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CAMPUS MASTER PLAN UPATEFocus Group – I n f r as t r uc t ur e

26 April 2016

What we heard Campus Framework and Open Space Network Utility Corridors Population Growth and Campus Development Stormwater Management Table Top Activity Sustainability Discussion and Next Steps

AGENDA

WHAT WE HEARD

Pedestrian Conflict Areas• Bizzell Street

• Academic / Engineering Area (Ross Mall, Ireland St., etc.)

• University Drive Crossings

White Creek• Erosion Issues

West Campus Remoteness• Connection from White Creek Housing to East Campus

• Connection from West Campus to East Campus

• West Campus feels remote due to lower population and

density

Memorial Student Center• Works well on multiple levels – Design Standards,

Signage, Branding, Green/Open Space, etc.

Traffic Congestion Points• Reed Arena/Parking Lots (100)

• Bizzell Street (Parking Lots 54)

Green Space• JK Williams Admin Building East Lawn (formal)

• All Quads (Cushing, Academic, Architecture)

• West Campus Green Space is underutilized

• Spence Park has great potential

• Simpson Drill Field – multifunctional open space

Build-to-Line• Identify (and Enforce?) – Is it still applicable?

Campus Policies and Process• Campus Policies and Process should align with the CMP

• Update in order to implement the plan accordingly

Campus Branding• Multiple opportunities to enhance TAMU branding

• Arrival points, institutional identity and campus traditions

need to be leveraged.

Off-Campus Development• Will lead to new access points and the need for improved

systems to support TAMU users of these developments

What We Heard: Collectivelisten:

What We Heard: Infrastructure Focus Grouplisten:

Area around Emerging Technology, Polo Field and parking lots – if developed – requires infrastructure and maintaining storm water capacity.

What We Heard: Infrastructure Focus Grouplisten:

New utility loop being completed behind Duncan Hall and may allow for modifications to visually and functionally improve the area.

What We Heard: Infrastructure Focus Grouplisten:

The core of campus is congested with services and may impact planning.

What We Heard: Infrastructure Focus Grouplisten:

White Creek issues extend beyond the campus boundaries.

What We Heard: Infrastructure Focus Grouplisten:

Limited services in the Hensel Park area, but some are being provided to the Century Square development.

CAMPUS FRAMEWORK AND OPEN SPACE NETWORK

The 2004 Civic Structureframe:

Framework Updateframe:

Framework Updateframe:

Framework Updateframe:

Framework Updateframe:

Framework Updateframe:

Open Space Networkframe:

Expanded Open Space Networkframe:

Campus Character Zonescharacter:

UTILITY CORRIDORS

Domestic Waterutilities:

Chilled Waterutilities:

Hot Waterutilities:

Electricalutilities:

Sanitary Sewerutilities:

Storm Sewerutilities:

Storm Sewer and Detentionutilities:

CAMPUS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Research Park Growthgrowth:

Research Park Growthgrowth:

Site Size: 9,415,311 SFor 209 Acres

SCENARIOTotal Buildout: 9,415,311 GSF

1.0 FAR

Site Size: 9,415,311 SFor 209 Acres

EXISTINGTotal Buildout: 637,751 GSF

.07 FAR

Site Size: 9,415,311 SFor 209 Acres

SCENARIOTotal Buildout: 4,707,655 GSF

0.5 FAR

Site Size: 9,415,311 SFor 209 Acres

SCENARIOTotal Buildout: 7,061,483 GSF

0.75 FAR

Research Park Growthgrowth:

Site Size: 9,415,311 SFor 209 Acres

SCENARIOTotal Buildout: 9,415,311 GSF

1.0 FAR

Site Size: 4,571,070 SFor 105 Acres

EXISTINGTotal Buildout: 4,439,757 GSF

.97 FAR

Research Park Growthgrowth:

How are Storm water, Utilities and Emissions affected by this growth?

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

Water Coursesstormwater:Turkey Creek

Burton Creek

Wolf Pin Creek

Bee Creek

White Creek

All feed into the Brazos River

Water Courses and Storm Sewersstormwater:

Detention (Proposed)stormwater:

Vegetation, Water Courses and Detentionstormwater:

Impervious Surfacesstormwater:

Pavement Solutions stormwater:

Porous pavement is simply a type of asphalt or concrete pavement that allows water to drain through due to its coarse structure.

Allowing water to permeate through is important for recharging the water table and preventing pollutants from being washed into waterways.

Non-porous pavement does not allow water to go through, causing stormwater runoff.

Pavement Solutions stormwater:

Vegetated Swales and Rain Gardensstormwater:

Vegetated swales are sloped, shallow ditch-like features that contain vegetative plantings.

