THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

Campus Plan 2002 as amended September 2004 and August 2006

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CAMPUS PLAN 2002 As amended September 2004 and August 2006

The Catholic University of America 2002 Campus Master Plan As amended September 2004 and August 2006

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Case No. 06-39 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the President

1.0 Introduction 1.1 Statement of CUA History and Mission 1.2 Academic Program Offerings 1.3 Service to the Community 1.4 Ficonomic Contributions

2.0 Campus Plan Overview 2.1 Campus Development History 2.2 Campus Plan Process 2.3 University Planning Context 2.4 Campus Plan Goals 2.5 Enrollment and Personnel

3.0 Existing Campus Features 3.1 Campus Context 3.2 Existing Campus 3.3 Building U~es 3.4 Vehicular Circulation 3.5 Parking 3.6 Pedestrian Circulation 3.7 Topography and Spatial Organization 3.8 Impervious Surfaces 3.9 Significant Views 3.10 Architectural Significance 3.11 Landscape Character 3.12 Reservoirs of Spiritual Repose 3.13 1992 Master Plan Highlights 3.14 Analysis and the Framework Plan

4.0 Proposed Plan 4 1 Guiding Principles 4.2 Overview 4.3 Building Demolitions 4.4 New Buildings 4.5 Building Renovations 4.6 Building Additions 4. 7 Development Summary and Floor Area Ratio 4.8 Vehicular Circulation 4.9 Parking 4.10 Campus Entry and Perimeter Enhancements 4.11 Landscape and Open Space Enhancements

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6.0 Acknowledgements

Exhibits 1. Regional Context-- The Green and Significant Hills of Washington 2. Campus Context 2A. Aerial Photo 3. Existing Property and Zoning 3A. Campus Master Plan 4. Existing Building Uses and Facilities 5. Existing Vehicular Circulation and Parking 6. Existing Parking Zones 7. Existing Pedestrian Circulation 8. Existing Topography 9. Spatial Organization 10. Existing Impervious Surfaces 11. Existing Significant Views 12. Existing Landscape Character 13. Reservoirs of Spiritual Repose 14. 1992 Master Plan Highlights 15. Strengths 16. Constraints 17. Framework 18. Proposed Building Uses and Facilities 18A-1 Site Plan 18A-2 Conceptual Elevation 19. Development Summary 19A Updated Development Summary {2004) 20. Proposed Circulation 21. Proposed Parking Zones

Appendix See file in Zoning Commission Case No. 02-20

The Catholic University of America 2002 Campus Master Plan Amended September 2004 and August 2006

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Case No. 06-39 3 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO THE AMENDED 2002 CAMPUS PLAN

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Certain changes to the 2002 Plan. as amended in 2004. are required as a result of this amendment +f:leThese changes are underlined herein.

1.1 statement of CUA History and Mission 1

The Bishops of the United States founded The Catholic University of America as a center for graduate study to prepare leaders for the Church and the nation. On Easter Sunday, April 10, 1887, Pope Leo XIII issued to James Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore a letter of approval that placed the University "under the authority and protection of all the bishops of the country. "2 Through its ecclesiastical faculties and its mission to promote scholarship and research within the context of Catholic intellectual life, the University maintains a relationship to the Holy See and the American episcopacy that is unique among American institutions of higher education.

Since admitting the first graduate students in 1889 and the first undergraduates in 1904, The Catholic University of America has forged a solid educational tradition. The Catholic University of America was one of the earliest universities in the United States and the first Catholic university to offer the doctorate, awarding its first two in 1895. In 1900, the University jomed twelve other doctoral-granting universities to form the Association of American Universities (AAU).

Today, The Catholic University of America maintains its commitment to graduate education and strives with renewed effort to be an international center of scholarship, where the pursuit of human knowledge is carried out in the best tradition of Catholic intellectual life. In addition to doctoral and other graduate and professional programs, the University continues to provide an undergraduate education that is grounded in the liberal arts, with a firm foundation in philosophy and religion. The University's capacity to use its graduate focus, scholarly and professional resources and

The Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION ApFil 3002 District of Columbia Auaust2006 Case No. 06-39 1 3 distinctive identity to provide an education and create a collegiate culture, which are truly excellent, constitutes a hallmark of its commitment to undergraduate students.

As it did at its founding, The Catholic University of America focuses on meeting the educational needs of its time. The University is well suited to meet its research, teaching and service challenges by reason of its commitment to scholarship, the competencies of its faculty, the wide arc of 1ts Catholic tradition, and its location in the capital of the free world.

1 The Catholic University of Amenca, •A Strategic Plan for The Catholic University of America' and 'The Mission of The Catholic University of America.'

2 Pope Leo XIII, Quod m novtSSimo conventu, Apn110, 1887.

The Mission Statement of The Catholic University of America

AIMS OF THE UNIVERSITY

The Catholic University of America is a community of scholars, both fiiculty and students, set apart to discover, preserve, and impart the truth in all forms, with particular reference to the needs and opportunities of the nation. As a university, it is essentially a free and autonomous center of study and an agency serving the needs of human society. It welcomes the collaboration of all scholars of good will who, through the process of study and reflection, contribute to these aims in an atmosphere of academic competence where freedom is fostered and where the only constraint upon truth is truth itself.

As a Catholic university, it desires to cultivate and impart an understanding of the Christian faith within the context of all forms of human inquiry and values. It seeks to assure, in an institutional manner, the proper intellectual and academic witness to Christian inspiration in individuals and in the community, and to provide a place for continuing reflection, in the light of Christian faith, upon the growing treasure of human knowledge.

As a member of the American academic community, it accepts the standards and procedures of American institutions and seeks to achieve distinction within the academic world.

Faithful to the Christian message as it comes through the Church and faithful to its own national traditions, The Cathofic University of America has unique responsibilities to be of service to Christian thought and education in the Catholic community as well as to serve the nation and the world.

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.6..pFi120~ Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 2 ~ GOALS OF THE UNIVERSITY

The Catholic University of America was founded in the name of the Catholic Church in the United States by Pope Leo XIII and the bishops of this country as a national institution of learning. Given its origins and the historic role of its ecclesiastical faculties, this University has a responsibility to the Church in the United States that is special to it it is caUed to be an intellectual center of the highest quality, where the relation between revealed truth and human truth can be examined in depth and with authority. It seeks, moreover, to do this in the light of the American experience. It is for this reason that from its inception the University has enjoyed a unique relationship with the Holy See and the entire Catholic community.

Established as a center for graduate study, The Catholic University of America has evolved into a modem American university, committed not only to graduate, but also to undergraduate and professional education and to the cultivation of the arts. At every level, the University is dedicated to the advancement of learning and particularly to the development of knowledge in the light of Christian revelation, convinced that faith is consistent with reason and that theology and other religious studies themselves profit from the broader context of critical inquiry, experimentation, and reflection.

The University aims at achieving and maintaining in higher education a leading place among Catholic and other privately endowed, research-oriented institutions of comparable size, purpose, and tradition. In particular, it seeks to maintain a position of special excellence in the fields of theology, philosophy, and canon law.

The Catholic University of America gives primacy to scholarship and scientific research and to the training of future scholars through its graduate programs, not only in order to advance scientific work but because it recognizes that undergraduate and professional education of high quality also demands the presence of a faculty that combines teaching and professional activity with fundamental scholarship.

The University seeks the advancement of ~nowledge within a context of liberal studies, a context that reflects both its concern for the whole person and the distinctive wisdom to which it is heir as a Catholic institution. This dimension of learning is reflected particularly in its undergraduate programs where religious studies and philosophy are regarded as integral to curricula that include requirements in the arts and humanities, language and literature, and the natural and social sciences. Through its professional programs, the University seeks to educate men and women who can represent their respective professions with distinction and who are formed by the learning and values inherent in its academic and Catholic traditions.

In selecting disciplines or fields of specialization to be supported at an advanced level of study and research; the University accords priority to religious and philosophical studies and to those programs which advance the Catholic tradition of humanistic learning and which serve the contemporary and future needs of society, and the Church. In supporting particular programs the UniverSity takes into account the present and potential quality of programs, making an effort to maintain present academic strengths, especially when these are not represented elsewhere.

The Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia ApFil 2002 Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 3 The University recognizes that its distinctive character ultimately depends on the intellectual and moral quality of its members. To create an environment that is intellectually stimulating and characterized by the generosity and mutual support required for collegial life and personal growth, the University seeks men and women who are not only professionally competent but who can contribute to its Catholic, moral, and cultural mflieu. The University seeks to preserve its tradition of collegial governance, fostering a climate within which all members of the University community have sufficient opportunities to influence deliberation and choice.

Though a research and teaching institution, the University recognizes that it is part of a larger community to which it has certain obligations consistent with its character. Its presence in the nation's capital and its unique relationship with the Catholic Church in America provide it with opportunities for influencing the resolution of the crucial issues of our time. In providing information and criteria by which public policy is shaped and measured, the University seeks to be of special service to the nation. Sirnilarly, it seeks to be of service to the Church, not only through the preparation of clergy and other leaders for specific roles in the Church, but through factual investigations and discussions of principles which influence policy. Thus, in dialogue and cooperation with contemporary society, The Catholic University of America sees itself as faithful to the challenge proposed by the Second Vatican Council for institutions of higher learning, namely to put forth every effort so that • the Christian mind may achieve ... a public, persistent and universal presence in the whole enterprise of advancing higher culture" (Gravissimum educationis, n.10).

1.2 Academic Program Offerings

The Catholic University of America is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The University, a founding member and the only Catholic member of the Association of American Universities, currently has ten (10) schools and Metropolitan College. The schools are: School of Canon Law, School of Theology and Religious Studies, School of Philosophy, Columbus School of Law, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering, National Catholic School of Social Service, School of Nursing, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, School of Library and Information Science, and the School of Architecture and Planning. The schools offer Doctor of Philosophy degrees or appropriate professional degrees.

Undergraduate degrees are awarded by six (6) schools-philosophy, arts and setences, engineering, nursing, music, and architecture and planning. Undergraduates combine a liberal arts curriculum in arts and sciences with courses in their major fields of study.

