Advancing Knowledge, Building Community
ZONING COMMISSION ZONINGDistrict of COMMISSION Columbia District of CZONINGllumb}\ COMMISSION rl Case No. 11-07 District of Columbia CASE NO. J _ ...... CASE u· NO.11-07 1 8A1 EXHIBIT NO.8A1 EXHIBIT NO. a .., ..
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Case No. 11-07 8A1 TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 1
SECTION 2 INTRODUCTION ...... 9
SECTION 3 THE UNIVERSITY AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ...... 11 3 1 History and Academic Profile ...... 12 3.2 Mission and Strategic Plan ...... - ...... 14 3 3 Students ...... 15 3 ~ Outreach Opportunities and SeNice ...... 15 3 5 Economic Contributions ...... 17 3£ Sustainability ...... -...... 17
SECTION -1 CAMPUS PLAN OVERVIEW ...... 19 4 1 Campus Development History ...... 20 11.2 Campus Plan Goals ...... - ...... 20 J 3 Campus Plan Process ...... 20
SECTION 5 POLICIES SHAPING THE FUTURE ...... 23 5 1 St udent Needs...... 24 52 Enrollment and Personnel ...... 26 51 Flexibility ...... 26
SECTION6 EXISTING CAMPUS FEATURES AND PROPOSED PLAN ...... 27 61 Existing Campus Building.s ...... 28 6 '2 Proposed Campus Development...... 28
SECTION ' COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF CAMPUS PLAN REGULATIONS (11 DCMR § 210) ...... 33 7 1 College or University Which Is an Academic Institution of Higher Learning (Subsection 210.1) ...... 34 7 2 The Use Is Located So That It Is Not Likely to Become Objectionable to Neighboring Property Because of Noise, Traffic. Number of Students, or Other Objectionable Conditions (Subsection 21 0.2) ...... 34 7 3 Co mpliance with the Maximum Bulk Requirements (Subsection 210.3) ...... 37 7 4 Submission of a Plan for Developing the Campus as a Whole (Subsection 210.4) ...... 37
SECTION 8 PROPOSED CONDITlONS OF CAMPUS PLAN APPROVAL...... 43
SECTION 9 FURTHER PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST CAMPUS, THE NEBRASKA HALL ADDITION, AND THE MARY GRAYDON CENTER ADDITlON ...... 47 9 1 Development of the East Campus (former Nebraska Avenue Parking Lot Site) ...... ~ ...... :.- .... .48 9 2 Nebraska Hall Addition ...... =...... :,_, ..... 54 9 3 Addition to the Mary Graydon Center ...... ~ ...... ~ ... 1. ... 56 ~ co ZONING COMMISSION-r:,. District of-" Columbia N.- ~ 0 Case No. 11-07U1 z :;:;- :z: 8A1 G'J TABLE OF EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 1 STRATEGIC PLAN
EXHIBIT 2 COMMUNITY OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
EXHIBIT 3 DISCUSSION OF COMMUNITY DIALOGUE PROCESS
EXHIBIT 4 OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT CONDUCT POLICIES
EXHIBIT 5 DATA ON HOUSING LOCATIONS OF STUDENTS LIVING IN ZIP CODE AREA 20016
EXHIBIT 6 STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE POPULATION SUMMARY
EXHIBIT 7 CAMPUS AND BUILDING HISTORY (HISTORIC PRESERVATION ELEMENT)
EXHIBIT 8 FLOOR AREA RATIO CALCULATION
EXHIBIT 9 NOT USED
EXHIBIT 10 CAMPUS LOCATION & ILLUSTRATIVE SITE PLANS 10.1 Aerial Photo Showing Main and Tenley Campus 10.2 Main Campus-Existing Illustrative Site Plan 10.3 Tenley Campus-Existing Illustrative Site Plan
EXHIBIT 11 CAMPUS VICINITY MAP
EXHIBIT 12 BUILDING AND LAND USE SITE PLANS 12.1 Existing Main Campus Building and Land Use 12.2 Proposed Main Campus Building and Land Use 123 Existing Tenley Campus Building and Land Use 12.4 Proposed Tenley Campus Building and Land Use
EXHIBIT 13 OPEN SPACE SITE PLANS 13.1 Existing Main Campus Open Space 13.2 Proposed Main Campus Open Space 13.3 Existing Tenley Campus Open Space 13.4 Proposed Tenley Campus Open Space
EXHIBIT 14 LANDSCAPE SITE PLANS 14.1 Proposed Main Campus Landscape Plan 14.2 Proposed Tenley Campus Landscape Plan
EXHIBIT 15 CIRCULATION SYSTEM SITE PLANS 15.1 Existing Main Campus Pedestrian and Vehicular Circulation 15.2 Proposed Main Campus Pedestrian and Vehicular Circulation 15.3 Existing Tenley Campus Pedestrian and Vehicular Circulation 15.4 Proposed Tenley Campus Pedestrian and Vehicula.r Circulation
EXHIBIT 16 UTILITIES SI TE PLANSZONING COMMISSION 16.1 Existing Main DistrictCampus of ColumbiaUtilities 16.2 Existing Ten ley Campus Utilities Case No. 11-07 8A1 EXHIBIT 1 PROPOSED CAMPUS PLAN 16 i ~ Sports Center Annex Replacement 1 1 Proposed Ma.n Campus Plan Proposed View from Leonard Hall 111 Proposed Tenley Campus Plan 16 I~ Sports Center Annex Replacement Proposed V1ew Campus Road EXHIBIT •a PROPOSED NEW FACILITIES " 1 Washington College of Law, Tenley Campus t6 1 Reeves Field Bleachers 18 1 1 1 Site Analys•s In 1 '· Reeves Field Bleachers Exist ing Site 18 1 Tl:> Site Plan Plan 18.1 l t Street Viers lfl I 7b Reeves Field Bleachers Existing Section and Photos 18 1 1 Beeghly Addition 18 1/ Reeves Field Bleachers Proposed 1o 1 1• Beeghly Addition Existing Site Plan Site Plan 10.1 •'~' Beeghly Add1t1on Ex1sting Site 18 1 i Reeves Field Bleachers Proposed Sect1on and Photos V1ew from Reeves Field 18 1 .. Beeghly Add1t1on Proposed Site Plan 1a1 ... Beeghly Addiuon Proposed View 18 1 M Kay Sp1ntual Life Center Addition from Parking Lot a • Kay Spiritual Life Center Addition 1a 1 .. Beeghly Add1t1on Proposed View Exist1ng S1te Plan Campus Road 18 1 f4 Kay Sp1ntual Ufe Center Addition 18 1 •' Beeghly Addrt1on Proposed VIeW ExtsMg Sect1on and Photos from Reeves F1eld 18 I E Kay Sprntual l:ife Center Add1tion Proposed Site Plan 1 1 South Hall t8 1 E J Kay Sptrsrual Life Center Addinon South Hall Ex1sting Site Plan Proposed View from Massachusetts 18 1 r South Hall Extstlng Section and Avenue Photos 18 1 South Hall Proposed S•te Plan 18 1 Butler Tunnel Enclosure 18 1 'J South Hall Proposed View from Butler Tunnel Enclosure ExiSting Stte Fletcher Gate at Rockwood Plan 18 1 1 Butler Tunnel Enclosure Existing 18 1 ' North Hall SectJon and Photos 18 1 11.. North Hall Ex•sting Site Plan JB 1 E Butler Tunnel Enclosure Proposed 18 1 4l North Hall Existing Section and Site Plan Photos 18 I jl North Hall Proposed Site Plan 711 18 1 1 North Hall Proposed View from NEW FACILITIES SUBMITIED FOR Northwest Campus Comer FURTHER PROCESSING
18 1 'l Multipurpose Gymnas1um EXH:SIT ; Nebraska Hall Addition Multipurpose Gymnasium Existing Plans Srte Plan Elevattons 181 ~ Multipurpose Gymnas1\Jm Ex1sting Sect•ons Section and Photos 18 1 ~ Mult1purpose Gymnas1um Proposed S1te Plan E?\H BIT Mary Graydon Center Addition Plans 18 1 ! ..1 Multipurpose Gymnas1um Proposed View from Leonard Hall Elevat1ons 18 1 1 Mult1purpose Gymnas1um Proposed Sections V1ew Campus Road E"AHIBIT East Campus 181 Sports Center Annex Replacement Plans 1 r Sports Center Annex Replacement Elevat•ons Extsung Site Plan Sect1ons ZONING COMMISSION 181 61-> Sports Center Annex Replacement District of Columbia Existing Section and Photos EXHIBT r )') TRANSPORTATION REPORT & Case No. 11-07 1B 1.6c Sports Center Annex Replacement TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Proposed Site Plan 8A1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Case No. 11-07
ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE. BUILDING COMMUNITY8A1 I 1 SECTION 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A merican University embraces its role as a private university with a public responsibility.
