The Plan

Preface

Purpose of the Campus Master Plan
This University of Colorado at Boulder Campus Master Plan is the guide for future physical development of the campus. The plan takes into account a number of changes impacting the campus, many of which are due to the rapid evolution of technology for information and learning. Other changes include an increasing enrollment, increases in research activity, new goals and procedures from sources both external and internal to the university, increased expectations by students and the community, and changing resources. The Master Plan addresses both a backlog of needs and projections of future needs. This plan is a guide for the University of Colorado at BoulderÕs capital investment and other physical changes on the campus.
The University of Colorado at Boulder has a long tradition of producing master plans, often about once a decade, and has successfully implemented provisions of these plans. The previous master plan was approved in early 1990, served its useful purpose, and needs to be replaced with a more current plan. The State of Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) requires each higher education institution in Colorado to have a current master plan. The program plans for specific buildings, major renovations, and new infrastructure are required by CCHE to be consistent with the current master plan for the institution.
The Campus Master Plan is a land use plan to guide decisions, not a fixed plan that could unduly limit opportunities and creativity. This approach is more usable and flexible. For specific campus areas, micro-master plans are developed in more design detail.
The purposes of the five chapters in the Campus Master Plan are to:

identify institutional goals pertinent to campus planning, with projections for enrollment, research, and employment;
provide a relevant history and analysis of the setting and patterns of development;
analyze facilities needs, within major land use categories;
set forth the comprehensive framework plan for buildings, outdoor areas, environmental management, transportation, and utilities infrastructure; and
address community relations, land acquisition, and capital improvements planning.

Planning is an ongoing process. Within the framework this plan provides, much work remains to be done. There are almost always program plans in process. Studies will be underway during the year 2000 regarding conference facilities and utilities. Facilities standards will be updated to implement plans. But for the next several years, this Campus Master Plan will be the guide that identifies the goals and ties the planning efforts together.
Time Frames
The plan is applicable for the 10-year period from 1998 to 2008. Timeliness of the data available as the base for this plan varied slightly, some from the 1997-98 school year, some as recent as fall 1999.
CCHE requires that the plan include at least the next five yearly capital funding cycles, which are fiscal years 2000-01 through 2004-05. Because projects receiving initial funding in 2005 may not be completed until 2008, it is necessary to look out to at least 2008 in terms of projected enrollment and other activities.
It is difficult to plan definitively for longer than about 10 years, given the changes occurring in higher education and uncertainties inherent with annual funding cycles. However, parts of the plan are longer-range, in order to provide direction, vision, and identification of the long-term development potential of the campus.
Preparation Process
The University of Colorado at Boulder began the process of preparing a new Master Plan in early 1997. In March 1997, Dr. Richard Byyny, then Interim Chancellor, appointed a Pre-Planning Task Force chaired by Paul Tabolt (then Facilities Management Director) "to gain a better understanding of policy and political issues that will need to be carefully analyzed and evaluated during the master planning process." This task force interviewed Regents and CU-Boulder administrators. Comments were collected about major goals, land use issues, campus image, signage, landscaping, transportation, land acquisition, and property-specific issues (for Williams Village, Grandview, and CU-Boulder South).
The initial interviewees suggested a process of widespread involvement by the university community and local community. Consequently, in August 1997, Chancellor Byyny appointed eight task forces:

Projecting Demographics, Space, and Economic Impact
Reassessing Academic Facilities
Creating Living-Learning Environments
East Campus/Research Park Planning Principles
Interfacing the Campus and Community
Land Use Principles for Location of Student and Administrative Services
Creating Image through Architecture, Landscaping, Density, and Signage
Facilitating Transportation.

Task forces membership included faculty, staff, students, and community representatives. James Baily, Campus Planner, directed the master plan process throughout, including coordination of the task forces and a thorough review process.
The task forces reported their recommendations in February 1998. Issues raised were charted and discussed with a large number of representative groups during the next year. Among these groups were the:

Board of Regents (particularly their Capital Planning Committee),
Boulder Campus Planning Commission (a representative body of faculty, staff, and students),
Design Review Board (four prominent architects and landscape architects),
University/City Steering Committee (Regents and Boulder City Council members),
ChancellorÕs Executive Committee,
ChancellorÕs Community Advisory Board (local business and community leaders),
Faculty Assembly (through their Executive Committee),
Council of Deans, and
Staff directors of divisions in Administration and Student Affairs.