Metropolitan College provides programs for adults who wish to earn baccalaureate degrees or participate in continuing education and certificate programs.

The Catholic University of America is the only American university with ecclesiastical faculties granting canonical degrees in theology, philosophy and canon law.

Campus research centers and facilities currently include: Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, Center for Advancement of Catholic Education, Center for Irish Studies, Center The Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia

ApFD 2002 Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 4 for Medieval and Byzantine Studies, Center for Pastoral Studies, Center for the Study of Culture and Values, Center for the Study of Early Christianity, Center for Ward Method Stt!dies, Division of Musical Arts, Homecare and Telerehabilitation Technology Center, Institute for Biomolecular Studies, Institute for Christian Oriental Research, Institute for Communications Law Studies, Institute for Social Justice, Latin American Center for Graduate Studies in Music, Life Cycle Institute, and the Vitreous State Laboratory.

1.3 Service to the Community ihe Catholic University of America (CUA) is a proud community of research, teaching, learning and service. One source of pride has become a welcomed tradition-the over 40,000 hours of service to the District of Columbia provided by individuals of the University community each year. Outreach projects and programs, large and small, are encouraged institution- wide as an integral part of the University mission and vision. A sample report and selection of articles highlighting recent service activities is included as Appendix IV.

The University actively develops partnerships, especially those that contribute effectively to the lifelong education of citizens, our community's youth and adult learners. For example, a partnership between Community Preservation and Development Corporation and Metropolitan College focuses on quality Career Enhancement Programs for the Edgewood Terrace Community. Program goals include helping adult learners develop skills to secure employment, successfully attend college, and complete certificate or bachelor degrees.

CUA operates the area's leading legal services clinics focused on reducing domestic violence and providing advocacy for the elderly. Similarly, the University has recently received an initial three­ year grant to help CUA improve mental health care for children and adolescents. The grant will help fund faculty salaries and curriculum development for a new master's degree and certificate program in child and adolescent mental health care. The grant and program will also help support a new clinic in the Brookland area of the District of Columbia, where CUA students will assist faculty in providing mental health services for children.

Institutional commitment to service, however, extends beyond the traditional outreach projects and programs. As a national institution committed to a strong local presence, CUA looks to its assets-a strong campus environment of 193 acres with a core of dedicated faculty and staff to influence local, regional and national issues of concern.

CUA maintains integrated emergency prevention, preparedness and response plans for potential threats or acts of man and nature. The tragic events of September 11, 2001 prompted a formal review of our plans and Implementation measures to ensure our internal preparations and responses remain thorough and sound.

The University has taken a leadership role in urging continuous improvement of consortium, local and federal agency coordination and communication for emergency prevention, preparedness and response. While CUA has long-established, collaborative relationships with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, D.C. Fire Department and other District agencies, institutional management at

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ApFil2002 Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 5 many levels actively seek opportunities to expand collaborative partnerships to benefrt the broader community.

CUA has emergency evacuation agreements with neighboring schools and institutions. The University is working with the D.C. Department of Health, through the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program, to provide an appropriate facility for the dispensing of medication in the event of an emergency. CUA has been formally recognized by regulatory agencies for its exemplary safety and compliance programs, especially regarding the Environmental Health and Safety oversight for handling research materials.

To address the national problem of alcohol abuse at the local campus level, CUA has provided the leadership in the metropolitan area for the development and enhancement of a Campus Alcohol Reduction Effort (CARE Program). CUA has pulled together the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, the Alcohol Beverage Regulatory Administration, and the other residential universities in the District of Columbia to work together to reduce abusive and underage drinking.

CUA also has a formal, model "Disciplined Properties Policy" developed to more effectively exercise disciplinary jurisdiction over students living off-campus.

CUA, responding to a request from an ANC-5A commissioner several years ago, developed a Memorandum of Understanding and testified at a formal hearing on behalf of the Brookland community to establish reasonable alcohol service restrictions for a local establishment. CUA also led the successful sanctioning against a District-based bar recruiting underage university students from area campuses, and the effort to prevent other establishments from doing the same. Area college students were being offered lucrative fees in exchange for filling bars with underage patrons.

Additional information regarding the CARE Program and off-campus living initiatives are included in Appendix V and VI.

University management seeks, as a priority, the preservation of a pleasant campus, where formal teaching, learning and research, as well as co-curricular activities, thrive in a setting promoting responsible environmental stewardship. Students, faculty and staff work together in the CUA Environmental Awareness Initiative. The University has been partnering with a District-based certified and disadvantaged minority vendor for years, who is also participating in th1s collaborative program. In December 2001, the National Wildlife Foundation released a report ranking 891 colleges on their commitment to the environment. The Catholic University of America was identified as a leader in recycling and energy conservation.

The Brookland-CUA Neighborhood Improvement Partnership is an alliance that brings together neighborhood and university members whose interests and talents are focused on beautifying public spaces, improving area signage, and providing other pleasant, visible elements to reinforce neighborhood identity.

Consistent with the current Campus Plan and long-range planning initiatives, the University has been relocating student residences, small and large, from the south campus to the main campus The Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia

ApFil2002 Case No. 06-39 August2006 3 6 area CUA has a long-standrng, spec1al arrangement wrth Garden Resources of Washington (GROW) for the use of the cleared and clean south campus properties to cultivate plants for neighborhood beautification, to grow fresh vegetables for the commumty and a local food bank, and to support the popular neighborhood hobby of gardemng 1n a commumty-bulld1ng setting The Umvers1ty 1s pleased to support this endunng 1mtrat1ve

The generous support of a CUA alumnus from the class of 1925, Edward J Pryzbyla, has proVIded the Umvers1ty With an opportunity to plant over 300 additional trees on campus dunng the penod of the current Campus Plan Matched w1th additional outdoor seatmg and attention to places of rest the campus stnves to be a more pleasant place to reflect, stroll and relax for students, faculty, staff and guests, such as our neighborhood semor crtJzens

An mtegrated transportation management program for -the safe and secure movement and accommodation of human and matenal resources 1s essential to serve our campus and neighborhood as a responsible enVIronmental presence CUA has an aggressive, tntegrated transportation management program to address on-gomg needs and concerns A summary of the program ts rncluded as AppendiX II

1.4 Economic Contributions

The Catholic Umvers1ty of Amenca 1s a local employer, user of local goods and servrces, and a major contnbutor to the local economy Vanous estimates have been made to calculate the economic 1mpact to the local economy made by the Umversity and as a result of student spendrng

According to a study completed for fiscal year May 1, 2000-Apnl30, 2001, the Umvers1ty proVIdes approximately $17 6 mrlllon per year rn salanes, wages and fnnge benefits to employees res1drng 1n the D1stnct of Columbia Expenditures of goods and seMces totals $11 5 m1lllon per year, w1th cap1tal expenditures totaling an additional $17 7 million to District-based busrnesses An additional $2 0 m1lllon 1n taxes for expenditures and for rncome taxes 1s pard to the D1stnct of Columbra

Fmanc1al aid to help students resrdrng rn the D1stnct of Columbia pay for the cost of attendance at the Umversrty totals $10 5 miihon As a research mstrtutton, the Unrversrty generates approxrmately $15 5 m1lllon rn direct t\Jnds to the local area for sponsored research and mrllrons of dollars m local spendrng by students and summer conference attendees

As the Umversrty conducts 1ts da1ly busmess, 1t seeks to continue to employ and contract wrth OIStnct-based mdrVIduals and organiZations To encourage local employment opportumtles, Umversrty positions have been promoted through 130 local agencres, and for years, have been listed w1th the DC Department of Employment Services The Umversity participates m local jOb fairs to encourage D C residents to apply for umversrty posrt1ons CUA undertakes a vanety of specral recrUitment efforts to htre disadvantaged and unemployed Drstnct resrdents and persons with d1sab1htres

The Catholic Umversity of Amenca Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia April2002 Case No. 06-39 August2006.., 3 The Umvers1ty works With the Arc of D C and other communrty-based orgamzatlons to h1re, tram and reta1n persons With mental retardation and developmental d1sab1llt1es 1n the workforce Youth, a golden age club program for retirees, and other spec1al employment Initiatives are part of an on­ going, Integrated recruitment and retention program CUA has been recogmzed for rts efforts 1n local recruiting by the D C. Department of Human Serv1ces, the Mayor's Committee on Handicapped lnd1v1duals, Job Corps Centers and other agenc1es

The construction and renovation of facilities creates an opportunity for purchased serv1ces, goods and supplies, as well as on-go1ng purchase needs once fac1llty construction work is completed. The D1stnct also receiVes substantial econom1c benefit from debt service paid to the D1stnct and from local cap1tal expenditures for constructiOn and equipment CUA continues to actively pursue and secure local certified small and disadvantaged busmess participation

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2.1 Campus Development History

The Catholic Umvers1ty of Amenca Master Plan 1975-2000 was approved by the Board of Zomng Adjustment on October 6, 1975 m BZA Order No 12002 for a 15 year term In BZA Order No 12308, dated Apnl13, 1977, the Board amended the plan to exclude the Varnum Campus and to approve certa1n 1ntenm uses for that campus In BZA Order No 13639, dated Apnl14, 1982, the Board approved an amendment to the plan that allowed for the use of three floors of an ex1st1ng buiidmg as admmistratlve offices for the Pres1dent of the Umvers1ty In BZA Order No 14082, dated Apnl19, 1984, the plan was amended to change certam ex1st1ng uses Further m that order the Board approved the construction of the athletic fac1llty and a laboratory and classroom bwldmg for sc1ence and research act1v1t1es The Board approved the construction of e1ght low-nse dorm1tory bwld1ngs 1n BZA Order No 14582, dated Apnl22, 1987

ihe Catholic Umvers1ty of Amenca Master Plan 1992-2002 was approved by BZA Order No 15382, dated May 22, 1992, for a penod of ten years ThiS plan authonzed construction of several bwldmgs and 1nd1cated the phase-out of certain others BZA Order No 15382 allowed for a max1mum enrollment of 7,500 full-t1me eqwvalent (FTE) students, projected to be d1stnbuted as 3,770 undergraduate FTEs and 3,730 graduate FTE students The max1mum number of regular faculty and staff was projected at 1,710 A max1mum of 1,939 parkmg spaces were to be provided on campus over the ten-year penod of the plan to meet projected max1mum campus population, With a max1mum FAR of 0 49 or gross floor area of 2,884,922 square feet

