American University is an institution on the move. Our momentum and purpose are cornerstones of our strategic plan, Changemakers for a Changing World, and are embodied in the meaningful impact we create in our community, in Washington, DC, and in the world. The2021 Campus Plan is an integral component in the implementation of our strategic plan recognizing that, while our reach and impact is global, the heart of AU is in Washington, DC. Our Main Campus along Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues has been our home for more than 125 years. And the nearby , along with our facilities throughout the surrounding neighborhoods—including 4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 4200 NW, and 3210 New Mexico Avenue NW—all play a vital role in advancing AU’s educational and research missions. We are proud to be an anchor institution in the District of Columbia. Our connection to the DC community is reflected in what we teach—from launching a dual-enrollment program to develop a pipeline of highly-skilled and diverse DC Public School teachers to partnering with businesses and universities in the region on a digital literacy credential that prepares students for the data-driven workforce. It is demonstrated in how we operate—two years after setting the standard for higher education by becoming the first university in the United States to achieve carbon neutrality, we have converted our campus-wide heating system to cut our carbon emissions even further. And it is embodied in how we effectively engage with members of our community—reflected in our commitment to working collaboratively with residents in the neighborhoods surrounding the university on a wide range of initiatives, partnerships, and planning endeavors, including this 2021 Campus Plan. As early as 2016, began the engagement process for the 2021 Campus Plan by seeking input and advice from neighborhood leaders with the goal of developing a robust and collaborative planning effort dedicated to supporting the changing needs of the university and simultaneously respecting and enhancing the quality of life of those living in the neighborhoods surrounding campus. From the outset, it has been our funda- mental goal that the 2021 Campus Plan successfully accomplish both of those objectives. We firmly believe that our significant and meaningful work together with the community—including the AU Neighborhood Partnership, whose members worked for two years to arrive at consensus on this 2021 Campus Plan—has lived up to that commitment. And we share with our neighborhood partners in the proud accomplishment of receiving support for the Plan from both ANC 3D and ANC 3E. The challenges of COVID-19 have informed our planning efforts but have not deterred them. As outlined in the 2021 Campus Plan, our active collaboration with members of the community continued via new means throughout the pandemic. And while we have effectively focused our efforts to provide high-quality online instruction to our students in light of public health considerations, we fully anticipate strong and ongoing demand for our on-campus, face-to-face academic programs, research opportunities, and vibrant residential experience—all of which will depend upon the high-quality facilities proposed in this 10-year Campus Plan. We are proud of the collaborative work that has resulted in the 2021 Campus Plan. And we are committed to ensuring that our work together continues to support AU’s institutional objectives and priorities while enhancing the quality of life for those who live in the neighborhoods surrounding campus. Together, we look forward to the opportunities the 2021 Campus Plan will create.

President Sylvia M. Burwell

American University 2021 Campus Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1 OVERVIEW AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...... 8 1.1 A Predictable Yet Flexible Plan...... 10 1.2 Impact of COVID-19...... 11 Section 2 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...... 12 2.1 History ...... 14 2.2 Academic and Research Programs...... 16 2.3 Campus Life...... 17 2.4 Arts and Culture...... 19 2.5 Community Service and Outreach...... 20 2.6 Economic Contributions...... 23

Section 3 PLANNING THE PATH FORWARD ...... 24 3.1 The Shifting Landscape and Competitive Marketplace of Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century...... 26 3.2 American University’s Planning Framework...... 26 3.3 Development of the Campus Plan: A Transparent and Consensus-Based Approach...... 26 3.3.1 American University in the Context of Its Community ...... 26 3.3.2 American University Neighborhood Partnership...... 27 3.3.3 The Community Liaison Committee...... 28 3.3.4 Development of the 2021 Campus Plan...... 28 3.3.5 Implementation of the 2021 Campus Plan...... 29

Section 4 THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN...... 30 4.1 Campus Populations: Measured Growth, a Reduced Enrollment Cap, and a Focus on Managing Impacts...... 33 4.1.1 Student Enrollment...... 33 4.1.2 Employee Population...... 36 4.2 Development Plan and Campus Character: Providing High-Quality Facilities and Creating Special Campus Places That Reinforce AU’s Culture of Sustainability...... 36 4.2.1 Proposed Main Campus Development ...... 37 4.2.2 Tenley Campus, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 4200 Wisconsin Avenue NW, and 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW...... 41 4.2.3 Landscape, Streetscape, and Open Spaces...... 41 4.2.4 Sustainability and Preservation...... 42 4.3 On-Campus Life: Supporting Student Success in a Vibrant and Inclusive Campus Community...... 43 4.3.1 Student Life...... 43 4.3.2 Athletics and Recreation...... 43 4.3.3 Student Housing...... 44 4.4 Off-Campus Life and Neighborhood Quality of Life Efforts: Commitment to a Collaborative and Proactive Approach to Preventing and Managing Impacts...... 45 4.4.1 Student Conduct Code...... 45 4.4.2 Good Neighbor Guidelines...... 46 4.4.3 Orientation Programs...... 46 4.4.4 Community Outreach...... 47 4.5 Transportation and Parking: Comprehensive Planning and Forward-Thinking Strategies...... 47 4.5.1 Parking...... 47 4.5.2 Campus Circulation, Service, and Loading...... 49 4.5.3 Transportation Demand Management (TDM)...... 49 4.5.4 Enforcement and Monitoring...... 49 Section 5 COMPLIANCE WITH CAMPUS PLAN REGULATIONS...... 50 5.1 Subtitle X Section 101.1: Educational Use by a College or University...... 52 5.2 Subtitle X Section 101.2: The Uses Shall Be Located So They Are Not Likely to Become Objectionable to Neighboring Property Because of Noise, Traffic, Parking, Number of Students, or Other Objectionable Conditions...... 52 5.3 Subtitle X Sections 101.3 and 101.4: Analysis of Incidental Uses...... 53 5.4 Subtitle X Sections 101.5 through 101.7 and 101.12: Campus Development Standards...... 53 5.5 Subtitle X Section 101.8: Plan for Campus as a Whole, Showing the Location, Height, and Bulk, Where Appropriate, of All Present and Proposed Improvements...... 54 5.5.1 Section 101.8(a): Buildings, Parking, and Loading Facilities...... 54 5.5.2 Section 101.8(b): Screening, Signs, Streets, and Public Utility Facilities...... 54 5.5.3 Section 101.8(c): Athletic and Other Recreational Facilities...... 54 5.5.4 Section 101.8(d): Description of All Activities Conducted or To Be Conducted on the Campus and the Capacity of All Present and Proposed Campus Development...... 55 5.5.5 Satisfaction of Filing Requirements Enumerated in Subtitle Z Section 302.10...... 55 5.6 Subtitle X Section 101.9: Further Processing for Specific Buildings, Structures, and Uses...... 55 5.7 Subtitle X Section 101.10: No Interim Use of Land or Improved Property Proposed...... 55 5.8 Subtitle X Section 101.11: Compliance with the Comprehensive Plan...... 56 5.9 Subtitle X Section 101.13: Referral to the District of Columbia Office of Planning, Department of Transportation, and Department of Energy and Environment...... 57 5.10 Subtitle X Section 101.14: Application Is in Harmony with the Zoning Regulations...... 57 5.11 Subtitle X Section 101.16: A Further Processing of a Campus Building Shall Not Be Filed Simultaneously with a Full Campus Plan Application...... 57 5.12 Subtitle X Section 102: Special Exception for Use of Commercial Property by a College or University...... 57 Section 6 PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL...... 58

FOOTNOTES...... 65 American University 2021 Campus Plan TABLE OF EXHIBITS

A Existing Campus Conditions P Proposed Landscape, Streetscape, and Open Spaces B AU Charter and Act of Incorporation Q Proposed Landscape, Streetscape, and C AU Strategic Plan | Changemakers for a Open Spaces: Illustrative Concepts Changing World R Campus Signage and Wayfinding Concepts D AU in the District S Campus Special and Heritage Trees E Campus Neighborhood Context T Campus Topography F Community Engagement Process U Campus Sustainability Features G Student Enrollment V Historic Resources H Employee Population W Athletic and Recreation Facilities I Existing Building Uses X Updates to Off-Campus Conduct Policies J Proposed Building Uses Y Existing Parking and Loading Facilities K Proposed Development Sites Z Proposed/Potential Parking and Loading Facilities L Development Program Summary AA Existing Campus Circulation M Floor Area Ratio Analysis BB Proposed/Potential Campus Circulation N Existing Landscape, Streetscape, and Open Spaces O Existing Landscape, Streetscape, and Open Spaces: Special Campus Features

Section 1 OVERVIEW AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY he 2021 Campus Plan is an integral component in the successful implementation of American University’s strategic plan, Changemakers for a Changing World, setting forth a thoughtful approach to managing campus growth and development over the next 10 years in a manner that reflects the university’s commitment to the communities of which it is a part. At the same time, the 2021 Campus Plan will play a critical role Tin informing and incorporating the key priorities of an ambitious fundraising campaign that will capitalize on AU’s momentum as an emerging global university to support the study and scholarship of American University students and faculty for generations to come. The fundamental components of the plan have been envisioned and developed—and will be collaboratively implemented over the next decade—in partnership with university and community stakeholders to ensure that the campus will adapt to and meet the changing needs of AU students, faculty, and staff while at the same time respecting and enhancing the quality of life of those who live within the neighborhoods surrounding campus. It is AU’s fundamental goal that the 2021 Given the rapidly shifting Campus Plan successfully accomplish both of these objectives. landscape and increasingly 1.1 A PREDICTABLE YET FLEXIBLE PLAN competitive marketplace of Given the rapidly shifting landscape and increasingly competitive marketplace of higher education, AU must higher education, AU must remain flexible to respond to the changing needs and demands associated with educating students in a dynamic global society. At the remain flexible to respond same time, AU is cognizant of the impact that new campus development, student enrollment, and transportation capacity can potentially have—if not thoughtfully to the changing needs and planned and managed—on the residential neighborhoods surrounding campus. Accordingly, over the past two years, the university has worked closely with the AU demands associated with Neighborhood Partnership and a wide range of campus and community stakeholders educating students in a to gather input and feedback on the various planning concepts and priorities considered by AU throughout the planning process. As a result of this dedicated dynamic global society. and collaborative effort, the university and the AU Neighborhood Partnership have reached consensus on the objectives, proposals, and commitments set forth in the 2021 Campus Plan, including: • strategic and measured enrollment management at a level lower than the student cap established in 2011, when adjusted to reflect the revised student count methodology set forth in the city’s updated zoning regulations • a balanced development program of academic/administrative, residential/campus life, and athletic uses, on a scale significantly reduced from the program proposed in the 2011 Campus Plan, aimed at providing leading-edge research and teaching facilities and strengthening and invigorating a student-centered living and learning campus experience, including enhancing the landscape and open space elements that are distinctive to AU’s urban campus—an accredited and award- winning arboretum—and actively advancing the university’s culture of sustainability • a focus on providing student housing opportunities that encourage more students to remain on campus during their time at AU, while also implementing robust engagement initiatives with students who choose to live off campus to equip them to be responsible members of the community and promote positive relationships between students and their neighbors

10 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 1 • continued commitment to effective Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies aimed at promoting sustainable transportation options that reduce the use of single-occupancy vehicles and the demand for on-campus parking, along with vigilant enforcement of AU’s existing off-campus parking policies to preserve on-street parking capacity for members of the community

In its thoughtful approach to these key issues, the 2021 Campus Plan provides a predictable yet flexible framework that embodies the priorities set forth in the stra- tegic plan, allows AU to meet the changing needs and demands of the educational marketplace of the twenty-first century, reinforces the university’s positive role as a leading educational institution in the nation’s capital, and underscores AU’s commit- ment to meaningful collaboration with the community to ensure the university remains an important contributor to enhancing the quality of life in the neighborhoods surrounding campus. ...AU is cognizant of 1.2 IMPACT OF COVID-19 the impact that new The global COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges across the nation and around the world. Many institutions of higher education, including campus development, AU, have responded with focused efforts to temporarily transition instruction and student enrollment, and operations to predominantly online platforms. AU’s efforts are yielding positive results, providing students with continuity of high-quality academic opportunities transportation capacity while striving to address the social, emotional, financial, and related impacts associated with the disruptions caused by the pandemic. Certainly, the outcomes of this experi- can potentially have—if ence will shape decision making, inform policy decisions, and influence planning and operational models across all levels of education well into the future. Yet even before not thoughtfully planned COVID-19 unexpectedly precipitated the rapid transition to university-wide distance learning, AU identified the development of leading-edge online programming as and managed—on the an area of strategic focus and a core component of the university’s future vision. This institutional focus—coupled with the flexibility and resiliency grounded in the residential neighborhoods principles embodied in AU’s strategic plan—has uniquely positioned the university surrounding campus. to effectively navigate the uncertainties caused by the pandemic and adapt to the changing conditions impacting AU's operations and instructional programming. While the COVID-19 experience has informed our thinking and influenced our planning effort, AU fully anticipates strong and ongoing demand for its on-campus, face-to-face academic programs, research opportunities, and vibrant residential student experience, all of which will support and depend upon the types of high-quality facilities proposed in this 10-year Campus Plan. AU’s work on the 2021 Campus Plan and collaboration with members of the community actively continued through the transitions in university operations brought about by COVID-19. As discussed more fully below, regular and consistent engagement continued on a variety of digital platforms, and the AU Campus Plan website provided access to a wide range of useful resources, including meeting summaries and presentations, preliminary planning frameworks and drafts, and a comprehensive community input portal which facilitated feedback and provided responses to more than 150 questions posed by community members. As a result of this focused effort, the university, together with its dedicated neighborhood partners, thoughtfully and effectively advanced the planning collaboration that resulted in this 2021 Campus Plan.

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Section 2 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2.1 HISTORY Today American University is laid the cornerstone of McKinley a leading student-centered research Hall, named for President William Since being chartered by Congress in university where passionate learners, McKinley. At the groundbreaking for 1893, American University has been a bold leaders, engaged scholars, creative the School of International Service in leader in higher education throughout the innovators, and active citizens unleash 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower nation and around the world. A global the power of collaborative discovery. urged the new school to remember that outlook, practical idealism, and passion AU partners with key organizations in “the waging of peace demands the best for public service define the changemaking the DC region and around the globe to we have.” A few years later, President institution, and its groundbreaking spirit better the human condition, learn from John Kennedy spoke at the 1963 AU inspires the university’s legacy for making a vast array of experiences and intern- commencement to deliver the pivotal impact. Before women won the right to ships, create meaningful change, and foreign policy speech widely known vote, they attended AU. Two pioneering address society’s current and emerging as “A Strategy of Peace,” calling on the women founded the Washington College challenges. Soviet Union to work with the United of Law to provide opportunities for States on a nuclear test ban treaty. And those historically excluded from the legal A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP 52 years later, President Barack Obama profession. For more than 50 years, AU The footsteps of changemakers echo recalled Kennedy’s historic speech has held its doors open to exceptional throughout our history and reverberate at AU during his own 2015 campus students from DC Public Schools through through campus today. The land that address urging diplomatic resolution to the Frederick Douglass Scholarship university founder John Fletcher Hurst prevent international conflict, noting program. In 2018, AU became the first that, “It is surely the pursuit of peace US university to reach carbon neutrality chose for AU was on what was then the rural fringe of the nation’s capital, but that is most needed in this world so full and stands committed to fostering a of strife.” Presidents came to AU with culture of sustainability to benefit the local it was already rich with Washington his- messages that challenged our thinking and global communities. As the university tory—and the campus has hosted notable and affected the course of history. They continues to grow in reputation and leaders ever since. Abraham Lincoln charged us to make the world a better stature, AU remains grounded in the ideals visited troops at Fort Gaines, which place and helped us to lay the foundation of its founders while boldly embracing perched on the ground now held by opportunities to make an impact in this and the . of who we are as a community and ever-changing world. In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt educational institution.