Appreciating Our Role Among che world's great cities, Washington, D.C., can claim distinction as the epicenter where power, policies, thought leaders, and solutions co the challenges of the day all converge. As a vibrnnc insrirotion of higher education char prepares future leaders, American Un.iversiry is geographically loca.red and academically positioned co arcracc che brightest young minds co our traditional campus sening ro combine crearive ideas with scholarly research co find local, nacionaJ, and global-minded AU's ne1ghbors solutions. issues, while high school students explore science in take advantage AU's Sracemenc of Common Purpose under rhe labs and retired persons cake classes. of the many lines that "che cenrral commicmenr of American This is what American Uoiversiry is coday on-campus University is the development of choughrful, academ ically strong, globally involved, natioruilly educattonal responsible human beings in the context of a focused, and locally engaged. American Univeniry's aCtiVItieS challenging yet supportive academic communiry." 2011 Campus Plan is designed co carry chat essence open to the community Since ics first graduating class in 1916. American inco the furure by carefully balancing academic Universiry has demonstrated a unique commitment objectives with communiry needs. co both academic excellence and public service. As AU has become increasingly selecrive and Serving D.C. and Environs academically more rigorous, ir has kept irs com AU remains true co irs Methodist roots as a mitment ro srudenc voJunceerism and local public private university wich a pubHc respoosibilicy and service. While arcracting cop srudencs and scholars a sc:rong commitment co scudeor volunreerism and ro apply knowledge oationaJJy and inrernationaUy, service. A few examples include: AU also is strongly involved close to home wicb • By the rime they are seniors, 74 percent o( bands-on work to help ciry schools, assist local AU undergraduates will have participated in populations with vicaJ services, involve neighbors community service or volunteer work. in educational and recrearionaJ events on campus, • Lase year, 2,244 srudents contributed and pump needed dollars income local economy. 104~8 L5 hours of service co rhe D .C. Having climbed co #79 among national univer communiry. sities in U.S. Ntltls & World Report's rankings (a rise • The Washington College of Law's clinical of some 40 places during the past 15 years), AU programs are mnked consisceocly among the has become a prestigious global university while top three in the nation for providing free keeping irs neighborhood feel. Jr is where U.S. legal services co poor and unrepresented area presidents make major speeches. while residents en residencs. Sm.ffed pro bono by AU law sru joy the park-ljke serting in whkh they jog or walk dencs and faculry, these clinics se.cve a variery their dogs; where inremational dignitaries discuss of clients, including victims of domestic their nation's challenges, while local children learn violence, indigeru women, and victims of co swim in rhe pool and learn about arr in the mu humanZONING rights abuse. COMMISSION About 230 law srudencs seum; where U.S. political leaders address national per year participateDistrict of Columbia in these clinics.
Case No. 11-07 8A1 Students doing volunteer work 1n the city as part of the Freshman Service Experience, wtllch JUSt maa~eo Its 20th aruuversary
• Bc:forc fall classes ~gm, new lreshm1n • AU srudents "'ere n:ocognazed as the scudenn report co campus ro ~rform mosc polaucally a<:ti,·e 10 the nation by community St'rvice, contnbuung more chan The PnfhY.Itm Rctru in 2010. 12,000 hours ar som~ 50 satts throughout Washangron, mdudang publac and ch1rrer Who Are the AU Students? sc:hools. g~raamc c~ncers. and community AU students come from all 50 sr:uts, the cltvt'lopment organaations. Nearly 8,000 Dism et of Col urn baa, U.S. terratorits, and more chan scudt'nts have parcicap:ned an the program 140 countries. Twemy-three dafferent religaons nee since 1990. represented. AU is 62 percenc femnle and .~ R percenc • School of Bclucnrion. 'l"t-aching and H~:~lth male. A few ocher filets: studentS 11nd facu lcy piny o vital role by • The nvernge GPA of nn incoming student menrorang , tutormg, and hclpang wath (2010) is 3.87 and the avernge SAT score as filculcy d~·elopment and curriculum 1299 plannmg in the elemenouy, maddle. and • Our of every 10 srudencs who apply as hagh schools through formal pannershaps prospecu' Managing Student Enrollment East Campus: New Mexico Avenue facing east The current student population is 10,298- induding 6,318 undergraduates; 3,230 graduate studenrs; and 750 ochers. This is below che 10,600 cap suggested by the 2001 Campus Plan. The cur Planning for the Future rene law school enrollmenr is 1,770. American University's 2011 Campus Plan The goal for che coming decad.e is co maintain refieccs a desire to strengthen AU's impressive the student quality with minimal (1.3 percent) growth in academic prestige, be an asset co growth in the undergraduate population and Washington, D.C., and be an education, cultural, moderate growth in programs that can best handle and aesthetic amenity co che surrounding commu it (graduate and law) because they have older (and nity. To support academic objectives, AU plans co: non-resident) students with different marricularion • enhance undergraduate housing to remain and class usage patterns. competitive in higher educarion The projected total enrollment for all student • provide more recreation, dining, and activ popularions (including law) during the coming ity space co give students an on-campus decade would be 13,600-which would include focus 6,400 undergraduates; 4,400 graduate scudencs; • create a new law school campus dose to 2,000 law students; and 800 others. public transportation and a retail corridor Many of these srudencs will remain in the D.C. • build additional offices to attract and keep area after graduating, as some 40 percent of current top faculty AU alumni now live in this region. • improve science and research faciliries co sharpen our scholarly edge American University's campus plan • add athletics facilities for fitness and is academically exciting, financially campus wellness • establish an admissions welcome center for feasible, developmentally reasonable, new srudencs and rheir parents appropriately sited, and responsive to • createZONING an alumni COMMISSION center co serve our community concerns. graduatesDistrict of Columbia Case No. 11-07 4 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN 8A1 East Campus. Nebraska Avenue elevat-on Key plan proJects to fulfill rhese <>bJtcrives hous.ng proJect (Cenccnnml) was fin1shed include: Ul 1986. • Undergraduate housing-New housing • New law school- To be bu1lc on rhe IS needed to prov1de space for students c1ghc-acre Tcnley campus in the current already here. 10cludm~ up to 300 students bwldmg foocrrinc. the new law school w11l now forcec.l to h"e 10 mples; for 200 ~ walk10g d1scancc co Metro and along a who h"e 10 nearby &P'\nmencs under a major comm~rc1al co rndor and cransporra uru"ermy lease; and fo r 497 now housed t:on roure 1nto downtown D.C It could be on the T~nley campus, wh1ch w1ll be the a a a lyse for appropriate bus10ess act1v1ry future home of the law school 11m \\ 111 be along the Tenley corridor. accompltshed by df!"elop10g the c1ght-acre asphalt Nebraska A'enue parlung Joe as a res1dence community (for 770), bu1ld10g an lddmon co Nebr:asla Hall (for 110). and constructing new res1d~ halls on Souch Campus at the Ch1ld Otvelopmenc Cencer Site (for 200) and beh10d the Pres1dcnc's Office Building (for 200). The last maJor Washongton College of Law · Tenley campus s•l~· plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 AOVANC:IN'i KNOW~(OQE BUILDING COMMUNITY8A1 5 East Campus: Nebra!>ka Avenue elevaton Key plllll projects to fulfill these object1ves housing pro,ecr (Ccntenmal) was fin1shed todude: in 1986. • Undergraduate housing-New hous1og • New law school-To be built on the IS n~ed to provade spece for srudenrs eigbr-ac~ Tenley campus an the cummt al~y he~. 1ncluding up to 300 students bUJidmg foocpr1nt, the new law S Wilshington College of Law. Tenley campus soH! plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 AOVANCIN(j KNOWLEDGE, EU•~OING COM8A1MUNIT'I' 5 The plan is a transformational opporrunicy for American University-to alleviate an under graduate housing crunch; have a better on-campus experience for students; provide opportunities for a stronger education presence in che vibraor Tenley commercial corridor; maintain a green design ethic, borh rascefuJ and appropriate; and enhance AU's value co the communicy. Ir also could provide dose co $400 million in new construction and renovation projects on exist ing campus property, bringing economic benefits ro the local area rhrougb jobs and contract oppor tunities. This would complement che already large impact American University has on che District economy, injecting some $415 million each year. Involving the Community Decennial campus planning provides a forum for universities ro link academic plans with facili • removed several proposed buildings from ties needs, while allowing neignbors co express che plan concerns and suggest new ideas. We have listened • reduced rhe housing invenrory rarger from and responded co a number of community concerns. 4.900 co 4,300 beds Since July 2009, we have held public discus • distributed new housing to four different sions with community members regarding our sires across campus academic objectives, planning ideals, and potential • added a sire (behind the President"s Office sites. All materials were posred and documents Building) for additional housing made available, as we sought ro balance university • made sevc;ral changes w che Ease Campus objectives and community concerns. In January (Nebraska Avenue parking lot) plani 2011, we provided a formatted drnfr plan-the which included reorienting buildings ro only local university co do so-co summarize 18 midgace views, reducing rhe number of months of meetings and co further prompt subscan beds proposed (from 1,000 to 770), adding A green roof rive dialogue in advance of our 1iling. In response co a building co buffer potential impacts ildorns the top community comment, we have: on adjacent properdes, and retaining rbe of t he Media • reduced cbe coral proposed gross Roor area locadoo of che vehicular enrrnnce from New Production from 1,200,000 ro 892,000 square feet Mexico Avenue into rhe site Center • engaged Tenleytown community members and rheir accbicect in discussions regarding the law school's move to rhe Tenley campus, which helped define rbe community desire co keep rhe facilicy largely within the fooc prinr of the existing structures, main cain existing sire access points and curb cues, and preserve the hisrocic character of both Capital Hall and Dunblane Enhancing Sustainability and Mitigating Impact The best way co appreciate AU's green values and design aesthetic is co rake a walk across campus --a registered arboretum with 2,500 trees of 130 different species and varieties complemented by ZONING COMMISSION ornamental gardens,District Rower of Columbia beds, and pocket parks Case No. 11-07 6 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 201 1 CAMPUS PLAN 8A1 The School of lntemotionat Service Burldong, left. is seeking LEED Gold certlficatoon. 