In conJunction With the 1992 campus plan approval, another BZA application, Application No 15389, was approved at the same t1me Th1s further processmg case approved the construction of the new law school facility for the Columbus School of Law BZA Order No 15389 allowed for construction, on the northeastern port1on of the campus, of a structure of 170,000 gross square feet and 100,000 net square feet, cons1strng of four stones and a hetght of e1ghty-five feet Th1s structure was eventually bu1lt to mclude a below-grade park1ng garage to accommodate up to 560 vehicles, servmg the law school and open to use by the ent1re campus commumty The Columbus School of Law currently accommodates approximately 1,000 students and 100 faculty and staff

There were several further process1ng cases approved under the 1992-2002 Plan BZA Order No 15922, dated Apnl 15, 1994, was approved to allow the construction of new grounds maintenance and storage fac1ht1es near the mtersect1on of Taylor Street and John McCormack Road, N E. Pursuant to BZA Order No. 16316, dated January 22, 1999, the Umversrty was permitted to mod1fy the approved plans for an add1t1on to the North D1nrng Hall, and to construct a small storage fac11Jty CUA obtained perm1ss1on to place temporary manufactured housmg umts on the campus pursuant to BZA Order No 16482, dated August 3, 1999 BZA Order No 16534, dated February 9, 2000, granted the Umvers1ty perm1ss1on to construct two new dorm1tones These dorm1tones were occup1ed begmmng Fall2001 In BZA Order No 16613, dated December 8, 2000, the Umvers1ty obtamed BZA approval to construct a umvers1ty center to prov1de a central meetmg and act1vrties place for students, faculty and staff The Edward J Pryzbyla Umvers1ty Center opened for student and adm1mstrat1ve use m 2003

The Catholic Umverslty of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia ApFil2002 Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 9 The most recent Campus Plan, 20032002-2012, pursuant to wh1ch the Unrversrty now operates, was approved by Zonrng Commrss1on Order No 02-20, dated May 23, 2003, for a penod of ten years Th1s plan 1s a limrted update of the 1992 Campus Plan, and proposed no change to enrollment cap of 7,500 FTE students or the faculty and staff cap of 1, 710 approved 1n connection wrth the 1992 Plan Further, the Plan d1d not initially change the approved boundanes of the CUA Campus Plan The Plan authonzed hm1ted new construction and the phase-out of 165,846 square feet of ex1stmg bu1ldmg area The Zoning Comm1ss1on Order also set forth a max1mum density of 0 44 FAR , well below the 1 8 FAR prescnbed for the R-5-B Zone District and below the densrty of 0 49 approved by the BZA 1n the prevrous campus plan

There has been one further processing case srnce the approval of the last campus plan In Zoning Comm1ss1on Order 04-10, CUA obtained perm1ss1on to mamtarn the temporary housrng unrts srtuated m the center of campus, 1mmed1ately west of the Centennral VIllage, for an additional five years Concurrent with this proPosed amendment. CUA is filina a further processing apPlication to extend the use of these temPorarv housing units until 2012 and to Permit the construction of two of the three neWly ProPosed residence halls.

In 2004. there was also an amendment to the Campus Plan to account for the CUA's Purchase ofthe West CamPus from the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. In Jyne 2005. the Zoning Commission issued an order approvjng the addition of a 49-acre carcel to the west of the Universitv's Main CamPus to the CamPus Plan area.

Each of these BZA and Zoning Commission cases was non-controversial Histoncally, local crtrzens have supported campus-plan related actions

2.2 Campus Plan Process

The campus plannrng process for Campus Plan 2002 was cons1stent wrth past pract1ces and successes To update the formal plan, a comprehensive analys1s of ex1strng fac11rty and environmental cond1trons was conducted 1n conjunction With a rev1ew of the overall 1nst1tutronal strategic plannrng pnontres

Campus Plan 2002 IS focused on an update of the core campus, the mam and Athletic Complex areas It mcludes proposed replacement fac1htres on the marn campus for the rema1nrng south campus area bulldrngs expected to reach the end ofthe1r useful life by 2012 The south campus area and other adjacent propertres are to be more fully addressed through a separate plannrng process when the appropnate partnerships and resources become available, and the requirements for more extens1ve rev1ews wrth ne1ghbonng communities and local agenc1es can be fulfilled

The concept of phas1ng out the tradrt1onal dormitory housrng located on the south campus was set forth, and subsequently endorsed, 1n the 1992 Campus Plan The phase-out remams a long-term rnst1tutronal plannrng objective due to the continued complications With the separation of the south campus area from the mam campus by M1ch1gan Avenue Any future development proposed for the south campus w1ll first requrre extens1ve analyses that cannot be undertaken untrl the ex1strng student housrng can be relocated For th1s reason and to accommodate the current use for The Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia

ApFII2002 Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 10 student housmg, the south campus remams w1th1n the boundanes of Campus Plan 2002 Any future redevelopment of the south campus w111 proceed through reqwred zomng approvals

Concurrent wrth the Internal assessments and technical analyses, a commumty mput plan was Identified The 1992 Campus Plan, approved by the D1stnct of Columbia on May 22, 1992 for a ten (10) year penod, was developed through a campus and local commumty partnership A s1mdar collaborative planmng process, Including representatives from the campus and the local community and open meetings With all constituencies, was established

The solicitation of broad community 1nput occurred pnmanly m the summer and fall 2001 The University Implemented a plan that began wrth ANC bnefings m early summer, and then moved to expanded open meetings for all commumty members, proVIded by gwdance from the ANCs A coorchnabng commrttee was developed With commumty representation prov1ded, as in the past, by the ANC of record, ANC-5C

The planmng group recogmzed Its role to support broad 1nput from other commumty constituencies through open forums and bnefings The need to prov1de open access for mput by all neighborhood members was respected

Open community meeting mformabon was formally commumcated through neighborhood and ANC ma1llng lists, local e-ma1l groups, posters and advertisements 1n a local newspaper, The Common Denominator E-ma1l and webs1te access prompted a number of commumty members to forward comments regarding planmng Information and 1deas, before and after meetings, directly to CUA management

A summary of commumty part1c1pat1on opportunities and commumcatlons 1s Included m Appendix Ill

2.3 University Planning Context

The Catholic Umversrty of America IS a community of scholars deeply rooted m a trad1bon of farth and values that bnng to life an mtellectual enterpnse that constitutes 1ts miSSion The Umvers1ty StrategiC Plan designates three (3) pillars of excellence as fundamental or foundational ways rn whrch CUA IS both known, and must continue to be known, to fulfill Its m1ssion of excellence for the 21st century. The p1llars and assoCiated goals are

P1llar 1· Excellence as a Catholic Umvers1ty Goal To excel 1n scholarship and leadership 1n Catholic h1gher education, nationally and mtematlonally

P1llar 2 Excellence 1n Graduate Research Goal To achreve International and/or national recognrt1on mselected graduate areas

Pillar 3 Excellence 1n Teachmg and Leammg Goal. To excel m teachmg and learning at both the graduate and undergraduate levels

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ApFil3003 Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 11 Campus Plan 2002 was developed as a fac1ht1es plan to support and respond to Strategic Plan pnontles The planmng focus was on the proJected 1nst1tut1onal fac1ht1es needed for academic, co­ cumcular, spmtual, residential, dmmg, athletic, recreational and essential support services for at least the next ten years, and as gu1ded by strategic decisiOns "Faclhttes· ts a broad term used to represent the variety of campus butldrng, land and environmental features, large and small, rather than limited to total butldtngs or additions Replacement fac1ht1es for programs Include practical reuses and relocations usrng extsting fac1httes whenever appropnate

The recommendations of Campus Plan 2002 were the result of collaborative consultations, careful analyses of ex1stmg conditions, the contmuatlon of prev1ous planrung efforts and the incorporation of pnonties of the 1992 Strategic Plan Fac1hty improvements to accommodate fundamental mstltubonal needs were developed to be respectful of local community concerns and the surrounding neighborhood envtronment A VIbrant campus fac1hty plan to support strategic 1mt1at1ves ts essential for the Umversity to sustain a mtsston of excellence.

2.4 Campus Plan Goals (as amended)

Campus Plan 2002, a campus-wtde study of existing fac1hties, recommends Improvements and proposed phystcal plant changes for the ten- year penod from 2002 to 2012 Campus Plan 2002 (as amended herem) has two pnmary goals.