14 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 2 time that war impacted AU directly; The 2011 Campus Plan resulted in during World War I, the still largely several notable development projects undeveloped campus had been turned that transformed key campus assets. over briefly to the War Department The construction of Cassell Hall and an for use as a military camp, testing, and addition to Nebraska Hall created new training site. on-campus residential space in competi- The period after World War II was tive and marketable unit configurations. a time of growth and innovation. The In 2016, the Washington College of Washington Semester Program, founded Law relocated from the Spring Valley in 1947, began drawing students from Building to a 300,000 square foot around the nation—and, ultimately, the LEED Gold-certified facility at the world—to participate in what was then Tenley Campus, providing a prominent a new concept: a semester internship identity for the law school while in the nation’s capital. In 1949, the honoring the legacy of the historic Washington College of Law merged structures that continue to contribute to with AU, adding its rich history—and the character of the campus. New and founders' belief that lawyers had a renovated buildings form a connected crucial role to play in the development complex of instructional spaces, con- of society, business, government, and ference facilities, legal clinic resources, individual freedoms—to the pioneering teaching courtrooms, law library, alumni spirit of the university. center, faculty and staff offices, and multi- By 1955, the business program, first ple student study and meeting spaces. launched in 1924, experienced substan- In 2017, AU replaced a 900-space tial success and growth and became a surface parking lot at Nebraska and New separate school, now known as the Kogod Mexico Avenues with a new and vibrant GROWING WITH School of Business, and ground was collection of LEED Gold-certified WASHINGTON broken for the School of International buildings, including three residence halls AU’s ties to its home city were evident Service in 1957. Over the next decades, (Duber, Constitution, and Federal), from its inception and only became issues of the day continued to engage an academic building (Don Myers stronger with the growth of the univer- faculty and students as new centers, Technology and Innovation Building) sity. Undergraduates were first admitted institutes, and programs were launched, and abundant, accessible green space. in 1925, by which time graduate stu- and schools and departments expanded. Finally, the Hall of Science, completed dents had relocated to a downtown cam- In 1984, the School of Communication in 2020, is a state-of-the-art facility that pus on F Street near the . was established, reflecting the growth consolidates the university’s biology, It was there in the heart of downtown of the journalism program from its first environmental science, chemistry, that in 1934, at the start of the New courses in the 1920s. and neuroscience departments into a Deal, AU launched a program to help modernized, centralized location. The train federal employees in new methods A NEW CENTURY groundbreaking space will converge of public administration. President AU entered the twenty-first century award-winning scientists and students Franklin Roosevelt, who spoke at the with a reputation for shaping a rapidly across disciplines to empower life- event launching the program, promised changing world. Academic programs changing discovery. it would have the “hearty cooperation” continuously gained high national In 2017, Sylvia Mathews Burwell of all branches of his administration. rankings, and the exceptional quality became the 15th president of American The program would evolve into today’s of AU’s students was reflected in an University and the first woman to School of Public Affairs. increasing number of merit awards and hold the highest leadership position at During World War II, students prestigious national scholarships and fel- AU. A visionary leader with extensive shared the campus with the Navy, which lowships, such as Fulbright Awards and experience in both public and private used it for research and training and Presidential Management Fellowships. sectors, President Burwell brought to a barracks for Women Accepted for The university’s growing role in fostering American University a commitment to Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) the creative arts was underscored with education and research, the ability to including those responsible for encoding the opening of the 296-seat Harold and manage large and complex organiza- and decoding messages in the Office of Sylvia Greenberg Theater in 2003 and tions, and experience helping to advance Naval Operations. It was not the first the Katzen Arts Center in 2005. solutions to some of the world’s most

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15 pressing challenges. President Burwell’s classroom to the nation’s capital and all focus on leading AU forward is outlined around the globe: in her administration’s strategic plan • College of Arts and Sciences. Changemakers for a Changing World, The largest school at American which underscores the key goals and University, the College of Arts objectives of the 2021 Campus Plan. and Sciences features more than A fundamental priority of her change- 100 degree programs that span making agenda is actively engaging in the arts, humanities, science, and purposeful and impactful ways with social sciences. Its diverse scholarly the District of Columbia. For example, community offers outstanding President Burwell served as co-chair for opportunities for hands-on interdis- the committee that advised the mayor ciplinary research, internships, and on the selection of the chancellor of creative expression. DC Public Schools, and under her • . A top leadership, AU also launched the District ranked institution accredited by Scholars Program, which provides full the Association to Advance Collegiate scholarships for high-achieving students Schools of Business, the Kogod attending the city’s public and public School of Business offers undergrad- charter schools. uate degrees and graduate programs, including an MBA. Students gain Exhibit A: Exisiting Campus Conditions real-world experience through Exhibit B: AU Charter and Act of programs grounded in experiential Incorporation learning and expert faculty that Exhibit C: AU Strategic Plan | prepare them to lead in all sectors of Changemakers For A Changing World business, including public, private, and nonprofit enterprises. 2.2 ACADEMIC AND • School of Communication. RESEARCH PROGRAMS From journalism to strategic communication to independent filmmaking and games, the School As noted in the strategic plan, AU’s of Communication inspires tomor- wide range of academic and research row’s digital storytellers. Students programs take full advantage of the learn to produce media that matter university’s location in the nation’s with the support of faculty who capital, which offers one of the most have received the highest honors in robust environments for scholarship their professional fields, including and experiential learning available Academy and Emmy awards and anywhere. AU’s excellence in teaching the Pulitzer Prize. is the foundation for its growing • School of Education. With a vibrant academic reputation, and the university’s community and passion for change, connections to leaders and organizations AU’s School of Education is across the nation and around the world dedicated to creating and ensuring have elevated AU’s profile and serve ACADEMIC PROGRAMS excellent learning experiences for as a platform for scholarly impact. At every child, utilizing cutting-edge With eight schools and more than AU, how students learn is as important research, innovative outreach 170 programs including bachelor’s, as what they study. The university’s programs, and the development master’s, and doctoral degrees as well of inspiring coursework to address scholar-teachers lead by example, and as executive and certificate programs, AU students learn through dynamic the most challenging issues in the American University students choose a field. The School of Education has experiences. When students come personalized curriculum of theoretical deep ties with DC Public Schools, to AU, they grow not just as global- study and experiential learning taught including the Teacher Pipeline minded citizens but as changemakers in by internationally recognized faculty Project, an education-focused a changing world. in courses that take them from the dual-enrollment program for high

16 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 2 school seniors aimed at creating a pipeline of highly skilled and diverse teachers. • School of International Service. A top-10 institution of inter- national affairs, the School of International Service prepares graduate and undergraduate students for global service in gov- ernment, nonprofits, and business while connecting them to an active international network of more than 20,000 alumni. AU students graduate prepared to combine knowledge with practice and wage peace in the world. • School of Professional and Extended Studies. Dedicated to professional and experiential learning, the School of Professional and Extended Studies offers an array of options for lifelong learners span- ning the applied social sciences. Programs range from undergrad- experiential opportunities through in scholarly fields that bring together uate internship-based semester nationally recognized clinics and thought leaders, policy makers, and programs to market-driven online externships. industry leaders to investigate complex master’s degrees for professionals at problems and create actionable solutions. critical junctures in their careers. Courses run on a 15-week semester As part of the strategic plan, AU is com- basis in fall and spring, with shorter mitted to establishing additional centers • School of Public Affairs.Taking summer-term classes. In addition, AU in areas of strategic focus where there advantage of its location in the offers study abroad programs and is significant potential for impact that heart of our nation’s capital, alternative breaks. Ninety-one percent is aligned with the university’s mission the School of Public Affairs is of AU undergraduates participate in at and goals. These areas of focus include a top-ranked school of public least one internship during their time at health, data analytics, security, and social administration and policy, AU, and 70 percent of students partic- equity—all of which will build upon a government, and justice. From ipate in study abroad. AU students are strong foundation across AU’s schools, AU’s politically engaged campus, globally diverse, with all 50 states, the and which each present opportunities for students gain access to world-class District of Columbia, and more than attracting external resources and support. faculty members, influencers, and 140 countries represented. In addition to building out each area of internship opportunities where they Faculty at AU are both world-class strategic focus, AU will explore the inter- can have a meaningful impact on academics and serious practitioners who sections of these four areas, particularly the world. teach, mentor, and invest in the success where the overlap presents opportunities of every student. Among full-time for cutting-edge research. • Washington College of Law. Today’s faculty, 94 percent hold the highest economic, political, and social degree in their fields, and the university’s 2.3 CAMPUS LIFE challenges require innovative legal adjunct faculty is made up of policy solutions. As one of the most makers, diplomats, journalists, artists, Experiences outside the classroom diverse law schools in the country, writers, scientists, and business leaders. play an integral part in the growth and the Washington College of Law development of all AU students. To that equips students to navigate this new RESEARCH end, the university places great emphasis on intentionally guiding, challenging, reality. Programs include interna- American University is home to more and supporting its students as they tional law, law and government, than 30 centers and institutes that support grow and thrive as members of the AU trial advocacy, and business, with collaborative and innovative research community on campus and beyond.

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 17 Coordinated by the vice president of ATHLETICS AND campus life and inclusive excellence, RECREATION AU offers a range of intersecting Athletics and recreation are important student-focused programs that together components in the overall education strive to integrate students into a diverse and development of AU students. At the university community; promote their intercollegiate level, AU fields 16 NCAA intellectual, social, and spiritual develop- Division I teams (men’s basketball, cross ment; and, in collaboration with faculty, country, soccer, swimming and diving, prepare students for lifelong learning indoor and outdoor track and field, and global citizenship. The wide spec- and wrestling; women’s basketball, cross trum of departments within the Office country, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, of Campus Life and other departments swimming and diving, indoor and within AU divisions that support the outdoor track and field, and volleyball), campus life experience include: many of which have enjoyed multiple • Dean of Students Patriot League titles and post-season appearances. As has become a tradition • Center for Community at American University, the academic Engagement and Service accomplishments of AU scholar-athletes • Center for Diversity and Inclusion are equally as impressive, with many teams and individual athletes garnering • Center for Student Involvement Division I academic honors. • Counseling Center Recreational Sports and Fitness, a unit within the Department of Athletics • Health Promotion and and Recreation, provides a wide range Advocacy Center of health, fitness, and recreational • Housing and Residential Life programs—including club sports, intramurals, group exercise classes, • International Student and aquatics programs, and personal training Scholar Services sessions—to meet the variety of needs • Kay Spiritual Life Center and interests of AU’s diverse campus • Orientation, Transition population. These dynamic programs and Retention foster broad participation and encourage active lifestyles, provide a healthy release • Student Conduct and Conflict from academic rigor, and help develop Resolution Services lifelong habits of physical activity. • Student Health Center Campus athletic facilities include: • University Center (Mary Graydon Center) • . Located in the Sports Center, Bender Arena is the major • University Conference and sports venue on campus and is host Guest Services to a variety of events including • Equity and Title IX commencement and NCAA athletic games. • Dining Services • Greenberg Track and Reeves Athletics The Mary Graydon Center is Complex. Located on the west side centrally located on the Friedheim of campus, Reeves Field is a premier soccer facility used for intercol- Quadrangle and connected to the Butler legiate women’s and men’s soccer Pavilion, where the Office of Campus games; the complex also features a Life, the Career Center, Athletics and six-lane track. Recreation Department administrative office, and Bender Arena are located. • William I. Jacobs Recreational The center currently houses university Complex. The Jacobs Recreational dining operations and serves as the main Complex includes a multi-use turf hub of student life activity. surface used for intercollegiate

18 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 2 women’s lacrosse and field hockey STUDENT HOUSING Together, these residence halls games, along with a softball The residential experience at American provide an on-campus housing capacity diamond and two outdoor sand 2 University is based on the understanding of 4,152 beds . In addition, approx- volleyball courts. that much of what students learn happens imately 200 beds of undergraduate • Massachusetts Avenue Field. outside of the classroom setting. student housing are available at the An athletic field at the corner of Accordingly, AU’s Office of Housing Frequency Apartments in nearby Massachusetts Avenue NW and and Residence Life is committed to through an off-campus 45th Street NW is primarily used for providing and supplementing quality master lease. The housing at the intramurals and athletic practices. programs and services that enhance the Frequency is subject to AU residence hall regulations and is intended to meet • Tennis Courts. Six unlit tennis academic pursuit of all resident students, courts and two outdoor basketball including facilitating the holistic devel- the needs of upperclass students who courts are located on the northwest opment of AU students in living-learn- desire to live in a vibrant commercial ing communities and incorporating side of campus. location close to public transportation faculty and staff in out-of-classroom and retail amenities without adversely • Jacobs Fitness Center. Located collaborative learning opportunities. impacting the residential neighborhoods within the Sports Center, Jacobs The residence life team within the surrounding campus. Fitness Center is the primary fitness Office of Housing and Residence Life is facility on the Main Campus, comprised of the director of residence 2.4 ARTS AND CULTURE housing the Athletics Strength and life, the assistant director for residence Conditioning and Wrestling rooms, life, a case manager, an associate American University honors the arts a variety of cardio and weight director for each campus neighborhood, and culture as an essential part of higher training equipment, and group community directors, and assistant education and strives to share that vision exercise studios. community directors. The staff collaborate with the AU and broader DC commu- with student staff to create a myriad of • Reeves Aquatic Center. Located nities in numerous ways. opportunities for residents to gain a better within the Sports Center, the Specifically designed to foster sense of self, community, and the world. aquatic center includes an eight- interdisciplinary collaboration in American University’s residence halls lane, 25-yard lap pool and a the arts, the Katzen Arts Center on are dynamic communities that pro- three-lane, 20-yard teaching pool. Massachusetts Avenue NW provides mote student learning and positive and more than 130,000 square feet of state- • Cassell Fitness Center. Located in affirming atmospheres. Each building has of-the-art instructional, exhibition, and Cassell Hall on the north side of the unique features and special communities performance space. The Katzen features Main Campus, the facility houses aimed at fostering student success. both cardio and weight training the 30,000 square-foot American University Museum, with a variety of equipment and two fitness studios. Traditional-style halls include: gallery and exhibition spaces including • Duber Fitness Center. Located • Anderson Hall AU’s permanent Watkins Collection, the within Duber Hall, the multi-use • Clark Hall Rothfield Collection of Contemporary facility includes personal training Israeli Art, and other national and • Hughes Hall and program space during the international contemporary art. The academic year and a small fitness • Leonard Hall university’s commitment to the arts center during the summer semester. • Letts Hall expanded dramatically with the • Campus Fitness Trail. Launched in acquisition of the Corcoran Legacy • McDowell Hall fall 2016, the two-mile campus Collection, which encompasses several fitness trail highlights achievements • Roper Hall works by both modern and contemporary of the campus, faculty, students, artists of Washington, DC, including and alumni, providing a unique Suite-style halls include: members of the Washington Color School. opportunity to discover and explore • Cassell Hall The American University Museum the university. maintains a long-standing commitment • Centennial Hall to supporting artists in the Washington, Members of the residential neighbor- • Constitution Hall DC, community and takes an active role hoods surrounding campus have access • Duber Hall in the formation of the region’s contem- to the track and tennis courts when porary arts culture. The museum’s Alper they are not scheduled for use by AU • Federal Hall Initiative for Washington Art promotes and may purchase a membership to the the understanding and appreciation of Jacobs Fitness Center and participate in Apartment-style halls include: the art and artists of the DC metro- programs at the Reeves Aquatics Center.1 • Nebraska Hall politan area through its dedication to

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 19 of up to $1,000 and providing them with mentors who assist in implementing their projects. The program garnered recognition as the Top College Philanthropic Organization in the USA, along with the Brandeis University Silverman Center’s A Generous U title and accompanying grant funding for its work in student philanthropy. • TheCenter for Community Engagement and Service (CCES) is one of the leading platforms promoting AU’s commitment to advancing social justice and civic responsibility and improving the lives of people both in the DC community and globally. CCES programs and projects include the preserving, presenting, and creating the Washington, DC, metropolitan area as following: art history of Washington, DC. the region’s primary National Public • CCES One-Day Service Events: The Greenberg Theater at 4200 Radio station. WAMU is member- This program provides AU fac- Wisconsin Avenue NW and the Studio supported and committed to producing ulty, staff, students, and alumni Theater in the Katzen Arts Center serve regular and special programming that with myriad opportunities to as leading venues for the DC commu- reflects, supports, and celebrates the connect with diverse DC com- nity to experience live performances diverse and dynamic communities munities, focusing on facilitation in music, theater, and dance. AU’s of Washington, DC. of short-term and longer-term Department of Performing Arts produces community service projects. five mainstage theater shows each school 2.5 COMMUNITY • Community-Based Learning year where students participate in SERVICE AND performances ranging from classics to (CBL): An academic, course- contemporary works and traditional book OUTREACH based initiative, CBL allows musicals to innovative new productions. students to collaborate with The DC Humanities Truck is a American University is deeply rooted in community agencies, nonprofit community and service and continues unique, fully customized delivery truck organizations, and schools to to make strategic efforts to expand and that serves as an experimental mobile address community-identified strengthen its connections to the DC goals and needs. platform for AU faculty and students community and beyond. Many of these to travel throughout the District programs are featured in the university’s • Explore DC: Held during and interview residents in their own 2020 community impact report AU in Welcome Week, the Explore neighborhoods to document the stories the District. Notable examples include: DC program allows incoming of diverse, underserved communities students to participate in one day • The Washington Tax Initiative throughout the DC region. The of community service and one connects AU’s Kogod School web-based projects are then exhibited day of immersion in the District and circulated within and beyond of Business undergraduate and graduate students with Community to learn about neighborhoods and the communities where they were Tax Aid, a nonprofit that provides wards, city government, history, created. One of the truck’s first projects free income tax preparation to the city’s culture, and how to use focused on stories of communities and low-income individuals. public transportation. During individuals experiencing homelessness, summer 2019, 405 students recent immigration, and the difficulties • The Eagle Endowment for Public participated in the program, of living in neighborhoods undergoing and Community Service supports partnering with 50 different significant transitions and dislocations. community service projects in the community service opportunities. WAMU (88.5 FM) is American DC area by helping students turn • Martin Luther King Jr. Day University’s public news and talk ideas into action and action into of Service: During 2019, 163 radio station and serves the greater service, awarding students grants

20 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 2 students and staff volunteered promotes interest in math by Admissions and Diversity and at six sites throughout the city, bringing students together to learn Inclusion to focus on fostering including Ron Brown High analytics through sports analytics pipeline efforts that expose students School, IDEA Public Charter research projects that are approved to the impact and opportunities School, Kelly Miller Middle and supervised by a STEM teacher that exist within legal careers. School, Deanwood Recreation advisor and an AU professor advisor. As part of its partnership with Center, A Wider Circle, and Truesdell Education Campus, law • DCPS Adopt-a-School Program Campus Kitchen. students and staff participants is a pipeline program that work with Truesdell Elementary provides a structured pathway for DISTRICT OF School to perform beautification partnerships between DCPS and COLUMBIA SCHOOLS projects and building maintenance local corporate and community to prepare the school for the start of AU’s School of Education has deep organizations interested in building the academic year. ties with DC Public Schools (DCPS), relationships that support student Teacher Pipeline Project including the success. • The AU District Scholars Program that launched in fall 2018. Under this was launched by the university • The Ethics Bowl, a College of Arts initiative, AU offers an education- in December 2019 to enhance and Sciences-sponsored debate focused dual-enrollment program for high-quality education and support competition, helps DC-area high high-school seniors—the only such the Washington, DC, community school students cultivate the virtues offering on AU’s campus. The program through the dedication of $3 central to democratic citizenship. provides high school students exposure million in full scholarships for The competition allows students to to the education field while earning high-achieving students attending explore the challenging ethical and early college credits alongside under- District public and public charter political issues of our time in graduate education students preparing high schools and who have signifi- a systematic and open-minded way to be teachers. The eventual goal of the cant financial need. Eleven student through respectful, supportive, and dual-enrollment program is to create recipients for the 2020–2021 rigorous discussion. a pipeline of highly skilled and diverse academic year are the first cohort of teachers between AU and DCPS. In • In My Backyard Day of Service is AU District Scholars. addition to this successful initiative, the offered through the Washington broader university community engages College of Law Office of directly with District public and public charter schools through many collabora- tive and impactful projects, including: • DC Reads, a joint effort of AU, its students, DCPS, and community- based organizations that provide off-campus literacy programs and quality tutoring to children in need. • Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019, sends WCL students to area schools to teach constitutional law and youth justice; as part of the program, volunteers reframe issues present in the daily lives of youths as consti- tutional issues and engage students in hands-on civics activities that encourage them to be creative and develop problem-solving, collabora- tive, and critical thinking skills. • The Sports Analytics Club at Woodrow Wilson High School

