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To ensure that momentum for campus improvement is sustained, this section
of the plan provides specific steps and details associated with each of
the master plan goals and actions (see Section
1: Goals). The actions in this section are clustered into three specific
categories: Facilities, Circulation and Natural Environment.
The actions presented here reflect both short-term and long-term priorities.
Some actions can be implemented almost immediately and at modest cost.
Others clearly need long-term planning and have larger budgetary implications.
UAF departments and staff can accomplish some of these actions in-house,
while others may require expertise from outside the university. For example,
architectural services will be required in order to complete the recommended
design guidelines.
Securing adequate funding will undoubtedly be a challenge in implementing
this plan. However, we expect that this campus master plan will serve
as a vital foundation for articulating a broader campus vision consistent
with UAF's mission and for establishing future capital project funding
priorities. The Master Planning Committee looks forward to working with
the university leadership in achieving the goals and actions presented
here.
FACILITIES
A1. Action: Concentrate future building sites within
the perimeter of Tanana Loop, increasing the density of existing core
areas.
- Begin planning for capital projects that are already identified by
UAF for design and construction as funds become available. These include:
- UA Museum addition (Site 6—East of Geist Building; funding
secured)
- Biological and Computational Sciences Facility. (Site 1—West
of Arctic Health Research Building)
- Wood Center addition (Site 10—Lower Campus)
- Identify and evaluate sites suitable for potential buildings, including
the following:
West Ridge:
- Site 2 East side of Arctic Health Research Building
- Site 3 East of Elvey Building
- Site 4 North of West Ridge greenhouse
- Site 5 East of Butrovich Building
- Site 18 North of Geist Building (UA Museum) and warehouses/east
of Sheenjek Drive
- Site 20 North of Site 4 (see above)
- Site 21 North of International Arctic Research Center
Lower Campus:
- Site 7 East of Natural Sciences Facility
- Site 8 South side of Yukon Drive, across from Moore-Bartlett-Skarland
residence complex
- Site 9 Copper Lane area
- Site 11 West of Eielson Building
- Site 12 South and west of Bunnell Building
- Site 13 East of Bunnell/south of Duckering Buildings
- Site 14 Patty Center concourse
- Site 15 Ballaine parking lot
- Identify and evaluate suitable sites for potential new residential
construction:
- North of the Cutler Apartment Complex
- Along North Chandalar Drive
A2. Action: Consolidate related programs in designated
buildings to improve program identity and access.
- Adopt and implement space management guidelines and procedures on
a campus wide basis.
Completion: FY02
- Conduct detailed space analyses prior to all construction to maximize
space utilization.
Completion: Ongoing
- Promote logical adjacencies of related departments and programs. Examples
include:
- Consolidate graduate and undergraduate biology programs on West
Ridge into the new Biological and Computational Sciences Facility
and adjacent Arctic Health Research Building.
- Expand engineering programs into Bunnell Building.
- Consolidate College of Liberal Arts departments into Gruening
Building, as space permits.
- Co-locate student-centered services wherever possible.
- Consolidate dining services into Wood Center.
- Establish a campus mall in Lola Tilly Commons
Completion: Ongoing
A3. Action: Design new and retrofitted buildings to
contribute to the campus environment, using energy conservation techniques
suited to the subarctic climate.
- Develop campus architectural guidelines that will:
- Guide the design of future buildings on designated sites to take
advantage of southern
- Identify building design strategies that effectively integrate
new buildings into the mix of styles currently on campus.
- Create appropriate standards for subarctic design and construction.
- Include prototype designs for sheltered walkways on campus, both
along key paths linking core areas and between buildings
Completion: FY03 and Ongoing
- Make all campus facilities code-compliant and disaster-resistant.
- Complete facilities code correction processes.
- Evaluate existing structures for vulnerabilities to earthquake
and related events.
- Ensure new projects are designed, built and maintained to current
codes for fire, life safety and disaster mitigation
Completion: Ongoing
- Identify and develop demonstration projects on campus that become
prototypes for effective energy conservation and intelligent northern
design.