To achieve a dynamic planning process and plan that supports academic excellence and the realization of student recruitment and retention goals by providing comprehensive facility strategies to:

• Enhance academic program offenngs and opportumtJes for collaboration, the recruitment and retention of faculty by tmprovrng, rearrangmg and replacmg key academic facUtttes

• Ma1ntatn and enhance the quality of student hfe by improv1ng and replacing campus residence halls, co-locating them by other student support facilities such as worship areas, athletic, and umversrty center facilities

• Proactively address umversal access for persons wtth dtsab1hbes through renovations and new construction

• Enhance the umque elements of the campus environment includmg an emphasis on campus VIStas, green spaces, ma1ntam1ng and creat1ng park-hke sett1ngs throughout the campus to encourage collegtal interactions, protect and preserve the spiritual and landscape features

• Ensure comprehensive and defimbve guidance for physiCal plant development that ts flexible enough to accommodate changes tn the Intellectual, developmental, cultural and spmtual life of the campus commumty

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AiaFi12002 Case No. 06-39 August2006 3 12 To reinforce responsible facility stewardship through the:

• Establishment of an appropnate framework for facility preservation cons1stent wrth Institutional plans and pnont1es to Include renewal and expansiOn of promment campus fac1lrtJes, add1ng appropnate new facilities and demolishing obsolete bwldmgs to support strategic pnont1es

• Strengthemng of the campus Identity and defimtlon of the campus edge

• Maintenance and expansion of land area, where appropriate, so cntical campus development can be accomplished Without adverse 1mpact on the environment

• Focus on the mam campus while reserving non-core campus land areas as opportunrbes to support neighborhood character, stabilization and rev1tallzat1on

• Fulfillment of the D1stnct of Columbia planmng and zomng a1ms and reqUirements

• Identify the long-term use and value of the newly acqu1red west campus

2.5 Enrollment and Personnel

The proporbon of the Umvers1ty's undergraduate to graduate students eVJdences the mstJtutlon's graduate character The Umvers1ty, wh1ch had no undergraduate program 1n 1ts first decades, has always had more graduate than undergraduate students and has reaffirmed that graduate, research-onented structure 1n rts current strategic Plan For example, 1n the 1981-82 academ1c year, there were 2,822 full-t1me eqwvalent (FTE) undergraduate students and 2,847 FTE graduate students, for a total enrollment of 5,669 FTE students (a headcount of 7,974) In the 2004-2005 academic year, CUA has 2,742 FTE undergraduate students and 1,968 FTE graduate students, for a total of 4,710 FTE (a headcount of 5,962)

The Umversrty recru1ts nationally and mtematlonally L1ke most coeducational h1gher education mstJtutJons, CUA has slightly more women than men students H1stoncally and contJnumg today, approximately 48% of the student population are male and 52% are female Over nearly the past three decades, the University has had approximately 1,800 residential students, almost all undergraduate, and has not usually been at 100% occupancy of rts campus housmg supply However, due to mcreased enrollment and the renovation of several dorm1tones, CUA's residential spaces are filled to capacity, and currently are used only by undergraduate students CUA seeks to use a porbon of the west campus for temporary housmg while 1t phases out the dorm1tones on the south campus and renovates ex1stmg dormitones

The Umvers1ty's proJected future enrollment 1s based on, and 1s consistent With, these histone patterns Reflecting that h1story, 1n the Campus Plan 1992-2002 process the D1stnct of Columbia approved a max1mum enrollment for the Umvers1ty of 7,500 full-time eqwvalent students (FTEs), spht almost evenly between undergraduate and graduate students The Umvers1ty anticipates a

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.".pFil2002 Case No. 06-39 August2006 3 13 combmed undergraduate and graduate enrollment for the 2011-2012 academic year that would not exceed 7,500 full-time eqwvalent students, compnsed of approximately 3,319 full-time equiValent undergraduates and 2,847 full-time eqwvalent graduate students for a total enrollment of 6, 166, and representing a strategic enrollment headcount target of 8,000, close to the actual enrollment of 1981

In the 1992 Master Plan process, the Umvei'Sity proJected a max1mum of 1,710 employees mcludmg full and part-time Instructional staff and full-time staff The Umverslty presently employs about 363 full-time faculty m the ranks of Ordmary Professor, Assoc1ate Professor, Assistant Professor and Instructor There are about 822 full-time staff and adm1mstrat1ve employees at the Umverslty, and 365 part-t1me faculty for a total of 1,550 employees The Umvers1ty proJects for the academiC year 2011-12 that growth m employment wdl correspond to growth 1n enrollment and that the total number of employees noted here would not exceed 2,010 employees, and 1f we reach our target enrollment will be about 1,812 employees, in the same approximate range as approved mthe last plan

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3.1 Campus Context

As shown m Exhibit 1,the Umvers1ty 1s located 1n northeast Washmgton, D C., on one of the hills enc1rc~ng the c1ty The s1te of a former C1v11 War Fort, 1t IS almost directly north of the U S Cap1tol BUJid1ng Exhibit 2 Illustrates that wrth the acquJsJtJon of the west campus, the Umvers1ty JS d1rectly east of North Cap1tol Street and bounded by North Capitol Street, MIChigan Avenue, Harewood Road, Taylor Street John McCormack Road, and the Pope John Paul Cultural Center. Pnvate residences and small busmesses dommate the area surrounding the Umvers1ty's campus The Umvers1ty IS Within a few blocks of several major med1cal facilities, 1nclud1ng the Washington Hospital Center, the Children's National Med1cal Ce~r. the National Rehabilitation Hospital, and the Veterans Adm1mstrat1on Hospital Tnnrty College, the Bas1hca of the National Shnne of the Immaculate Conception, the Umted States Sold1e~ and Airmen's Home, and other mstltutlonal uses, 1ncludmg many properties owned by Catholic orgamzatlons, are also located 1n the area surroundmg the UmversJty Small concentrations of commerc1al uses are located on Hawaii Avenue across from the athletic complex and to the east along M1ch1gan Avenue The Brookland/CUA Metrorall stabon 1s located near the intersection of John McCormack Road and M1chrgan Avenue C1ty streets and railroad tracks create buffers between the campus and adJacent mstJtutJonal properties

3.2 Existing Campus

Catholic UmversJty facJhtJes are located on a central campus, w1th1n areas descnbed as the mam campus, DuFour athletic complex, west campus and south campus The majonty of land and university bulldrngs are concentrated 1n the mam campus area As Illustrated m Exh1bJt 3, most of the academic facllrtJes, campus residences, student life facJhtles, mcludmg acbvrties and worship centers, are m the mam campus defined by Taylor Street, John McCormack Road, M1ch1gan Avenue, and Harewood Road The DuFour Athletic Complex IS situated on the north s1de of Taylor Avenue NE, on a parcel of land approximately 40 acres m s1ze, bounded by Hawan Avenue NE to the west and McCormack Road to the east A south campus area mcludes two remarrung residence halls and a former semmary, St Bonaventure Hall, w1th academic and adm1mstrat1ve uses, on 7 7 acres of land on the south s1de of M1ch1gan Avenue The west campus area cons1sts of 49 acres of land to the east of North Cap1tol Street W1th the acquiSition of the west campus, the total campus area 1s 193 acres

Wrthm the area 1dent1fied as the mam campus, there are three srtes that are non-CUA property - the Manan Scholastlcate, the Capuchin College and the Bas1hca of the National Shnne of the Immaculate Conception The campus 1s Primarily located Within AdVIsory Neighborhood CommJssJon area 5C The campus areas addressed by the Campus Plan 2002 are zoned R-5-A The R-5-A Zone DJStnct allows for a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1 8 The maxrmum heJQht for an 1nstrtutJonal structure 1n the R-5-A Zone D1stnct 1s nmety feet, prov1ded that the bulldmg JS removed from all lot hnes for a dJstance equal to the height of the building or set back one foot for each foot of height over 40 feet All ex1st1ng and planned construction falls well wifhin these limitations and meets reqwrements for SJte coverage and yard setbacks The Cathonc University of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia

April2002 Case No. 06-39 Aygust2006 3 15 3.3 Building Uses

As Illustrated m Exhibit 4, Umverslty adm1mstrat1ve uses are pnmanly located 1n McMahon Hall, Leahy Hall and Nugent Hall. Academic buildings are concentrated wrthtn the matn campus, pnmanly occupying the southern portion

Student L1fe fac1llt1es are consolidated tn the Edward J Pryzbyla Umvers1ty Center This new center accommodates student life offices, programs, facilities for assemblies, meetings and dimng Students worship m St Vincent's Chapel, located m the north area residential housing cluster, but religious fac1rrnes are also located 1n Caldwell Hall and the Columbus School of Law An athletic complex 1s located on John McCormack Road, JUSt north of Taylor Street

Res1denbal uses 1n the northeast portion of the mam campus have Increased over the course of the last two campus plans Th1s IS consistent wrth a pnmary planmng goal for quality replacement and new campus housmg, a goal shared by the Umvers1ty and the local community Two new residences, Millennium North and South, and mtenm mobile home unrts compnsmg Curley Court, have been added to the generous supply of campus housing currently available Two facilities on south campus currenUy remam active student residences, w1th a thtrd butldtng not m use as a residence Gibbons Hall, bu11t m 1912, 1s a residence hall in the southern end of the mam campus wrth an academic program currently tn the lower level Caldwell Hall 1s a m1xed- use academiC and special residence facility Curley Hall1s a residence for religious faculty, admmistrators and the campus m1mstry religious commumty. CUA is proposlna the addition of three new residence halls in the same northeast area. adjacent to the intersection of Taylor Street and John McCormack Road

Support I Service facilities are located m two areas on the mam campus The Power Plant and the Mamtenance Shop Building contam maintenance and utility serv1ces and occupy a small area 1n the southeast comer of the campus Grounds equipmen~ vehicles and a matenals handlmg building complex are located 1n the northeast comer of the main campus m a mamtenance yard GYAThis will be relocated to the northwest comer of the campus when the proposed residence balls are constructed. CUA also plans to erect a storage and recycling building on the grounds of the west campus.