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 21 LAW CLINICS AND EXTERNSHIP PROGRAMS Each year more than 200 students take part in one of the Washington College of Law’s 10 in-house clinics. As part of their work in this nationally ranked program, student attorneys advocate on behalf of underserved individuals and organizations in the DC region in venues ranging from local and federal courts and agencies to negotiating tables in corporate boardrooms. Each year, stu- dent attorneys provide tens of thousands of hours of pro bono legal services. Notable clinic programs include:

• Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic represents low-income individuals being audited by the IRS. • Immigrant Justice Clinic provides representation to DC-area immi- grants seeking asylum and human- itarian protection, naturalization, permanent residence, and other forms of relief. • Civil Advocacy Clinic helps low-income clients solve legal prob- lems and provides representation in civil matters in the courts and administrative agencies of DC and Maryland. • Community and Economic Development Law Clinic provides legal assistance to small businesses, worker cooperatives, and nonprofit organizations in DC and Maryland. • Pro Bono Honors Pledge Program promotes voluntary, uncompensated work undertaken by law students on behalf of low-income and underrepresented populations or organizations such as the World LOCAL OUTREACH for the public good. The program Bank, US Agency for International is designed to encourage students Maintaining positive relationships with Development, US Department of members of the communities surround- to continue engaging in pro bono Justice, Federal Communications service throughout their careers. ing campus is a priority for AU, and the Commission, US Senate and university welcomes the opportunity to • Washington College of Law House of Representatives, Securities be a valuable and valued community Externship Program provides and Exchange Commission, and partner. The Office of Community thousands of hours of high-quality, nonprofit organizations including Relations actively facilitates efforts to unpaid legal assistance for gov- Kids in Need of Defense, Washington work with neighbors, local community ernment agencies, courts, public Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, organizations, and the Advisory interest organizations, and law firms Public Defenders’ Services, and Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) in engaged in pro bono work, including Campaign for Youth Justice. the neighborhoods surrounding campus

22 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 2 to address issues of mutual concern. As 2.6 ECONOMIC contractors; supplies and payments an active member of the community, CONTRIBUTIONS to local vendors; income, sales, and AU participates in many local property taxes) neighborhood-based efforts, including: As the fifth largest non-government • $212 million annual spending by • working with Tenleytown Main Street, employer in Washington, DC, American students (room and board) a community-based nonprofit organi- University has a significant impact on • $5.7 million annual visitor spend- zation, in its efforts to strengthen the the region’s economy. The university economic vitality of Tenleytown ing (sports events, museum visitors, offers highly competitive wages and admissions prospects and their • supporting beautification efforts at benefits to its employees—many of families) local parks such as Friendship Park whom are DC residents—and is a (also known as Turtle Park) major purchaser of goods and services • $51 million annual research impact spending (federal and private grants from area businesses. The university’s • sponsoring and participating in and contracts) community events including Jazz at capital improvements in new buildings, large-scale renovations, and infrastruc- Turtle Park, Palisades Village Home In addition, AU’s spending on ture projects also stimulate job creation and Garden Tour, and the Northwest capital projects from 2013–2018 totaled Little League and spending in the local construction more than $441 million. sector. • working with teachers and children AU’s estimated economic impact at neighborhood schools Horace Exhibit D: AU in the District on the metropolitan DC region totals Mann and Janney Elementary on 4 special events and initiatives approximately $1.7 billion , based on total annual spending of $941 million, AU also provides many commu- including: nity-centric programs and welcomes • $672 million in annual institutional the public to use many of on-campus spending (salaries; consultants and facilities and resources3, including:

• Bender Library to study and access IMPACT ON THE METROPOLITAN DC ECONOMY the library catalog, print materials, and databases • various outdoor campus recrea- $672 MILLION tional facilities and membership annual institutional opportunities at William I. Jacobs spending Fitness Center • a variety of summer athletic programs $51 MILLION on campus for neighborhood youth annual research * • Kennedy Political Union lectures impact spending $1.7 and seminars BILLION • Community Audit Program, designed for community members ages 55 and older who live in the neighbor- hoods near campus, which allows $212 MILLION individuals to audit university annual spending by courses for a nominal fee students (room and board) • creative activities and summer camps through Kids at the Katzen $5.7 MILLION • educational events and programming associated with AU’s accredited and annual visitor spending award-winning campus arboretum, *AU’s total economic impact on Washington, DC, was derived by multiplying its estimated annual spending of which supports one of the most $941 million with a multiplier of 1.88. e multiplier, a measure of how money put into the community is respent diverse collections of plant material and leads to additional economic activity was calculated by the Consortium of Universities of the Washington of any urban campus in the country Metropolitan Area, in a report titled, e Economic Impact of the Consortium of Universities. All ­gures based on ­nancial year ending April 30, 2018.

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Section 3 PLANNING THE PATH FORWARD 3.1 THE SHIFTING foundation in teaching excellence, and fundamental components of the plan LANDSCAPE AND worldwide connections with leaders and have been envisioned and developed— organizations that are a platform for and will be collaboratively implemented COMPETITIVE scholarly impact. Through the strategic over the next decade—in partnership MARKETPLACE OF plan, the university is not only rethink- with university and community stake- HIGHER EDUCATION ing the rising costs of higher education holders to ensure that the campus will but also how to prepare students to lead adapt to and meet the changing needs of IN THE TWENTY-FIRST change, provide a lifetime of dynamic AU students, faculty, and staff while at CENTURY learning opportunities, elevate the dis- the same time respecting and enhancing covery of knowledge with global impact, the quality of life of those who live As a community of changemakers, AU and develop multifaceted approaches to within the neighborhoods surrounding is actively and purposefully identifying inclusive excellence. AU is an institution campus. It is AU’s fundamental goal and responding to the myriad challenges deeply rooted in community—on a that the 2021 Campus Plan successfully throughout higher education—at a global, national, and local level—and accomplishes both of these objectives. time when the demand for change the strategic plan outlines the university’s and opportunities for institutions of commitments to connecting with the 3.3 DEVELOPMENT OF higher education are both expanding communities surrounding campus and THE CAMPUS PLAN: exponentially. AU is actively meeting throughout the District of Columbia this challenge by combining its core to effectively advance educational A TRANSPARENT AND strengths—because the university is opportunities, enrich arts and culture, CONSENSUS-BASED not content with being an either-or and promote economic development in APPROACH institution. AU faculty are scholars and a manner that benefits a wide range of teachers. AU students are learners and stakeholders and enhances AU’s position as an anchor institution in the District. AU embarked on this Campus Plan researchers. AU pursues imperative effort with an intentional focus on research that also leads to real-world Built around the values and purpose of creating meaningful change to respond engaging effectively with members solutions. And as AU adapts to this of the community who reside in shifting landscape, we teach our to and address the most pressing issues facing the community, nation, and the neighborhoods surrounding the students to do the same. This approach campus. Over the past two years, the has created a culture of institutional world, AU’s strategic plan has effectively positioned the university to thoughtfully university worked closely with the agility that allows AU to remain flexible AU Neighborhood Partnership and a to boldly engage the changing needs and navigate challenges and uncertainties— including those brought about by the wide range of campus and community demands in a dynamic global society. As stakeholders to gather input and AU prepares for tomorrow’s opportuni- impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic— while at the same time maintaining focus feedback on various planning concepts ties, the university’s mission to advance and priorities as they were developed. As knowledge and foster intellectual on AU’s forward thinking and long-term objectives and priorities. a result of this dedicated and collab- curiosity remains its constant guide. orative effort, the university and the SHAPING THE FUTURE AU Neighborhood Partnership have 3.2 AMERICAN reached consensus on the objectives, UNIVERSITY’S The 2021 Campus Plan is an integral proposals, and commitments set forth component in the successful implemen- PLANNING in the 2021 Campus Plan. The following tation of the strategic plan, setting forth sections outline the comprehensive FRAMEWORK a thoughtful approach to managing planning process which led to this campus growth and development over successful result. BUILDING ON THE the next 10 years in a manner that STRATEGIC PLAN reflects the university’s commitment to 3.3.1 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY the communities of which it is a part. IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS AU’s strategic plan, Changemakers for a At the same time, the Campus Plan COMMUNITY Changing World, focuses on addressing will play a critical role in informing and the formidable issues facing higher incorporating the key priorities of an American University is located within education. It draws on AU’s legacy of ambitious fundraising campaign that several established residential neighbor- scholarship, learning, and community will capitalize on AU’s momentum as an hoods, including AU Park, Fort Gaines, while taking advantage of the universi- emerging global university to support Spring Valley, Tenleytown, Wesley ty’s strengths—a campus located in the the study and scholarship of American Heights, and Westover Place. Residents nation’s capital, a robust environment University students and faculty for gen- in these neighborhoods have a strong for scholarship and experiential learning, erations to come. As detailed below, the interest and involvement in activities a growing academic reputation with a

26 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 3 on and around campus, and, for many groups have actively participated in AU’s priorities and objectives in the years, have demonstrated a commitment effective discussions to evaluate existing development of this consensus-based to working collaboratively with the planning and programming efforts, 2021 Campus Plan. university on a wide range of initiatives identifying creative solutions to address Partnership Steering Committee. and partnerships. These neighbors share neighborhood quality-of-life issues and The Partnership Steering Committee is a common interest in the long-term sharing information and insight regard- comprised of AU staff and administra- vitality of the university and in ensuring ing matters of mutual concern. tors and representatives of community that its impacts are appropriately Members of the Neighborhood organizations and ANCs who were addressed and effectively managed, and, Partnership take its charge seriously signatories to the March 18, 2018, letter as detailed more fully below, have been and are committed to its purposes and expressing the intent and vision of the integral partners in the development objectives as an effective and established partnership that was submitted to and of the 2021 Campus Plan. forum for transparent engagement and recognized by the Zoning Commission. Exhibit E: Campus Neighborhood the development of mutually beneficial These founding members include the Context solutions. Senior leadership and key Fort Gaines Citizens Association, Spring staff of the university (including five Valley Neighborhood Association, 3.3.2 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY members of the president’s cabinet) are Ward 3 Vision, Westover Place Homes NEIGHBORHOOD actively involved in the partnership, Corporation, ANC 3D, and ANC 3E. PARTNERSHIP along with numerous neighborhood Since the inception of the partnership, leaders who make substantial commit- neighborhood leaders of the steering The American University Neighborhood ments of their own time to ensure that committee have conducted direct Partnership is a collaborative forum effective dialogue is maintained through outreach to actively recruit community connecting AU and leaders in the continuity of meeting attendance, members to serve on working groups communities surrounding the university, constructive discourse, and active to provide a collection of perspectives focused on improving university and communication with their constituents. and viewpoints that help shape balanced neighborhood relations through discus- In recent months, the parties’ level of and well-informed alternatives and sion, information sharing, and prob- effort and engagement has increased solutions. AU hosted an open house lem-solving. Since its inception in 2018, significantly to ensure thoughtful and for the partnership in February 2019 representatives of all engaged stakeholder collaborative review and discussion of and regularly shares information about

PLANNING THE PATH FORWARD 27 the partnership on AU’s community opportunities for engagement and the planning, and numerous discussions relations website and at community events benefits associated with having the with internal stakeholders and commu- (e.g., Community Liaison Committee university as a neighbor. nity organizations. This collaborative meetings and Planning 101 sessions). • Data and Metrics. The Data and planning effort addressed major Campus The steering committee generally Metrics Working Group provides Plan components including student meets quarterly—but has met monthly guidance on the development and enrollment, campus development, throughout 2020 as the Campus Plan review of metrics for compliance and on-campus life, off-campus neighbor- frameworks and drafts have been devel- assessment associated with various hood quality-of-life issues, and parking oped—and receives reports from and components of the Campus Plan. and transportation—all through the provides guidance to various partnership lens of the unique challenges of long- working groups. 3.3.3 THE COMMUNITY term planning in the shifting global Partnership Working Groups. LIAISON COMMITTEE (CLC) climate of higher education—and The partnership includes five working more recently, in the context of the groups that meet regularly to support The CLC, comprised of individuals COVID-19 pandemic. As noted university planning efforts and from neighboring community organi- above, this planning effort continued address shared goals for promoting zations and representatives from the in earnest notwithstanding the impacts positive relationships and neighborhood university, was affirmed in the2011 of COVID-19, as meetings and review quality-of-life issues. Each working Campus Plan for the purpose of fostering sessions were successfully moved to group has a community and university consistent communication between online collaboration platforms. co-chair, and members include neigh- the university and the surrounding borhood residents, AU administrators, neighborhoods, discussing issues of Exhibit F: Community Engagement staff, faculty, students, and consul- mutual interest, and proposing solu- Process tants. The five working groups include: tions to problems that exist or arise in • Facilities Planning. The Facilities implementing the Campus Plan. CLC CAMPUS PLAN WEBSITE Planning Working Group collab- meetings are held at least quarterly, and AND COMMUNITY orates on issues related to physical AU provides reports on various topics of INPUT PORTAL campus facilities including existing interest to members of the community The AU2021 Campus Plan website was and proposed development and including enrollment, off-campus launched in March 2020 to provide renovation projects. student conduct, construction projects, a wide range of information and • Student Life and Safety. The Student and community relations. materials, including meeting agendas, Life and Safety Working Group AU representatives provided updates notes, and presentations; reports 2021 Campus Plan addresses neighborhood quali- on the at regular and data; and comprehensive FAQ ty-of-life issues including off-cam- CLC meetings and also hosted special resources. The website also includes pus student conduct, noise and Campus Plan-focused CLC sessions on an online community input portal for trash management matters, student April 28 and 30, 2020, and on August neighbors and interested stakeholders safety in the community, and 6, 2020, to solicit community input and to submit questions or feedback about on-campus student life. feedback with respect to the key compo- the Campus Plan. Responses to more nents of the 2021 Campus Plan. than 150 questions submitted through • Transportation and Parking. the portal (or posed at public meetings, The Transportation and Parking 3.3.4 DEVELOPMENT OF such as CLC sessions) were posted on Working Group addresses issues THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN the website for public review to allow concerning travel to, from, and all community members the benefit of around the campus and provides American University has utilized several seeing responses to issues raised by their input on efforts to mitigate the venues and forums to broadly engage neighbors. The website will continue to impacts of university-related traffic neighborhood residents and community be updated regularly, and the portal will on the community. stakeholder groups in the development remain active throughout the remainder 2021 Campus Plan • Engagement and Communications. of the . These of the review and approval process for The Engagement and Commu- opportunities included meetings with the 2021 Campus Plan. nications Working Group ensures the Neighborhood Partnership and

that neighbors are aware of and are CLC, Planning 101 sessions that encouraged to participate in campus engaged the entire campus community events and activities and promotes and neighbors on various facets of

