Food options to stay same New vendors to come at earliest Fall 2015

If you are hungry for more oncampus food choices at Pierce College, don’t expect any until at least Fall 2015.

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Crossroads opened in April 2013, but didn’t see a single vendor in its cafeteria for 11 months. Lovebirds Café opened for business in March 2014, and has been the cafeteria’s sole occupant since.

The majority of the cafeteria has been walled off, and unused, for more than a year-and-a-half. It will be at least another nine months before that changes, according to Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez.

“Our goal is to have this outlined this academic year, and begin the enhanced services next academic year [fall 2015],” Rodriguez said. “That’s for all colleges.”

Even though the cafeteria is filled with culinary equipment, LACCD has not made contact with

Cafeteria sits empty after being completed any potential vendors to fill the space, Rodriguez said.

“We’re not even that far,” Rodriguez said. “I have not spoken to anyone.”

There were rumors that Aramark was in the running to be a singlevendor solution, district-wide.

But LACCD Board of Trustees

President Scott Svonkin said otherwise.

“That’s not true,” Svonkin said. “It is misinformation provided by somebody that doesn’t understand the process.”

[For the full story visit theroundupnews.com] the taxpayers have a big voice, and they are willing to be heard and want to be heard,” C. McBroom said. “Nobody wants this property and facilities to go away. They live for this and look forward to this.”

Desiree Cooper worked at the Farm Center for nine years.

“It is really sad, but I have faith that something good is going to come out of it,” Cooper said.

For now, the Farm Center will operate business-as-usual until its last day, Dec. 26. Until then, it will sell Christmas trees, food, host live music, and offer an opportunity to take pictures with Santa Claus.

“It’s not easy to turn off and start over,” C. McBroom said. “It wasn’t something that was even a thought in our minds when we signed up with this property.”

Associate Professor of Library Science Paula Paggi said she’s confident the process will be completed on time, and that she would be “appalled” if the PCC did not pass the library’s opening.

“I’m 95 percent sure that it will be open, because the budget committee was very supportive,” Paggi said. “The committee said that if the school is having classes, then it has to be open.”

Changes in administration delayed the budget process that Paggi started in September.

Paggi said that instead of informing her of the changes to the process immediately, the Budget Committee told her the week of Thanksgiving that she had to report to the Dec. 2 meeting to plead her case.

“I’ve never had to go before the Budget Committee before,” Paggi said. “That’s fine, but I wish I knew earlier.”

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