3.4 Vehicular Circulation

Regional access to the CUA campus IS proVIded by a number of major roadway comdors, pnnc1pal among which are North Capitol Street and MIChJQan Avenue. Wrthin the local area, Harewood Road, Fourth Street, Taylor Street and Monroe Street are Important collector streets servmg the campus and the subsections of the general area A traffic study, prepared as part of the analysiS of eXIsting condrttons, shows that all mtersecttons currently operate at acceptable Levels of Serv1ce (Level of Serv1ce D or better) during the mommg and evenmg peak traffic penods, except for the mtersectJon of M1ch1gan Avenue at 4th Street and Harewood Road W1th an adjacency to Metroraii and Metrobus facilities, a balance of residential and commuter graduate and undergraduate enrollment, a traffic management plan that encourages public transportation use by The Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia ApFil2002 Case No. 06-39 Ayaust2006 3 16 students and staff, and the ab1hty to manage the schedule of classes and actiVIties to reduce congestion, the Umversrty 1s not a maJor traffic generator dunng the weekday peak traffic penods Umversrty-related traffic contributes only 8% and 9% respectively to the total volumes of traffic dunng mornmg and afternoon peak hours

As Illustrated 1n Exh1b1ts 5, there are two vehicular entrances on M1ch1gan Avenue One 1s located at the entrance of the Basilica of the National Shnne of the Immaculate Conception and the other ts near the mtersectton of M1ch1gan Avenue and 7th Street From the Bas1hca entrance, vehtcles can travel north through a parkmg area between the Basthca and a mall mto the mam campus Further east along Mtchtgan Avenue at the sJgnafJZed mtersectJon of 7th Street, the second Mlchtgan Avenue entrance leads to vanous serv1ce areas and the roadway network of campus

John McCormack Road prov1des access to several campus serv1ce and parkmg areas At the south end, opposite the Metrorad pedestrian tunnel, a pnvate campus roadway, allows veh1cles to travel west mto the campus Unauthonzed use of th1s pnvate campus dnve, espeCially by commercial traffic wrthout umvers1ty business and traveling southbound on John McCormack Road to access M1ch1gan Ave, IS a maJor problem for CUA John McCormack Road, near 1ts mtersection wtth Mtchtgan Avenue, 1s restncted to northbound traffic only

From Harewood Road, veh1cles enter the campus at three locattons The first entrance, between Nugent Hall and the Hartke Theater, serves as a pnmary route east and south to a large central parking lot adJacent to Hannan and McMahon Halls A second entrance, further north on Harewood Road, serves O'Boyle, Manst, and the Manst Annex (Aiumm Center) and then conttnues southeast to a seMce area between the former North Dlmng Hall (now used as the Student Health and F1tness Center) and Centenmal Vtllage F'rom here authonzed vehicles may contmue to travel on a serv1ce roadway south and east to John McCormack Road A th1rd entrance by Ward Hall and JUst north of the Bas1hca, 1s ~ secondary means of entry mto campus Vehicles may enter campus here, but dnvers are adv1sed not to use 1t as an ex1t

The mornmg Inbound tnps concentrate on the eastern s1de of the mam campus, With 30% of the total inbound tnps to CUA from Mlch1gan Avenue v1a John McCormack Road and 20% from Taylor Street vta John McCormack Road The afternoon outbound tnps are concentrated at the northern most entrance along Harewood Road (40%), the M1chtgan Avenue entrance near 7th Street (40%), and the mtersectlon of Taylor Street w1th John McCormack Road Thts pattern 1s related to the Internal d1stnbut1on of parkmg factlrties, parbcularly the locations of the Umvers1ty Parktng Garage and an adJacent surface lot, w1th a combined contnbutlon of 33% of the total parkmg supply

UnNersrty shuttle buses serve the campus The shuttle bus operates regular late afternoon and evemng schedules A shuttle bus route currently Includes stops at two near campus apartment complexes servmg CUA students

The addition of the west campus has no 1mpact on vehicular Circulation Th1s amended Plan does not Include any parkmg or new roads on the west campus

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ApFil2002 Case No. 06-39 August2006 3 17 Addrtlonal tnformatJon on ex1sttng traffic condrtlons may be found 1n Appendix I, Traffic Impact Assessment

3.5 Parking

The Umversrty 1s currently served by a total of 1,942 parkmg spaces located at vanous surface park1ng lots, on campus roadways and 1n the Umvers1ty Parkmg Garage. The DuFour Athlettc Complex has a parkmg supply of 157 spaces, pnmarily used for athlettc functions, special events, and to accommodate other mtermrttent peak parking needs The southern area of campus has a total of 130 spaces for res1dent students and general park1ng Most of the ex1sttng park1ng spaces, 1,655 of the total of 1,942, are located Wlthtn the ma1n campus area. Some parking will be displaced with the addition of the three residence halls in the northeast corner of the main campus; however. the construction of the addittonal student housing will result in an additional 14 proPosed spaces for the Main CamPus. bringing the proposed number of parking soaces after construction to 1.956 spaces. The amount of parking available for the southern. southeastern and western portions of the Main CamPus will remain unchanged. The parking provided for the -northern portion of Main Campus will increase from 223 spaces to 313 spaces and the amount for the northeastern portion of the campus will decrease from 517 spaces to 441 spaces

To determme the adequacy of the parkmg supply, a parkmg demand field survey was undertaken dunng the peak hours of two weekdays m September of 2001, a peak penod for academic enrollment (see AppendiX I) A companson of student populatton-to-parkmg supply rattos from 1990 and 2001 studies demonstrates that one park1ng space was provided for every four students m 1990, but a ratio of two students to one space exiSts in 2001 The level of parking adequacy has Improved s1nce 1990 although the park1ng supply and ratto m 1990 was already adequate under campus plan standards In additton, the peak hour parking demand was field surveyed to be 1,558, wh1ch 1s lower than the total parkmg supply in the ma1n campus alone

As a means of V1ew1ng campus park1ng 1n terms of drstnbut1on around campus, five park1ng zones were considered for the mam campus as Illustrated m Exh1b1t 6. S1gmficant concentrations of parking spaces are found m the southeastern, followed by the northeastern and western, zones of the ma1n campus Th1s IS largely due to the Unrvers1ty Park1ng Garage and the large surface parking lot near Hannan and McMahon Halls in the western zone The current parking uttltzatton factors for the vanous zones range between a low of 60 percent for the northeast zone (In the area of Centenmal V11lage and Dufour Center), and a h1gh of 94 percent for the west zone (1n the area of McMahon and Leahy Halls). These utilization figures reflect an overall parking avat1ab1hty of apprmomately 415 spaces dunng the peak penods

The add1tton of the west campus has no 1mpact on parkmg capacrty or placement The add1tron of the west campus has no effect on enrollment or the number of faculty and staff Further, CUA has no plans to construct additional park1ng lots on the west campus

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ApFii20Q2 Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 18 3.6 Pedestrian Circulation fhe network of pedestnan paths on the campus has grown 1n conjunction wrth campus Improvements Where appropnate, the Umvers1ty has Increased the amount of Interconnected pathways, strategically placed extra-wtde Sidewalks, rnstalled overs1zed handicapped curb cuts, safety ra1hngs, emergency hghtlng and emergency telephone access to encourage more pedestnan travel and to reduce veh1cular-pedestnan conflicts A somewhat disparate system of Sidewalks, des1re hnes and pedestnan use along seMce roadways still ex1sts

As shown in Exh1brt 7, Sidewalks are hm1ted to one side of the campus roadway rn some areas of campus, mak1ng 1t more attractive for pedestnans, especially groups of students, to walk 1n roadways Undesirable pedestnan-veh1cular conflicts are created when Internal roadways become the more favored pedestnan routes Pedestnan actiVIties are most rntense rn the southeastern portion of the campus near the library and the current Umvers1ty Center and along roadway leadmg to and from the Mertrora1l entrance on John McCormack Road Reducmg the unauthonzed public traffic cutbng through campus, and the northbound vehicular traffic on John McCormack Road would reduce the pedestnan/veh1cular conflicts near the Metrorall station.

Pedestrians must cross public streets to access the athletic complex and south campus A hghted 1ntersect1on on M1ch1gan Avenue a1ds pedestrian cross1ng to and from the remaining residential buildings on the south campus Access to the athletic complex north of Taylor Street requ1res pedestnans to walk along John McCormack Road and under Taylor Street to reach the DuFour· Center

Access to the Metrora11 station IS difficult for persons wrth d1sab1ht1es and requ1res travel over a long distance, across the M1chrgan Avenue bndge The Umversrty has recommended WMATA management senously reconsider add1ng an elevator to the John McCormack Road s1de of the Brookland/CUA Metrorarl station to reduce the extended travel diStance to campus and the northern neighborhood areas for persons With d1sab1ht1es

3.7 Topography and Spatial Organization

The Umversrty IS srtuated on a h1gh po1nt 1n northeast Washrngton DC As rllustrated in Exhibrt 8, s1gnrficant topographic change occurs wtthrn the campus boundanes Over 100 feet of elevation change exrsts from the highest pornt rn the northwest comer of the ma1n campus to the lowest pornt near the Metrorarl Station and along Mtch1gan Avenue Dramatic v1ews wtthin the campus and beyond are prov1ded by the topography and open character of the campus Steep slopes and the changes rn elevation present challenges for pedestnans and umversal accesstbrhty in some areas of the campus

Situated 1n the northwest comer of the ma1n campus, O'Boyle Hall sits on the h1ghest elevation of the Umversrty's property From here, the campus slopes down to the south, east and southwest W1thrn the center of the campus, several d1sttnctrve plateaus and ndges are defined A small plateau hes around Manst Hall A large plateau defines the center of the ma1n campus and 1s the setbng for several bu1ldrngs McMahon Hall, Centenmal VIllage, Hannan Hall, and the L1fe Cycle The Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia

ApRI20~ Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 19 Institute A Slgnrficant'ndge defines the east and west s1des of th1s plateau wrth a more gradual slope to the south The presence of the ndge 1s fa1rly consistent, becommg dramatic at the M1ch1gan Avenue campus entry, and along the western hm1ts of the plateau At the base of the ndge 1s a slightly sloping plateau around the penmeter of campus, along John McCormack Road, M1ch1gan Avenue, and Harewood Road

The topography, as shown m Exh1brt 9, m concert With the bu1ldmgs and open space, create a campus structure that 1s organrzed around a central spine off of wh1ch open spaces occur BUJidmgs are generally onented to be parallel to the adjacent streets w1th McMahon Hall an exception McMahon Hall, situated at a s1gmficant elevation above M1ch1gan Avenue creates the term1nus for the s1gnature formal open space on campus, a large mall

Centenmal VIllage IS an anomaly w1th none of the e1ght low-nse bwkhngs that compnse 1t onented parallel to one another or to adjacent bwldmgs, and focus~ng on 1ts own 1ntemal-onented courtyard

The west campus 1s a very large tract of land, only Improved by three small bwldings As a result of the acqu1s1t1on of the west campus, there 1s s1gmficant1y more green space on campus