2,500 t• ,. riU'lltJI" qf trees on AU~ { r}fl)~J'I~ , •,~rJI'-..t,,r,·d t1rhor,--.tunl for the enjoyment of our scudencs and community. We value chat distinctiveness, appreciare its role in AU's identity, and plan co maintain ic. AU aims foe carbon neurrality by 2020 and mandates LEED Silver standards (or bercer) for each new building. All furore AU development will be done in ways chac advance susminability and minimize any negative impact on o~ar neigh borhood. Our current campus shows an appropri • commicred co g reen building design ate scaling and design aesrnetic, which we will • modified our srudenc conduct code co maintain. encompass off-campus issues and have Being p:lrt ofa community me:tns working continued co foscer an understanding among co fulfill our academic objectives while actang as a srude.ncs of neighborhood sensitivities responSible neighbor by designing appropriate and • requared thac all on-campus residenrs honor sustainable buildings; mitigating our da1ly impact abousing contmct to enforce appropriate through rcansporcacion management; and creating behavior, and residence balls be managed a behavioral expectation for srndencs who will professionally by on-sire sraff become educated and responsible citi7en~ We r~ke American Universiry"s Campus Plan is academ these commitments seriously and have adapted our icaiJy exciting, financially feasible, developmenrnlly practices in the following ways: reasonable, appropriately sired, and responsive co • enhanced and promoted use of public community concerns. Our future undergraduate ccaosportacion and carpooling co reduce srudenc growrh is small and gcadu:are and law traffic congestion and poiJution; the AU srudenr growth modesr. our impacr is manageable, shuttle carries almost 2 million ridt:rs each and our commitment is solid-to be a viral pare of year. helping ro maJlllge auro and pedestrian rhe nation's capital and Northwest Washington in tmAic ways rhac enhance the life of the campus, city, and • vowed to be carbon neucml by 2020 by community. reducing consumption, buymg gr~n. and \fle ba1-·e delivered 011 thai C{)tn11litmetlt /fW ZONING COMMISSION producing renewable energy 118 years, and we will cotttitme to do so. District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE, BUILDING COMMUNITY8A1 7 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 8A1 8 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN INTRODUCTION ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE, BUILDING COMMUNITY8A1 9 SECTION 2 INTRODUCTION This document and the • building additional athletics facilities, an admissions/welcome center, and an alumni attached appendix of exhibits center make up the American These goals ace achieved through the develop ment of the projects proposed in the 2011 Plan. University Campus Plan This plan includes three Further Processing (the "2011 Plan" or the applications that specifically target the goals of improving rhe student housing options and dining/ "Campus Plan") for the recreation facilities. 1 The three Further Processing period from 2011-2020. applications include: Nebraska Hall Addition will add 120 beds The 2011 Plan is the product of an extensive in apartment-style units similar to the existing effort by representatives of American University, building. The addition's bulk, height, and appear the various communities surrounding the Main and ance will match the existing building. An existing Tenley campuses of American University, Advisory fence will be extended and increased in height, Neighborhood Commissions (''ANC") 3D and 3E, and appropriate landscaping will be developed in representatives of the Office of Planning ("OP") consultation with nearby residents. (Exhibit 19) and the District Department ofTranspottacion Mary Graydon Addition will add 20,000 ('"DDOT"), and Councilmember Cheh and her staff. square feet of dining and activity space to the American University began a dialogue with these student center. The addition, co be located at the community stakeholders in rnid-2009 regarding south end of the building, will march the exist the 2011 Plan. American University believes that ing building's four stories with a complementary the plan char is detailed in this statement and in design. (Exhibit 20) the attached appendix of exhibits is a better one as East Campus includes six buildings and an result of the community dialogue process. associated underground packing and service area, co The Campus Plan's primary goals are to be built on the sire of the current Nebraska Avenue support AU's Strategic Plan and academic and Packing Lot. The project will accommodate 770 facilities needs by: new beds in contemporary housing units, recre • improving and offering attractive student ation and activity space for students, instructional housing to encourage more undergraduate spaces, rhe Admissions Welcome Center, and students to live on campus administrative offices. All delivery, waste removal, • creating on-campus recreation, dining, and service ace designed to be underground, along athletics, and activity space to support with parking for 300 cats. Small-scale retail spaces student needs ace planned along Nebraska Avenue. These spaces • building a new home for the Washington are primarily to serve university needs bur will be College of Law ac the Tenley Campus near available for the surrounding community as well. the Metro and a major transporration (Exhibit 21) corridor This statement and the attached appendix dis • providing additional faculty office, research, cuss in derail how the 2011 Plan and the Further and related spaces Processing applications satisfy the requirements of • improving science facilities and instruc § 210 of the Zoning Regulations. tional space 'A Fu.rther Processing applicarion for tbe relocation of tbe Washington College ofZONING law co tbe COMMISSION Tenley Campw is expected m be filed wirhin 60-75 days of the 6Jing of tbis application. District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 1Q I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN 8A1 THE UNIVERSITY AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 8A1 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE, BUILDING COMMUNITY I 11 SECTION 3 THE UNIVERSITY AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3.1 HISTORY AND ACADEMIC launched a program co help train federal employ PROFILE ees in new methods of public administration. President Franklin Roosevelt, who spoke at the 3.1 .1 History event launching che program, promised it would American University was incorporated by have the uhearty cooperation" of aU branches of his the government of the District of Columbia in administration. The program would evolve inco 1891 and chartered by an Ace of Congress in today's School of Public Affairs. 1893. Founded under che auspices of the United During World War II, students shared the Methodist Church, ic is an independent coeduca campus with che Navy, which used it for research tional university with students enrolled in under and training. It wasn't the first rime that war graduate, master's, doccoral, and professional degree impacted AU directly. During World War I, the programs. The first building was completed io still largely undeveloped campus was used by the 1898, and che 6rsc class graduated in 1916. war department as a military camp, testing, and Practical ideaJjsm, a passion for public service, training site. and a global oudook were ideals of American The period after World War II was a rime of University when founded by Methodist Bishop growth and innovation. The Washington Semester John Fletcher Hu.rst, and they remain a strong part Program, founded in 1947, began arcraccing of AU today. The vision was to create a university scudencs from around the nation (and ultimately, to train public servants for che future, and the the world) co participate in what was chen a new land chosen was on the rural fringe of the nation's concept-semester internships in the nation's capital-an area already rich wich Washington capital. history. Abraham Lincoln visited Fore Gaines In 1949, che Washington College of law (perched high on ground now held by Ward merged with AU, adding irs rich history (it was Circle and the Kac:zen Arts Center) to inspire che founded for women in 1896) to the pioneering Union troops defending the narion·s capital, and spirit of the university. By chat same year, although presidential footsteps have echoed through AU's the nation's capital was still a segregated cown, history. In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt laid the AU community included over 400 African the cornerstone of a building, named for Hurst's American scudencs. friend, President William McKinley, and when AU opened in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson gave Post-war Expansion che dedication. The 1950s brought further expansion; by 1955, che business program had grown so large ic Growing with Washington became a separate school, now known as che Kogod If AU's Washington ties were evident from the School of Business. In 1957, President Dwight stare, so was its ground breaking spirit. The first 28 D. Eisenhower broke ground for the School of srudenrs included five women, a notable number International Service and urged the oew school to at a rime before women could vote, and an African remember chat "the waging of peace demands the American student won a fellowship in 1915 co best we have."' And in 1963, an AU commence pursue a doctorate. ment was che occasion that President John F. Undergraduates were first admitted in 1925, Kennedy used for his historic foreign policy speech by which time graduate students had shifted to char called on che Soviet Union co work with the a downtown campus on F Street, near the White United Scares on a nuclear test ban creary. House. It was there in the heart of downtown ThroughZONING the years, COMMISSION new centers, insciruces, and that in 1934, at the start of the New Deal, AU programs wereDistrict born ofco Columbiaenable faculty and srudeocs Case No. 11-07 12 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN 8A1 to exam an~ pert anent issues. lltld an 198·t, the 1955. ar ancludes six d~parrmenrs and has School ofCommunaauon was established, rdlect ~n ranked among the counny·s cop busa ang the growth of the JOUrnalism program from the oess schools---128 in 811mrw Wtd's "Sese lim courses in t h~ t 920s Undel8raduace Busaness Schools· (2009}. 