Campus Master Plan Update

							Campus Master Plan
    Update
 University of Colorado at Boulder
               Master Plan Process
   Three Phases
       Phase I – Assessment
          Initiation (Plan to Plan)
          Issue Identification (Stakeholder Interviews)
          Task Force Formation

       Phase II – Plan Development
          Task Force Reports
          Inventory
          Analysis
          Draft Plan
              Master Plan Process
   Three Phases
       Phase III – Review and Adoption
          Reviews and Editing
          Approvals

   Completion by March 2011
               Phase I Findings
   Conversations with Deans, Faculty, Students
    and City, on a wide variety of topics

• Discussion included
       -- Growth              -- City/University
       -- Research               Relationships
       -- Density             -- Sustainability
       -- Land use            -- Technology
       -- Academic Villages   -- Challenges
       -- Transportation
       -- Open space
              Phase I Findings
   Majority View is a view held by most of the
    people that were interviewed.
   Minority View is a unique view that indicated an
    area that needs additional investigation
                Phase I Findings
                  Challenges
   Majority View: “Aligning our aspirations with
    our resources” will be our greatest challenge in
    the next ten years
   Minority View:
     Moving the university beyond tolerance to
      acceptance on diversity.
     Financial constraints on other institutions will make
      CU pick up a greater share of the burden than we
      will be able to handle.
                 Phase I Findings
                     Growth
   Majority View: We will meet our predicted growth
    (3500 more students) and it will be difficult on our
    students and faculty.
   Minority View: We will greatly exceed our growth
    expectations in order to make up for lost state support.
   Minority View: We will fall short of our expected
    growth because we can’t afford the faculty that would
    be required to do so.
   Minority View: Support infrastructure is not in place to
    handle the student services required for growth, thus
    becoming the limiting factor.
                Phase I Findings
                 Transportation
   Majority View: Parking will be needed in the
    future. It a severe issue for faculty and staff that
    commute.
   Majority View: Perimeter parking is appropriate
    as a campus. It may become more remote as
    time goes on.
   Majority View: A freshman car ban would
    improve campus parking supply.
               Phase I Findings
                Transportation
   Minority View: A freshman car ban would be
    hard on students. Out of state students rely
    heavily on their cars.
   Minority View: Peripheral parking is a safety
    concern at night. High nighttime use areas need
    to have close parking.
   Minority View: “We have a walking problem
    not a parking problem.”
                Phase I Findings
                 Transportation
   Majority View: Good transit service is very
    important to access campus.
     Critical for the success of East Campus
     Need an efficient shuttle service to and from all
      parts of campus.
     Supports regional goals for reducing traffic.
                Phase I Findings
                    Density
   Majority View: The campus is getting too dense
    due to all the recent development.
     18th & Colorado is an unattractive urban
      environment.
     The new buildings are too tall and block mountain
      views.
               Phase 1 Findings
                 Open Space
   Majority View: We are consuming our open
    space for buildings and it is changing the
    character of the campus in a negative way.
   Minority View: The campus and in particular
    the landscape and open areas are more beautiful
    now than it was 20 years ago.
                   Phase I Findings
                      Housing
   Majority View: The freshman residential experience
    will continue to be the primary first-year experience.
       Critical to acclimating students to college life.
       We will be housing about the same number of students in the
        future
       More upper division students should be housed in the
        residence halls
   Minority View: We cannot afford to continue housing
    all freshman and we will move toward a commuter
    model.
               Phase I Findings
                  Housing
   Majority View: Family housing will be an
    important tool in recruiting the best graduate
    students.
   Minority View: Consider also single student
    apartments for graduate students.
            Phase I Findings
     Residential Academic Programs
   Majority View: Residential Academic Programs
    will become prevalent and most students will
    experience it in their first year.
   Minority View: We are reaching the limits of
    new programs because we won’t be able to
    recruit faculty to live and teach in the residence
    halls.
                Phase I Findings
                 Sustainability
   Majority View: Sustainability will be an
    important part of the university’s future.
     We have to do our part.
     We will need to meet the carbon goals of the 2030
      plan
   Minority View: Can we afford it?
                   Phase I Findings
                   City/University
   Many of the underlying issues from 2001 remain
     Grandview
     CU-Boulder South

     The Hill

   Both entities want to work together better
       Potential for university affiliates to integrate into the
        City’s community boards and commissions
                 Phase II
            Immediate Next Steps
   Master Plan Task Forces
     Recreation, Open Space and Athletics
     East Campus Vision
     Academic Needs and Space Utilization
     Transportation
     Sustainability
     Living/Learning Environments
     North of Boulder Creek
     Community Partnerships
                  Phase II
             Immediate Next Steps
   Data Gathering
     Space Projections
     Area calculations

     Traffic analysis

     Sustainability benchmarking

     Mapping
         Topographic
         Flood
                Phase II
           Immediate Next Steps
   Next report will be in December or January
     Questions?

  Campus Master Plan Update
University of Colorado at Boulder