28 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 3 CAMPUS PLAN FRAMEWORK June 1, 2020, 2021 Campus Plan implementation of the objectives and Framework. AU presented the 2021 priorities outlined in the 2021 Campus In early 2020, AU developed a Preliminary Campus Plan Framework to the CLC Plan. For example, the Facilities 2021 Campus Plan Framework that at its quarterly meeting on June 9, Planning Working Group will evaluate outlined the university’s institutional 2020, and it was the subject of a special development projects as they move from objectives with respect to key campus CLC meeting on August 6, 2020. The conceptual proposals to detailed sub- plan components. While the proposals framework also was presented and missions for further processing review. included in the preliminary framework discussed at ANC 3D and ANC 3E The Student Life and Safety Working were developed by AU, they reflected meetings in July and September 2020, as Group will play a key role in developing significant input received from mem- enhanced off-campus student orienta- part of a comprehensive review timeline bers of the community throughout tion programs and neighborhood out- established and adopted by the ANC the collaborative planning process. reach efforts as described in Section 4.4, commissioners. ThePreliminary 2021 Campus Plan as well as evaluating the efficacy of those Framework was circulated at the March programs over the term of the plan. The PROPOSED CAMPUS 3, 2020, CLC meeting and posted on Transportation and Parking Working PLAN DRAFT AU’s Campus Plan website for public Group will continue to evaluate the key review. Interested stakeholders provided Over summer 2020, the terms set forth performance metrics which they helped extensive feedback on the preliminary in the 2021 Campus Plan Framework develop with AU and DDOT as part framework through a variety of channels affirmed by the Neighborhood of the Campus Plan Comprehensive including several partnership meetings Partnership were incorporated into Transportation Review (CTR) process. throughout spring 2020, internal stake- a full draft of the 2021 Campus Plan The Engagement and Communications Working Group will actively work holder discussions (including a special document, including a set of proposed with members of the community to session focused on AU student interests), conditions of approval which were also reviewed and affirmed by the partner- identify programs and opportunities of two special Campus Plan CLC sessions on ship. AU posted the draft 2021 Campus mutual interest and benefit and promote April 28 and April 30, 2020, a Planning Plan on its Campus Plan website for positive engagement between AU and 101 session open to all members of the public review on September 8, 2020. its neighbors. The Data and Metrics community on May 19, 2020, and the Members of the AU community, Working Group will help support the online community input portal. including students, faculty and staff, as work of the steering committee and On June 1, 2020, the university well as residents of the neighborhoods other working groups by providing and released an updated version of the 2021 surrounding campus, including the CLC reviewing relevant data and developing Campus Plan Framework that reflected and all other interested stakeholders, were appropriate metrics associated with vari- the substantial input and feedback encouraged to review the draft 2021 ous components of the plan. And finally, received throughout spring 2020 and Campus Plan and submit questions or the Partnership Steering Committee will included many significant updates and comments through the online community remain an important forum for active changes in response to issues raised by input portal. collaboration, information sharing and members of the community. In particu- Following review and consideration problem-solving, promoting positive and lar, all key components outlined in the of the feedback and input received on mutually-beneficial programmatic oppor- 2021 Campus Plan Framework were the the proposed draft document, the 2021 tunities between AU and the commu- subject of focused and detailed review by Campus Plan was finalized and submit- nity and ensuring that the commitments the relevant partnership working groups ted for review to ANC 3D and ANC and obligations set forth in the 2021 to collaboratively address issues and 3E for their consideration prior to filing Campus Plan are appropriately managed throughout the plan’s 10-year term. concerns that were identified by neigh- with the DC Zoning Commission for In addition, it is anticipated that the borhood representatives. The working public hearing and subsequent review and action by the commission. ANC 3D CLC will continue to serve as a venue groups communicated their comments and ANC 3E each voted to support the for regular communication between and perspectives directly to members of 2021 Campus Plan on November 4 and the university and its neighbors. AU the steering committee, who remained December 10, 2020, respectively. administrators will provide reports on actively engaged and involved in the various topics relevant to Campus Plan planning process, providing input and 3.3.5 IMPLEMENTATION OF issues and of interest to members of direction as issues were explored and THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN the community including enrollment, solutions developed. As a result of this off-campus student conduct, construc- dedicated and focused collaborative Following approval of the 2021 Campus tion projects, and community relations planning effort, the AU Neighborhood Plan, the Neighborhood Partnership at regularly scheduled meetings of the Partnership Steering Committee and its working groups will provide a CLC over the term of the Campus Plan. affirmed its consensus support of the collaborative forum for the day-to-day

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Section 4 THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN The2021 Campus Plan sets forth a • strategic and measured enrollment them to be responsible members thoughtful and measured approach management at a level lower than of the community and promote to managing campus growth and the student cap established in 2011 positive relationships between development over the next 10 years in when adjusted to reflect the revised students and their neighbors a manner that reflects the university’s student count methodology set • continued commitment to effective commitment to the communities of forth in the city’s updated zoning TDM strategies aimed at promoting which it is a part. Pursuant to the 2016 regulations alternative transportation options Zoning Regulations, the scope of the that reduce the use of single-oc- 2021 Campus Plan has expanded from • a balanced development program cupancy vehicles and the demand prior campus plans and now includes of academic/administrative, for on-campus parking, along with university-owned properties at 4801 residential/campus life, and athletic vigilant enforcement of AU’s existing Massachusetts Avenue NW, 4200 uses, on a scale significantly reduced off-campus parking policies to Wisconsin Avenue NW, and 3201 New from the program proposed in preserve on-street parking capacity Mexico Avenue NW, along with the the 2011 Campus Plan, aimed at Main Campus and Tenley Campus. providing leading-edge research and for members of the community This expanded scope provides a more teaching facilities and strengthening comprehensive perspective of university and invigorating a student-centered Underscoring all of these objectives activities within the surrounding living and learning campus and key to the long-term success of the neighborhood context, and the impact experience, including enhancing plan, AU will continue its dedicated of these regulatory changes is directly the landscape and open space efforts to work collaboratively with reflected in several aspects of the2021 elements that are distinctive to AU’s members of the community through Campus Plan, including student and urban campus—an accredited and the AU Neighborhood Partnership to staff populations, parking inventory, award-winning arboretum—and effectively address impacts associated and transportation considerations. actively advancing the university’s with AU students on the neighborhoods Envisioned and developed in culture of sustainability surrounding campus. In so doing, the close partnership with neighborhood • a focus on providing student housing 2021 Campus Plan will ensure that stakeholders, the 2021 Campus Plan opportunities that encourage more AU effectively adapts to and meets the sets forth a flexible yet predictable students to remain on-campus changing needs of its students, faculty, framework for future growth and during their time at AU, while at and staff while at the same time enhanc- development of the university in the the same time implementing robust ing the quality of life for those who live context of its surrounding communities engagement with students who within the neighborhoods surrounding based on the following objectives: choose to live off campus to equip the university.

32 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 4 4.1 CAMPUS and providing a range of dynamic must count students. For AU, this POPULATIONS: lifetime learning opportunities utilizing approach expands the scope of students traditional face-to-face and leading-edge included in the enrollment count—as MEASURED GROWTH, online platforms. While these rapidly the new regulations require that a broader A REDUCED changing conditions can pose challenges range of students and students in a ENROLLMENT CAP, for long-range institutional planning, greater number of locations be counted. AND A FOCUS ON they also present opportunities for Student enrollment has been universities that can remain flexible reported on an annual basis to the CLC MANAGING IMPACTS to respond to emerging trends and based on the student count definition set offer unique programs to attract and forth in the 2011 Campus Plan. However, 4.1.1 STUDENT ENROLLMENT retain high-quality students. To remain Subtitle Z, Section 302.10(d) of the competitive and thrive as a vibrant 2016 Zoning Regulations includes a A wide range of complex factors drive educational institution in the nation’s specific directive regarding the types of the continually changing dynamics capital, AU is focused on the need to students to be counted, and Subtitle of enrollment management in higher maintain this responsive flexibility and X, Section 102 calls for the inclusion education. The profile of students institutional agility; this is more import- of three university facilities that were entering degree-seeking, certificate, and ant now, as AU effectively navigates the not previously subject to the campus continuing education programs and the immediate and long-term impacts of the plan regulations—specifically 4801 demand for these programs are in rapid COVID-19 pandemic. Massachusetts Avenue NW (Spring flux, influenced by shifts in demograph- Valley Building), 4200 Wisconsin ics and economic and market forces 2016 ZONING REGULATIONS Avenue NW, and 3201 New Mexico that impact the notion of a “traditional” In the context of the 2021 Campus Plan, Avenue NW. As a result of these student. Even before the COVID-19 the university’s approach to enrollment regulatory changes, the same student pandemic, online education programs management is further influenced by population results in different student were experiencing dramatic growth and changes brought about by the 2016 counts under the methodology estab- actively transforming the landscape of update to the DC Zoning Regulations, lished in the 2011 Campus Plan and the higher education. Consistent with the which impact the way AU and other new approach that meets the require- priorities set forth in AU’s strategic plan, universities throughout the District ments of the 2016 Zoning Regulations. the university is adapting to these changes

IMPACT OF 2016 ZONING REGULATIONS ON FALL 2019 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT POPULATION COUNT 2011 Campus Plan Methodology 2021 Campus Plan Methodology (Pursuant to 2016 Zoning Regulations)

Main Campus Main Campus

Tenley Campus Tenley Campus

11,801 4801 Massachusetts Students Included In Campus Plan Count 4200 Wisconsin

4801 Massachusetts 3201 New Mexico

4200 Wisconsin 12,581 Non-Matriculated All Students Included In 87 On-Campus Students 3201 New Mexico Campus Plan Count 780 87 Non-Matriculated Not Included In On-Campus Students 0 Campus Plan Count Students Not Included In Campus Plan Count Total = 12,581 Students

THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN 33 IMPACT ON STUDENT IMPACT OF 2016 ZONING REGULATIONS POPULATION ON CAMPUS PLAN ENROLLMENT CAP The additional students included under 14,499 the 2016 Zoning Regulations methodol- +6.61% ogy include those enrolled in the School 12,581 of Professional and Extended Studies, 13,600 2011 Campus Plan +6.61% Enrollment Cap non-credit, and pre-sessional students, most of whom currently take their 11,801 11,801 classes at the Spring Valley Building. As illustrated on page 33, while the identical fall 2019 AU student popu- lation is represented in the headcount numbers under both methodologies, the new, expanded methodology under the 2016 Zoning Regulations yields an additional 780 reported students or an increase of 6.61 percent. The vast majority of students accounting for this increase is attributable to the additional university locations included in the Fall 2019 Student Fall 2019 Student Impact of 2016 Zoning Count Pursuant to Count Pursuant to 2016 Regulations on Campus 2021 Campus Plan. 2011 Campus Plan Zoning Regulations Plan Enrollment Cap IMPACT ON ENROLLMENT CAP process did not materialize as AU had to increase on-campus enrollment in The student enrollment cap established anticipated. Specifically, the university’s face-to-face graduate programs, subject in the 2011 Campus Plan is 13,600 stated goal of enrolling 1,000 additional to the limitations of the proposed students. Based on the impact of the graduate students over the term of the overall enrollment cap. In response new enrollment parameters set forth 2011 Campus Plan was not met. While to emerging trends, areas targeted for in the 2016 Zoning Regulations, it undergraduate enrollment increased at a anticipated growth include leveraging logically follows that the cap would also measured pace over that period of time, AU’s strengths in online instruction increase accordingly to correspond to the overall number of enrolled students and lifelong learning initiatives, which the expanded scope of students being remained relatively consistent and well include specially designed, high-quality counted. As illustrated in the bar chart, below the approved enrollment cap. programs that utilize off-campus when the enrollment cap is adjusted Accordingly, AU has taken a locations (e.g., downtown DC or other by 6.61 percent to reflect the impact of different approach to addressing sites throughout the metro region) and the new methodology, the result is an student enrollment over the term of do not bring students to the AU campus increase from 13,600 to 14,499 students. the 2021 Campus Plan; specifically, for their coursework. one focused around managing impacts Importantly, as part of the 2021 rather than attempting to project Campus Plan, AU will continue its dedi- 2021 CAMPUS PLAN specific enrollment figures for defined ENROLLMENT cated efforts to work collaboratively with programs. That being said, AU has members of the community through PROJECTIONS: A FOCUS established directional guidance in terms the AU Neighborhood Partnership ON MANAGING IMPACTS of anticipated undergraduate, graduate, to effectively address impacts on the and online program growth. Specifically, As noted above, AU’s outlook for the neighborhoods surrounding campus it is AU’s intent that traditional full- next 10 years is premised on the need associated with AU students. While the time undergraduate enrollment will to maintain flexibility with respect to scope of the reported impacts is relatively likely remain close to current levels, the types of students AU attracts—and small compared with other universities how and where they are educated—to owing to a range of factors including in DC, AU is firmly committed to a remain competitive and thrive as a constraints associated with facilities, the results-oriented approach to reduce vibrant educational institution. Owing services needed to support additional these impacts further by: to the fluidity of market conditions undergraduate students, as well as the throughout higher education, enroll- size of current and anticipated future • revising student policies to more ment projections made 10 years ago applicant pools. As was the case in the explicitly reference standards for as part of the 2011 Campus Plan 2011 Campus Plan, AU will endeavor off-campus living

34 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 4 • providing additional on-campus PROPOSED Members of the community housing in marketable unit configu- ENROLLMENT CAP advocated for a more limited alternative rations to encourage more students to the 2021 Campus Plan enrollment While committed to an approach to to remain on campus beyond cap. This approach would increase the enrollment that is focused on managing their freshman year and reduce the enrollment cap by the number of addi- impacts, the university is mindful of the number of undergraduates living tional students that would be counted desire for predictability among residents in the neighborhoods surrounding under the 2016 Zoning Regulations of the neighborhoods surrounding campus methodology in fall 2019 (i.e., 780), campus with respect to the number of rather than the percentage of the total • enhancing on-campus opportunities students enrolled at the university. To number of students represented by those for student activities and social that end, AU has carefully evaluated additional students (i.e., the 6.61 per- engagement various enrollment considerations and cent or 899 students proposed by AU). In light of the need to remain flexible to • evaluating programs and efforts over believes it can manage enrollment over respond to the aforementioned shifting the term of the 2021 Campus Plan the term of the 2021 Campus Plan dynamics of higher education—and to ensure their efficacy without requiring a major shift from the student population projected in histori- particularly in the wake of the COVID- 19 pandemic—AU firmly believes that UNDERGRADUATE cal planning models. The2011 Campus Plan established its enrollment proposal is appropriate HOUSING REQUIREMENT to provide the capacity to pursue a wide a student enrollment cap of 13,600, range of programmatic initiatives that In support of AU’s focus to manage the including a maximum of 2,000 students impacts of its student population and will help ensure the vitality and financial at the Tenley Campus. Given that the viability of the university—many of strengthen the living and learning expe- current and anticipated enrollment rience on campus and also to provide which may bring students to campus for of the Washington College of Law is a limited period of time and will have an appropriate measure of predictability substantially less than the existing Tenley minimal impact on the neighborhoods and control with respect to the number Campus enrollment cap, the university surrounding campus. of undergraduate students enrolled, the is seeking flexibility to allow students Nonetheless, after extensive discussion, university will continue to maintain enrolled in other academic programs, review, and collaboration, the university a supply of housing for 67 percent of including those that present opportuni- has modified its approach to the enroll- the full-time undergraduate student ties for interdisciplinary collaboration, ment cap for the 2021 Campus Plan to population. As discussed more fully in to attend classes at the Tenley Campus reflect the methodology favored by several Section 4.3.3 below, and consistent with subject to the existing 2,000-student cap. community members of the Neighborhood the 2011 Campus Plan, AU plans to In terms of the overall student Partnership and other neighborhood meet this requirement over the 10-year enrollment cap for the 2021 Campus stakeholders engaged in the planning term of the plan through a combination Plan, AU proposed in the March 3, process. of housing resources, including existing 2020, Preliminary 2021 Campus Plan The impact of the 2016 Zoning Regulations on the fall 2019 campus and proposed on-campus residence Framework to accommodate potential student population and 2011 Campus halls as well as off-campus master-leased growth in the on-campus student Plan enrollment cap, and the relation- population over the 10-year term of the beds in strategic locations that do not ship between the 2011 Campus Plan adversely impact the residential neigh- 2021 Campus Plan within the same cap cap, AU’s initially proposed cap, and borhoods surrounding campus. established in 2011 when adjusted for the revised cap proposed for the 2021 the revised counting methodology set Campus Plan are summarized in the forth in the 2016 Zoning Regulations. table below:

2011–2021 CAMPUS PLAN 2021–2031 CAMPUS PLAN

UNDER 11-07 ADJUSTED FOR IMPACT OF AU PROPOSED DIFFERENCE AU REVISED DIFFERENCE ZONING ORDER 2016 ZONING 2016 ZONING ENROLLMENT FROM 2011 PROPOSED FROM 2011 METHODOLOGY REGULATIONS REGULATIONS CAP 03.03.2020 ADJUSTED CAP ENROLLMENT ADJUSTED CAP CAP

FALL 2019 +780 11,801 12,581 ENROLLMENT (6.61%)

CAMPUS PLAN +899 ENROLLMENT CAP 13,600 14,499 14,499 +0 14,380 -119 (6.61%)

THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN 35 As shown in the table on page 35, Avenue NW, and 3201 New Mexico Zoning Regulations methodology), the proposed 2021 Campus Plan Avenue NW will now be included in the proposed new development in the 2021 enrollment cap, which would be in Campus Plan, the university employees Campus Plan is not aimed at accommo- effect through 2031,is lower than the that work at these locations will also be dating increases in approved enrollment student enrollment cap established in included in the employee count and any levels, but rather providing the types the 2011 Campus Plan when adjusted cap established in the 2021 Campus Plan of high-quality and forward-thinking for the new methodology for counting order of approval. facilities that are required to further the students mandated under the 2016 The impact of the 2016 Zoning university’s academic and research mis- Zoning Regulations. Regulations on the current employee sions—including space for additional population and 2011 Campus Plan research labs and right-sized classrooms Exhibit G: Student Enrollment employee cap, and the relationship that promote the types of specialized between the current cap and the cap instruction that is fundamental to the This comprehensive consen- proposed for the 2021 Campus Plan, are AU experience and differentiates the sus-based approach to enrollment summarized in the table below. university from other peer institutions. management over the term of the 2021 As shown in the table, the proposed Campus Plan—encompassing AU’s focus 2021 Campus Plan employee cap, which These spaces include leading-edge on actively addressing and effectively would be in effect through 2031, reflects teaching labs, interactive classrooms, minimizing adverse impacts on the no change from the employee cap estab- media studios, facilities to support the neighborhoods surrounding campus, lished in the 2011 Campus Plan, when visual and performing arts, and study including the continued commitment to adjusted to count employees who work spaces that foster cross-disciplinary maintaining a supply of housing for 67 at the additional properties included in collaboration and provide opportunities percent of the full-time undergraduate the 2021 Campus Plan pursuant to the for independent and small group study. student population; retaining the 2,000 2016 Zoning Regulations. Additional proposed residential, campus student enrollment cap at the Tenley life, and athletic space will support Campus established in the 2011 Campus Exhibit H: Employee Population efforts to strengthen and invigorate a Plan; and adopting an enrollment cap student-centered living and learning that is lower than the cap established in 4.2 DEVELOPMENT campus experience for every AU student the 2011 Campus Plan when revised to PLAN AND CAMPUS and also provide a thriving campus reflect the impact of the city’s updated environment that benefits the entire Zoning Regulations—represents a CHARACTER: university community as well as the balanced and thoughtful set of consid- PROVIDING neighborhoods surrounding campus. erations aimed at meeting AU’s institu- HIGH-QUALITY Reflecting this measured and tional needs and objectives while at the strategic approach, potential new same time respecting and enhancing the FACILITIES AND development opportunities included quality of life for those who live within CREATING SPECIAL in the 2021 Campus Plan total approx- the neighborhoods surrounding campus. CAMPUS PLACES imately 747,500 square feet of new 4.1.2 EMPLOYEE POPULATION gross floor area (GFA), significantly less THAT REINFORCE than the 892,000 square feet of new AU’S CULTURE OF GFA proposed in the 2011 Campus The AU employee population is Plan. Based on feedback gathered similarly impacted by the above-ref- SUSTAINABILITY throughout the planning process, AU erenced changes to the 2016 Zoning Regulations. Given that 4801 Consistent with AU’s intent to maintain made several notable updates to the Massachusetts Avenue NW (Spring enrollment below the cap established in potential development sites included in Valley Building), 4200 Wisconsin 2011 (when adjusted to reflect the 2016 the March 3, 2020, Preliminary 2021