136 by rh~ W111/ fitml }~11mal (1007). and A New Century !1}4 by cb~ Ert!notrtlsl (2()()9). Academac progroms have conunuously g:uned • School of Communlcation-Esroblashed high nnraonal mnkangs, ond rhe ancrensang qualaty in 1984, ac as a Jabomrory for professaon;~l of AU 's students is reRt-cced 1n che hagh number of eduCIIraon, communicorion research, and merit nwnrds nnd prestigious nntionnl scholarships innovative produ~:cion in journnlism, li lm and fellowshaps, such as Fulbright nwnrds and and media orcs, ond publac communicncaon; Prestdential Management Pellowshaps. irs ulumnj ar~ prominent an news, film, AU 's repuowon in the creatave arcs wu under and communiCIItaon an W:~Shmgton ond scored an 2003 wath rhe openang of the .296-seat nation wade Harold and Sylvaa G~berg Theatre ond an 2005 • School of International Service wath the Kat:m Am Cenr.er. With 130,000 square Founded an l9~7.ar as rhe lal)ttst school f~ of spoce. the- Kanen includes a )0.000-square- of anremaraonal affiurs an the country, with foot art museum wath ch~ Roors of exhabauoo programs an amem.nional communiC1ltion, s~. the Washangron a~n·s largest uni~~rsicy international d~dopment , incenucional facilacy for exhabaung an. economac relanons, U.S foreagn polacy, lo 2007. Neal Kerwan, SPA BA '71. becam~ inremacaonalpeace and contlacr resoluraon, d~e 6rst alumnus to be presadent of AU A noted glol»l envaronmental polaucs, ancenucaonal scholar of public policy and the regulatory process. politics. and com~ive and regaonal be bas been ~rt of the life of AU for 40 years, smdaes. The SIS anremaraonal relauons track IS nudent, professor, ck2n, and provost, and is ranked liS among rruster's programs and now guidang rhe universacy through the process was 1117 on Fomgn Poltf) mag:uine's last of of llllplemenung acs Srraregac Plan,lr.,mr.m top undergraduate prognuns Untt'tf'SIIJ ami 1ht Nw D«o~dt: Lmdmhip for a • School of Public Affairs-Created liS 11 Changmg WDI'Id. wbach expresses a convaction that depurtment an 19~4 11nd esrobhshed 11s a AU's academac srrengths ore groundec.l an irs core school in 19~ 7, at hilS lhree deparcmenLS vo.lues of soci.ll responsibility nnd 11 commitment co governmenc, public admmistmrlon, 11nd culruml llnd intellecruul diversity. jusrice. lnw nnd society. Tht school hos Jc's o visaon for rhc rwenry-first century that been mnktxl by U.S. Nttvs am/ Wlorlrl Rcporl is grounded an ideals that go back to Bishop John (2009) as 1114 nauonally; among public Flecch~r Hurst and the dream of 11 unaversity that maruagement/pubhc a.dmanastnuaon pro makes a dafference an rhe Ja,·es of Its students, Its grams as 116; lllld among publ1c fin:tnee and communicy, and the world budgecang programs as If 18 lr has ea~ accl:um (or attaS such IS Clmpaagn maaugc:- 3.1 .2 Academic Profile menr. women and polmcs, and lobbyang. Am~racan Unn-ersacy offers a range of un • Washington College of ~w-Esrablashcd dergraduar~ and s,radu:ace programs--ancludiog m 189611.\ the Gn.t Law ~buol rouudc:d by 57 bacmlor's, 52 master's, 9 donoral, and 3 law women, at became part of AU an 1949 degrees, as well liS more than 60 certa6a ce pro 1£ provades unparalleled opportunacaes for grams (mostly graduate l~el)-chrough ars sax real-world experaence through au haghly major schools and colleges. ~~eclaimed programs an elm lOll ~w. anrcr • College of Arts and Sciences-Founded nauonal law, human nghrs. incellect\l:ll an 192~. at 1s AU's Largest school or college rroperty, bu$aness, anr.emauonal commtrcaal and ancludes 16 ckpenmenrs and c~ arbirrauon. heaJrh. and rbe environment School ofEduauon, Teachang and Health, Irs muluculrural envaronment JS a par whach Ius numerous reachang co llabon~ cacular strength. ancludang a Ill rankang ZONING COMMISSION cions wach D.C. schools. by Hispamr 8111111UJ (20 10) :IS rhe cop Jaw District of Columbia • Kogod School of Business-Pounded in school for HiSJ>'.Inac students. Case No. 11-07 8A1 AOVANCINO ! ZONING COMMISSION 14 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 8A1 expenditures, the endowment has grown to close few sea tisncs: ro $400 mdl.on; during alendar year 2009, AU's • During the 2009-10 academic yea r, 2,244 endowment rerum was 33 percent, whach ranked srudenrs volunreered I 04,815 hours at first an an andependem report of more chan 150 more chan 170 sites across Washington; colleges and universaties. had they been paid, they would have earned As a result, Standard & Poor's (2009) upgraded $2,185,393. AU's long-term and underlying bond ratings from • The Pnnceton Review (2009) ranked A U A ro A +, a dascanccion matched by only one orher #I for the most politically actave snadents in private higher education institution. Moody's also the naci on for the second time in live years. reaffirmed AU's A2 credit racing (positive outlook). • The Institute for International Education (Open Doors 2010) ranked AU #5 among 3.3 STUDENTS cop doctoral instirutions for undergradu:ue students studying abroad, and almost 60 3.3.1 Student Profile percent will do so. Ameracan University srudents come from all • The Peace Corps (2010) ranked AU #2 50 scares. the Distract of Columbia, Puerto Raco nauonally for undergraduates and #5 for and che cerntones, and more than 140 nauons. The graduate students going into Peace Corps currenc enrollment is 10.298 srudents-anclud service after graduation. ing 6,318 undergraduate, 3.230 graduate, 750 • After graduacang, many A U students ocher, and 1,770 law srudenrs. AU as 62 percent remain an rhe region as active alumna. Some fema.le and 38 percent male. Twenty-three d afferenr 40 percent of AU graduates live an rhe religious fui chs are represented. Distract of Columbta or the metropolacan As an ancreasangly selective ansnruraon of Washangcon area. higher academic caliber, AU has ancreased us standards for admitted srudencs an recent years, 3.3.2 Athletics and srudencs who enroll at AU rend co sray. Nearly In synch wath ats moderate ansrirutional sne, 17,000 students appl.ed for admmance an to AU has an athlencs program char also is ~ right the Class of 2014, represennng the largest (by sized" in scope with a quality focus an anrent. AU 13 percent) and strongest appl.canc pool an the sponsors nine women's and seven men's ceams an university's history. The admit rate (those granted NCAA Divisaon I incercollegaare competition with admission) for the Class of 2014 was 4 3 percent, conference affiliation in the Patriot League----a a decrease of I 0 percentage points over rhc past collection of I ike-minded a cadem icnll y focused three years, which continues the trend of increased universities (l.nfayecte, Lehigh, Bucknell, Holy selectivity and stronger academic credentials. This Cross, Colgate, U.S. Malatary Academy, and U.S. group had a GPAISAT prolile of3.87/ 1299 o r an Naval Academy). The teams are che Eagles, and the ll poant ancrease over che prevaous year. average GPA was 3.38 (sprang semester 2010) for Along wath the ancrease an srudenr applacanc srudent-lthleces. numbers and qualaty, AU has tmproved ats reten tion of enroiJed srudencs; entering f.all semester 3.4 OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES 2010, almost 9 1 percent offreshmen rerumed AND SERVICE for rht'or v.phomol"(' yf'llr, nntl v.ml" RS ('t'n'Pnr of ~pori' or~ IOC"'Irann an an affluenr pnrT of sophomores returned for cheir junior year. Despite Washington. D.C., AU recognizes the Discracc's these trend lines of becoming a more prestigious challenges in housang, health, education, and and popular unaversaty, AU seeks co ~ hold the social services. The recent economic downturn has line" an the number of new freshmen ad matted by placed additional srraan on nonprofit sector hu cargenng 1.500 new freshmen enrollees each year. man resources makang collaboration with hagher AU students ClUI be described as luving pracri education inscarucaons even more critical. With a caladealasm, a g lobal oudook, and a passion for suoog tradition of servace, American UnJversaty has public servace. Service has always been part of the concinued irs extensive outreach ro and servaces for educational missaon with a particular focus on che the D .C. communaty (see Exhibit 2), encompassang Washington, D.C., community. Indications of the student volunteer efforts, education outreach, andZONING COMMISSION "typical" AU srudenc mig ht be suggested by a service learning, among ochers. District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 AOVANC NG KNOWLEDG E. BUILDING COMM8A1UNITY I 15 AU's School of Education, Teaching and Health tutoring children in need; helping middle (SETH) oversees a large number of formal partner and high school students learn how co do ships with the D.C. schools (see Exhibit 2). Since library research; hosting Wilson High 2002, SETH has provided approximately $17 School's graduation (in Bender Arena) and million to D.C. schools through funding of teacher afcer-schoollabs for Advanced Placement professional development and new teacher training chemistry classes; offering parking for programs. This ranges from classroom assistance Janney Elementary School reachers while and student teaching, to improving the teach- rheir school is renovated; and helping to ing of specific subject areas, to assisting teachers landscape Horace Mann Elementary School. with professional certification and master's degree • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute education. (OLLI)- Close co 750 people participate Student volunteer/involvement efforts are in this program for dose-by neighbors and largely coordinated through the Center for ocher Washingtonians who seek learning in Community Engagement & Service (CCES) in the a context of social interaction, new friend Office of Campus Life. The CCES is AU's liaison ships, and collegiality. Housed at American to hundreds of community partners ranging from University, supported by a grant from the small nonprofits co large public schools working Osher Lifelong Learning Inscituce, and to address the cicy's needs. Community partners often utilizing AU faculry and academic value the outcomes achieved through collaborations experts, OLLI makes the joy of learning with AU, such as indoor and outdoor beautifica accessible to all through a fall and spring tion projects that include clean-ups, painting, semester that each run from 8 to l 0 weeks. and gardening; increased motivation, academic • Arts in D.C.