Completion: Ongoing
A4. Action: Develop a landscape plan and site design
standards that will provide year-round plant diversity and enhance the
overall appearance of campus.
(see Natural Environment - A4)
A5. Action: Require landscaping and site enhancements
as part of all new construction projects.
- Use the campus landscape plan and site design standards for minimum
landscaping requirements of new construction projects during the planning
phase of all projects (see Natural Environment - A4).
Completion: Ongoing
- Identify long-term funding sources for maintaining and supporting
landscaping activities.
Completion: Ongoing
- Landscape areas around buildings that have already been completed/revitalized.
These would include:
- Duckering Building.
- Bunnell Building.
- Natural Sciences Facility.
- International Arctic Research Center.
- Brooks Building.
- Residence halls on Lower Campus and Moore-Bartlett-Skarland Complex.
Completion: FY02-07
A6. Action: Enhance existing and create new, outdoor
gathering areas and plazas.
(See Natural Environment - A6)
A7. Action: Provide lighting throughout campus that
maximizes safety, enhances wayfinding and minimizes light pollution.
(See Circulation - A7)
A8. Action: Improve and expand housing opportunities
for students and faculty.
- Develop a comprehensive housing plan for UAF. Include replacement
of single-family housing units with higher density housing that makes
better use of existing sites and maximizes energy efficiency.
Completion: FY03
- Explore public/private partnerships for construction of student and
faculty housing both on and off-campus.
Completion: Ongoing
A9. Action: Identify and evaluate sites on campus
outside the Tanana Loop perimeter for special function buildings such
as a research and development park, public safety, parking, community
service and other support functions.
- Conduct full evaluation of potential building sites outside the Tanana
Loop perimeter. Potential sites and uses include, but are not limited
to:
- Site 16 Physical Plant support.
- Site 17 Public safety facility.
- Site 19 Community service building.
- North of Harper Building area off Geist Road.
- Junction of North Tanana and Farmer's Loop Road (north of Taku
and Ballaine parking lots.)
Completion: FY03
- Support the concept of a UAF research and development park by designating
potential sites and conducting site evaluations as soon as possible.
CIRCULATION
A7. Action: Provide lighting throughout campus that
maximizes safety, enhances wayfinding and minimizes light pollution.
- Develop a comprehensive outdoor lighting plan for campus that includes:
- Lighting along all walkways that emphasizes safety.
- Standardized lighting methods and fixtures that minimize light
pollution.
- Roadway lighting that is attractive and aids in wayfinding.
- Highlighting buildings and campus landmarks that do not illuminate
the sky.
- Emphasizing artworks throughout campus.
- Creating oases of subtle lighting in plazas and gathering areas.
- Lighting all parking areas to maximize safety.
Completion: FY03
- Incorporate lighting into the wayfinding plan (see Circulation
- A15)
A8. Action: Improve and expand housing opportunities
for students and faculty.
(See Facilities - A8)
A9. Action: Identify and evaluate sites on campus
outside the Tanana Loop perimeter for special function buildings such
as a research and development park, public safety, parking, community
service and other support functions.
(See Facilities - A9)
A10. Action: Build parking garages on campus at designated
sites.
- Potential parking garage sites include, but are not limited to:
- Ballaine Lot off Taku Drive (next to bluff).
- Bunnell Lot.
- North of building Site 4 (north of West Ridge greenhouse).
- International Arctic Research Center/Geophysical Institute parking
lot.
- New museum parking lot.
- Conduct site evaluation of all potential parking garage sites to determine
viability.
Completion: FY03
- Develop funding strategies for construction of parking garages.
Completion: Ongoing
- Submit a parking garage proposal for the capital budget request no
later than FY04.
Completion: FY04
- Incorporate parking (both surface and underground) into new building
construction where appropriate and in accordance with the overall parking
plan.