3.8 Impervious Surfaces

Umversrty CIJ'Culatlon and park1ng needs, and regulatory requirements, have been addressed h1stoncally through the typ1cal construction of parking areas, pedestnan pathways, servrce roads and roadways As a result, and as Illustrated m Exh1b1t 10, a s1gnrfrcant portion of campus 1s occupied by pavmg or building footpnnl Virtually all areas of the campus, 1nclud1ng the west campus, are readily accessible by vehicles as paved roads extend across the campus, entirely enc1rchng many burld~ngs that were once Independent Institutions pnor to becom1ng part of CUA Fac1htres to accommodate vehicular access1b1hty have fragmented the campus open spaces, created some areas of conf11ct w1th pedestnan routes, and hm1ted development of appropnately scaled landscape settings for promrnent bu1Idmgs such as McMahon Hall and Mullen L1brary. The Previous Campus Plan has been revised to account for the addition of the three residence halls to the northeast comer of the main campus

In addrtron to pedestnan and vehicular conflicts, and the negative 1mpact on campus aesthetics, the amount of 1mperv1ous surface on campus also contnbutes to hfgher levels of storm water runoff and a decrease 1n the amount of groundwater recharge

3:9 Significant Views

The dramatic topography of CUA's campus offers splendrd VJews of the Bas1hca and the nation's Cap1tol As Illustrated 1n Exhibit 11, from O'Boyle Hall look1ng south, a long ax1al v1ew of the Bas1hca IS prom1nent The Bas1hca also becomes the focal po1nt of v1ews from McMahon Hall looking south and from the area around the current Unrvers1ty Center and G1bbons Hall looking north Long v1ews off campus are prov1ded from the upper floors of many campus buildings

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ApFil200oa Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 20 3.10 ArchHectural Significance

The campus architecture exemplifies the histone evolution of the rnstrtutJon datrng from before the tum of the century A vanety of architectural styles are present rn a pattern of campus development that h1stoncally responded to the onentat1on of the penmeter streets and to the topographic h1gh pomts of the campus Older campus bUJid1ngs are typically srted parallel to the adjacent public street, w1th th1s geometry extending rnward and onenttng other budd1ngs and pathways The facades of some campus bu1ld1ngs are orgamzed in an ax1al relat1onsh1p to each other and to the Basilica, and create a strong spatial orgamzat1on Other facilities, such as the Centenmal V11lage residences, have been located somewhat mdependent of adjacent structures

Butldrngs define spaces that prov1de promment focal pomts WJthm an area of campus The histone character of select older structures IS particularly 1mpress1ve and helps establish a strong, pleasant Umvers1ty presence, especially along M1ch1gan Avenue The adjacent Bas1llca acts as a d1stmgUJshed landmark for the neighborhood and campus

Many ongmal campus bUJidmgs remam promment structures, With architectural features to be preserved and featured as strengths of the Umversrty enVIronment These mclude Caldwell Hall, Gibbons Hall, Maloney Hall, McMahon Hall and Mullen Library

3.11 Landscape Character

The landscape character of the ma1n campus IS Illustrated m Exhibit 12 The mall IS clearly the most recogniZable, traditional open space on the campus. The Umvers1ty holds commencement ceremomes on the east Side of the Basilica, w1th the Basil1ca and the mall seMng as a memorable setting for such spec1al occas1ons Other Institutional events take advantage of the campus landscape, mcluding programs on St Thomas H11l, Manst Lawn, and the Law School Plaza and Green

St Thomas Hill, adjacent to the mall, represents one of the two h1stoncally s1gmficant open spaces on campus, the other be1ng the north wooded s1te along the Taylor Street campus boundary

The quadrangle to the west of the Law School IS a popular open space, and will Feee1¥ebi§. received 1ncreased use With the addmon of the new Edward J Pryzbyla Umvers1ty Center

Several plazas and courtyards associated w1th bu1ldmg entnes are located throughout the campus 1nclud1ng the terraces at the ex1st1ng Umvers1ty Center, Hannan Hall, the Law School, and between Shahan and Keane Halls

A large, slopmg lawn area contammg mformal groupmgs of mature trees hes to the south of Manst and O'Boyle Halls

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ApRI2002 Case No. 06-39 August2006 3 21 The west campus 1s a large green open space, which wtll be used for recreatJon, restdentJal, sp1ntual and admm1strat1ve uses

A large wooded area defines the northern boundary of the ma1n campus and buffers the campus from Taylor Street Two smaller stands of trees ex1st on the ma1n campus- west of Manst Annex/Aiumm Center and east of Salve Reg1na Hall North of Taylor Street, campus open space IS pnmanly used as outdoor athletiC fac1lrbes for vars1ty and recreational sports

3.12. Reservoirs of Spiritual Repose

The generous landscape features of the CUA campus prov1des spec1al opportunities for mdlvtdual and group reflection outdoors, as shown tn Exhibit 13 The large wooded area 1n the north area of campus offers resprte from the campus and from the surrounding urban scene It recalls the natural landscape that ex1sted pnor to the development of th1s area of Washmgton, D C The mall 1n front of McMahon Hall represents a different type of landscape, one that refers to an h1stonc lawn or quadrangle on a traditional campus It is a grand space supported by an adjacency to the Bas1hca Other smaller extenor spaces that mvtte spmtual repose are the green at Caldwell Hall, the wooded area south of Curley Hall, the Manst Memonal Garden, and the gardens around Nugent Hall The largely undeveloped west campus prov1des a s1gmficant opportumty for addrbonal reservoirs of sp1ntual repose

3.13. 1992 Campus Plan Highlights

The Campus Plan approved by the Board of Zonmg Adjustment 1n 1992 Identified several srtes for future bulldmgs and parkmg, tncludmg surface and structured park1ng The plan proposed a number of opt1ons to reduce the amount of vehtcular ctrculation on the campus tn an effort to create a more pedestnan onented envtronment

Many of the key tmtiattves, Identified as pnonttes by both the campus and neiQhbonng communrbes and included mthe 1992 Campus Plan, have been accomplished over the past ten years Three of the four proposed demolitions of obsolete bUJidmgs were completed A new Law School and underground Umverstty Park1ng Garage were constructed m 1994 SeMce support functions, such as the grounds and fleet operations, were relocated from pnme, central campus areas to recover core green space and reduce pedestnan-vehtcular confltcts mthe center of campus

A residence hall, Flather Hall, was renovated to be more attracttve to students and to prov1de Improved, accessrble housrng for persons With dtsabtl1ties Two new campus restdences were constructed, openrng mAugust 2001 Located near Regan and Ryan Halls 1n the north residential cluster reserved for expanded campus restdences, the new restdence halls added 348 surte and apartment-style spaces to the number of on-campus accommodations avatlable to graduate and undergraduate students

The Catholic University of Amenca Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia ApRI20~ Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 22 In addrbon to the major, but limited, bulldmg construction, numerous Improvements to eXJstmg facilities and the campus env1ronment mcluded modifications for access1b1llty for persons w1th d1sab1llt1es, additional pedestnan pathways, campus secunty and safety feature enhancements, additional ra1fings, ramps, lighting, emergency telephones, and cameras The 1992 plan proposed options to enhance ex1st1ng open spaces Wlthm the campus Over 300 new trees, outdoor fum1shmgs and plantmgs were added to preserve and enhance the campus environment

Wh1le the 1992 Campus Plan Included the potential for the construction of 810,000 square feet of new academ1c/admimstrat1on bUJidmgs and 400,000 square feet of resJdentlaVstudent life bwld1ngs, the enrollment numbers d1d not support the need to Implement plans for the max1mum levels of projected construction The plan included the sbll planned relocation of all res1denbal uses on south campus to the northern port1on of the mam campus and the demolition of St Bonaventure and Salve Regina Halls

3.14 Analysis and the Framework Plan Under the 2002 Campus Plan

The evaluation of ex1sbng campus conditions, reVJew of the Umversrty's Strategic Plan and d1scuss1ons With key campus and commumty stakeholders resulted 1n the identification of strengths and constramts and the creation of a Framework Plan for future development

Strengths of the campus pnor to the adoption of the 2002 Campus Plan 1ncluded • Newly constructed buddmgs and current construction, so msbtutional program space needs can be met through a combination of renovations, careful bu1ldmg add1t1ons and a modest amount of new building development • Strong campus edges along M1ch1gan Avenue and portions of Harewood Road begin to g1ve the Umvers1ty defimtlon and 1dentJty • Tounst destinations that bnng v1s1tors near, and onto campus • H1stonc srtes that hnk the campus mthe history of Washington, DC and our nation • S1gnrficant green spaces that create places for repose, reflection and recreation linked along ndge and plateau topography • Memorable architectural features that proVIde the campus With a umque architectural style • Proximity to Metro and the Caprtal Crescent Tratl that prov1des ready access to the outlymg commumty and to the heart of Washmgton, D C • Strong vehicular connections to campus from the reg1onal road network

Weaknesses or constramts mclude • A campus boundary at a difficult and mcreasmgly dangerous public street mtersectJon at John McCormack Road and M1ch1gan Avenue • A confusmg and Ill-defined entrance mto campus from M1ch1gan Avenue at 7th Street • A confusmg and redundant system of mtemal roadways • Steep topographic conditions hmdenng umversal access1b1hty and ease of movement from one s1de of campus to another • Agmg bwldmg stock requmng s1gnrficant resources to mamtam and/or renovate The Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia

ApFil2002 Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 - -23 • Residence halls, academic and other student hfe fac1htres located south of M1ch1gan Avenue and separated from the marn campus, presenbng c1rculabon, access and qualrty of hfe 1ssues for students and staff

The Framework Plan, us1ng the 1nformabon gathered and d1st1lled, creates a structure for future development on campus It suggests strengthemng and enhancrng campus vehicular entrances at Mlchrgan Avenue and rm Street and Harewood Road at Nugent Hall It suggests a srmphficabon of the vehicular Circulation to ehm1nate reclundancres and mrnrmtze vehicular and pedestnan conflicts It removes parkmg rn areas that are more surted for bu1k:hngs or green space, relocabng parkrng to the campus penmeter The Framework Plan also suggests a clanfied network of pedestnan pathways and Includes a stronger connecbon to the Brookland/CUA Metrorarl Stabon