-With the opening of che achievemem, and college aspirations among youth; 296-sear Harold and Sylvia Greenberg literacy, citizenship, and employment prepara- Theatre in 2003 and the Katzen Arcs tion for adults; and food delivery and services for Center in 2005, AU's commitment tO the seniors, ill individuals, and homeless people. arts is strong and growing. The museum's Volunteer activities, cocurricular program three Boors of exhibit space make Katzen ming, service-learning, community-based research , the area's largest university facility for ex and engaged scholarship by AU faculty are gate hibiting art. Public events include art ways for AU's involvement and collaboration with ists· receptions, calks by curators, multi community partners. Ocher campus programs or media presentations, and a chance co meet units serve ocher local populations and augment the artists and ocher like-minded patrons. their lives as DC citizens. A small sampling would Gallery calks enable artists co discuss their include: work, and Kids at Katzen offers children a • Freshman Service Experience-A tradi chance co arriscically engage. The museum tion begun in 1990, more chan half of the programming often reflects AU's global incoming freshman class each year reports commicmenr co human rights, social jus co campus early for a rwo-day program rice, and political engagement and under co orient students co community service lines rhe acrive and responsible role AU and Washington, D.C. Students volunteer plays in contemporary art and culture. at some 40 different nonprofit work sites • Washington College of Law Service throughout the city during the day and dur Initiatives-Each year, approximately 230 ing evenings discuss how community work law students participate in one of eight relates co cheir life at AU. clinics or several ocher programs designed • Additional Help for D.C. Schools- co serve needy clients from D.C. The clinics lnceracrions with D.C. students, teach range from helping low-income women ers, and administrators underline AU's with civil issues, co assisting individuals fundamental commitment to the District's seeking political asylum, co assisting area schools in ways beyond reacher education/ taxpayers with tax problems. In addition, professional development-such as con students represent low-income tenants ducting D.C. Reads, which involved 244 facingZONING eviction COMMISSION in Landlord-Tenant Court. AU students volunteering 62,464 hours StudentsDistrict not of participating Columbia in school-spon- Case No. 11-07 8A1 16 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN sored programs but p:macipating in other 3.6 SUSTAINABILITY ftrO bono activaties pledge at least 75 hours of AU"s long-standing comm.ttmenc co preserve chear rune before graduation. our environment was reinforced by a Strategic Plan goal. A Clam:ue Awon Plan (adopted an 3.5 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS May 2010) solidifies this commitment and rargecs As the second largest employer an Washington, carbon neutrality by 202()-.an ambitious goal char D.C. (aside from the federal government), higher AU embraces. The universiry will employ four education is a scrong economac generoror for the strategies co achieve neucroliry-reduce consump city and region, and n snapshot of AU's impact tion, produce renewable energy, buy green power, would indicate char in PY 2009-10, AU injected and buy or develop offsets for unavoidable emis roughly $415 mill ion inro the District economy. sions. Additionally, AU hns: This consists of direct institutional spending of • cut carbon emissions in half by purchasing more chan $220 mal lion, and chat money was spent renewable energy credits for 100 percent of andre-spent many times over. (AU's true economic its electriciry, making AU the sixth largest impact-the total change in the economy created buyer of renewable energy credits in hagher by the unaversity-is its dsrect spendang plus educauon the effects of reo-spending. B:ued on an economic • adopced a Green Bwldsng Policy that man muluplier of 1.88, AU's total economac am pact for dares new construction, major renovarions, rhe academsc year comes co $415 million). and operaraons and majncenance conform co Salaraes, wages, and fringe benefits tocnled LEED Salver standards or berter $80.5 million: purchases of goods and servsces • instituted a Suscrunnble Purchasing Policy totaled approximately S39 mill son; and the faculty, char mandates the creauon of sustain- scalf, srudenrs, and visitors ue a cacalysc for ad able purchasing gwdelines for a range of darional econotruc support of local businesses. AU products, including emissions-reducsng brings dose co 12,000 ouc-of-rown guests to D.C. products. such as chose rated to Energy Scar each year supporung local hotels, resrauranrs, and srandards rourasc atcracuons. The income taX wathholdang • adopted a Zero Waste Policy, escablishing alone from AU's full- and pan-ume employees waste reducnon and diversion benchmarks, who reside in the District was some $2.7 million with a long-cerm goo! of achieving zero in 2009-10. Support of local businesses creates waste jobs and contract opportunities for area residents; • completed a new School of lncernntsonnl proceeds from n recent $99 million bond issue, for Service building, which is a LEED Gold example, were used co finance campus improve candidate ments, which added co ocher ongoing construction • installed rour green roofs with cwo more projects and created employment opportunaties planned an 201 I for D.C. resadents. AU is committed co provadmg • inscalled pborovolcruc solar panels on one economac opporcururses for women and manoriues buildsng wath sax more planned in 2011 through hmng and conrraccsng; sance 1992, AU • contsnued ats commacmeoc co reduce veh1cle Ius p31d $45 milhon co LSDBE-ceru6ed emer mps to campus by provsdsng bus ~rvice, pnses for proJects related co bond assues and ocher car share, and bake share programs unj,cr)ily ~cvic~. ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 8A1 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE BUILDING COMMUNITY I 17 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 18 t AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN 8A1 CAMPUS PLAN OVERVIEW ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 8A1 ADVANCING KNOwtEOGE, BUILDING COMMUNITY I 19 SECTION 4 CAMPUS PLAN OVERVIEW 4.1 CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT improvements were done by renovating existing HISTORY buildings, such as the Kogod School of Business AU's Main Campus is located ac che intersec expansion inco an adjacent building. In 2010, 116 tion of Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues in beds were added co the student housing inventory upper Northwest Washington, D.C.-che maio by renovating cwo existing buildings. In the past site since the founding in 1893. Noted landscape 10 years, AU removed over 300 surface parking architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Van Brune spaces, in an effort co use underground parking and & Howe prepared plans for furure campus develop preserve green space. ment, and che Van Brunr & Howe plan ultimately selected proposed an 1-shaped quadrangle configu 4.2 CAMPUS PLAN GOALS ration parallel co Nebraska Avenue, wich buildings The Campus Plan's primary goals are co framing the quadrangle on all sides. support AU's Strategic Plan and academic and Today's campus (Exhibit 10.2) retains some of facilities needs by: the original framework of chat plan, including the • improving and offering attractive student Friedheim Quadrangle, Hursc Hall, and McKinley housing co encourage more undergraduate Building. srudenrs co live on campus The campus developed slowly in the early • creating on-campus recreation, dining, years. During 1917-18 and again in 1942-45, AU athletics, and activity space co support made ics campus available co the federal govern srudenc needs ment for the national war effort. From the mid- • building a new home for the Washington 1950s co che lace 1960s, che campus grew rapidly College of law ac che Tenley Campus near co support dramatic rises in enrollment as the baby the Metro and a major transportation boom generation reached college age. AU owned corridor and operated a downtown campus for approxi • providing additional faculty office, research, mately 20 years, ending in the eady 1960s, and in and related spaces 1985, acquired the Tenley Campus and adapted .it • improving science facilities and instruc co meec its needs. tional space In che past four decades, AU submitted and • building additional athletics facilities, an had approved three campus plans. The 1974 admissions/welcome center, and an alumni Campus Plan (BZA Order 11646) was approved center in September 1974; the 1989 Campus Plan (BZA Order 14640) was approved in February 1990; 4.3 CAMPUS PLAN PROCESS and che 2001 Campus Plan (Zoning Commission Orders 949 A-C) was approved in August 200 l. 4.3.1 Process Overview The 2001 plan proposed a maximum of 400,000 The process of drafting a new plan has involved square feet of additional gross floor area, of which a number of seeps, including: only 94,700 has acrually been built. Moderate • approval of the Strategic Plan by che Board density of buildings and abundant green spaces ofTcustees in 2009 characterize che Main and Tenley campuses today. • review of che current (2001) Campus Plan The Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of che combined priorities and accomplishmenrs campuses is .51, which is only 29 percent of the 1.8 • identification of current facility needs permitted by che zoning regulations. • assessment of potencial building sires and Development since che 2001 Campus Plan marching chose sires with current priorities approval has focused on improving che academic • ongoing discussion with neighbors and facilities-with completing che Katzen Acts Center other stakeholders of the priorities, sires, and School of International Service as the flag- micjgacionZONING strategies, COMMISSION and concerns District of Columbia ship achievements. Additional academic facility Case No. 11-07 8A1 20 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN 4.3.2 Community Dialogue lecrures, events, and other forms of inrelleccuaJ life AU has made a concened effon: to actively for neighoors. and is the only designated arbore. involve our ne1ghbors and co seek rhe1r input for rum amoog un1versit1es in D.C. ·1 hope chis IS a the development of the 2011 C:lmpus Plan. univetSiry that you can be proud co be nearby and mke full advantage of,· he said. Campus Pion Tosk Force Represenratives from acrou me unoversicy As an initial seep co fosrer