Campus Master Plan Update

Task Force ReportsFebruary 16, 2010

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Agenda

• Review the task force groups and charges

• Discuss some of the findings• Review next steps

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Task Forces

• There were eight task forces in this phase:– Academic Needs and Space Utilization– Community Partnerships– East Campus Vision– North of Boulder Creek– Living-Learning Environments– Recreation, Open Space and Athletics– Transportation– Sustainability

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Task Forces

• Nearly 120 people participated• Composed of faculty, students, staff,

City representatives, and community representatives

• Worked October 2009 to January 2010• Final reports are nearly ready

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Task Forces

• Charged with– Examining their areas in light of Flagship

2030 Strategic Plan goals– Looking for areas of cooperation and

potential partnerships– Improving the utilization of our

resources– Studying specific issues of their focus

area

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Academic Needs & Space Utilization

• UG enrollment growth from 25,408 to 26,951 by F30

• GRAD enrollment growth from 4,788 to 7,100 by F30

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Academic Needs & Space Utilization

• UG enrollment growth from 25,408 to 26,951 by F30

• GRAD enrollment growth from 4,788 to 7,100 by F30

• Sensible plan for 250 new TTT faculty within next CMP

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Academic Needs & Space Utilization

• Facilities Improvements– Large Classroom (600 to 750 seats)– 1,000 seat performance venue (Music and Theater)– 3 additional science buildings (Geosciences, Chemistry

2, NREL)– Library welcome / Information Center– Science Museum– As facilities as provided, allow for instructor needs;

Consider use of former IBS buildings & other backfill space for instructors

– Convert vacated Henderson Museum/ MCOL and ENVD– Convert underutilized, obsolete space on MC for

faculty and graduate student offices with partitions

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Academic Needs & Space Utilization

• Other Recommendations:

– Reserve 1 to 1.5% of GF revenue for renovation and maintenance of academic facilities

– Incentivize efficient space usage throughout campus

– Ensure planning for and funding of vacated space on the MC as programs move to the EC

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Community Partnerships

• Key Principles– Institutional relations & cooperative

planning• Regular meetings of leadership• Commitment to transparency, shared information• Provide incentives and broaden the definition of faculty

teaching, service, and research to encourage community engagement

• Create an affiliate culture that supports diversity and mutual understanding

– Resource leveraging– Move the city and university toward a

creative economy

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Community Partnerships

Creative Economy:“We propose that campus planning

draw from the tenets of a “creative economy” as a “hybrid” model for economic growth, one premised upon technology, the arts, information, culture, the environment and entrepreneurialism.”

-Community Partnerships Task Force Report

Community Partnerships

• Design Elements– Seek common values that sustain economic,

social & environmental growth and responsibility

– Sensitivity to proximity– Develop common areas that promote public

safety, functionality and a Boulder “aesthetic.”– Reserve space for future development– Infill and density planning that supports

decongestion and efficient economic development

– Promote alternative transportation

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East Campus Vision

• Five Academic-Research Cores– Life Sciences (CIMB, Biochemistry, ChBE, IPHY, etc.)– Geosciences (ENVS, ATOC, INSTAAR, USGS, CIRES,

etc.)– Energy (RASIE, NREL)– Astrophysical & Space Sciences (LASP, CASA)– Social Sciences and Humanities (SLHS, Linguistics,

Philosophy)

• Engineering and Federal partnerships integrated into Academic Research Clusters

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North of Boulder Creek• Partner with UDFCD and City on flood mitigation

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North of Boulder Creek

North of Boulder Creek

• Partner with UDFCD and City on flood mitigation• Create partnerships to replace affordable family

housing in higher density development– Graduate students– International students – Faculty/staff – Retired campus constituents– Alumni

• Active and passive recreation and athletic fields in floodway

• Strengthen pedestrian linkages to the campus• Childcare• Conference Center

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Living-Learning Environments

• Implement plan to increase the number of RAPs from 9 to 30 by F30 (Flagship 2030)– Sustainable programs (discipline specific,

honors, thematic, common interest)

– Sustainable faculty leadership– Adequate facilities– Develop new financial model

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Living Learning Environments

• Understand what type of facility creates a successful, sustainable residential academic program

• The right mix of offices, smart classrooms, common area, study, staff support, recreation, music/game, kitchen spaces

• Facilities supporting a strong presence of mentors – faculty, upper classmen and graduate students

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Recreation, Open Space & Athletics

• Investing resources in recreation centers, athletic facilities and open space will result in powerful recruitment and retention tools.

• Existing facilities condition, combined with 20% growth in student enrollment over the past two decades, have placed extreme pressures upon facilities which now require immediate attention

• Demand cannot be met without both renovated and new facilities

• Geographical distribution of facilities cause operational difficulties

• Floodway/floodplain ground remains desirable for facilities 

• Preservation of existing open space

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Recreation, Open Space & Athletics

• Indoor– Minimum of 160,000 asf new (standard 12 sf per student)– Renovate Student Recreation Center (220,000 gsf)– Construct indoor practice facility with track– Expand Dal Ward

• Outdoor– 6 lighted natural turf multi-purpose fields (or 4 lighted synthetic)– Minimum of 4 lighted, natural turf softball fields; 1 lighted baseball

field– Ancillary facilities for athletics and recreation– Sustainable landscape/grounds

• Partner with City and school district– Indoor tennis– Competition swimming pool– Indoor/Outdoor running tracks– Ice rink

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Smart Growth Principles

• Smart Growth strategies:– Mix of land uses– Take advantage of compact building design– Create a range of housing opportunities and choices– Create walkable neighborhoods– Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of

place– Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty and critical

environmental areas– Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities– Provide a variety of transportation choices– Make development decisions predictable, fair and cost-effective– Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in

development decisions

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Next Steps

• Present Task Force Reports– Task Force Committee Members Feb. 4– BCPC Feb. 11– DRB Feb. 12– Deans Council Feb. 16– CU/City Joint Meeting Feb. 24– BFA/Faculty Open House Pending– Research Institute Directors PendingC

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Next Steps

• More In-depth Study – Contracts February 2010– Scenario Study March 2010– Begin Area Plans March 2010

• East Campus• North of Boulder Creek• Mountain Research Station

– Public Open House May 2010• Draft Plan

– Draft Plan Ready September 2010– Public Open House October 2010

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Next Steps

• Adopt Plan– Return through committees and boards

November 2010– Full Board Approval

January 2011– CCHE Approval

March 2011

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Campus Master Plan Update

http://www.colorado.edu/masterplan/

Office of Facilities PlanningFebruary 16, 2010

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