2011–2021 2021–2031 CAMPUS PLAN CAMPUS PLAN

ZC 11-07 ORDER 2016 ZONING IMPACT OF 2016 2016 ZONING METHODOLOGY REGULATIONS ZONING REGULATIONS REGULATIONS

FALL 2019 EMPLOYEE COUNT 2,461 2,843 +15.52%

EMPLOYEE POPULATION CAP 2,900 3,350 +15.52% 3,350

36 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 4 Campus Plan Framework. In particular, West Campus: Sites 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 community members provided helpful guidance that influenced the selection of the most suitable sites for residential use to meet AU’s target for additional on-campus beds (see Section 4.3.3 for Wesley Seminary additional discussion regarding on-cam- Residential pus housing objectives); the appropriate Wesley Seminary siting and massing of proposed academic Residential facilities; potential circulation and open space improvements; and identification of areas of the campus that are more

suitable for long-range planning beyond Residential the term of this Campus Plan—all of Seminary Wesley which are described more fully below. The comprehensive and balanced development proposals outlined in the 2021 Campus Plan—informed and shaped by extensive community input and feedback—effectively address AU’s residential/campus life, academic/ administrative, and athletic space needs in a manner that reinforces the unique campus scale of AU, with heights and densities that correspond to the surrounding built environment, and Notes: setbacks, buffers, and design consider- • Diagrams for development sites are conceptual and PRIMARY BUILDING USES do not reflect final building footprints Academic/ Administrative Residential/ Campus Life ations that effectively mitigate potential • Landscaping elements are illustrative and 0’ 150’ 300’ adverse impacts and respect neighboring conceptual Athletic residential properties. In addition to these development proposals, AU will also continue to pursue strategic renovation and maintenance projects 1 that reinvest in existing facilities but 2 3 do not require the addition of any new 4 gross floor area. 6 5

Exhibit I: Existing Building Uses 7 Exhibit J: Proposed Building Uses 10 Exhibit K: Proposed Development Sites Exhibit L: Development Program enhanced student health and wellness of the university’s fence line adjacent to Summary facilities, and additional student University Avenue) from neighboring Exhibit M: Floor Area Ratio Analysis housing opportunities in competitive residential properties. Given this trans- and marketable unit configurations to formational campus opportunity, and after 4.2.1 PROPOSED MAIN encourage more students to remain on CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT extensive consultation and discussion with campus during their time at AU. This representatives of the community, AU has collection of new development will identified Site 2 and Site 4 (as well as any WEST CAMPUS effectively transform what is now “back residential uses that may be incorporated (SITES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6) of house” and service areas of campus in Site 5) as priority residential sites for into a vibrant campus destination, while Proposed development on the northwest maintaining a substantial distance (e.g., the 2021 Campus Plan. These devel- quadrant of campus (West Campus) will approximately 400 feet from Site 2, opment opportunities would together create an athletic, residential, and campus 220 feet from Site 4, and 110 to 140 yield approximately 500 new beds of life village, including a new Center for feet from Site 3 to the western campus on-campus housing to meet the housing Athletic Performance (detailed more boundary) and appropriate buffers (e.g., target established by AU (and discussed fully in Section 4.3.2), consolidated and landscaping and trees along both sides more fully in Section 4.3.3).

THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN 37 In addition, the potential redevel- Central Campus: Sites 7, 8, 9, and 10 opment of Asbury Hall (Site 6) would provide leading-edge academic and research space to support the sciences and other synergistic disciplines (e.g., psychology and health studies, and possibly programs from the School of Education and Kogod School of Business and other academic units) adjacent to the new Hall of Science and proximate to other key academic buildings along the Friedheim Quadrangle. The Beeghly Building could be used for either academic/administrative or residential/ campus life use over the term of the 2021 Campus Plan depending on campus needs; accordingly, Beeghly has been designated as a secondary residential site. As part of the further processing review and approval process for each of these proposed development sites, the university will work with members of the community, and particularly in consultation with the Facilities Planning Working Group, to ensure that vegeta- tive buffers along the campus boundary at University Avenue are provided Notes: • Diagrams for development sites are conceptual and PRIMARY BUILDING USES and maintained and that lighting do not reflect final building footprints Academic/ Administrative Residential/ Campus Life • Landscaping elements are illustrative and 0’ 150’ 300’ impacts associated with the projects are conceptual Athletic addressed and appropriately mitigated. 6 CENTRAL CAMPUS 5 4 (SITES 7, 8, 9, AND 10) 7 The collection of properties around 10 the Friedheim Quadrangle (Central Campus) represent the vibrant core of 9 AU’s campus. In support of the funda- 8 mental Campus Plan goal to strengthen and invigorate a student-centered living 15

38 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 4 Southeast Campus: Sites 11 and 12 the initial visual impression of the AU campus to those arriving from the south and west. Redevelopment of this underutilized area of campus provides the opportunity to create a signature academic building that underscores the prominence of the location and also appropriately aligns with the height and scale of the adjacent School of International Studies Building, Bender Library, and other academic uses surrounding the Friedheim Quadrangle. Identified as Site 11, the conceptual massing and orientation of the potential project has been reconfigured after extensive community input to provide a substantial courtyard area along the campus perimeter (as discussed and illustrated more fully in Section 4.2.3) and a deeper set back from the surrounding residential community. Site 12, which has been significantly reduced in height and overall massing from AU’s initial concept proposal in direct response to feedback from members of the commu- Notes: nity, is proposed as a student housing site. • Diagrams for development sites are conceptual and PRIMARY BUILDING USES do not reflect final building footprints Academic/ Administrative Given the desirability of its central campus Residential/ Campus Life • Landscaping elements are illustrative and 0’ 150’ 300’ conceptual Athletic location and considering the positive impact the site could have in reinforcing important campus pedestrian and open space connections, AU has identified Site 12 as a secondary residential site. 12 12 6 Two levels of below-grade parking 11 totaling up to 360 spaces could 7 potentially be incorporated as part of 10 the development of Sites 11 and 12 and approximately 24 surface parking 9 spaces along the existing Letts Roadway would be displaced. The determination of whether or not to include below- and learning campus experience, the Center to provide additional space for grade parking would be evaluated at the university intends to renovate Mary interfaith services and programming, time AU moves forward with further Graydon Center over the term of the and new administrative/academic space processing for either or both of the sites. Campus Plan to serve as a re-envisioned that could potentially connect the East If AU desires to include below-grade hub of student life and activity (see also Quad Building and Hurst Hall, address- parking, additional study including Section 4.3.1). While it is not intended ing accessibility needs for the existing environmental impact and geotechnical that this effort would modify the buildings as well as providing opportu- analysis and evaluation of potential exterior footprint of the Mary Graydon nities for programmatic connectivity. garage access alternatives would be Center, some interior improvements conducted and reviewed with members (e.g., enclosing existing lightwell SOUTHEAST CAMPUS of the community, and particularly in penetrations) could create up to approx- (SITES 11 AND 12) imately 5,000 square feet of additional consultation with the Facilities Planning gross floor area. Potential new devel- The southeast quadrant of campus Working Group and the Transportation opment around Friedheim Quadrangle bounded by Nebraska Avenue and and Parking Working Group, prior to includes a modest addition to Bender Rockwood Parkway (Southeast Campus) the submission of a further processing Library, expansion of Kay Spiritual Life is an important location that provides application for the project.

THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN 39 EAST CAMPUS (SITE 15) East Campus: Site 15 Site 15 is a uniquely prominent campus location along Ward Circle. A signature academic building of approximately 135,000 square feet is proposed for the site, including ground floor campus life uses along Nebraska Avenue and Ward Circle. In response to input from mem- bers of the community (and particularly residents of the nearby Westover Place community), the height and massing of the building has been modified to step down from four stories along Nebraska Avenue, to three stories along Massachusetts Avenue, to two stories at the back of the site closest to Westover Place. As part of the further processing review and approval process for Site 15, the university will work with members of the community, and particularly in consultation with the Facilities Planning Working Group, to ensure that a land- scaped buffer along the boundary with Westover Place will be provided and maintained and that lighting and noise impacts associated with the project are Notes: • Diagrams for development sites are conceptual and PRIMARY BUILDING USES addressed and appropriately mitigated. do not reflect final building footprints Academic/ Administrative Residential/ Campus Life In addition, given the close proximity • Landscaping elements are illustrative and 0’ 150’ 300’ conceptual Athletic of several Westover Place homes to the proposed development site, AU will work directly with Westover Place 9 residents along the common property 8 boundary line adjacent to Site 15 to document baseline conditions prior to commencing excavation or construction activity associated with the project. 15 Potential below-grade parking of up to two levels (400 spaces) could be incorporated as part of the development of Site 15, and approximately 200 existing surface parking spaces would be displaced. The determination of whether or not to include below-grade parking would be evaluated at the time AU moves forward with further processing for the site. If AU desires to include below-grade parking, additional study including environmental impact and geotechnical analysis would be conducted and reviewed with members of the community, and particularly in consultation with the Facilities Planning Working Group and the Transportation and Parking Working Group, prior to the submission of a further processing application for the project.

40 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 4 AREAS FOR LONG-RANGE PLANNING AREAS FOR Areas for Long-Range Planning LONG-RANGE PLANNING Given the 2021 Campus Plan’s 10-year planning horizon, the university has not proposed a full campus build out plan but has instead focused on strategic infill and redevelopment opportunities, tar- geting areas that are underutilized (e.g., Sites 11 and 12); or that help resolve challenging physical conditions (e.g., Sites 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6); or that complete a clearly defined pattern of development (e.g., Site 15). Accordingly, in addition to identifying potential development sites, the university has also noted two

Notes: areas of campus that do not include any •administrative Diagrams for development sites are conceptual needs and are contemplated. an inviting interior courtyard encour- do not reflect final building footprints major development sites and are instead •No Landscaping significant elements are illustrative and conceptual modifications or aging outdoor engagement and activity. considered as appropriate for long-term redevelopment projects are currently The entrance plaza at the Spring Valley planning. The first is the area adjacent planned for 4801 Massachusetts Avenue Building at 4801 Massachusetts Avenue to the Katzen Arts Center, which would NW (Spring Valley Building), 4200 NW is always vibrant with activity, with likely be suitable for expanded arts uses Wisconsin Avenue NW, or 3201 New a granite tiered fountain that serves as a in the future. The second is the area Mexico Avenue NW. AU will continue comfortable gathering spot for students, of campus along Rockwood Parkway, to evaluate the appropriate mix of visitors, and neighbors. extending from Fletcher Gate west to university, commercial, and retail uses Jacobs Field. As the largest remaining of these facilities over the term of the Exhibit N: Existing Landscape, contiguous area of undeveloped or 2021 Campus Plan, consistent with each Streetscape, and Open Spaces underdeveloped campus space (other property’s existing underlying zoning.5 Exhibit O: Existing Landscape, than athletic fields), this area will be Streetscapes, and Open Spaces: the subject of thoughtful consideration 4.2.3 LANDSCAPE, Special Campus Features and evaluation for future planning STREETSCAPE, AND efforts beyond the 10-year scope of the OPEN SPACES The2021 Campus Plan introduces 2021 Campus Plan. Two minor projects new landscape and open space features, are contemplated over the term of For decades AU has prioritized enhancing in addition to these thoughtfully the Campus Plan in this general area the campus landscape and open space designed and carefully maintained of campus, including an addition to elements that are distinctive to the spaces, to ensure that members of the Watkins Hall to accommodate a vehicle university’s urban campus environ- AU and surrounding community can maintenance shop (associated with ment—an accredited and award-win- enjoy the unique opportunities for out- relocation of Osborn Hall that would ning arboretum with a diverse collection door recreation and social interaction as be necessitated by the redevelopment of of over 3,800 trees, more than 385 well as study and peaceful respite amidst Site 2), and a storage area at the base of species and varieties of woody plants, an otherwise urban setting. To enhance the existing communications tower. and countless perennials, annuals, access to these special places and bulbs, and ornamental grasses. On the throughout campus generally, AU will 4.2.2 TENLEY CAMPUS, Main Campus, these special areas and pursue efforts to strengthen pedestrian 4801 MASSACHUSETTS features—including Woods Brown circulation, particularly opportunities AVENUE NW, 4200 WISCONSIN Amphitheatre, the President’s Garden, that reinforce east-west connections AVENUE NW, AND 3201 NEW Battelle Hillside, the Katzen Sculpture through campus from Reeves Field to MEXICO AVENUE NW Garden, and the Labyrinth Garden to Nebraska Avenue, improve conditions name only a few—range from peaceful in and around buildings on the west While significant new development is and contemplative pockets of campus to side of campus, and enhance the campus not anticipated at the Tenley Campus, areas that serve as lively hubs of social streetscape (e.g., in connection with the improvements to the Dunblane House activity. The grounds of the eight-acre proposed development along Nebraska to address accessibility requirements Tenley Campus are anchored by a Avenue). In addition, the university and accommodate academic and collection of mature plantings that form will explore efforts to improve its visual

THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN 41 and graphic communication on campus first university, first higher-education through coordinated wayfinding and research institution, first urban signage elements. higher-education campus, and the largest higher-education institution Exhibit P: Proposed Landscape, to achieve carbon neutrality. Since Streetscape, and Open Spaces reaching that noteworthy milestone, AU Exhibit Q: Proposed Landscapes, has worked to expand its commitment Streetscape, and Open Spaces: to a wide range of sustainability endeav- Illustrative Concepts ors, developing a comprehensive sustain- Exhibit R: Campus Signage and ability plan that includes more than 50 Wayfinding Concepts individual goals across various sectors of university life centered around three Maintaining and nurturing a key areas of focus: engagement, environ- vibrant and healthy tree canopy is an ment, and administration. As goals are important priority for AU, as evidenced achieved, the plan evolves as well—pro- by the university’s recognition by viding a dynamic set of objectives that the Arbor Day Foundation for 10 consecutive years as a Tree Campus will guide AU’s efforts to expand the USA. Proposed development sites have integration of sustainable practices into been located and oriented to minimize all aspects of the university experience the impact on existing campus trees, and the everyday life of all members of and new trees and landscape elements the university community. will be included as part of proposed The ongoing impact of AU’s development projects and at other key commitment to sustainability is evident locations around campus, enhancing throughout campus. Green buildings the campus tree canopy and serving as incorporate energy-efficient technol- natural buffers at campus edges. Details ogies, utilize green roofs, and focus regarding the impact of each proposed on human health. Environmentally development site on existing Heritage conscious grounds management Trees and Special Trees, including any practices reduce stormwater runoff and necessary permitting and protection prioritize planting local and adaptive mechanisms to be employed, will be species which decreases irrigation and provided as building footprints are fertilizer use. Solar energy powers confirmed during the further processing university buildings as members of the review process that is required for each AU community strive for zero waste and development project. actively work with community partners to offer sustainable transportation Exhibit S: Campus Special and options. And, in 2020, the university Heritage Trees divested all public fossil fuel investments Exhibit T: Campus Topography from its endowment, making AU one of the few universities in the country 4.2.4 SUSTAINABILITY to fully divest both direct and indirect AND PRESERVATION fossil fuel holdings. construction and infrastructure, to With respect to campus devel- A CULTURE OF operations and transportation, to opment, American University uses SUSTAINABILITY engagement both within and outside the US Green Building Council’s American University is a proud leader in the university. Reflecting this institu- LEED (Leadership in Energy and sustainability, both locally and nationally, tional priority, AU signed the American Environmental Design) rating system and actively focuses on integrating a College and University Presidents' Climate for all new construction projects to culture of environmental awareness, Commitment in 2008 and launched evaluate the environmental impact and intention, and purpose throughout all its journey toward carbon neutrality. performance of campus buildings. In facets of the university experience— Two years ahead of an ambitious 2013, AU adopted a Green Building from scholarship and teaching, to target date of 2020, AU became the Policy, which outlines the university’s

