Cal State Fullerton Draft Master Plan 2025 President s Administrative Board December 5, 2011
Master Plan Presentations PAB Academic Senate Executive Committee Academic Senate Committee on Facilities and Beautification Associated Students Board Council of Deans VP Student Affairs Senior Managers VP Student Affairs Executive Committee Hope International University Administration City of Fullerton City Manager and staff Arboretum Commission Friends of the Arboretum Board OLLI Board Titan Student Centers Board Academic Senate Campus wide open forum
Added features from campus feedback Expand & improve recreational sports fields. Art Gallery (addition to Visual Arts) Bicycle-pedestrian bridge over SR57 Public-private funding of future Sports Complex development (new idea; so far undefined) Revise future site of Physical Plant Consolidate Athletics Dept. in KHS. Increase housing capacity. Divide student housing into separate upper and lower division villages. Convert Parking lot J to green space. New mission of Pollak Library Consolidate new HazMat facility with future lab building.
Purposes of the Master Plan Update Secure BOT approval to allow enrollment growth from 25,000 FTE to 35,000 FTE. Fulfill CEQA requirements for all campus growth. Guide campus development, while preserving and enhancing the quality of campus life. Create funding entitlement to support state funded capital improvements. Promote a mutually cooperative relationship with Fullerton city government in the post-marina era.
Master Plan 30 Elements Academic Allow (not mandate) main campus enrollment growth to 35,000 FTES. This is a permanent maximum. Establish a permanent Irvine Campus large enough to serve long term enrollment growth exceeding 35,000 FTES. Preserve the academic core. Avoid outliers except UEE. Relocate the Colleges of Education and Communications to the core. Consolidate a permanent home for UEE south of Nutwood Ave. Add up to ten academic buildings in the core. +/- 500,000 total GSF; +/- $200 million total cost Reduce facilities needs by adjusting class schedules. Improve Pollak Library in accordance with its new mission. Relocate Ruby Gerontology/OLLI to permit housing expansion. Land Use Develop land efficiently, with urban density. Build larger, multi-story buildings where appropriate to preserve scarce land, e.g. Mihaylo Hall. Guide future building development to existing parking lots.
Parking & Transportation Separate vehicles and pedestrians; preserve and expand the core pedestrian zone. Examples: Close Nutwood Avenue in coordination with City, within 5 yrs. Close Gym Dr. as soon as possible. Increase net parking capacity by 2,500. Construct two parking structures, while reducing demand through increased transit use and CollegeTown housing development. Optimize the flow of vehicular traffic into and out of the campus. Widen and realign roadways as needed. Provide a pedestrian-bike bridge over SR 57. Support increased bike access with a Bike Station and related facilities and programs. Improve transit connections to the campus. Support the Fullerton trolley concept. Consolidate bus stops at CollegeTown, with amenities.
Open Space Preserve, improve and expand campus open space. Develop CollegeTown Park at Nutwood Ave. Improve playfields, including Gym Dr. closure Add green space in Lots F and J Improve existing Quad, Engineering Lawn, North Plaza. Avoid unnecessary buildings in the Sports Complex or Arboretum; however: Consider strategic options in connection with the renewal of the Arboretum s lease in 2020. Consider public-private partnerships for facilities improvements in the sports complex.
Housing Expand student housing capacity by 800 residents. Dedicate existing housing complex to lower division students only. Create additional upper division, graduate student, and UEE international student housing at CollegeTown. Consider the feasibility of developing faculty/staff rental housing at CollegeTown. Student Life Add quality of life enhancements (fee supported). TSU Expansion Student Recreation Center Expansion Student Housing add up to 800 residents Foster academic community, not just provide shelter. Separate lower versus upper division residents. Consolidate the Athletics Department in KHS Building.
Infrastructure/Sustainability Improve utilities infrastructure to: support capital development (tens of $ millions); reduce carbon emissions in compliance with state law; reduce natural gas and electricity consumption & costs. Improve storm water retention. Plan and implement a large retention basin at Lot C. Make storm water retention a part of all new buildings and landscape projects Reduce water consumption.
CollegeTown Incorporate by reference the CollegeTown Specific Plan into the Master Plan, and its goal of connecting the campus to the community: Welcome high-density apartment redevelopment. Blur boundaries between CSUF and neighbors. Develop Commonwealth Ave. retail district, along with other land owners Develop shared Nutwood Ave. open space with HIU. Consolidate bus and trolley stops and provide amenities. Host events in shared public space.