community dia paccicipated in cask force meetings, including logue, the university formed a Campus Plan Task the Office of Campus L1fe, Housjng and Dining, Force comprising more than three dozen neighbors Public Safety, Office of the Archicecc, Community who represented communities adjacent co AU's Relations and Local Government Affairs, and cbe majn nnd 1cnley campuses. This group-expanded Office of che Genernl Counsel. from previous campus plans-included representa Task force members were notified by e-mail in tives from AU Park, Fe. Gaines, Spnng Volley, the advance of each meeting and afterwards with meet Tenleycown area, Wesley Heights, and Westover ing notes and follow-up materials. Place. Comm1ssioners from both ANC3D and ANC3E partiCipated, along With represenrar1ves Access to Campus Plan Materials from che Office of Planning and che office of Ward All materials related co the 2011 Campus Plan 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh. Several neighbor and cask force mcetmgs were made available to ing condommium bUJidings and developments cask force members and the general publ1c m che were represented by boord members, as were foUowin£ ways: ne1ghborhood associations, including Ne1ghbors • A dedicated Campus Plan Web page, for a Livable Commumty. A number of cask force www.american.edu/finance/fas/ members are also members of AU's Ne1ghborhood C21Tlpus-plan.cfm, was creaced on AU's l1:uson Commicree. Web s1ce, www.american.edu. The first cask force meeting was convened in • All meenng notices, presenmuons, meet~ng J uly 2009 and mcluded a rev1ew of the D.C. zon notes, and related transportation stud1es and ing process, a fac1lities overview, a summary of the nporcs were posted on the Web page. 2001 Campus Plan, and cransporcot10n ISSues. In • The prev1ous 200 I Campus Plan was also continuing meetings, the Campus Plan Task Force posted. reviewed facilities needs, sire analyses, facilities • Campus Plan updates appeared in 1\U in priorities, population and housing numbers, results the Neighborhood, the university's monthly of cransportnrion scud ies, and plans for rhe Ease electronic newslerrer that provides news and Campus, mnin campus (including Nebraska Hall ). campus events for neighbors. and Tenley campus. • News about the Campus Plan was included Agendas nnd presencotions were provided in AU-placed ads of campus news and for cask force meetings, which were led by David events char appear monthly in the NortiJUat Taylor, ch1ef of scoff for AU pres1denr Ne1l Kerwm, UrTtnt newspapers. and Jorge A bud, assistant vice pres idem for • Printed macenals were also developed for facilic1es, development and real estate. Un1versiry diSUibUCIOn CO ne1ghbors. architect Jerry Gager a trended reguJarly, along Berween July 2009 and January 2011, the w1rh represent:aCives of arc:h•r«runo firms and cask force mer 15 um~ (nn a monrhly ..rhf'dnlP a~ transportation consultants for the umvers1cy. The much as possible) co review, discuss, and garner meerings, held 1n Mary Graydon Cenrer, typically input regarding che university's priorities for new began ar 7:00p.m. and ended between 9:00 and facilities. proposed Sites, cransporracion studies, and 9:30 p.m. SmaJier conversations usually followed. population data related 10 the university's Campus Pres1denc Kerwm addressed the cask force on Plan intentions and pr1or1nes for new residence October 20, 2009. He saJd the umversity "has balls, indud10g a new Ease Campus, and relocation historically buJit irs facilities wah 1ts surrounding of the Wuhingcon College of law to AU's Tenley commun1c1es as critical to anything we do.· He campus. noted char the Kanen Arcs Cemer, constructed Attendance at these meetings was consistently nfcer rhe lase campus plan, has been a major asset strong wich 30 co 40 people (often more) p:~rriciZONING COMMISSION for the community. In addition, he said, AU offers pating at each meeting. At some point, it was felt District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE. BUILDING COMMUNITY8A1 21 that a third parry would be helpful co rhe dialogue. Changes to the 2011 Campus Plan Resulting In September 2010, after consultation with the from the Community Dialogue Office of Planning, Don Edwards ofSuscainability The meetings and ongoing dialogue have and Justice, joined the cask force meetings as a resulted in significant changes co AU's initial facilitator to assist with the discussions. concepts regarding building locations, where to bouse students, how many srudeors co bouse, and Making the Draft Plan Available to the whether retail is desirable. The 2011 Plan reflects Community the university's best effort to respond construc AU made a draft of irs proposed Campus Plan cively co the issues raised. Large scale/conceptual available to the public on January 24, 2011. AU is changes have included: che only university in the city to make a draft avail • reduced coral proposed gross floor area from able to the public in advance of irs filing with the 1,200,000 to 892,000 square feet (includ DC Zoning Commission. Copies of the draft plan ing Tenley Campus) were also placed in the Tenley public library and • removed several buildings from the plan in AU"s Bender Library, one of the few university (including cwo on the South Campus, two libraries in the city open to the public. The draft on the Clark sire, Leers-Anderson Pavilion, and accompanying materials and exhibits were also and East Quad) available on the AU Web sire. • included an additional student housing development sire on the existing surface Other Meetings parking lot located behind the President's University officials made presentations before Office Building both ANC3D and ANC3E on at least two occasions • reduced proposed development and worked before the Campus Plan was filed with the Zoning co utilize the footprint of most Tenley Commission and mer with a number of ANC com Campus existing structures for the new law missioners and ocher individuals at their request. school and maincain and enhance landscape Representatives of AU held a number of buffers along Warren, 42nd, and Yuma "small group" meetings with representatives of streets neighborhoods, including Ft. Gaines, Tenleytown, • made several changes co the East Campus, Westover/Spring Valley, Wesley Heights, and including reducing beds from 1,000 to 770; Embassy Park. Separate meetings also were held reorienting housing/building placement tO with ANC commissioners, individuals, and groups, mitigate views; adding acadernic/admiois ac their request. AU officials also hosted a campus crarive building co separate student housing tour (April 2010) to review potential building sires from Westover Place residences; and mov and toured the Westover Place townhouse develop ing the New Mexico Avenue driveway away ment (December 2010) with community associa from the Westover perimeter wall co keep tion representatives to see their view of the adjacent ar existing locacjon university parking Lor and the potencial proximity • reduced housing inventory target from from the townhomes co proposed new buildings on 4,900 co 4,300 co reduce number of build the Ease Campus. ings needed as parr of 2011 Campus Plan The university kept the Office of Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh apprised of the meetings and developments concerning the Campus Plan. ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 22 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN 8A1 POLICIES SHAPING THE FUTURE ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 8A1 AOVANC NG ICNOWLEOGE, BUILDING COMMUNITY I 23 SECTION 5 POLICIES SHAPING THE FUTURE 5.1 STUDENT NEEDS Main Campus to accommodate 1,290 students and Along with AU's efforts co become an academi discontinuing the use of 497 beds on the Tenley cally stronger institution with improved selectivity Campus. Because of its age and outdated style, and higher undergraduate retention rates, the Tenley housing receives the lowest satisfaction university bas invested in programming and activi scores from students and the campus is slated for ties to provide on-campus options and increase demolition co p repare for the new home for the student involvement in campus life. In addition Washington College of Law. to increased participation in on-campus activities, This proposal would significantly improve undergraduates have a stronger desire to live on or housing qualiry and reduce to 60 percent the near the Main Campus. The Strategic Plan goal to proportion of our housing inventory comprised of provide an unsurpassed undergraduate experience traditional rooms. reBeccs chis, and a significant parr of that experi In Campus Plan discussions with che sur ence muse be supported by high-quality facilities rounding neighborhoods over the past 18 months, for srudent activities and housing. identifying sites for expanded housing prompted community concerns about housing structures on 5.1 .1 Housing che campus perimeter and requests co not utilize In the competition for cop students, the type chose sires. For a combination of reasons, there and quality of housing can be a distinguishing fore--including reducing the number of buildings factor in whether a student chooses to arcend AU or needed as part of the 2011 Campus Plan-AU another institution. With the lase major residence proposes a modification in the current housing hall project (Centennial) dating back to 1987 and requirement (dating back to 2001 in Zoning the housing oversubscribed, AU must address its Commission Order 949). housing needs and improve its housing srock. Modifying the percentage may prompt AU provides housing only for undergradu- concerns about the impact of students living in the ate students, and irs residence balls are currencly surrounding community and requires explanation designed to accommodate 3,533 students. Most of where AU students Live. Key faces are presented rooms (85 percent) are traditional-style doubles below and in Exhibit 5. with shared bathroom facilities. However, AU cur • 62 percent of coral AU students live in D.C. rently houses 4,083 undergraduates, which includes • 65 percent of AU undergraduates live in some 300 students assigned co triple rooms (i.e., university-provided housing. three students living in rooms designed for two), • Some 1,176 AU undergraduates (nor in and 200 students living under a university lease in university housing) live in the 20016 zip a nearby apartment complex (The Berkshire). The code. need for the tripling and apartment lease "solution" • 80 percent of undergraduates (938) in the is based on the Zoning Commission order from 20016 zip code live in apartments. the 2001 Campus Plan, which requires AU to be • 42 percent of apartment-dwelling under able to accommodate 