Drafting of the plan began in July 1998. Twenty-two people on campus were selected in July to initially draft or provide materials for various sections. Nine consultants were selected to provide:

Space needs analysis (Paulien & Associates),
Outdoor areas planning (Civitas, Inc.),
Transportation information (Felsburg Holt & Ullevig),
Flood hazard analysis (Love & Associates, Inc.),
Outdoor lighting analysis (Clanton & Associates),
Housing site selection, and Williams Village area planning (Design Workshop),
Grandview area planning (Shapins Associates),
Mountain Research Station surveying (Boulder Land Consultants), and
Norlin Quadrangle planning (Design Concepts).

Over the year beginning in July 1998, the in-house and consulting sources provided analyses to James Baily, who wrote the plan. An initial draft was published in July 1999 and widely circulated. In late 1999, comments received were incorporated into the plan, prior to final action by the Board of Regents.
This lengthy preparation process has allowed many people to have input and review. This has created a better plan, and a greater commitment for implementation of provisions of this Campus Master Plan.
Terminology
The University of Colorado at Boulder is elsewhere referred to as "the university," "CU," "UCB," "CUB," "CU-Boulder," or the "Boulder campus." Hyphens and commas are sometimes added in the institutionÕs name.
In this plan, most references are more precise:

"CU-Boulder" is used as the short form of the official name, the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The "university" or "CU" refers to the entire University of Colorado, a multi-campus system headquartered in Boulder. References to property ownership and transactions are correctly "university" items under the governing board, the Board of Regents.
The "campus" means the real estate of CU-Boulder, both the land and the improvements on the land.

