Transcript Interview Findings Power Point Presentation

Campus Master Plan
Update
University of Colorado at Boulder
Master Plan Process
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Three Phases
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Phase I – Assessment
Initiation (Plan to Plan)
 Issue Identification (Stakeholder Interviews)
 Task Force Formation
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Phase II – Plan Development
Task Force Reports
 Inventory
 Analysis
 Draft Plan
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Master Plan Process
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Three Phases
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Phase III – Review and Adoption
Reviews and Editing
 Approvals
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Completion by March 2011
Phase I Findings
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Conversations with Deans, Faculty, Students and
City, on a wide variety of topics
• Discussion included
-- Growth
-- Research
-- Density
-- Land use
-- Academic Villages
-- Transportation
-- Open space
-- City/University
Relationships
-- Sustainability
-- Technology
-- Challenges
Phase I Findings
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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
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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.
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Phase I Findings
Growth
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Phase I Findings
Density
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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.
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Phase 1 Findings
Open Space
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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
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Majority View: The freshman residential experience
will continue to be the primary first-year experience.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Minority View: Can we afford it?
Phase I Findings
City/University
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Many of the underlying issues from 2001 remain
Grandview
 CU-Boulder South
 The Hill
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Both entities want to work together better
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Potential for university affiliates to integrate into the
City’s community boards and commissions
Phase II
Immediate Next Steps
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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
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Phase II
Immediate Next Steps
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Data Gathering
Space Projections
 Area calculations
 Traffic analysis
 Sustainability benchmarking
 Mapping
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Topographic
 Flood
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Phase II
Immediate Next Steps
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Next report will be in December or January
Questions?
Campus Master Plan Update
University of Colorado at Boulder