85 percent of freshmen and graduates (393) live in the Berkshire; 24 sophomores and cwo-thi tds of undergraduates in percent (221) live in the Avalon; and 34 university-provided housing. percent (324) live in 45 ocher apartments. A key Campus Plan goal, therefore, is to pro • 20 percent of the undergraduates (238) in vide a bercer on-cam pus experience while upgrad the 20016 zip code live in 146 individual ing the qualicy of student housing and updating houses. the inventory by offering more apartment- and • 13 undergraduate group houses have been suite-style units. The 2011 Plan proposes co accom identified (wirh four or more srudems). plish chis by building contemporary housing on the ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 24 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN 8A1 Assess1ng where the "undergraduate only" with a culture of academic excellence, sers h1gh houses are by neighborhood suggests: Tenleytowo standards and seeks consranr improvement. (I 5); AU Park (12); Wesley He1ghts (6); Cathedral Proud of 1ts scholarly achievements, AU must Heights (4): Cleveland Park (3); PaliS3des (3); conrinually add resources to guide irs reachmg Priendsh1p Heights (2); and Spring Valley (2). and reseuch and further enrich the classroom Due to rhe narure of the houstng market near experience, advance academic disc1plines and the the university, student group houses are expensive professions, inform po!Jcy debates, and address and not a popular opuon. As a result of these the challenging issues of our time. Key co this are demographics nnd the university's proactive ap improvemenrs co the campus infrastructure to sup proach (see Exhibit 4), srudenc behavior problems pore our current nnd emerging academic offerings are lim iced co isolated instances ac a handful of and srrengths. 1"he sciences, for example, are an area addresses, and AU has strengthened even further targeted for enhancements co further augment AU's irs response to community com plaines. (Exhibit 5 academic standing in rhc ans and sciences. provides add1ttonal insight on where students live). The Washing ron College of Law (WCL), the While occasional compl:uncs from community first law school founded by women and one of members do occur, the cocal1ty suggests that AU the nation's best, combines ngorous legal educa srudencs have l1ved successfully in the surroundmg tion with a passion for legal issues and a genu me commun1ry. There 1s ample supply of rental hous commitment co values-breaking down barriers, ing close by and students pay approximately $10 interconnectedness, Innovation, and cre:Hiv1ry. It m1llton a year to local landlords. AU suggests that is known for supenor programs 10 experiential a Zoning Commission modified houstng percent learning, incernanonal law (human rig hrs and age (I 00 percent of freshmen and sophomores and commercial arbitration), law and government, 55 percent of aJI undergraduates) would enable environmenGlJ and mrellecrunl property, and an AU co build sufficient housing to accompltsh 1rs entrepreneurial spmt dcs1gned to educate future programmatic ObJectives and reduce the bwlding la~T}'ers ;o confront unprecedented nauonal and area on the campus. Thts 1s discussed tn more inremaLonal change. derotl 1n Sectton 7 .2.3. Yet rhe success, creatiVIty, and richness of the WCL's programs have resulted in, 15 years after 5.1.2 Graduate Programs moving to a new fac1l1ty (ar 4801 Massachusetts A key Strategic Plan objeccive is to "demon Ave.,) the school oucgrowmg its current home strate distinction in graduate, professional. and ( L95,000 square ft:et) and leasing an additional legal studies"-nnd to become known as a world 16,000 square leer in nearby office bu1ldings. class insri curion for legal and advanced graduate Djstance from Merro/mnjor transportation access studies. is another hindrance that can be overcome with As n Carnegie-classified research university, the right (new) locar1on-ot the Tenley Campus of AU is commirced co creating knowledge, includ American University-for a LEED Certified Gold tng creauve and profess1onal activicy 1n the arcs, &cility of some 300,000 square feet with under human1t1es, social sciences, natural sc1ences, nod ground parking for 400 co 500 cars. the profess1ons, and strongly supporcs research by American University has expenenced growth faculty nnd students. And as a college-centered in trs graduate and profess1onal program enroll research un1vers1ty, AU values scholar-reachers who menr. wh1ch has a d1fferent srudenr demographic are fully engaged both in research and in under and matriculation pattern than undergraduate graduate and graduate teaching. l..:lboracones programs. Future program growrh is anucipated rangmg from chemistry co social science to art and must be supported w1th additional facilities design to busmess behavior--and academic centers that are appropriately planned co enhance che value researchtng var1ous subJects-from social media of an AU educauon and the services we provide to war cnmes co global peace ro Congress and the co our srudents, the Washington community, and pres1dency-produce new knowledge. In selected surrounding ne1ghborhoods. fields and professions, AU races among the finest umversiues in the nation, if not the world, :md ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE. BUILDING COMM8A1UNITY 25 5.2 ENROLLMENT AND PERSONNEL 5.3 FLEXIBILITY For the past 20 years, AU has improved the While che academic program is rooted in a qual icy of irs academic programs while keeping classical liberal arts educacioo, new programs, edu enrollment within a fairly narrow range close co our cation rechnology, and ceacrung deJjvery methods current Campus Plan headcounr of 10,298 srudencs continue to evolve. The future of higher education (see Exhibit 6). This does nor currently include cbe will see many changes, and AU is positioning itself law school (which would add approximately 1,770 co be responsive. students co chis headcount coral). Planning che facilities ro support a dynamic Going forward, the 2011 Campus Plan pro organization in a rughly competitive field requires poses modest enroiJmenc growth, while continuing flexibilicy. While AU has developed a plan char to improve our academic qualicy measures. As outlines irs geoecal inceoc, the exact nature of shown in Exhibit 6, cocal enroiJmenc (undergradu programs co be housed in various facilities cannot ate, graduate, and law) is projected co grow by be precisely predicted for some of the buildings 13 percent from 2010 co 2020, with most of chat conremplaced. The 2011 Campus Plan provides a growth planned in graduate and law enrollment. structure for planned future construction bur does Since che plan caiJs for moving the Law school from noc accempc co answer every question abour these commercially zoned co residentially zoned property planned facilities. Building sices, sizes, heights, (covered by the Campus Plan), adding che law and general descriptions of con rem placed construe school enrollment would result in a rota! enroll cion and change are identified. Taken as a whole, ment of 13,600 srudencs.2 chis informacion creates a picture of what rhe Employment has increased slowly co irs current campus could be like in 2020, depending on the level of2,318 for Campus Plan properties and 411 program needs and the 1inancial means available. for the law school. As shown on Exrubic 6, employ ment is projected co grow co a rota! of 2 ,900. 1Piease note that all references ro srudenr and employee numbers proposed to che 2011 Plan are "beadcounc'· numbers, nor '"Full-lime Equivalenc" numbers. ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 26 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN 8A1 EXISTING CAMPUS FEATURES AND PROPOSED PLAN ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 8A1 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE BUILDING COMMUNITY I 27 SECTION 6 EXISTING CAMPUS FEATURES AND PROPOSED PLAN 6.1 EXISTING CAMPUS BUILDINGS freestanding Dunblane an.d Congressional balls and A distinguishing characreriscic of the univer the connected CapimJ, Federal, and Constitution sity is a balance between open space and build halls. These buildings provide undergraduate ings. Both the Main and Tenley campuses share residential uses (497 beds), dassrooms, and office d1is feature, with che Floor Area Racio (FAR) space. American University·s Washingron Semester of the combined campuses ac .51, which is only Program is also located at the Tenley Campus. 29 percent of che 1.8 permitted by rhe Zoning Exhibit 12.3 presents the Tenley Campus buildings Regulations. and their uses. Signi6canr nrrention has been paid co landscape The area surroundmg rhe Ten ley Campus design throughout the campuses, for both interior iodudes single-family homes located to the west of spaces as well as at the perimeters. large open Warren and 44th streets. lnsrirudonal uses, such spaces balance with large building complexes, more as Sr. Ann's Church and School and the Convent of intimate gardens create gathering spocs throughout Ben Secours, are located directly across Yuma Street the campus, and well-planned buffers screen views ro the nonh, with single-family residential uses &om neighboring residences bur allow views into found as one heads further west along Yuma Street. che campus from the major public S{reers. Exhibit Residential uses are found along rhe south side of 10 shows current campus building locations and Nebraska Avenue, across the street from rhe Ten ley sire plans. Campus. Wisconsin Avenue and Ten ley Cirde are located immediately co the ease of che Ten ley 6.1.1 Main Campus Campus, with an entrance ro the Tenleyrown Mecro The Main Campus includes 43 buildings, to Scarion located approximately one block north taling 1.8 million square feet of gross floor area on along Wisconsin Avenue. 