Acknowledgements
More people were involved in the preparation of this Campus Master Plan than in any previous master planning for the University of Colorado at Boulder. Many of the groups and consultants who participated are noted in the "preparation process" section above, and their contributions are gratefully acknowledged.
On-campus individuals who prepared initial drafts of material included: Lisa Adair, Facilities Management Environmental Services; Mansour Alipour-fard, Facilities Management Fire Safety; Mark Augustin, Employee Development; David Cook, Division of Parking and Transit Services; Tom Cowing, Facilities Management Engineering and Utilities; Noel Cummings, Office of Planning, Budget, and Analysis; Bill Deno, Office of the Campus Architect; Rich Harpel, University Academic Affairs and Federal Relations; Steve Hecht, Office of Facilities Planning; Bill Herbstreit, Office of Financial and Business Services; Ana Johnson, Division of Parking and Transit Services; Bill Kaempfer, Academic Affairs; Marilyn Laverty, Employee Development; Jeff Lipton, Facilities Management; Dennis Maloney, Information Technology Services; Lou McClelland, Office of Planning, Budget, and Analysis; Larry Nelson, Office of Contracts and Grants; Kathleen Rogers, Office of Planning, Budget, and Analysis; Joe Roy, Division of Parking and Transit Services; Phil Simpson, Office of Facilities Planning; Ron Stump, Student Affairs; Will Toor and staff, UCSU Environmental Center; Michele Van Pelt, Office of Financial and Business Services; and Richard Wobbekind, Business Research Division. James Baily, Campus Planner, wrote all final material.
In addition, reviewers included: Richard Byyny M.D., Chancellor; Paul Tabolt, Vice Chancellor for Administration; Robert Sievers, Chair, RegentÕs Capital Planning Committee; Bobbi Barrow, Executive Director of Institutional Relations; Albert Bartlett, Professor Emeritus; Stephen Lester, student; John Prosser, Jerry Seracuse, Eldon Beck, and Cab Childress, members of the University Design Review Board; and William Arndt, Administrative Assistant, Facilities Planning.
Most graphics were prepared by Stephen Wendzel, Assistant to the Master Plan Coordinator, with assistance from the Facilities Management CAD Office. Assistance by the Office of Publications and Marketing included: Linda Besen, text editing; Barbara Diehl, layout design; and Eileen Witt, project management.
Thanks are extended to these and many other people who contributed to this plan.
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	Preface Purpose of the Campus Master Plan This University of Colorado at Boulder Campus Master Plan is the guide for future physical development of the campus. The plan takes into account a number of changes impacting the campus, many of which are due to the rapid evolution of technology for information and learning. Other changes include an increasing enrollment, increases in research activity, new goals and procedures from sources both external and internal to the university, increased expectations by students and the community, and changing resources. The Master Plan addresses both a backlog of needs and projections of future needs. This plan is a guide for the University of Colorado at BoulderÕs capital investment and other physical changes on the campus. The University of Colorado at Boulder has a long tradition of producing master plans, often about once a decade, and has successfully implemented provisions of these plans. The previous master plan was approved in early 1990, served its useful purpose, and needs to be replaced with a more current plan. The State of Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) requires each higher education institution in Colorado to have a current master plan. The program plans for specific buildings, major renovations, and new infrastructure are required by CCHE to be consistent with the current master plan for the institution. The Campus Master Plan is a land use plan to guide decisions, not a fixed plan that could unduly limit opportunities and creativity. This approach is more usable and flexible. For specific campus areas, micro-master plans are developed in more design detail. The purposes of the five chapters in the Campus Master Plan are to: identify institutional goals pertinent to campus planning, with projections for enrollment, research, and employment; provide a relevant history and analysis of the setting and patterns of development; analyze facilities needs, within major land use categories; set forth the comprehensive framework plan for buildings, outdoor areas, environmental management, transportation, and utilities infrastructure; and address community relations, land acquisition, and capital improvements planning. Planning is an ongoing process. Within the framework this plan provides, much work remains to be done. There are almost always program plans in process. Studies will be underway during the year 2000 regarding conference facilities and utilities. Facilities standards will be updated to implement plans. But for the next several years, this Campus Master Plan will be the guide that identifies the goals and ties the planning efforts together. Time Frames The plan is applicable for the 10-year period from 1998 to 2008. Timeliness of the data available as the base for this plan varied slightly, some from the 1997-98 school year, some as recent as fall 1999. CCHE requires that the plan include at least the next five yearly capital funding cycles, which are fiscal years 2000-01 through 2004-05. Because projects receiving initial funding in 2005 may not be completed until 2008, it is necessary to look out to at least 2008 in terms of projected enrollment and other activities. It is difficult to plan definitively for longer than about 10 years, given the changes occurring in higher education and uncertainties inherent with annual funding cycles. However, parts of the plan are longer-range, in order to provide direction, vision, and identification of the long-term development potential of the campus. Preparation Process The University of Colorado at Boulder began the process of preparing a new Master Plan in early 1997. In March 1997, Dr. Richard Byyny, then Interim Chancellor, appointed a Pre-Planning Task Force chaired by Paul Tabolt (then Facilities Management Director) "to gain a better understanding of policy and political issues that will