Completion: Ongoing
- Parking garages will be designed to:
- Maximize parking opportunities along the perimeter of campus with
Tanana Loop access.
- Provide covered, open parking spaces with headbolt heaters.
- Increase accessibility to campus for community events.
- Offer increased short-term parking options for commuter students.
- Shuttle buses will service all parking garages.
A11. Action: Provide a quick and efficient year-round
shuttle bus system throughout campus.
- Increase shuttle bus service along Yukon Drive (West Ridge Express)
to reduce travel time (including waiting for pick-up) between West Ridge
and Lower Campus to less than 15 minutes.
Completion: FY03
- Increase hours of shuttle bus operation during evening hours and summer
months.
Completion: Ongoing
- Provide adequate and well-lit warm-up shelters along shuttle bus routes
to encourage use of shuttle bus system. Make shuttle bus stops readily
identifiable, with schedules prominently displayed.
Completion: Ongoing
- Clearly identify all UAF shuttle buses, their routes and destinations.
Completion: Ongoing
A12. Action: Complete Tanana Loop.
- Conduct feasibility and design studies necessary to complete construction
of Tanana Loop behind International Arctic Research Center, O'Neill
and Irving I and II, including an adjacent bicycle path along its entire
alignment. Begin construction as soon as funding permits.
Completion: FY03
- Complete unfinished sections of Tanana Loop north of Natural Sciences
Facility. Begin construction as soon as funding permits.
Completion: FY06
- Upgrade all sections of Tanana Loop to uniform road and adjacent pathway
design standards.
Completion: Ongoing
- Ensure that access to all major buildings and parking areas is available
from Tanana Loop, including short term access for drop-off and pickup
and ADA accessibility.
Completion: FY06 and Ongoing
- Landscape and light Tanana Loop in accordance with the guidelines
in the campus landscape and lighting plans.
Completion: Ongoing
- Provide adequate directional and information signage on Tanana Loop
in accordance with the wayfinding plan.
Completion: Ongoing
- Evaluate safety and efficiency of all intersections along Tanana Loop
and make appropriate improvements (signage, lighting, landscaping, etc.).
Completion: Ongoing
A13. Action: Increase parking along the perimeter
of campus and subsequently reduce parking in the interior.
- Identify additional sites and construct more parking areas along the
perimeter of campus, including both surface lots and parking garages.
Completion: Ongoing
- Identify ways to encourage greater use of perimeter parking lots (ex.
decreased parking permit fees, more frequent shuttle service, etc.).
Completion: FY03
- Where feasible, construct parking garages on the perimeter of Tanana
Loop (see Circulation - A10).
- As new parking opportunities become available (e.g., parking garages,
new/improved surface lots and additional shuttles), remove general use
spaces in interior parking lots. Spaces in the following lots would
be considered:
- Lot in front of Signers’ Hall.
- Lot in front of Whitaker Building (Health and Safety).
- Lot north of Fine Arts Complex (use as transport hub and drop-off/loading
site).
- Lot south of Duckering and east of Bunnell.
- Parking at bus terminal by Wood Center.
- Dirt lot in front of Chancellor's residence.
- Lot on south side of Yukon Drive, opposite Moore-Bartlett-Skarland
residence complex.
- Parking spaces in West Ridge Plaza.
- Assess parking needs on an ongoing basis as general use spaces in
interior lots are relocated.
- Construct visitor drop-off and loading areas at all major buildings.
Completion: Ongoing
- Provide ADA-compliant parking spaces and drop-off areas throughout
campus, as required.
Completion: Ongoing
- Provide lighting to maximize safety in all parking lots and garages
Landscape in and around parking lots as specified by the landscape plan
to minimize the visual impact of lots.
A14. Action: Designate accessible, short-term parking
for commuter students, community members and visitors.
- Survey parking needs of commuter students and develop a comprehensive
plan to address those needs.