As water flows through the swales, stormwaterpollutants are removed from the water.

A rain garden captures and temporarily holds rainwater until the ground can absorb the water.

They can also be established in poorly drained areas, which are difficult to maintain as good lawn, as well as in open swales in parking islands.

Infiltration Bedsstormwater:

Subsurface Infiltration Beds provide temporary storage and infiltration of stormwater runoff by placing storage media of varying types beneath the proposed surfacegrade.

These storage/infiltration beds are important to replenishing the groundwater supply and to retaining stream base flow during dry weather.

Athletic and Intramural fields can be used as storage/infiltration beds.

Tree Trenchesstormwater:

Tree Trenches are continuous planting strips, typically 2.5-3.5 feet deep, filled with a new soil mix.

They provide adequate growing space for tree roots and also create opportunities to capture and even infiltrate stormwater.

Tree Trenches can be continuous excavated areas that are open at the surface where existing soils are amended or covered with modular paving at the surface for light traffiic.

Underground Systems stormwater:

Swenson Civil EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota Duluth

Through integrated use of permeable paving, rain gardens, and an underground storm water retention system, 90% of the average precipitation is captured and treated on-site.

The underground system allows infiltration to reduce runoff volume.

Cisterns (Rainwater Harvesting)stormwater:

Rainwater harvesting, or the practice of capturing and collecting rainfall for reuse on-site instead of allowing it to runoff, is an effective strategy for reducing water use.

The water collected is used to irrigate nearby grass athletic fields, trees and lawns on the plaza area.

Vegetated Roof Systems and Roof Gardensstormwater:

Vegetated roofs systems help to hold precipitation and prevent runoff.

A series of thin layers supporting a top layer of low growing, drought tolerant vegetation.

The several layers are; a waterproofing layer, a root barrier, a drainage/storage layer, growth media, and the actual vegetation.

Education and Outreachstormwater:

Public education and outreach programs to further stormwater education and provides educational materials to students, faculty, and staff.

Some of these programs include drain marking sessions with students, volunteer stream clean up days, and educational seminars open to the entire campus community.

Stormwater Solutionsstormwater:

REGIONAL SOLUTIONS• Restoration of the “natural

drainage system” of streams and

swales,

• Re-vegetation of specific areas of the campus

• Detention Basins/Retention Basins

• Increased Permeable Surfaces on Campus

CAMPUS SOLUTIONS• Bioswales (Pedestrian Routes,

Parking Lots)

• Rain Gardens (Drainage Challenged Areas)

• Infiltration Beds

• Tree Trenches

• Permeable Pavement (Pedestrian Routes, Parking Lots)

PROJECT BUILDING SOLUTIONS• Vegetated, Green Roof

• Underground Systems

• Cisterns

• Bioswales

• Permeable Pavement

UNC Chapel Hill Stormwater Planstormwater:

DRIVERS OF THE STORMWATER MASTERPLAN

• NPDES Permit• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination

System Phase II Stormwater permit requirements

• Infrastructure Management

• Sustainability

ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES

• Balance growth with preservation of the natural drainage system

• Manage storm water as an opportunity not a problem

• Recognize that UNC-Chapel Hill is part of the Cape Fear Watershed

• Reinforce the University’s position as a

Role Model

UNC Chapel Hill Stormwater Planstormwater:

The recommendations were divided into four generic categories:

• Best Management Practices (BMPs) both structural and non-structural

• New Policies, Practices and Procedures

• Recommendations for Flooding

• Recommendations for Illicit Discharges

UNC Chapel Hill Stormwater Planstormwater:

Energy Services Department Responsible for oversight and management of UNC’s stormwater system infrastructure and master planning.

EHS Department Responsible for ensuring that the University meets local, state and federal requirements with regard to stormwater permitting, stream buffer protection, and water quality protection.

Grounds Department Responsible for cleaning and maintenance of stormwater inlets, catch basins, pipes and structural BMPs.

Facilities Planning and Construction Responsible for ensuring that buildings and other campus amenities are designed and constructed in ways that minimize their impacts on campus water quality.

UNC’s Stormwater Management program responsibilities are divided among several departments:

UNC Chapel Hill Stormwater Planstormwater:

KEY RECOMMENDATIONS

1. It is best to manage stormwater where the problem is generated. This approach prevents exacerbation of downstream problems.

2. A number of Stormwater management options–

large and small–distributed throughout a drainage area are inherently better than a single large solution, which if it fails, will have far larger consequences.

