versus replacing buildings. The facility
condition index (FCI) is a benchmark used to support asset management initiatives in federal, state, and local government
facilities organizations.
Mathematically the FCI is represented as
FCI =
Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement Deficiencies of the Facility
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Current Replacement Value of the Facility
CCSF’s Ocean Campus has many aged facilities that are approaching or have exceeded their service lives, and are candidates
for replacement as indicated below.
The Ocean Campus is situated along Ocean Avenue, west of Highway 280, and bordering the Sunnyside neighborhood to the
north. The facilities master planning process is developing a focus on reorienting the campus toward Ocean Avenue, and
creating inviting pedestrian, bicycle and transit-oriented gateways along this major thoroughfare. Additional gateways along
Phelan Avenue are intended to seamlessly connect the west and east sides of the campus. Lesser though equally important
gateways are needed at entry points to the north, from the Sunnyside neighborhood. Gateways are indicated below with blue
stars.
Organization of the campus into academic, student services and athletic zones is indicated below. Of significant impact is the
planned development of the Balboa Reservoir, for high density residential housing. The Balboa Reservoir is owned by the
Public Utilities Commission, and has been used by CCSF for decades as surface parking. Elimination of the approximately
1,000 parking spaces on that site will reduce Ocean Campus parking by 34%. Through the facilities master planning initiative,
facilities such as pedestrian and bicycle friendly circulation pathways, bicycle storage, and enhanced gateways near transit
stations are being developed to encourage those transportation modes, while also restoring lost parking capacity through
structured parking. CCSF is coordinating its facilities master plan development with the San Francisco Planning Department,
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Bay Area Rapid Transit,
and California Department of Transportation.
The draft preferred facilities master plan option as it has been developed to date is indicated below. Next steps include
development of a final preference for the Ocean Campus, with continued input from CCSF faculty, students, staff,
administrators, governing Board, neighborhood and business associations, along with continued coordination and collaboration
with City, Regional and State agencies. The final preferred option will then be developed further to include possible
implementation sequences and schedules, cost estimates, and identification of potential financing opportunities.
Aside from the Ocean Campus, CCSF owns or leases 10 other instructional and administrative sites. CCSF’s facilities master
planning initiative includes condition and utilization analyses for each of the instructional sites, allowing the College District to
coordinate its educational and facilities master plans in future decision making. Some District Administrative Offices are
currently located at 33 Gough Street. In October 2016, the Board of Trustees approved a long-term ground lease for a developer
to construct multi-family housing at that site, including 33% inclusive housing to increase San Francisco’s overall and affordable
housing capacity. Plans are underway to relocate the affected District administrative functions to the Ocean Campus.
The Facilities Master Plan recommendation will be presented to the Board of Trustees in Spring 2017 for consideration and
adoption.