42 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 4 commitment to achieve a minimum Tenley Campus, Washington College of places also will be pursued to provide a of LEED Gold certification for all new Law students study in a state-of-the-art wider variety of choices at convenient construction projects and manage all 300,000 square-foot LEED Gold- locations around campus. campus buildings to LEED Existing certified facility that was intentionally Buildings: Operations and Maintenance 4.3.2 ATHLETICS and thoughtfully designed to honor the AND RECREATION Standards. Since 2011, 11 AU buildings history and the legacy of the site, as the have achieved (or are anticipated 1904 Capital Hall, 1921 Chapel, and Competitive intercollegiate athletics, to achieve) LEED certified status, circa 1839 Dunblane House all continue robust recreational sports, and com- including: to contribute to the character of the prehensive fitness programs are all • School of International Service (SIS) campus. Further information detailing integral components of the AU student (LEED Gold BD+C, 2011) the history of Main Campus and experience, yet AU’s current facilities Tenley Campus buildings is included in do not adequately serve the needs of • McKinley Hall (LEED Gold Exhibit V: Historic Resources. the university community. Facility BD+C, 2015) limitations are a significant challenge • Gray Hall (LEED Silver EB to recruiting and retaining high-level O+M, 2016) 4.3 ON-CAMPUS student-athletes, and club, intramural LIFE: SUPPORTING sports, and recreational and fitness • Tenley Campus/Washington programs compete for field and studio College of Law (LEED Gold STUDENT SUCCESS space on campus. Accordingly, the BD+C, 2016) IN A VIBRANT AND 2021 Campus Plan proposes additional space and facilities to support a range • Cassell Hall (LEED Silver INCLUSIVE CAMPUS of athletics and recreational activities, BD+C, 2016) COMMUNITY including the new Center for Athletic • 4401 Connecticut NW WAMU Performance (CAP), which would The2021 Campus Plan includes a strong provide training and support areas for (LEED Gold CI, 2017) and purposeful emphasis on campus AU athletics as well as varsity, club, and life and student housing, focusing on • Constitution Hall, Federal Hall, intramural competition venues. As a efforts to provide attractive and functional Duber Hall, and Don Myers new, state-of-the-art facility, the CAP Technology and Innovation spaces that encourage students to spend more time on campus during their years would serve as a catalyst to recruit and Building (LEED Gold BD+C, 2020) at AU. This approach is not only aimed at retain world class student-athletes and • Hall of Science (Expected LEED enhancing the living and learning experi- inspire increased competitive excellence, enhance the university’s national profile, Gold BD+C) ence of AU students but also will benefit a wide range of stakeholders, including and heighten alumni and community residents of the surrounding community. engagement. Additional athletic and Exhibit U: Campus Sustainability recreation projects include a filming Features tower at Jacobs Field, a replacement 4.3.1 STUDENT LIFE video scoreboard at Reeves Field, and HISTORIC PRESERVATION returfed fields at Reeves Field and the CONSIDERATIONS As noted above, the plan calls for park at 45th Street and Massachusetts reinvigorating Mary Graydon Center As discussed in Section 2.1, AU’s rich Avenue NW. as a campus hub for a myriad of In response to conditions included history in the District of Columbia student-focused activities (e.g., Center in the 2011 Campus Plan order (Zoning extends back more than 125 years. for Student Involvement, Center for Commission Order 11-07) and Although the original plan for the Main Diversity and Inclusion, Academic addressed throughout the implementa- Campus developed by Frederick Law Support and Access Center, Center for tion of the 2011 Campus Plan regarding Olmsted was significantly modified due Community Engagement and Services, the noise impacts associated with the to financial constraints, the northern and all student organizations), and use of Jacobs Field on neighboring part of the planned quadrangle (now repurposing existing and developing new properties, and to allow for greater space to accommodate integrated student the Friedheim Quadrangle) serves as the access to the field for a wider range of health and wellness programs, particularly most prominent open space on the cam- uses than are currently permitted under those focused on supporting students’ pus. Early university buildings, includ- the conditions of Zoning Commission mental health (including counseling Order 11-07 (including, but not limited ing Hurst Hall and McKinley Hall, services, health promotion and advocacy, to, events with local public schools), the remain as key academic buildings and and expanded fitness programs). A range 2021 Campus Plan includes a proposed important architectural resources. At the of dining options and social gathering acoustical sound barrier wall along the

THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN 43 campus boundary adjacent to Jacobs proposed development of the housing allow AU the necessary flexibility in Field. The university will work with sites identified below, AU will also inventory to renovate existing residence members of the community, including continue to explore off-campus student halls over time to make less desirable— the residents of 4710 Woodway Lane housing opportunities that provide and more densely populated—facilities NW and other residents in the vicinity students with housing alternatives that more competitive in unit type and of Jacobs Field as specified in Zoning do not adversely impact the residential configuration; and would also provide Commission Order 11-07, to further neighborhoods surrounding campus, AU the opportunity to offer on-campus evaluate the details of specific impacts, including opportunities that meet many graduate student housing. the scope of permitted uses of the field, students’ desire to live in vibrant commer- and any potential alternative mitigation cial locations close to public transportation PRIORITIZATION OF measures prior to the submission of a and retail amenities. RESIDENTIAL SITES further processing application for the Based on stakeholder feedback coupled project. NEW BEDS PROPOSED with AU’s institutional priorities IN 2021 CAMPUS PLAN regarding the residential sites identified Exhibit W: Athletics and Recreation AU’s target number of new on-campus in the March 3, 2020, Preliminary Facilities beds over the term of the plan will 2021 Campus Plan Framework, AU 4.3.3 STUDENT HOUSING depend upon the number of off-campus prioritized the various residential sites master-leased beds that are counted under consideration to meet its target for additional on-campus beds over the Student housing continues to be an toward the 67 percent housing require- ment. Assuming the current status term of the 2021 Campus Plan. important focus in the 2021 Campus Priority Residential Sites. Sites 2 is maintained and off-campus mas- Plan. To support this effort, the and 4 (and any residential uses that ter-leased beds continue to be counted university will prioritize renovations to may be incorporated in Site 5) on West existing housing inventory and has also toward the requirement, the university Campus would together meet AU’s proposed new facilities that will provide proposes to add up to 500 additional target of approximately 500 beds. As unit configurations and amenities that beds on campus over the term of the noted above, these residence halls, along respond to student preferences. In addi- plan. These new housing facilities would with the proposed Center for Athletic tion, AU will support the creation of be designed in marketable and com- Performance and consolidated student learning communities, affinity housing, petitive unit configurations that meet health and wellness facilities, would and other community-oriented housing student preferences, while also taking effectively transform an underutilized experiences to encourage more upper- into consideration the implications of area of campus into a vibrant athletic, class students to live on campus beyond cost on students’ housing decisions. The residential, and campus life village, their freshman year. The prioritization additional housing capacity proposed while maintaining a substantial distance of proposed new housing facilities as would support the university’s goal of and appropriate buffers from neighbor- discussed below has been informed encouraging more students to live on ing residential properties. Secondary Residential Sites. by input from and collaboration with campus beyond their freshman year; While neighborhood stakeholders to ensure PrioritizationPRIORITIZATION of OF Residential RESIDENTIAL Sites SITES that impacts associated with student housing are appropriately addressed and SECONDARY SITE PRIORITY SITE effectively mitigated. SITE 1 (Beeghly Building): SITE 2: Estimated 90-110 beds Estimated 180-220 beds

STUDENT HOUSING PRIORITY SITE REQUIREMENT SITE 4 (Including any residential uses in Site 5): AU will continue to maintain a supply Estimated 280-350 beds of housing for 67 percent of the full- time undergraduate student population SECONDARY SITE through a combination of housing SITE 12: resources, including those approved in Estimated 325-350 beds (205-230 net beds) the 2011 Campus Plan—e.g., on-campus housing inventory (including 330 triples) and off-campus master-leased beds that are subject to AU residence Notes: • Diagrams for development sites are conceptual and hall regulations. In addition to the do not reflect final building footprints • Landscaping elements are illustrative and conceptual

44 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 4 it is AU’s desired intent to maintain 4.4 OFF-CAMPUS LIFE students with an overview of the Student at least 200 master-leased beds off AND NEIGHBORHOOD Conduct Code and guidance on how to campus—to meet the needs of students be a good neighbor, covering issues such who desire to live in vibrant commercial QUALITY OF LIFE as excessive noise connected to social locations close to public transportation EFFORTS: COMMITMENT gatherings, home and yard maintenance, and retail amenities without adversely TO A COLLABORATIVE and other standard neighbor customs. impacting residential neighborhoods AND PROACTIVE surrounding campus—AU has noted 4.4.1 STUDENT throughout the planning process that, APPROACH TO CONDUCT CODE in the event the current 200 off-campus PREVENTING AND master-leased beds are no longer MANAGING IMPACTS AU’s Student Conduct Code is designed counted toward the 67 percent housing to “support a safe, honest, and inclusive requirement, the university’s target American University prides itself on community with a shared commitment for additional on-campus beds would its many contributions to the District to acting with mutual respect and increase accordingly, up to approxi- of Columbia and the neighborhoods forming the highest standards of ethics mately 700 total beds. Site 12 would surrounding the AU campus. The and morals among its members.” All provide for this additional capacity in university works closely with students American University students are the event the master-leased beds cannot obligated, as a condition of enrollment, be counted toward the housing require- to educate them about their rights to abide by the Student Conduct Code ment, are not available, or if additional and responsibilities as residents of housing capacity is otherwise necessary the District, as members of the AU and all relevant university policies and over the term of the plan. As noted community, and as neighbors within guidelines including the Good Neighbor above, the Beeghly Building could also the residential communities near Guidelines. This obligation is applicable potentially be considered for residential campus. Understanding that many to all conduct whether it occurs on or use over the term of the plan depending students live off campus at some point off campus. on campus needs (as an example, in the during their time at AU, the university event Site 11 is developed and Site 12 has implemented a series of proactive TheStudent Conduct Code prohibits: is not, which would result in the loss of measures to address off-campus student • conduct which threatens or approximately 120 existing beds at Roper behavior. These measures include offering endangers the health or safety and Clark Halls). an enhanced off-campus orientation of any person program that provides undergraduate

THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN 45 • disorderly conduct that interferes 4.4.2 GOOD NEIGHBOR winter sidewalk safety, and weed control with the rights of others GUIDELINES around their residences. The guidelines also inform students that violations of • sexual assault, exploitation, the policy may be subject to disciplinary or harassment In addition to the Student Conduct Code, all AU students are required to abide by action under the Student Conduct Code. • use or possession of a weapon all relevant university policies, including 4.4.3 ORIENTATION • possession or use of alcohol by the Good Neighbor Guidelines. As members persons under 21 years of age of the AU community, the behavior of PROGRAMS students living in the community or • possession or use of controlled commuting to classes reflects directly on To better inform and educate students substances (including marijuana) the university. The purpose of the Good who choose to live off campus of • violation of local, state, or Neighbor Guidelines is to summarize the their rights and responsibilities, the federal law university’s expectations and educate AU university, in consultation with the AU community members on how to become Neighborhood Partnership Student The conduct listed above is not active and responsible members of the Life and Safety Working Group, will exhaustive; the AU Student Conduct Code surrounding community in which they implement an improved off-campus in its entirety can be reviewed online live while maintaining their involvement living orientation program. Managed by at https://www.american.edu/policies/ and connection to the university. the Office of Campus Life, this program students/student-conduct-code.cfm, and The AU Good Neighbor Guidelines will include an online training module relevant provisions and updates to the informs students of their responsi- developed in consultation with the AU Student Conduct Code are also included bility to be aware of and abide by Neighborhood Partnership Student Life as part of Exhibit X: Updates to Off- applicable DC laws and regulations and Safety Working Group that students Campus Student Conduct Policies. regarding noise, disorderly conduct, living in the 20016 or 20008 zip codes alcohol and marijuana consumption, must complete. The Pledge to Uphold

46 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 4 Community Standards, which details reminds them of the university’s expecta- Transportation (DDOT) to prepare a the responsibilities and obligations tion that they maintain the condition Comprehensive Transportation Review associated with living off campus, will of their properties and manage the (CTR). The CTR consists of the multi- be developed in consultation with the behavior of their guests. It will also modal evaluation and assessment of AU Neighborhood Partnership Student state that AU expects students to know, current and future transportation oper- Life and Safety Working Group and understand, and abide by the Disorderly ations with a focus on high-quality site incorporated in the in-person and Conduct Amendment Act of 2010 and design, transit accessibility, and effective online training. Following the training, the District of Columbia Noise Control Transportation Demand Management students must affirmatively acknowledge Act of 1977, both of which address (TDM) planning. The university’s that they have fulfilled the training and noise disturbances. Students will also be parking and transportation objectives understand the university’s expectations. informed of the details of both ordinances and priorities, while detailed more fully The Office of Campus Life will track during the orientation programs. in the CTR, are outlined below. participation and compliance with this program, and students not in compli- 4.4.4 COMMUNITY 4.5.1 PARKING ance may be subject to adjudication OUTREACH under the Student Conduct Code. Consistent with the requirements of In addition, AU will expand its To remain engaged with the broader the 2011 Campus Plan, the university in-person off-campus housing orienta- residential community, AU will con- currently maintains an inventory of tion program to include a larger collec- tinue its practice of making annual or 2,316 parking spaces on Main Campus tion of student organization members more frequent visits to major apartment and Tenley Campus. As a result of AU’s and athlete groups. The university will complexes and condominium commu- commitment to a range of TDM strate- also continue to periodically distribute nities where students live. The Office of gies, on a typical semester weekday, AU’s a letter to students from the Office of Community Relations will also create, in parking demand is only approximately the Dean of Students that specifically consultation with the AU Neighborhood 73 percent of the available parking Partnership Student Life and Safety inventory, demonstrating that the uni- Working Group, a neighbor education versity is effectively managing its parking tool that informs residents of the supply to accommodate demand. university’s strategies for student training and includes resources and directions on IMPACT OF 2016 ZONING how to contact the university or file a REGULATIONS complaint in the event of an undesirable As noted above, in response to changes incident. The university will also create included in the 2016 update to the DC and distribute, in consultation with the Zoning Regulations, three university AU Neighborhood Partnership Student properties—4801 Massachusetts Avenue Life and Safety Working Group, an AU NW (Spring Valley Building), 4200 Eagle Living Guide that will include good Wisconsin Avenue NW, and 3201 New neighbor tips, resources, and a copy of the Mexico Avenue NW—are included in Pledge to Uphold Community Standards. the 2021 Campus Plan. Adding these properties results in an increase to AU’s 4.5 TRANSPORTATION potential parking inventory of approx- AND PARKING: imately 725 spaces, of which approxi- mately 385 are currently dedicated to COMPREHENSIVE university use. PLANNING AND FORWARD-THINKING 2021 CAMPUS PLAN STRATEGIES PARKING REQUIREMENT The2011 Campus Plan requires that As part of the Campus Plan review and the university “maintain an inventory of approval process, American University approximately 2,200 parking spaces on has worked in close coordination with campus” (with “campus” including only members of the community, specifi- Main Campus and Tenley Campus). In cally the Neighborhood Partnership light of the current parking inventory of Transportation and Parking Working 2,701 university-use spaces associated Group, and the DC Department of with all of the properties included in the 2021 Campus Plan (specifically

THE 2021 CAMPUS PLAN 47 Main Campus, Tenley Campus, 4801 Proposed Sites 11 and 12 and the anticipated loss of the Sports Center Massachusetts Avenue NW, 4200 also Site 15 include the potential for Garage parking spaces may be pursued. Wisconsin Avenue NW, and 3201 New below-grade parking, providing up to This measured approach to restrict- Mexico Avenue NW), AU has modified approximately 336 and 200 net new ing parking supply for university use to its approach to the parking requirement parking spaces, respectively. While this no more than 3,000 spaces will ensure for the 2021 Campus Plan. Specifically, additional inventory may not be neces- that AU provides an adequate parking the university has proposed a parking sary based on existing parking inventory supply from its inventory across all inventory ceiling of 3,000 spaces for as noted above, potential below-grade properties included in the Campus Plan to meet the needs of its current pop- AU use, which would allow for up to parking has been included for those sites to be considered at the time of further ulation and any potential growth over 299 additional university-use parking processing review. Future planning the term of the plan and, importantly, spaces to be added to AU’s parking considerations beyond the scope of this to also provide parking capacity for inventory over the term of the Campus Campus Plan could impact the determi- special events to mitigate any potential Plan. Given that the aggregated univer- nation of whether below-grade parking adverse impacts on the on-street parking sity-use and non-university-use parking would be included at either or both of supply throughout neighborhood streets space capacity of all Campus Plan these locations; for example, while there surrounding campus. The proposal also properties totals 3,045 parking spaces, is no proposal in this Campus Plan for reflects the university’s continued com- AU would not necessarily be required to changing the use of the Sports Center mitment to effective TDM policies that construct any additional parking infra- Garage, if it is determined later in the reduce the number of single occupancy structure over the term of the Campus term of this plan that demolition of the vehicles (SOVs) arriving to campus and, Plan to accommodate potential increases facility may be contemplated for the in turn, limit the need for additional to university-use parking inventory next Campus Plan, then construction of parking resources. To confirm that the within the proposed ceiling. additional below-grade parking to replace parking is appropriately priced and