Completion: December ‘02
- Provide more short-term parking in the core areas of campus to meet
commuter student needs by identifying spaces in existing parking lots
that can be limited to use by commuter students.
Completion: December ‘02
- Clearly designate parking for community members and visitors.
Completion: Ongoing
A15. Action: Provide direction and information signs
throughout campus that are clear and consistent in theme, location and
design.
- As part of an overall wayfinding plan for the campus, design and install
direction and information signs on campus that are attractive, consistent
in design and location and highly visible. Survey existing signs and
make them consistent with new designs. Remove unnecessary signs.
Completion: Ongoing
- Plan for appropriate use of decorative banners along roadways.
- Provide direction and information signs inside all buildings.
Completion: Ongoing
- Coordinate with plans for lighting (see Circulation
- A7 ) and landscape and site design (see Natural
Environment - A4).
A16. Action: Present a unified image in campus roadway
and entrance design.
- All entrances to campus should make it clear that visitors are on
campus land. Signs, landscaping and lighting will all reflect a unified
design.
Completion: Ongoing
- Tanana Loop will be specially designed to provide a functional, efficient
and attractive corridor for moving about the campus. Special attention
will be paid to signs, lighting, landscaping, a bicycle lane and adjacent
facilities to make it a distinctive feature on campus.
Completion: Ongoing
- Coordinate design of Thompson Drive with Tanana Loop and other campus
roads to ensure consistent landscaping, lighting, signage and access.
Completion: Ongoing
A17. Action: Ensure that roadway and intersection
designs emphasize safety and efficiency.
- Conduct a feasibility and design study to realign Tanana Loop at the
west end of Yukon Drive to improve sight distances, safety and circulation.
Completion: Concurrent with design of the Biological
and Computational Sciences Facility
- Conduct a feasibility and design study for upgrading all roads and
intersections to have adequate lighting, site distances, and speed control
features to provide safe, efficient access to the facilities on campus.
Design will meet or exceed local and national standards. The study should
identify pedestrian crossings to all buildings and trails.
Completion: FY05
- Coordinate all traffic control signage with informational signage
to assure they do not conflict.
Completion: Ongoing
A18. Action: Create safe and attractive corridors
close to all campus roadways for non-motorized uses.
- All roadways will incorporate a nearby multi-use lane to accommodate
non-motorized uses. Multi-use lanes will provide safe and efficient
means for pedestrians and non-motorized users to get around campus.
- Develop a comprehensive plan for multi-use lanes along campus roadways,
including:
- Tanana Loop.
- Thompson Drive.
- West Tanana Drive (toward Sheep Creek Road) that will connect
with proposed paths along Miller Hill Road and Yankovich roads.
Completion: FY03
A19. Action: Develop Yukon Drive into a safe and
appealing corridor for pedestrians and non-motorized uses.
- Provide the following amenities along Yukon Drive:
- Uniform-width sidewalk on the north side of Yukon Drive along
the entire length of the roadway.
- Attractive and standardized lighting that promotes safety.
- Benches and attractive interpretive signs at key viewpoints and
rest stops.
- Open viewsheds to the south.
- Landscaping, as per the campus landscape plan.
- Bicycle/multi-use lane.
- Warm-up shelters that conveniently serve both pedestrians and
shuttle bus traffic.
- Shuttle bus turnarounds and stopping places (improve signs, lighting,
visibility) that maximize efficiency and convenience.
Completion: Ongoing
- Enforce speed limit and use traffic speed control design features
on Yukon Drive to encourage use of Tanana Loop. Encourage official UAF
vehicles to use routes other than Yukon Drive.
Completion: Upon completion of Tanana Loop
- Once Tanana Loop and adjacent access roads have been in place for
one year, explore the idea of limiting traffic on Yukon Drive to shuttle
buses and emergency vehicles only.
- Investigate potential for constructing a fixed mass transit system
along Yukon Drive, including funding opportunities.
- Explore potential trail routes near Yukon Drive that would link with
the UAF trail system (see Natural Environment - A24).