The UNC stormwater system is comprised of thousands of catch basins and inlets, miles of piping, dozens of structural best management practices (BMPs) and outfalls that discharge stormwater

TAMU Stormwater Master Plan (2016)stormwater:

Conclusions:

• Improve management models by incorporating better, recently gain information.

• Use the improved models to evaluate the changes on East Campus with respect 1987 baseline conditions.

• Establish a more reliable 2016 baseline condition for White Creek and Turkey Creek.

• Model the current 5-year plan to compare the 1987 and 2016 baselines and address the places where an increase discharge is calculated.

Recommendations:

1. Collect and Organize storm sewer data

2. Utilize a different approach to modeling for regional detention vs. project-based detention

3. New regional detention under consideration:• Two detention basins on eastern branch of

White Creek• One detention basin on western branch• Further detention at junction east and off

campus branches• One detention basin downstream of 2818

• Proactive management of stormwater erosion

TABLETOP EXERCISE

SUSTAINABILITY

The Approachsustain:

2010 TAMU Sustainability Master Plan Components

1. Management of Climate Change2. Purchasing of Sustainable Goods and

Services3. Optimization of Energy Use4. Sustainable Food and Dining5. Management of Water Resources6. Waste Management7. Sustainable Land Use8. Use of Green Building Practices9. Utilization of Alternative Transportation

and Fuels10. Improving Social and Economic Factors11. Education and Research12. Management and Funding Support

2016 TAMU Campus Master Plan Update Sustainability Themes

Operational Matters1. Energy Use and Conservation2. Ecology and Landscape3. Campus Mobility4. Built Environment and Site Design5. Waste Management6. Dining Services

Non-Operational Matters7. Social Sustainability8. Education, Outreach and Engagement9. Administrative Support10. Pedagogy, Research and Innovation

The Approachsustain:

Non-Operational Matters

Social Sustainability

Education, Outreach and Engagement

Administrative Support

Sustainability Pedagogy, Research and Innovation

Operational Matters

Energy Use and Conservation

Ecology and Landscape

Campus Mobility

Built Environment and Site Design

Waste Management

Dining Services

Affect campus systems and campus environment . (built environment and natural environment )

Affect campus behaviors, policies and practices; must be aligned with operational items in order to achieve the desired measureable outcomes

The Approachsustain:

Included in the Campus Master Plan Update as supported by multiple focus areas

Supported by the Campus Master Plan Update

Reinforced by the Campus Master Plan

Energy Use/ Conservation

Campus Mobility

Built Environment/Site Design

Waste Management

Dining Services

Operational Matters

Social Sustainability

Education, Outreach and Engagement

Administrative Support

Pedagogy, Research and Innovation

Non-Operational Matters

Ecology and Landscape

Site Planning & Developmentsustain:

• Campus Guidelines to address the built environment holistically including buildings, exterior spaces and immediate campus context.

• Consider the SITES program to ensure that the University is choosing sustainable site solutions.

• As part of the Campus Development Plan, encourage density, efficiency and compactness – (increased FARs)

Utility Infrastructuresustain:

• Optimize utility infrastructure thru site planning and campus densities.

• Coordinate campus development with UES.

• Leveraging existing capacity by reducing demand through more efficient buildings.

• Campus Master Plan Update to forecast long term building and utility corridors.

• Campus Master Plan Update to coordinate with expected current and future infrastructure locations.

Building Performance Criteriasustain:

• Campus Guidelines to support both active and passive climate mitigation and link to TAMU building performance criteria.

• Align guidelines with TAMU minimum of LEED Silver for new buildings and major renovations.

Building Environment Strategies sustain:

• Campus Guidelines to address the built environment holistically including buildings, exterior spaces and immediate campus context.

• Building transitional elements such as arcades for defining exterior spaces to augment interior spaces (shade).

Storm Water Detentionsustain:

• Address issue at individual project and campus district levels.

• Coordinate with UES and TAMU departments to incorporated ongoing efforts addressing storm water issues as part of the CMP Update.

• Align campus Open Space Network to support water management, landscape use and climate mitigation.

Landscape Materials and Applications sustain:

• Align the sustainability plan with the landscape guidelines to ensure plant and materials solutions are applicable.

• Investigate the proper and appropriate use of impervious paving around campus.

DISCUSSION/NEXT STEPS

Next Stepsnext:

• Identify the stormwater solutions most feasible for implementation at the varying campus scales

• Coordinate between CMP Update and 2016 Stormwater Master Plan

• Explore potential / need for additional stormwater capacity based on CMP scenarios

• Test alignments of Utility Corridors with CMP scenarios and related systems

• Joint Focus Group Session – May (TBD)

Thank you!

26 April 2016