Finally, the Framework Plan rdenbfies s1tes for future burldrngs, located to strengthen exrstrng patterns of burldrngs, street edges and open spaces

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4.1 Guiding Principles of 2002 Campus Plan

The planmng effort rncluded the establishment of gurdmg pnncrples as a foundation for the development and evaluation of campus plannmg decrsrons These princrples were established through careful reVIew of the Strategrc Plan goals and considerations for how those goals m1ght be supported by contmuous rmprovements to the campus plant assets The gu1d1ng pnnc1ples are defined below

• Strengthen academic program relatronshrps through rmproved adjacencres • Emphasize "customer firsr through the location of student and vrs1tor seMces • Locate new bulldmgs and landscape to define or enhance open spaces and campus edges and entrances • Strengthen campus connections to Metrora1l facrhtres and surroundmg streets • Create a umversally access1ble campus envrronment • Create a well-defined, secure and welcommg penmeter to the campus • Strengthen CUA campus rdentity and connections to commumty • Strengthen pedestnan pathways &places, and reduce the Impact of the automobrle • Create and enhance memorable open spaces • Recogmze and protect the natural topography of the campus • Enhance hrstoncally stgmficant areas of campus • Protect and enhance the 'Spintual' places on campus • Encourage sustainable practrces mcampus development

4.2 Overview

The mam campus w1ll continue to be the arena for all major academrc, admmrstrat1ve, student hfe, seMce and support act1v1t1es Th1s mcludes facthtles for associated parking and Informal, pnmanly pass1ve, outdoor gathenngs and recreation The northern portion of campus Will continue to be rmproved for student housmg, student hfe admrmstratlon, varsrty athletic, recreational and servrce support uses, with strong hnks and secunty measures between the mam campus and the DuFour Athletic Center The south campus, because of 1ts separat1on from the marn campus by M1chrgan Avenue, will contmue to be slowly phased out as a student housmg area, and reserved for cooperative ventures between the University and other appropnate organizations. A comprehensive plannmg and feas1b1hty study must first be conducted to address the future of Umversrty owned property south of Michigan Avenue The west campus will be 1mproved With a pav1hon for outdoor performances and event field, an unpaved cross-country track, an environmental research area, two areas of spmtual repose, a mamtenance, truck and matenal storage structure and temporary housing unrts

In the 2002 plan, the entire campus land area, located Wlthrn four borders cons1st1ng of crty streets, rs desrgned as a well-balanced development of bulldrngs, c1rculat1on systems, parking, and landscaped green space The plan respects and builds upon the histone roots of campus The Catholic Umvers1ty of Amenca Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia

ApFil2003 Case No. 06-39 August2006 3 25 development Green transition spaces between campus and the local communrty are marntarned W1th1n campus, ex1st1ng quadrangles are preserved New quadrangles are proposed by careful placement of bulldrng projects and the selective removal of surface park1ng and roadways

Campus Plan 2002 suggests the relocation of key campus programs to create desirable adjacencies between admrn1strat1ve and support functions, academic and student life programs Strategic relocations and Improvements rn the southern portion of the marn campus prov1de opportunrtles to create program clusters 1n more surtable spaces and to encourage new partnerships and rnterdiSCipllnary 1nrbabves The completion of the Edward J Pryzbyla Umversrty Center m 2003 allowed that process to begrn by consolidating food serviCes, student life serv1ces, lounges and meeting rooms 1nto one bUJidrng m the heart of the campus With these changes, the Unrvers1ty was able to convert the North Drnmg Hall mto the Student Health and Rtness Center Cardinal Hall contmues to prov1de a promment place for h1gh profile and essential adm1mstrat1ve/academ1c functions.

As enrollments grow to support res1denbal replacement projects, options to convert G1bbons Hall for academic programs, and relocate academiC programs housed 1n Marist and O'Boyle Halls Will be considered To meet Mure academic, adm1nrstrat1ve and student life needs the Umvers1ty has also Identified certarn bUJidrngs for demolition, s1tes for new bulldrng construction and bu11d1ngs that may rece1ve additions

4.3 Building Demolitions

Proposed bulldrng demolrbons rnclude St Bonaventure, Conaty, Spellman, Spalding and Salve Reg rna Halls, the McCarthy, Maintenance Shop and former bank burldmgs All of these bu1ldrngs were rdentlfied for demolition mthe 1992 Campus Plan

St. Bonaventure currently houses academic programs and student hfe offices Given rts location on the south srde of Michrgan Avenue, the Unrvers1ty prefers to relocate those functions to the main campus In add1bon, the bu1ld1ng IS not readrly accessible, and would requrre extensrve renovation to make rt so

Conaty, Spellman and Spaldmg Halls are ex1st1ng residence halls located 1n the south campus area. All three were Identified for demolition m the prev1ous Campus Plan as a means of advancing the Unrvers1ty's goal for consolidation of academrc and resrdentlal facilities to the marn campus

Salve Regma Hall, the McCarthy and Maintenance Shop Bulldrngs are all relatively small, obsolete buildings

The Unrvers1ty no longer leases the bank burldrng to an outs1de entity and prefers to allocate that key parcel of land, adjacent to one of the mam entrances to campus, for more appropnate uses.

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Potential new buddtng sttes have been Identified tn locations that wtll support the mtsston of the Umverstty and contnbute to the pattern of bwldtngs surroundmg extsting or proposed quadrangles, or tnfill sites along Mtchtgan Avenue and John McCormack Road These buddmgs are Illustrated and descnbed tn exhtbtts 18 and 19 and mclude

• A new academtc/admtntstratiVe bu1ld1ng (Bu1ldtng A on exhibit 18) on the site along M1ch1gan Avenue, east of the University Center It 1s envtstoned as a butld1ng built over structured parkmg of approximately 200 cars This new buddmg would complete the buddtng streetscape along Michtgan Avenue and provtde the Umverstty With a stgnature bUilding at one of 1ts matn campus entrances • A new academte/admtmstrattve butldtng (BUilding C on exhtbit 18) and stmtlarly, completing the streetscape along John McCormack Road, 1s proposed for the s1te JUSt south of the power plant, replac1ng an extsting surface parktng lot • A new academ1c/admmtstrative butldtng (Bu1ldmg B on exh1b1t 18) ts proposed for the south end of the Law School Quad, and would sit atop an expanded Law School and Umvers1ty Parktng Garage wtth an approximately 250 addttional parkmg spaces. • A new academtc/admtmstrattve buddtng (Butldmg E on exhibit 18) ts proposed for the north end of a quadrangle created by McMahon, Hannan, and Caldwell Halls • A new academtc/admtmstratlve butldmg (Bu1ldmg D on exhtbit 18) ts proposed for the site of Salve Regina Thts buddmg would also occupy the top of an underground park1ng structure of approximately 300 spaces ! Three new residence halls are envisioned for the northeast comer of the main camPus. The residence hafts will be Provided throuah new construction. • New restEieRse halls are eR'AsteReEI fer tl'le Rer*eFR ~eRieR ef tl'le EiaFR~Ys Rear the 9)Eist!Rg resiEieRGe halls The restEieRGe halls 'N9YIEI be ~F9'JIEI9EI threYgh eitherJD, addition. housing needs will be met through new construction near Flather Hall, and/or the renovation of Manst and/or O'Boyle Halls or the demolition and replacement of those buildings With new res1denttal structures (Buildmgs F on exh1b1t 18),

Further study will be reqUired to determme the most appropnate approach for provtdmg campus housmg improvements A number of factors must be considered when evaluatmg Manst and O'Boyle Halls for renovation, or demolition and new construction mcludmg costs, buildmg features and amemttes Costs of renovation, or demolition and replacement wtth new butldtngs, regulatory reqwrements, operational and mamtenance costs need to be factored into a comprehensive cost benefit analys1s

Exhibit 19A shows the bu1ldmgs proposed for the west campus These bu1ldmgs 1nclude a new recyclmg center and storage facthty, a partially enclosed outdoor pavtlion and temporary housmg umts

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As a result of new construction and the relocation of programs from eXIsting buJldJngs 1nto new facJlltles, several buildings have become available for renovation and reuse Campus Plan 2002 contemplated that the followmg buildmg renovations would generate additional qualrty, functional space for strategic 1mt1at1ves Keane Hall, Cardinal Hall (former umvers1ty center), North Dmmg Hall As a result of the opemng of the Pryzbyla Center in 2003, the North Dmmg Hall has already been converted to the Student Health and F1tness Center

Campus Plan 2002 also emphasizes the Importance of preservmg promment, strategiC facthtles due for comprehensive renovation, mcludmg Caldwell Hall, Gibbons Hall, St. V1ncent de Paul Chapel, Regan Hall, Ryan Hall, Maloney Hall and Mullen Library

Smce the approval of Campus Plan 2002, CUA has made hfe safety Improvements to Regan, Ryan and Spellman Halls

4.6 Building Additions

Several buildmgs were Identified for potential additions m the 2002 Campus Plan

• Mullen Library an enclosed load1ng area wrth library space above • Crough Hall· ~n add1tlon on the eastern stde of the ex1stmg building for academic uses • North Dining Hall an expans1on and renovat1on to accommodate student life facilities • Hannan Hall an addition over the load1ng area for academic uses • DuFour Center an add1t1on to the north stde of the bu1ldmg • Cardmal Hall (former umvers1ty center) add1tJon over first floor extenor seMce area • Life Cycle Institute an add1t1onal floor • Columbus School of Law an additional floor (to one wmg)

As prev1ously noted, the general land use policy wtll continue to follow the h1stoncal development of the campus New proJects will be s1ted as md1v1dual bUJidmgs surrounded by green space and wtll be wlthm the he~ght and densrty of the1r 1mmed1ate context BUJidmg scale, massmg, proportions and fenestration will respect the ne1ghbonng fac1htles and the system of pathways and landscapmg will conform to campus standards The campus wtll continue to prov1de a park-hke settmg of bUJidmgs and green space

4. 7 Development Summary and Floor Area Ratio

Exh1b1t 19 summanzes the max1mum development 1mpact of Campus Plan 2002, JdentJfyJng exrsbng butld1ngs to remam, those proposed to be demolished, those With a potential for a prudent addrtion and potential new bu1ldmgs

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All new and existing construction will conform to hm1tat1ons of bulldmg he1ght, setbacks, srte coverage and Aoor Area Ratio (FAR) Allowable FAR on the mam campus and the DuFour Athletic Complex IS 1 8 The Improvements proposed by Campus Plan 2002, If all potential development IS completed, mcrease the FAR only slightly, to 44, still well below the allowable FAR As a result of the acqUisition of the 49-acre parcel With few Improvements and plans for only mmimal construction, the FAR has EiFaFRatlsally EtesFeaseEt.dramaticallv decreased to .33. The three residence balls beina proposed will add aporoximately 325.000 sauare feet of construction. 250.000 square feet of which will be dedicated to the first two residence balls that will be constructed. The construction of the first two residence halls will increase the overall campus EAR to .36.