Completion: December ‘02
A20. Action: Establish direct connections to the
UAF trail system from points throughout campus.
- With advice from the North Campus Subcommittee, develop trails in
core campus areas that connect Lower Campus, West Ridge and the North
Campus trail system. Develop informational signs to foster use and appreciation
of trail systems.
Completion: FY03
A21. Action: Make all walkways on campus safe and
direct
- The campus lighting plan (see Circulation - A7)
will identify lighting requirements along walkways, bike paths and trails
throughout campus. The first priority is safety.
- Provide overhead shelter on existing walkways where doing so enhances
pedestrian safety.
Completion: Ongoing
- Consider use of enclosed walkways between adjacent buildings as an
integral element of new building construction and building revitalization,
when feasible and appropriate.
Completion: Ongoing
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
A4. Action: Develop a landscape plan and site design
standards that will provide year-round plant diversity and enhance the
overall appearance of campus.
- The comprehensive landscape plan will:
- Identify planting zones and plant palette.
- Protect scenic easements.
- Provide site design guidelines and standards for, but not limited
to:
- Pedestrian walks and paving (width, cross slope, materials,
finishes, etc.).
- Roadway and campus entrance landscaping.
- Parking lots (paving, planting requirements, etc.).
- Walls and planter walls (materials, finishes, etc.).
- Flowerbed locations.
- Campus furnishings (benches, trash receptacles, dumpsters,
planter pots, bicycle and ski racks, etc.).
- Lighting fixtures, pole heights (i.e., scale) and lighting
color zones, if appropriate, for pedestrian areas (walkways,
plazas), roadways, parking lots, etc.
- Enhancements to gathering areas/plazas.
- Minimum requirements for landscaping and site enhancements
associated with all new construction projects.
- Establish a planning process for all landscape projects
Completion: FY02-03
- Utilize in-house expertise for ongoing monitoring and implementation
of the landscape plan, including School of Agriculture and Land Resources
Management faculty and Cooperative Extension Service agents.
Completion: Ongoing, following completion of landscape plan
- Coordinate with plans for signage and lighting (see Circulation
- A15 and Circulation - A7).
A5. Action: Require landscaping and site enhancements
as part of all new construction projects.
(See Facilities - A5)
A6. Action: Enhance existing and create new, outdoor
gathering areas and plazas.
- Enhance existing outdoor gathering areas/plazas, including:
- Fountain of the Flags area.
- Parking area between Arctic Health Research Building (south) and
Irving I and II, O'Neill, Geophysical Institute and International
Arctic Research Center (north).
- Constitution Park.
- In front of Natural Sciences Facility on south side of Yukon Drive.
- Develop new outdoor gathering areas/plazas, including:
- Former College Observatory site between UA Museum and Natural
Sciences Facility.
- Area south and east of the Cooperative Extension Service Building
(USFS Building).
- Area between Brooks and Duckering buildings.
- West of Eielson Building, in area around "Elysian" sculpture.
- Area in front of Moore-Bartlett-Skarland housing complex.
- University Park Building grounds.
- Enhance outdoor gathering areas/plazas to create a more intimate and
human scale to these areas. Specific guidelines will be set forth in
the landscape and lighting plans.
Completion: FY02-03
- Redesign the Fountain of Flags area. Site features will include, but
are not limited to:
- Establishment of massed tree groupings.
- Permanent flowerbeds.
- Picnic and seating areas.
- Art works.
- Lighting that creates a more intimate feel.
Completion: FY03
- A new outdoor gathering area will be established on the former College
Observatory site in the area between the UA Museum and the Natural Sciences
Facility. Site features will include, but are not limited to:
- Trailhead and new ski hut; direct linkages with existing trail
system to north.
- Maintenance of existing large trees.
- Re-establishment of forest cover.
- Picnic and seating areas with access to views to south.
- Garden and nature walk associated with expanded UA Museum facilities.