76 acres of land. The centrally located Friedhetm Quadrangle (Quad) is rhe primary hub of acrivity 6.2 PROPOSED CAMPUS wirh the principal academic buildings arrayed DEVELOPMENT around it, which gives the campus a trnditional university armosphere. Clusrers of residential 6.2.1 Main Campus buildings are located at rhe north and south ends of Future development of the Main Campus will the campus, with aparrmenc-style housing also lo be consisrenc wirh rhe exisring framework of build cated in Nebraska Hall, just north of Massachusetts ings and open spaces and will maintain che rich Avenue. Non-academic srudeot activity is focused landscaping of the campus. We propose co reduce on Mary Graydon Center. Buder Pavilion, and the vebide rraffic in many areas by relocating the main Sports Center, which extend west of the Quad in campus road co rhe west and reducing surface the center of campus. Administrative offices are parking. The campus bas cwo large green spaces spread throughout various buildings. Exhibit 12.1 (Woods-Brown Amphitheater and Friedheim presents Main Campus buildings and their uses. Quadrangle) that support both formal and informal gatherings. The relocarion of the campus road and 6.1.2 Tenley Campus elimination of a surface parking lor will create a The eight-acre Tenley Campus is bordered third large green space at the south end of d1e cam by Wisconsin Avenue, Nebraska Avenue, Warren pus. This new green space will provide balance co Street, 42nd Street. and Yuma Sueec. The univer an area bordered by cwo large building complexes, sity purchased the Tenley Campus in 1986 and in cbe Spores Cencer/Mary Graydon Center co the corpomred it into the 1989 Campus Plan. There are norrh and a 1,700 srudenc residence hall complex five primary buildings on the Tenley Campus-the co the sour h. ZONING COMMISSION 28 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PlAN District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 8A1 6.2.2 Tenley Campus The proposed law school Elc1llt1es are being The uruversity and the Washangton College of designed ro prov1de suffioent space for a coral of Law have decermJned that rhe tx1srmg law school 2,000 law srudents and 500 law school faculty and facilities located at 480 I Massachusetts Avenue, smff. Approximacdy 400-500 parkmg spaces are NW, a~ not sufficu!nr to meer rhe future needs of anticipated in a smgle level of parkmg char w1ll the srudencs, f.tculry, nnd sroff of the Washington be accessed from Nebraska Avenue. The ltlC:l- College ofl.aw. In add1tion, the u01vtrs1ry be tion of this veh1cular entrnncelexlt will be m che lieves ch:n a new law school facility ltlC:lted ac approx1mace loc:auons of the ex1srmg curb cut.s on the Ten ley Campus will bnng more v1brnncy and Nebraska Avenue. Along Yuma Screec, access ro sueet-h:vel activity ro rhe TenJeycown communiry. loading and service spaces will be provided from The univers1ry believes char the nddirionnl people curb cues that are in approximately the same loca· the Washmgcon College of law will bnng to the cion as the existing ones on Yuma Street. Sire phtns sidewalks ofTeoleycown w1ll help drnw new and dep1ccmg the foorpnnts of the txlstmg buildings exciting recnil opporrun1cies to chis ne1ghborhood. and the proposed new bu1ldmgs are 1ncluded tn Associated With this movt- will be rhe transfer Exhibit 18.1.1. of the -197 undergraduate res1denual beds char The plans for the new law school fac1lmes currenrly ex 1st on the Tenley Campus to the m:un continue co e-volve and~ not as fully refined as campus. The undergrnd0:1tes who l1ve on che those clue have been prepared for the Ease C:tmpus Tenley C:tmpus consisrenrly rote che1r residential and the Nebraska Hall Add1uon. Therefore, the ufe expenence as poor The relocation of these uruvtrslry bas agreed to delay the filmg of the srudencs co new beds on rhe maJn campus IS con Further Processing appllcanon for the ~locanon SISftnt With the UOIVtC'Sity'S ga.J of t-nhanctng the of the WQ. fac1Jmes ro the Tenley Campus for a undergrnduace res1dennnl experience ac Amer1can penod of 60-75 days from che filmg of th1s applica Uruvers1ty. Fo r all of these reasons, the unjvers1ry tion. However. a s1re plan dtp1cung tbe current IS proposmg the reloc:auon of the Washmgron V"isiOO for the proposed facil1cies, rendenn~ of the College of law co rhe Tenley Campus. bujldmgs, and phoro s1mulauons of che massmg The un1vers1ry and the design team for the and he1ghc of the proposed facil.ues are included 1n Washing ron College of law have esrobllshed a Exhibit l8.l.lc. number of goals chat w1llgwde che development The universll)' has held meetmgs w1th rtSI of che Tenley Campus. These goals mclude: dencs of rhe adJacent community and rheir archl • Create h1ghly effecuve and functional new cecr, represencanves of Adv1sory Ne1ghborhood filcil iries that build upon the coll ege's rich Commission (ANC) 3E, Historic Preservation heriroge and enhance ics ocadem1c resources Office (HPO) sraff members, and OP represencn and d1verse programs. cives regarding lhe proposed development of the • Preserve and strengthen rhe h1storic Tenley Campus. The university w1ll continue co charncter of Amencnn Un1vers1ry's Ten ley meec and work with these groups as che plans for C:tmpus and C:tpical HaJJ. cbe Tenley Campus are refined and the Further • Develop a meanmgfuJ campus aestheuc Processmg appl.cauoo 1s prepared. that maUlwns accessab1llry ro open al'CIS and green space. 6.1.3 Development Sites on Main • Develop 300,000 gross sq~ feet of new Campus and Tenley Campus and renovued &c1llt1es, largely w1t:hin lht To support arwnmenc of the unl\-erslty's foocpnm of the exiSting srrucrures on the suareglc gools, 10 proJects~ proposed, cowmg Tenley C:tmpus. approx1marely 892,000 square feec. AJI bur one • Concenrrate development dens1ry to mm1- of rhese are planned on existing bulldmg Sites, m1;u, the VlsU3l 1m pace on the surrounding packing lors, roads, or ocher paved areas. The cable ne1gh borhoods on the nexr page lists che proposed new f.lclhcies • Ma1nc:un omung Sift access pomcs and and their uses. curb cues, co the greacesc poss1ble degree. • Levernge access co the Tenleytown Metro stanon. ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 AOVANC NG KNOwtfOGE, BUILDING COMMUNIT'!'8A1 I 29 Proposed New Facilities and Their Uses Project Use Exhibit Reference Gross Floor Area (SF) Nebraska Hall Addition Residential 19 50,000 Mary Graydon Addition Campus Life 20 20,000 East Campus Residential/Academic/ 21 328,000 Administrative/Campus Life Washington College of Law-Ten ley Academic/Administ rative 18.1 .1 244,000 Campus Beeghly Addition Academic/Administrative 18.1.2 60,000 South Hall Residential 18.1.3 110,000 North Hall Residential 18.1.4 110,000 Multipurpose Gymnasium Athletic/Campus Ufe 18.1.5 25,000 Sports Center Annex Replacement Athletic/Campus Life 18.1.6 36,000 Reeves Field Bleachers/Storage Athletic/Campus Life 18.1.7 6,000 Kay Addition Campus Life 18.1.8 5,000 ButlerTunnel Enclosure Campus Life 18.1.9 20,000 Child Development Demolish Existing -2,000 Sports Center Annex Demolish Existing -1 2,000 Osborn Demolish Existing -7,000 Costume Shop Demolish Existing -1,000 Congressional Demolish Existing -42,000 Federal Demolish Existing -35,000 Constitution Demolish Existing -23,000 Tot.1l 892 000 Nebraska Hall Addition will add 120 beds East Campus includes six buildings and an in aparcmenr-style units similar co the existing associated underground pruking and service area, co building. The addirion's bulk, height, and appear be built on the sire of che current Nebraska Avenue ance will march the exisring building. An existing Parking Lot. fence will be extended and increased in beighc, The project will accommodate 770 srudenrs and appropriate landscaping will be developed in in contemporary housing units, recreation and consulcation wich nearby residents. (Exhibit 19) activicy space for srudencs, insaucrional spaces, the Mary Graydon Addition will add 20,000 admissions welcome cencer, the alumni ceorer, and square feet of dining and activity space co cbe administrative offices. All delivery, waste removal, student center. The addition, to be located at che and service are designed co be underground, along south end of cbe building, will march che exist with parking for 300 cars. Small-scale rerail spaces ing building's four stories wicb a complementary are planned along Nebraska Avenue. These spaces design. (Exhibit 20) are primarily co serve universiry needs buc will be ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 8A1 30 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 201 1 CAMPUS PLAN East Campus Buildings and Their Uses Project Use Gross Floor Area Stories Height (Feet) Building 1 Residential, 1st Floor Retail 80,000 6 62 Building 2 Residential 42,000 5 54 Building 3 Residential 48,000 5 54 Building 4 Residential 56,000 5 54 Building 5 AcademidAdministrative, 53,000 4 62 1st Floor Retail Building 6 AcademidAdministrative 49,000 3 34 Parking Garage Car & Bicycle Parking, 0 N/A Delivery, Service available for the surrounding community as well. hind the President's Office Building. It is planned (Exhibit 21) to be six stories co match nearby residence halls. Washington College of Law-Tenley Multipurpose Gymnasium and Sports Campus will provide new integrated facilities for Center Annex Replacement are additions co rhe the law school. Capital Hall and Dunblane House athletic faci lities to accommodate increased srudenr will be renovated for use by the law school and in interest in athletic and recreational opporcunjcies. tegrated with the new facilities, whkh will consist These buildings will connect to the exjscing Spores of approximately 244,000 square feet. All ocher Center and are planned co be low in heighr. buildings on the sire will be demolished, except for Reeves Field Bleachers will create additional the historic portions ofDunblane, and the exist searing for the universiry "s namtal grass competi ing service (garage) building. The new buildings tion field. Storage and service space for the field will be approximately four stories in height and will be located under the bleachers. This project designed to complement Capital Hall. requjres demolirion of the Osborn Building and Beeghly Addition is an expansion of the reconfiguration of the main campus roadway. existing chemistry building and will allow consoli Kay Spiritual Life Center Addition is a dation of all science jn.struct.ion and research within 10,000-square-fooc expansion to rhe universicy "s one facility. The 60,000-square-fooc addition is imerfa.irb religious cenrer that will be located at the planned to be 6ve scores tall to complement the north end of the existing building. Irs expansion exjsring building. will supporr the needs of AU's diverse communiry. South Hall will provide additional housing Butler Tunnel Enclosure will enclose approxi for 200 students adjacent to the existing south resi mately 20,000 square feet of space that currendy dence hall complex. It is planned to be six stories contains the maio campus roadway as ir travels co march nearby residence halls. under the Sports Center Garage. Rerouting of the North Hall will provide additional housing for main campu.s roadway will allow che enclosure of 200 srudenrs on the surface parking lot located be- chis area for u.se as student activity space. ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 8A1 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE. BUILDING COMMUNITY 31 ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Case No. 11-07 32 I AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 2011 CAMPUS PLAN 8A1