48 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 4 the supply adequately meets the needs connects the Main Campus, Spring Specifically, the policy applies to of the AU population, the university Valley Building, and Tenley Campus on-street parking around the Main will continue to regularly monitor and with the AU-Tenleytown Metrorail Campus at 4400 Massachusetts Avenue annually report utilization of its exclu- station and has in recent years supported NW; Tenley Campus at 4300 Nebraska sively university-use parking facilities. ridership of more than one million trips Avenue NW; Spring Valley Building annually. In addition, the AU-WMATA at 4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW; Exhibit Y: Existing Parking and U-PASS® Program, which allows for 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW; and Loading Facilities unlimited student rides on all Metrorail the athletic field in the 4500 block of Exhibit Z: Proposed/Potential Parking and Metrobus routes throughout the Massachusetts Avenue NW. The policy and Loading Facilities region, significantly reduces the number states that all members of the university of vehicle trips to campus by students.6 community—including students, 4.5.2 CAMPUS CIRCULATION, faculty, staff, vendors, and guests—are SERVICE, AND LOADING Between July 2018 and June 2019, AU students logged more than 1.4 million required to park their vehicles on system rides through the U-PASS® campus or use publicly available As part of the campus planning process, transportation while attending classes, Program. The university will continue to the university has explored potential working, or visiting AU-owned proper- maintain an active and comprehensive circulation changes that may occur ties. They are not permitted to park in transportation programs website that as campus development projects are the neighborhood. advanced to help improve the pedes- outlines various transportation options Compliance with the Good Neighbor trian campus experience and support and encourages the community to Parking Policy is a condition of both alternative modes of transportation ride share, use transit, walk, or bike to enrollment and employment at the without adversely impacting university campus. AU also offers a mobile app university, and failure to abide by the operations and services. These modifica- that provides members of the university provisions of the Good Neighbor Parking tions could result in the bifurcation of community real-time information on Policy results in administrative fines campus vehicular traffic, creating north various mobility options. and actions. The university proactively (Glover Gate) and south (Fletcher Gate) The university will continue to patrols the adjacent neighborhood streets vehicular routes, limiting cross-campus work closely with DDOT and the and cites vehicles believed to be parking vehicular traffic to transit, schedule- community, particularly the members of in violation of the policy. The policy and restricted service, emergency response the Transportation and Parking Working citations do not apply to individuals not vehicles, and special events. As discussed Group, to ensure that AU’s TDM affiliated with American University. in the CTR, such a change to campus policies and programs effectively support AU takes the obligation to comply circulation patterns would be imple- and incentivize sustainable travel with this condition of the 2011 Campus mented over time and in conjunction modes—including walking, biking, and Plan seriously and has over the past with various enabling campus devel- transit—for students, faculty, staff, and several years demonstrated a commit- opment projects. Any modifications to campus visitors over the 10-year term of ment to the vigilant enforcement of campus access and associated transporta- the 2021 Campus Plan. the Good Neighbor Policy to prevent tion impacts would be subject to further university-related vehicles from parking study and analysis in connection with 4.5.4 ENFORCEMENT on neighborhood streets and preserve the further processing review associated AND MONITORING on-street parking capacity for members with the related enabling project. of the community. AU will continue to Existing campus circulation patterns as As noted above, AU will continue work with the community to enhance well as the proposed concepts for campus to maintain and enhance the Good this program. circulation are illustrated in Exhibit Neighbor Parking Policy, which In addition to continued enforce- AA: Existing Campus Circulation effectively deters AU-related parking ment of the Good Neighbor Parking and Exhibit BB: Proposed/Potential on neighborhood streets through Policy, the university will work directly Campus Circulation . vigilant enforcement efforts. TheGood with members of the Transportation and Parking Working Group and DDOT Neighbor Parking Policy was developed to 4.5.3 TRANSPORTATION to evaluate appropriate monitoring achieve and maintain compliance with DEMAND MANAGEMENT methods and performance metrics to (TDM) requirements established in both the ensure that the transportation-related 2001 Campus Plan and 2011 Campus impacts of any future growth over the Comprehensive TDM planning will Plan that the university “prohibit, to term of the 2021 Campus Plan are remain a priority for the university over the extent permitted by law, students, effectively managed and, to the extent the term of the 2021 Campus Plan. faculty, staff, and vendors from parking necessary, appropriately mitigated. Specifically, the university will maintain on streets adjacent to and surrounding its robust shuttle service program that the campus.”

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Section 5 COMPLIANCE WITH THE CAMPUS PLAN REGULATIONS 5.1 SUBTITLE X Noise. As detailed in Section SECTION 101.1: 4.2, the comprehensive and balanced development proposals included in the EDUCATIONAL 2021 Campus Plan effectively address USE BY A COLLEGE the university’s residential/campus life, OR UNIVERSITY academic/administrative, and athletic space needs in a manner that reinforces As discussed in Section 2 and as detailed AU’s unique campus scale with locations, in Exhibit B, American University heights, and densities of buildings was established as a “university for the and structures that correspond to promotion of education [with the] the surrounding built environment. power to grant and confer diplomas and University policies regarding on-campus the usual college and university degrees, and off-campus student life, described and honorary degrees, and also such in Sections 4.3 and 4.4, also support other powers as may be necessary fully an environment that is respectful of to carry out and execute the general neighboring residential communities. purposes of the [university]” by virtue of Through the use of significant setbacks, a Special Act of Congress of the United buffers, design considerations, and States, February 24, 1893 (27 Stat. student conduct policies, the university 476), as amended by the following Acts will effectively mitigate potential adverse of Congress: March 3, 1895 (28 Stat. noise-related impacts on neighboring 1814); June 30, 1951 (65 Stat. 107); residential properties. August 1, 1953 (67 Stat. 359); October Traffic and Parking. As discussed in 31, 1990 (104 Stat. 1160); September 9, Section 4.5, the university has proposed 1996 (110 Stat. 2378). to maintain a parking inventory of no more than 3,000 spaces (inclusive of 5.2 SUBTITLE X all Campus Plan properties, specifically SECTION 101.2: THE Main Campus, Tenley Campus, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 4200 USES SHALL BE Wisconsin Avenue NW, and 3201 adjusted for the new methodology of LOCATED SO THEY New Mexico Avenue NW) over the counting students mandated under the ARE NOT LIKELY term of the 2021 Campus Plan. This 2016 Zoning Regulations. In addition, TO BECOME proposed inventory ceiling, which AU will continue to maintain a supply of housing for 67 percent of the full- OBJECTIONABLE would allow AU to utilize approximately 300 additional parking spaces for time undergraduate student population TO NEIGHBORING university use over the term of the plan, through a combination of housing resources, PROPERTY BECAUSE is not expected to create adverse traffic including on-campus housing inventory OF NOISE, TRAFFIC, and parking impacts on neighboring and off-campus master-leased beds. PARKING, NUMBER OF properties. The2021 Campus Plan also Other Objectionable Conditions. STUDENTS, OR OTHER proposes significant improvements The2021 Campus Plan does not create to the pedestrian campus experience any other objectionable conditions on OBJECTIONABLE without adversely impacting university neighboring properties. However, in CONDITIONS operations and services. Importantly, the order to mitigate any potential impacts, university will maintain its commitment Section 6 details proposed conditions As noted in Section 4, the 2021 Campus to effective TDM strategies and vigilant of approval for the 10-year term of the Plan sets forth a thoughtful and measured enforcement of off-campus parking plan. In addition, Section 3.3.5 sets approach to managing growth and devel- policies. forth the university’s commitment to opment over the next 10 years. Envisioned Number of Students. As discussed in continued active collaboration with and developed in close partnership with detail in Section 4.1.1, the university is neighborhood stakeholders in the imple- neighborhood stakeholders, the 2021 Campus Plan establishes a flexible yet proposing an enrollment cap of 14,380 mentation of the goals and objectives of predictable framework for future growth students. This enrollment cap islower the 2021 Campus Plan. and development of the university in the than the student enrollment cap estab- For the reasons noted above, the context of its surrounding communities. lished in the 2011 Campus Plan when proposed uses and their locations are

52 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 5 not likely to become objectionable to 5, 6, 7, 11, and 15) and will not have 5.4 SUBTITLE X neighboring properties because of noise, objectionable impacts on non-university SECTIONS 101.5 traffic, parking, number of students, or residential neighbors. More specific other objectionable conditions. information and scope of these uses and THROUGH 101.7 the mitigation of their related impacts AND 101.12: 5.3 SUBTITLE X (if any) will be addressed in further CAMPUS SECTIONS 101.3 AND detail with the AU Neighborhood DEVELOPMENT Partnership and other university and 101.4: ANALYSIS OF community stakeholders, including at STANDARDS INCIDENTAL USES the time of a further processing appli- cation if such use is associated with a The properties included in the2021 In order to support the operation project proposed in this Campus Plan. Campus Plan are located within the of the university, a small number of The total floor area of all commer- RA-1, RA-2, R-1-B, MU-3A, and commercial uses customarily incidental cial uses, including basement or cellar MU-47 Zone Districts. to university uses operate on campus, space, shall occupy no more than 10 Density. As set forth in the Zoning including a convenience market, UPS percent (10%) of the gross floor area of Regulations, the maximum total density store, and campus bookstore located the total campus floor area. All proposed allowed for all building and structures at the Butler Pavilion and several food commercial activities or developments within the RA-1 and R-1-B zoned areas service venues throughout campus. generally described herein and more of campus cannot exceed a floor area Any future commercial uses are specifically proposed as part of a further ratio (FAR) of 1.8. Pursuant to the expected to be at locations discussed processing application will be related to Zoning Regulations, in calculating FAR during the planning process (including the educational mission of the university the land area shall not include public campus life use spaces on the ground and none will be inconsistent with the streets and alleys, but may include floor of buildings proposed at Sites 2, Comprehensive Plan. interior private streets and alleys within

COMPLIANCE WITH THE CAMPUS PLAN REGULATIONS 53 the campus boundaries. The university 5.5.1 SECTION 101.8(A): services for all campus facilities and certifies that the additional gross floor BUILDINGS, PARKING, driving the university toward intelligent area proposed in the 2021 Campus AND LOADING FACILITIES and sustainable energy usage. As a Plan, together with the gross floor area result, the university continues to make of the campus as set forth in the 2011 Buildings. As set forth in Section 4.2 strides to decrease carbon emissions by Campus Plan and the gross floor area and Exhibits K and L, the 2021 Campus investing in its utilities infrastructure, constructed since the approval of the Plan calls for new building development increasing onsite power generation, 2011 Campus Plan, total a floor area as set forth below: and improving central plant efficiency. ratio (FAR) of .91, just over 50 percent In 2019 the university completed a • Academic/Administrative— campus-wide conversion from steam of the 1.8 FAR permitted under the 8 289,064 square feet of GFA to a low-temperature hot water heating Zoning Regulations (See Exhibit M: system. The new cutting-edge system Floor Area Ratio Analysis). As discussed • Residential/Campus Life— 355,936 square feet of GFA8,9 is expected to serve the campus for the more fully in Section 4, this low level of next several decades in a cost-and-ener- density reflects the university’s interest • Athletic— gy-efficient manner—creating long-term 9 in maintaining the unique scale and 102,500 square feet of GFA savings and reducing campus carbon character of the campus. emissions by 50 percent. In April 2020, Height. Subtitle X, Section 101.5 Parking and Loading. The location five new natural gas micro-turbines permits a base height of 50 feet for of all existing and proposed parking and began generating onsite electricity campus buildings; under Subtitle D, loading facilities are provided in Exhibits and providing heat and power to the Section 207.6 and Subtitle F, Section Y and Z. university. By co-generating energy 203.3, the height may be increased to onsite, AU’s central plant becomes more a maximum of 90 feet provided that 5.5.2 SECTION 101.8(B): efficient, and the university’s offsite each building is set back from adjacent SCREENING, SIGNS, electrical energy generation, purchasing, lot lines at least one foot for each foot STREETS, AND PUBLIC and delivery is reduced significantly. In of building height exceeding 50 feet. UTILITY FACILITIES support of AU’s comprehensive commit- As described in Exhibit K: Development ment to sustainability, the university will Program Summary and consistent As detailed in Section 4.2.3, the continue to evaluate emerging energy with these regulations, all proposed 2021 Campus Plan recognizes the technologies and resource conservation campus buildings are within the 90 feet importance of the landscape and open opportunities over the term of the 2021 Campus Plan, maintaining AU’s leader- requirement. space elements that are distinctive to AU’s urban campus—an accredited and ship in green technologies both regionally award-winning arboretum—and intro- and nationally and aligning with the 5.5 SUBTITLE X duces new features to further enhance District’s energy efficiency goals. SECTION 101.8: the campus environment. Development PLAN FOR CAMPUS sites have been located and oriented to 5.5.3 SECTION 101.8(C): minimize the impact on existing campus ATHLETIC AND OTHER AS A WHOLE, SHOWING trees, and new trees will be planted in RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THE LOCATION, connection with proposed development HEIGHT, AND BULK, projects and at other key locations As detailed in Section 4.3.2 and Exhibit WHERE APPROPRIATE, around campus, expanding the tree W, the 2021 Campus Plan proposes canopy and serving as important buffers additional space and facilities to support OF ALL PRESENT along campus edges. Vehicular circula- a range of athletic and recreational AND PROPOSED tion will be improved and pedestrian activities, including the new Center IMPROVEMENTS connections strengthened to enhance for Athletic Performance, which would the use and enjoyment of the campus by provide training and support areas for members of the university community AU athletics as well as varsity, club, As described in Section 4, and illustrated and residents of the neighborhoods and intramural competition venues. in Exhibits K and L, the 2021 Campus surrounding campus. The university will Additional projects include a proposed Plan includes a plan for developing also explore efforts to improve its visual acoustical sound barrier wall and filming the campus as a whole, showing the and graphic communication on campus tower at Jacobs Field, a replacement location, height, and bulk, where through coordinated wayfinding and video scoreboard at Reeves Field, and signage elements. appropriate, of all present and proposed returfed fields at Reeves Field and the AU’s Department of Energy and improvements. park at 45th Street and Massachusetts Engineering is focused on operating Avenue NW. and maintaining safe and reliable utility

54 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 5 5.5.4 SECTION 101.8(D): as a modification of consequence (that 5.7 SUBTITLE X DESCRIPTION OF ALL is, without further processing approval). SECTION 101.10: ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED OR These minor renovation projects will not TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE result in an appreciable increase in the NO INTERIM USE OF CAMPUS AND THE CAPACITY impact of the buildings and uses with LAND OR IMPROVED OF ALL PRESENT AND which they are related and which have PROPERTY PROPOSED PROPOSED CAMPUS been subject to prior further processing DEVELOPMENT review and approval. No interim use of property is proposed under the 2021 Campus Plan. The properties included in the 2021 Campus Plan accommodate a range of university uses and activities that not only fulfill AU’s core academic and research missions, but also provide a supportive and engaging on-campus residential experience for AU students and create substantial opportunities and benefits for residents of the neigh- borhoods surrounding campus and throughout the District of Columbia. The capacity of all present and proposed campus development is sufficient to meet the needs of these activities for the term of the 2021 Campus Plan. 5.5.5 SATISFACTION OF FILING REQUIREMENTS ENUMERATED IN SUBTITLE Z SECTION 302.10

The information provided in this2021 Campus Plan meets all of the require- ments set forth in Section 302.10. 5.6 SUBTITLE X SECTION 101.9: FURTHER PROCESSING FOR SPECIFIC BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND USES

As required by Section 101.9, the university will submit applications for further processing for specific buildings and uses set forth in the 2021 Campus Plan. In addition, the university requests flexibility to process, following review by the AU Neighborhood Partnership, minor building additions related to campus accessibility-related renovations

COMPLIANCE WITH THE CAMPUS PLAN REGULATIONS 55 5.8 SUBTITLE X As detailed in Section 2, AU has a provides support for the use of programs SECTION 101.11: long history of providing economic, that reduce the number of car trips. artistic, and community service support AU’s compliance with these Elements of COMPLIANCE WITH to the District of Columbia and the the Comprehensive Plan are addressed THE COMPREHENSIVE surrounding community. Land Use in Section 4.5. PLAN Policy 2.3.5 also calls for “institutions Land Use Policy 3.2.3 seeks to and neighborhoods to work proactively” ensure that colleges and universities The AU Main Campus and Tenley to address issues such as traffic, parking, that are located within residential areas Campus are both located in the and facility expansion. As noted in are planned, designed, and managed Institutional Land Use Category on Section 3, AU has worked closely with in a way that minimizes objectionable the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) the AU Neighborhood Partnership, the impacts on adjacent communities. of the Comprehensive Plan and are CLC, and a wide range of university As discussed extensively above, the designated as an Institutional site on the and community stakeholders to gather 2021 Campus Plan minimizes objec- Comprehensive Plan’s Generalized Policy input and feedback on the 2021 Campus tionable impacts on the surrounding Map10. The continued use of the AU Plan. That process has resulted in the communities. campus and the proposed new devel- university and the AU Neighborhood The2021 Campus Plan will also opment and facility modernizations are Partnership reaching consensus on the help further important policies and consistent with these map designations, objectives, proposals, and commitments goals of the Economic Development which provide for “change and infill” set forth in the 2021 Campus Plan. Element of the Comprehensive Plan. on university campuses consistent with Land Use Policy 3.2.1 supports the The Economic Development Element campus plans; see 10 DCMR § 223.22. ongoing efforts by “District institutions notes that educational services are a The2021 Campus Plan continues to to mitigate their traffic and parking “core” District industry (See Policy ED encourage and foster many of the Land impacts by promoting ridesharing, 1.1.2) and Policy ED 2.4.1 “supports Use Elements of the Comprehensive carpooling, public transportation, growth in the higher education” sector Plan. Policy 2.3.5 of the Land Use shuttle service and bicycling, providing based on its potential to create jobs Element, regarding Institutional Uses, on-site parking, and undertaking other and income opportunities as well as recognizes the importance of universities transportation demand management enhance District cultural amenities. to the “economy, character, history, and measures.” (See also Education Element While this language is from the 2006 future of the District of Columbia.” Policy EDU 3.3.5). In addition, Policy Comprehensive Plan, it is still very T-3.3.1 of the Transportation Element relevant today. As noted in Section