Completion: End of FY06
- Increase available recreation fields (playing fields), especially
near Patty Center and the Student Recreation Center. Design new housing
with recreational needs of residents in mind (e.g., playgrounds and
fields for children).
Completion: Ongoing
- Identify and preserve areas on campus that provide opportunities for
viewing Alaska's night sky. Develop appropriate directional and interpretive
signs and information about locations for night viewing on campus.
Completion: Ongoing
A7. Action: Provide lighting throughout campus that
maximizes safety, enhances wayfinding and minimizes light pollution.
(See Circulation - A7)
A8. - A9.
(See Facilities - A8)
A10. - A21.
(See Circulation - A8)
A22. Action: In selected areas, protect scenic views
and/or establish stands of trees.
- Identify scenic easements that preserve views:
- From the campus to important sites (e.g., the Alaska Range) and
- Of the campus, including buildings or other features considered
emblematic of UAF (e.g., the UA Museum, the Agricultural and Forestry
Experiment Station, etc.).
Completion: FY02-03
- Identify building sites that do not impact viewsheds (see Facilities
- A1).
- Establish trees and other plantings to minimize the visual impact
of the dissimilar architecture on campus. Selected locations include,
but are not limited to:
- Fountain of Flags area.
- West Ridge Plaza.
- Front of Natural Sciences Facility.
- Area between lower dorms and Lola Tilly Commons.
- South side of Arctic Health Research Building.
- Areas around International Arctic Research Center.
Completion: Ongoing
- Using both native and non-native species, reintroduce massed groupings
of trees throughout campus to moderate some of the vast open areas that
dominate the landscape.
Completion: Ongoing
A23. Action: Preserve the agricultural function and
character of the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station lands.
- The School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management (SALRM) will
define the agriculture function and character of the Fairbanks Experimental
Farm Fields (FEFF) land as allowed by the original land grant institution
charter.
Completion: FY02-03
- Any proposed development of the FEFF that is outside the scope of
the SALRM definition of agricultural function and character will not
be allowed. Both the Master Planning Committee and SALRM will review
any proposals for new uses of FEFF lands.
A24. Action: Protect the integrity of the North Campus
area for education, research and recreation; including maintaining and
promoting the UAF trail system as a significant campus and community asset.
- The North Campus subcommittee, established by the chancellor and reporting
to the Master Planning Committee, will prepare a land use plan for the
area. The plan will:
- Identify current uses and users.
- Review the draft trails plan, make suggested changes and incorporate
its recommendations, as appropriate, into the land use plan.
- Identify all appropriate uses and locations for education, research
and recreation.
- Maintain the long-term integrity of research sites and facilities
in the North Campus area.
- Establish a review process for all proposed actions on North Campus
lands.
Completion: FY03
- The North Campus subcommittee will work closely with trails groups
and UAF Facilities Services to ensure that maintenance and improvement
of trails continues in an effort to continually enhance this important
community asset. The North Campus subcommittee will have primary responsibility
for review and comment on proposed trails projects.
Completion: Ongoing
- Develop a plan to create trails on Lower Campus that link directly
to the trail system in the North Campus area (see Circulation
- A20).
Completion: FY03
- Explore opportunities with the Fairbanks North Star Borough to link
borough trails (non-motorized uses only) with the Skarland Trail System.
A25. Action: Use art on campus to highlight special
areas and enhance the overall surroundings.
- Create a subcommittee of the Master Planning Committee that is charged
with overseeing art in public places.
Completion: FY03
- Establish guidelines for appropriate use of art on campus, including:
- Sites for art placement consistent with building themes.
- Appropriate materials for use in interior Alaska climate.
- Solicitation of artworks.
- Funding for artworks.
- Temporary art (e.g. ice sculptures).
Completion: FY03
- Develop strategies for enhancing use of art on campus, including funding
and implementation plans.
Completion: Ongoing
- As part of the comprehensive lighting plan, highlight works of art
(see Circulation - A7).
Completion: Ongoing
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