need to be carefully analyzed and evaluated during the master planning process." This task force interviewed Regents and CU-Boulder administrators. Comments were collected about major goals, land use issues, campus image, signage, landscaping, transportation, land acquisition, and property-specific issues (for Williams Village, Grandview, and CU-Boulder South). The initial interviewees suggested a process of widespread involvement by the university community and local community. Consequently, in August 1997, Chancellor Byyny appointed eight task forces: Projecting Demographics, Space, and Economic Impact Reassessing Academic Facilities Creating Living-Learning Environments East Campus/Research Park Planning Principles Interfacing the Campus and Community Land Use Principles for Location of Student and Administrative Services Creating Image through Architecture, Landscaping, Density, and Signage Facilitating Transportation. Task forces membership included faculty, staff, students, and community representatives. James Baily, Campus Planner, directed the master plan process throughout, including coordination of the task forces and a thorough review process. The task forces reported their recommendations in February 1998. Issues raised were charted and discussed with a large number of representative groups during the next year. Among these groups were the: Board of Regents (particularly their Capital Planning Committee), Boulder Campus Planning Commission (a representative body of faculty, staff, and students), Design Review Board (four prominent architects and landscape architects), University/City Steering Committee (Regents and Boulder City Council members), ChancellorÕs Executive Committee, ChancellorÕs Community Advisory Board (local business and community leaders), Faculty Assembly (through their Executive Committee), Council of Deans, and Staff directors of divisions in Administration and Student Affairs. Drafting of the plan began in July 1998. Twenty-two people on campus were selected in July to initially draft or provide materials for various sections. Nine consultants were selected to provide: Space needs analysis (Paulien & Associates), Outdoor areas planning (Civitas, Inc.), Transportation information (Felsburg Holt & Ullevig), Flood hazard analysis (Love & Associates, Inc.), Outdoor lighting analysis (Clanton & Associates), Housing site selection, and Williams Village area planning (Design Workshop), Grandview area planning (Shapins Associates), Mountain Research Station surveying (Boulder Land Consultants), and Norlin Quadrangle planning (Design Concepts). Over the year beginning in July 1998, the in-house and consulting sources provided analyses to James Baily, who wrote the plan. An initial draft was published in July 1999 and widely circulated. In late 1999, comments received were incorporated into the plan, prior to final action by the Board of Regents. This lengthy preparation process has allowed many people to have input and review. This has created a better plan, and a greater commitment for implementation of provisions of this Campus Master Plan. Terminology The University of Colorado at Boulder is elsewhere referred to as "the university," "CU," "UCB," "CUB," "CU-Boulder," or the "Boulder campus." Hyphens and commas are sometimes added in the institutionÕs name. In this plan, most references are more precise: "CU-Boulder" is used as the short form of the official name, the University of Colorado at Boulder. The "university" or "CU" refers to the entire University of Colorado, a multi-campus system headquartered in Boulder. References to property ownership and transactions are correctly "university" items under the governing board, the Board of Regents. The "campus" means the real estate of CU-Boulder, both the land and the improvements on the land. Acknowledgements More people were involved in the preparation of this Campus Master Plan than in any previous master planning for the University of Colorado at Boulder. Many of the groups and consultants who participated are noted in the "preparation process" section above, and their contributions are gratefully acknowledged. On-campus individuals who prepared initial drafts of material included: Lisa Adair, Facilities Management Environmental Services; Mansour Alipour-fard, Facilities Management Fire Safety; Mark Augustin, Employee Development; David Cook, Division of Parking and Transit Services; Tom Cowing, Facilities Management Engineering and Utilities; Noel Cummings, Office of Planning, Budget, and Analysis; Bill Deno, Office of the Campus Architect; Rich Harpel, University Academic Affairs and Federal Relations; Steve Hecht, Office of Facilities Planning; Bill Herbstreit, Office of Financial and Business Services; Ana Johnson, Division of Parking and Transit Services; Bill Kaempfer, Academic Affairs; Marilyn Laverty, Employee Development; Jeff Lipton, Facilities Management; Dennis Maloney, Information Technology Services; Lou McClelland, Office of Planning, Budget, and Analysis; Larry Nelson, Office of Contracts and Grants; Kathleen Rogers, Office of Planning, Budget, and Analysis; Joe Roy, Division of Parking and Transit Services; Phil Simpson, Office of Facilities Planning; Ron Stump, Student Affairs; Will Toor and staff, UCSU Environmental Center; Michele Van Pelt, Office of Financial and Business Services; and Richard Wobbekind, Business Research Division. James Baily, Campus Planner, wrote all final material. In addition, reviewers included: Richard Byyny M.D., Chancellor; Paul Tabolt, Vice Chancellor for Administration; Robert Sievers, Chair, RegentÕs Capital Planning Committee; Bobbi Barrow, Executive Director of Institutional Relations; Albert Bartlett, Professor Emeritus; Stephen Lester, student; John Prosser, Jerry Seracuse, Eldon Beck, and Cab Childress, members of the University Design Review Board; and William Arndt, Administrative Assistant, Facilities Planning. Most graphics were prepared by Stephen Wendzel, Assistant to the Master Plan Coordinator, with assistance from the Facilities Management CAD Office. Assistance by the Office of Publications and Marketing included: Linda Besen, text editing; Barbara Diehl, layout design; and Eileen Witt, project management. Thanks are extended to these and many other people who contributed to this plan. Return to the Table of Contents
CONTENTS \| THE PROCESS \| THE PLAN \| MAPS AND CHARTS \| TOURS