56 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 5 2.6, American University is the fifth 5.9 SUBTITLE X 5.12 SUBTITLE X largest non-government employer in SECTION 101.13: SECTION 102: SPECIAL Washington, DC, and has annual total economic impacts of $1.7 billion.4 REFERRAL TO EXCEPTION FOR USE The Educational Element of the THE DISTRICT OF OF COMMERCIAL Comprehensive Plan includes policies COLUMBIA OFFICE PROPERTY BY that encourage university growth and OF PLANNING, A COLLEGE OR development through the campus plan process and attention to community DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY issues and concerns (See Policies EDU TRANSPORTATION, Section 102.1 requires that any property 3.3.2 and 3.3.3). As noted above, AND DEPARTMENT located in a low-density mixed-use zone the 2021 Campus Plan sets forth a OF ENERGY AND (which includes the MU-3 and MU-4 predictable, balanced, and flexible plan Zones) used by a university or college that accommodates AU’s growth while ENVIRONMENT for academic and administrative uses respecting and enhancing the quality of shall be permitted as a special exception, life of those who live within the neigh- The2021 Campus Plan will be subject to review and approval by the borhoods surrounding campus, and the referred by the Office of Zoning to Zoning Commission. However, Section comprehensive planning process has the Office of Planning, Department 102.5 allows an applicant to request that allowed for a wide range of university of Transportation, and Department of the use of such property under Section 102 be reviewed as part of a campus and community stakeholders to provide Energy and the Environment for their review and written reports. plan application and that such use be meaningful input and feedback. subject to conditions of the campus plan The2021 Campus Plan also approval. The university is requesting continues to be consistent with Policies 5.10 SUBTITLE X that its continued use of the properties of the Rock Creek West Area, in SECTION 101.14: located at 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW particular Policy RCW 1.1.8 Managing APPLICATION IS IN (located in the MU-3A Zone District), Institutional Land Uses and Policy RCW 4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW (located 1.1.12 Congestion Management Measures. HARMONY WITH THE in the MU-4 Zone District), and 4200 Policy RCW 1.1.8 notes that redevelop- ZONING REGULATIONS Wisconsin Avenue NW (located in the ment or expansion of institutional land MU-4 Zone District) be reviewed and approved as part of the 2021 Campus Plan. uses needs to be compatible with the The2021 Campus Plan is in harmony As noted in Section 4, by expanding with general purpose and intent of the physical character of the community, the scope of the 2021 Campus Plan to states that the density of future institu- Zoning Regulations and Zoning Maps include these properties, the plan provides tional development should reflect sur- and will not tend to affect adversely the a more comprehensive understanding of rounding land uses as well as input from use of neighboring property. the university’s activities in the university the local community, and encourages buildings near the Main and Tenley the minimization of potential adverse 5.11 SUBTITLE X Campuses, and the student and employee effects. Policy 1.1.12 seeks to ensure that SECTION 101.16: A populations that study and work at the land use decisions do not exacerbate locations are now included in the total FURTHER PROCESSING student and employee population count. congestion and parking problems OF A CAMPUS Similarly, the traffic and parking impacts in already congested areas. As noted of these properties also are included in the above, the 2021 Campus Plan proposes BUILDING SHALL transportation and TDM measures that development on sites that are compat- NOT BE FILED are proposed by the university. All of these ible with the physical character of the SIMULTANEOUSLY properties currently include AU academic/ community at appropriate densities. The administrative uses, and 4200 Wisconsin plan has been the subject of significant WITH A FULL CAMPUS Avenue NW also houses the Greenberg community input, and the university has PLAN APPLICATION Theater (campus life use), consistent with proposed conditions of approval which the requirements of the 1958 Zoning 11 further minimize any potential adverse No further processing application shall Regulations . The continued use of these properties for such university activities by effects. Finally, the significant TDM be filed simultaneously with the2021 AU will not create objectionable effects on measures proposed by the university Campus Plan application. the character of the surrounding neighbor- address Policy RCW 1.1.12. hoods or because of noise, traffic, lighting, or other conditions.

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Section 6 PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL As part of their collaborative work in 4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 4200 Partnership (specifically Fort Gaines connection with the development of Wisconsin Avenue NW, and 3201 New Citizens Association, Spring Valley this consensus 2021 Campus Plan, the Mexico Avenue NW. [Revised 2011 Neighborhood Association, Ward American University Neighborhood Campus Plan Condition 2 to include 3 Vision, Westover Place Homes Partnership has reviewed and affirmed additional properties as required under Corporation, ANC 3D, and ANC the following proposed conditions of the 2016 Zoning Regulations] 3E.) The Partnership is supported by approval to guide the implementation Working Groups that meet regularly and enforcement of the objectives and COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT to address key issues of shared concern commitments set forth in the plan. (e.g., Facilities Planning, Student Life 3. The University shall continue to and Safety, Transportation and Parking, work with the American University TERM AND SCOPE Engagement and Communications, Neighborhood Partnership and Data and Metrics). Each working 1. The Campus Plan will be approved (Partnership), a joint forum between group has a community and University for a term of 10 years beginning with AU and leaders in the communities co-chair, and members include neigh- the effective date of this Order as surrounding the University that is borhood residents, AU administrators, indicated below. [Consistent with focused on improving University staff, faculty, students, and consultants. 2011 Campus Plan Condition 1] and neighborhood relations through As detailed in the 2021 Campus Plan discussion, information sharing, and and throughout these conditions, the 2. The approved Campus Plan bound- problem-solving. The Partnership Partnership and its Working Groups ary shall include the Main Campus shall be co-chaired by a member of will provide a collaborative forum for (including the area known as East the University’s senior leadership and the implementation of the objectives Campus), the Tenley Campus, 4801 a neighbor leader who shall both serve and priorities outlined in the 2021 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 4200 on the AU Neighborhood Partnership Campus Plan. [New Condition] Wisconsin Avenue NW, and 3201 Steering Committee. The Steering Committee is comprised of University New Mexico Avenue NW as shown in 4. The University shall continue to administrators and representatives of the American University 2021 Campus work with community representatives community organizations and ANCs Plan and marked as Exhibit [TBD] in to maintain the Community Liaison who were signatories to the March 2001 the record. For the purposes of these Committee (CLC) created in the 18, 2018, letter submitted to and Campus Plan, with the enhancements to conditions, all references to “on campus” recognized by the Zoning Commission the composition, structure, purpose and include Main Campus, Tenley Campus, expressing the intent and vision of the leadership proposed by the University

60 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 6 for the 2011 Campus Plan for the DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND forth in this Order. Any violation of a purpose of fostering consistent commu- CAMPUS CHARACTER condition of this Order shall be grounds nication between the University and the 7. Campus facilities may, from time to for the denial or revocation of any build- surrounding neighborhoods, discussing ing permit or certificate of occupancy issues of mutual interest, and proposing time, be used for conferences; however, any purpose-built conference facility applied by, or issued to, the University solutions to problems that exist or arise for any University building or use in implementing the approved Campus proposed to be constructed by the approved under this Campus Plan, and Plan. It is recommended that the CLC University on campus shall require may result in the imposition of fines and be composed of an equal number of amendment of the Campus Plan and representatives of the University and the specific approval of the conference-fa- penalties pursuant to the Department of community and meet as necessary but cility use through the special exception Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil at least quarterly; separate meetings may process. [Consistent with 2011 Campus Infractions Act of 1985, DC Official be held to discuss matters of particular Plan Condition 7] Code §§ 2 -1801.01 to 2-1803.03 interest to the Main Campus or Tenley (2001) [Consistent with 2011 Campus Campus or other campus locations, if 8. Following review with the AU Plan Condition 12] desired. Upon request, the University Neighborhood Partnership Facilities shall provide timely data relevant Planning Working Group and discus- STUDENT HOUSING AND to Campus Plan issues to the CLC, sion with members of the community, ON-CAMPUS LIFE provided that the data is not confidential the University shall submit to the or overly burdensome to produce. 11. The University shall maintain a Zoning Commission for further supply of housing sufficient to make [Consistent with 2011 Campus Plan processing review each individual Condition 16] housing available for 100 percent of its request to construct a building or full-time freshman and sophomore stu- structure described in the Campus Plan. STUDENT ENROLLMENT dents and for 67 percent of all full-time Along with each request, the University AND EMPLOYEE undergraduates. Housing provided by the shall submit information as to how this POPULATION University through a master lease of all or building or structure complies with the almost all of a residential building that is 5. Student enrollment (headcount) Campus Plan. [Revised 2011 Campus subject to AU residence hall regulations shall not exceed 14,380, including every Plan Condition 10] may be considered “on-campus” housing University student on campus including for the purpose of calculating the housing full-time, part-time, foreign, certificate/ 9. At the time the University files a percentages noted above through the non-degree, single course, night pro- permit application with the Department term of this Campus Plan. In the event grams, and executive program students. of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs for the University pursues an off-campus The number of students enrolled in ground clearance, excavation, or other student housing opportunity that does courses at the Tenley Campus (including major construction that would implicate not comprise all or almost all of a resi- but not limited to Washington College remedial work performed at or around dential building, the AU Neighborhood of Law students) shall not exceed the campus by the Army Corps of Partnership Steering Committee may 2,000 students. Enrollment shall be Engineers, the University shall provide approve that such off-campus beds be determined annually on a headcount notification to the DC Department of included in the housing calculations basis and shall be reported to the CLC Energy and the Environment (DOEE) through the term of this Campus Plan, and AU Neighborhood Partnership. or other appropriate agency, the Army but only after the University has notified 2011 Campus Plan [Revised Condition Corps of Engineers (Baltimore Office), ANC 3D and ANC 3E of the housing 3 to reflect student count definition and the US Environmental Protection opportunity in writing and at least and adjustment to cap based on 2016 Agency, Region 3, that the University 45 days prior to seeking such approval Zoning Regulations, students who may intends to undertake such activities. from the AU Neighborhood Partnership be enrolled at courses at Tenley Campus, [Consistent with 2011 Campus Plan Steering Committee. The University and to confirm reporting requirement] Condition 11] will also be able to continue to use 330 on-campus triples in the calculation of 6. The number of University employees 10. No special exception application the number of beds that it is required to shall not exceed 3,350 employees. make available to full-time undergrad- [Revised 2011 Campus Plan Condition filed by the University for further pro- cessing under this Campus Plan may be uate students through the term of this 4 to reflect adjustment to cap based on Campus Plan. [Revised 2011 Campus 2016 Zoning Regulations] granted unless the University proves that it has consistently remained in substan- Plan Condition 5, as updated in ZC tial compliance with the conditions set 11-07F]

PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 61 12. In support of the University’s goal implementation of the 2011 Campus off-campus conduct by students living of providing new student housing Plan, the University has proposed to in residential neighborhoods adjacent opportunities in competitive and mar- construct an acoustical sound barrier to campus. Over the term of the ketable unit configurations to encourage wall adjacent to Jacobs Field as part of Campus Plan, the University will take more students to remain on campus the Campus Plan. Until such time as a number of proactive steps to address beyond their freshman year, all residence the Zoning Commission takes specific off-campus student behavior, including halls may be occupied by all levels of action on the proposed acoustical sound the following: undergraduate and graduate students barrier wall, the conditions set forth in a. To better inform and educate with the exception of Cassell Hall, ZC Order 11-07 with respect to Jacobs students who choose to live off Nebraska Hall, and all East Campus Field (specifically conditions 17 through campus of their rights and respon- residence halls, which may only be occu- 25) will remain in effect and enforce- sibilities, the University, in consul- pied by sophomores, juniors, seniors or able. [New Condition referencing 2011 tation with the AU Neighborhood graduate students. The University shall Campus Plan Conditions 17 Partnership Student Life and Safety continue to enforce its residence hall through 25] Working Group, will implement regulations in all University-provided an improved off-campus living housing. [New Condition; also incor- OFF-CAMPUS LIFE AND orientation program that will porates 2011 Campus Plan Condition NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY include an online training module 6 language regarding enforcement of OF LIFE EFFORTS developed in consultation with the residence hall regulations] 15. The University shall continue to AU Neighborhood Partnership provide a reporting mechanism to Student Life and Safety Working 13. The area of the Main Campus address issues and concerns raised by Group that must be completed identified as East Campus (bounded by members of the community in order to by students living in the 20016 New Mexico Avenue NW; Nebraska effectively implement and enforce the or 20008 zip codes. Both online Avenue NW; Massachusetts Avenue terms of the Student Code of Conduct, and in-person training sessions NW, and Westover Place) shall contain a which applies to student behavior will include the Pledge to Uphold maximum of 590 beds for undergraduate both on and off campus, and shall Community Standards, detailing students. [Consistent with ZC 11-07 also implement the enhanced Good the responsibilities and obligations Condition 38, as updated in ZC 11-07F] Neighbor Guidelines that have been associated with living off campus, developed in consultation with the AU which will be developed in consul- 14. To resolve issues raised in ZC Order Neighborhood Partnership Student Life tation with the AU Neighborhood 11-07 and addressed throughout the and Safety Working Group to address Partnership Student Life and Safety

62 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 6 Working Group. Following the c. To remain engaged with the TRANSPORTATION training, students must affirmatively broader residential community, the AND PARKING acknowledge that they have fulfilled University will continue its practice 16. The University shall continue to the training and understand the of making annual or more frequent implement Transportation Demand university’s expectations. The visits to major apartment complexes Management (TDM) measures to mini- Office of Campus Life will track and condominium communities mize any adverse impacts of University- participation and compliance with where students live. affiliated traffic and will work with the this program, and students not d. The University’s Office of Transportation and Parking Working in compliance may be subject to Community Relations will create, Group of the AU Neighborhood adjudication under the Student in consultation with the AU Partnership to evaluate the efficacy of Conduct Code. Neighborhood Partnership Student these measures over the term of the b. The University will continue to Life and Safety Working Group, Campus Plan. On an annual basis, the periodically distribute a letter to a neighbor education tool that University shall provide DDOT with a students from the Office of the informs residents of the University’s Transportation Performance Monitoring Dean of Students that specifically strategies for student training and Plan Report detailing the transpor- reminds them of the University’s includes resources and directions on tation mode split of AU students how to contact the University and/ expectation that they maintain the and employees and the utilization of or file a complaint in the event of condition of their property and exclusive university-use parking facilities an undesirable incident. manage the behavior of their guests. (Main Campus, Tenley Campus, and It will also state that the University e. The University will create and 4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW) on a expects students to know, under- distribute, in consultation with typical semester weekday. [Revised 2011 stand, and abide by the Disorderly the AU Neighborhood Partnership Campus Plan Condition 13] Conduct Amendment Act of 2010 Student Life and Safety Working and the District of Columbia Noise Group, an AU Eagle Living Guide 17. The University shall maintain a Control Act of 1977, both of which that will include good neighbor tips, parking inventory of no more than 3,000 spaces for University use inclu- address noise disturbances. Students resources, and a copy of the Pledge to sive of all Campus Plan properties. will also be informed of the details Uphold Community Standards. The University shall continually of both ordinances during the [Revised 2011 Campus Plan evaluate its pricing policies for parking orientation programs. Condition 8] with the intention of discouraging

PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 63 single-occupancy vehicle trips to surrounding the campus. The c. For conferences and large special campus without generating demand University shall use its best efforts events, the University shall encour- for off-campus parking by University- to cause other University-related age participants and attendees affiliated vehicles. Parking utilization vehicles to park on the campus. to utilize non-single occupant analysis will be included in the annual To accomplish these purposes, the vehicular modes of transportation Transportation Performance Monitoring University shall have in place a where possible and work with area Plan Report as detailed in Condition 16. system of administrative actions, institutions in order to provide [Revised 2011 Campus Plan Condition 14] contract penalties, fines—which additional parking as needed. may be adjusted from time to time d. The University shall direct its 18. The University shall continue to as needed—and/or termination of students to register their vehicles in implement, and will work in consul- contracts for violations. the District of Columbia or obtain tation with the AU Neighborhood a reciprocity sticker if eligible to do Partnership to enhance, its Good b. Construction employees, con- so. The University shall withhold Neighbor Parking Policy regarding tractors, and subcontractors shall parking privileges from students enforcement of student, faculty, staff, by contract be prohibited from who do not comply with DC and vendor off-campus parking: parking on residential streets, registration requirements. Failure subject to contractual penalties a. The University shall use its best to abide by District law concerning of termination. Visitors to the efforts to require all students, registration of student vehicles shall campus, including attendees of all faculty, staff, and vendors servicing constitute a violation of the Student conferences, shall be encouraged to the campus to park on the campus Conduct Code. and shall prohibit, to the extent utilize non-single occupant vehicle permitted by law, students, faculty, modes of transportation and/or [Revised 2011 Campus Plan staff, and vendors from parking use on-campus parking and, where Condition 15] on the streets adjacent to and feasible, notified in advance to do so.

64 AU 2021 CAMPUS PLAN: SECTION 6 American University 2021 Campus Plan FOOTNOTES

1. In March 2020, access to campus athletic facilities was temporarily restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2. Pursuant to DC Zoning Commission Order No. 11-07F, the university may also use up to 330 on-campus triples in addition to the 4,152-bed capacity. 3. In March 2020, access to campus facilities was temporarily restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 4. AU’s total economic impact on Washington, DC, was derived by multiplying its estimated annual spending of $941 million with a multiplier of 1.88. Themultiplier, a measure of how money put into the community is respent and leads to additional economic activity was calculated by the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, in a report titled, The Economic Impact of the Consortium of Universities. All figures are based on financial year ending April 30, 2018. Since March 2020, AU’s economic impact, like the economic impact of other universities and enterprises, has been affected by the significant impacts associated with COVID-19 on the university and the metropolitan DC region. 5. In addition to the university uses addressed in this Campus Plan, 3200 New Mexico Avenue NW and 4200 Wisconsin Avenue NW also currently include non-university related uses that are not subject to this Campus Plan. 6. Due to the impact of COVID-19, WMATA temporarily suspended the U-PASS® Program for the fall 2020 semester. 7. The properties located in the MU-3A and MU-4 Zones were not previouslyrequired to be included in the Campus Plan review and approval process. The uses of these properties are addressed in section 5.12. However, the land area and the GFA of the buildings on these MU-3A and MU-4 properties have not been included in the aggregated density calculations for the R and RA portions of the campus property. 8. Site 1 (Beeghly Building addition) has been designated for either academic/administrative or residential/campus life use; for the purpose of these development program summary totals, the proposed 5,000 square-foot addition has been allocated to residential/campus life use. 9. Site 5 (SCAN replacement) has been designated for either residential/campus life or athletics use, or a combination of both; for the purpose of these development program summary totals, the proposed GFA of the site has been allocated equally to each use. 10. The 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW property, the 4801 Massachusetts AvenueNW property, and the 4200 Wisconsin Avenue NW property are all located in the Low Density Commercial FLUM category. 11. In addition to the university uses addressed in this Campus Plan, 3200 New Mexico Avenue NW and 4200 Wisconsin Avenue NW include non-university related uses that are not subject to this Campus Plan.

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