4.8 Vehicular Ctrculation

Consistent wrt:h the Campus Plan approved 1n 1992, CUA mtends to continue to clanfy and 1mprove vehicular access to and Within campus through the ehmmabon of redundant roadways, the consolidation of surface park1ng m larger, penmeter surface or structured parkmg areas, and mod1ficat1ons to campus entrances along Michigan Avenue, Harewood Road, and John McCormack Road Proposed changes set forth tn the 2002 Campus Plan are des1gned to re1nforce the Umverslty's tdentity along 1ts bordenng roadways to fac1htate VJsrtor arrival and way­ finding, proVJCie opportumt1es to replace 1mperv1ous surface With green space, and establish a more pedestnan-fnendly campus core

Campus Plan 2002 proposes to strengthen the ex1stmg M1chtgan Avenue entrance near 7-m Street as the mam campus entry Due to the diagonal relationship formed by Monroe Stree~ M1ch1gan Avenue, and 7-m Street, the intersection of Michigan Avenue and~ Street 1s somewhat confus1ng The Umvers1ty 1s encouraged by prehmmary d1scuss1ons w1th D1stnct agencies to Improve cond1t1ons at the Intersection of M1ch1gan Ave and 7-m Street

The northbound, one-way segment of John McCormack Road that mtersects Mtchigan Avenue JUSt west of the M1ch1gan Avenue Bridge, needs to be addressed to ehmmate the tllegal and dangerous pubhc traffic conflicts, and the use of the CUA campus by unauthonzed vehicles The preference IS to have John McCormack Road termmate 1n a cul-de-sac near the Metro station entrance With the closure of the John McCormack Road and Mtchtgan Avenue mtersectton, a cul-de-sac would be tnstalled to prov1de access to both the area adjacent to the entrance to the Metroratl Station and the campus, and to allow traffic to tum around Along With thts suggested change, CUA would close the portion of the pnvate campus roadway from John McCormack Road to the tntenor of the ma1n campus. The benefits of these road closures mclude the eJtminatton of a dangerous Intersection at Michtgan Avenue and John McCormack Road, the ehmmatton of vehicular and pedestnan conflicts between the campus and the Metroratl station entrance, and the ehm1nabon of unauthonzed traffic m a heavtly used pedestnan zone of campus

The Catholic Unwemty of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia ApFi12002 Case No. 06-39 August2006 3 29 The mstallat1on of attractive traffic ISlands 1n the entrance area shared by the Basilica and CUA 1s proposed to facilitate traffic flow, and to reduce the amount of 1mperv1ous surface at th1s entrance

North of the Basilica, the mmor campus entrance from Harewood Road to the campus roadway m front of Ward Hall would continue to be used, With exrtmg restricted The plan suggests no changes to th1s entrance unless the D1stnct of Columbia prov1des traffic calm1ng or s1gnahzat1on To clanfy the entrance and fac1htate the nght-tuming movements of 1n-com1ng vehicles, the plan proposes the removal of a few parking spaces near the entrance

Campus Plan 2002 proposes Improvements to the campus entrance adjacent to Nugent Hall from Harewood Road to create a more s1gmficant campus entry, and to address mtemal parking and Circulation changes Proposed Improvements to th1s entrance mcluded m1rronng the Nugent Hall s1gnage/wall feature on the other s1de of the entrance to create a campus gateway, as well as 1ncreas1ng the wtdth of the entrance to create one lane for entenng the campus and two lanes for ex1tmg To accomplish the Increased Width, and to provide desired landscaping, the entrance has been sh1fted to the south, to the location of an ex1sting parkmg Jot entrance A small parkmg lot would be ehmmated, w1th a planned relocat1on of the spaces elsewhere on campus

Vehicular Circulation 1n the northern zone of the sa~pYsMain Campus would continue to be served by the northernmost entrance on Harewood Road and a campus roadway termmatlng at a cul-de-sac located near new res1dence halls east of Manst Hall

Vehicular c1rculat1on on the southeastern and northeastern zones of the ea~pYsMain Campus would be llmrted to access to park1ng and serv1ce areas

Campus Plan 2002 proposes an improved campus roadway system, created by ut1hz1ng existing roadways to connect the M1ch1gan Avenue entrance at 7111 Street and the Harewood Road entrance near Nugent Hall, and to connect vehicular Circulation m the southern and western portions of the campus. Some mternal roadways would be transformed mto pedestnan pathways. Additional pedestnan-fnendly Circulation IS proposed to also handle essential access by authonzed serv1ce and emergency vehteles, where requ1red These changes Will help create a pedestnan campus core that 1s composed of the mall, St Thomas H1U, the green space west of the Pryzbyla Center and the west campus, and the new quadrangle north of McMahon Hall

4.9 Parking

Campus Plan 2002 a1ms to reduce surface parking 1n select areas of the campus, and provtde Improved parkmg at the campus penmeter Th1s 1s consistent With the Umvers1ty goal to continue efforts to consolidate scattered parkrng lots mto fewer, but well-placed, locations to enable a more pedestrian friendly campus to evolve, while also supporting environmental and green campus objectives

Temporary surface Jots are proposed 1n some locations where parkmg structures may be constructed m conjunction w1th new bulldmgs mthe future A temporary surface lot tS proposed for the s1te next to the current Umvers1ty Center (future Cardinal Hall) where a parkmg structure 1s proposed along With an academ1c/adrnimstrattve bUIIdmg An ex1sting surface lot near the Power The Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia ApFil2002 Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 30 Plant would rema1n unless a Un1vers1ty Parkmg Garage expans1on 1s necessary as part of construction of a potential academ1c/adm1mstrat1ve bwldmg Demolition of Salve Regma opens the s1te for a temporary surface parkmg lot, but ultimately, perhaps a parkmg structure 1f a new academ1c/adm1n1Strat1ve buddmg IS constructed at that locat1on Between Manst and O'Boyle Halls, expansion of an ex1stmg surface parkmg lot 1s suggested, w1th the potential for a future parkmg structure

Additional penmeter surface parkmg lots are proposed west of Leahy Hall along Harewood Road, north of Curfy Hall, and a parkmg lot across the campus roadway from O'Boyle Hall Existing surface parkmg areas to rema1n mclude the parkmg lot north of M11lenn1um North and South along John McCormack Road, and the parking lot south of the QyFeYFDuEour Center

Near McMahon Hall, approximately a third of the park1ng spaces m the McMahon lot would be removed 1n the short term as the first phase of a new quadrangle m the campus core Eventually, all of the parkmg spaces 1n th1s parkmg area are proposed for removal Another parkmg lot that would be ehmmated 1n the longer term would be the parkmg area north of O'Boyle Hall, 1f that area 1s used for an addition to O'Boyle Hall

The proposed short term parkmg supply of 4;939~ will meet University needs for current on­ campus parking as 1t exceeds the number of spaces utilized dunng penods of peak use In add1t1on, the proposed long term parkmg supply of ~~ exceeds the 1,880 spaces determmed m the 1992 Campus Plan to be adequate to meet parking needs 1f the max1mum development Identified m the 1992 Campus Plan was completed Enrollment goals for the 2002 Campus Plan contmue to be consistent With the maximum total enrollment of 7,500 FTEs 1n the 1992 Campus Plan

In addition to an Increase 1n the total number of parking spaces available on-campus, the University has a long-standmg Transportation Management Program (see Appendix II) that encourages Metrorall use and car-pooling by the campus community and v1s1tors, as part of a comprehensive plan of action to min1m1ze traffic impact and parking needs.

4.10 Campus Gateways and Perimeter Enhancements

Campus Plan 2002 proposes several penmeter enhancement strategies that address the Un1vers1ty's Identification needs and safety concerns Estabhshmg a pattern of streetscape elements un~que to CUA such as banners, lights, planters, benches and other fum1shmgs, and street tree plantings Will Increase awareness and 1denbty of the campus Prov1dmg updated and coordinated campus s1gnage and way-findmg systems w11l also strengthen the campus Identity and 1mprove the v1s1tor expenence Several entrance improvements, achteved 1n continued partnership With DIStnct of Columbia agenc1es, are proposed to 1mprove safety and to better 1dentJfy access to and from the Un1vers1ty at 1ts adJacent public roadways In addition to the phys1cal changes to the roadways, landscape enhancements are planned

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Today's students and faculty bnng expectations of environmental respons1b1hty wrth them to the1r college campuses To continue to be responsive to those expectations, and to promote the Unrvers1ty's role as a communrty leader, Campus Plan 2002 promotes sustainable des1gn practices through the reuse of ex1strng facilities where practical, the use of recycled matenals, m1mmrzatron of 1mperv1ous surfaces, the rntroduct1on of rnnovatrve storm water management technrques and natrve plant matenal, and other landscape management practices lnrtlatlves are proposed to ehm1nate excess pavement to reduce vehicular and pedestnan conflicts and to 1mprove the campus aesthetic support efforts to Implement sustainable des1gn practices

Campus Plan 2002 also suggests the re1ntroductron of the woodland character h1stoncally present on campus to the northern, res1dent1al area of campus by retum1ng the area around Centennral VIllage and the McCormack Road residence halls to a landscape of wooded hrlls1de W1th th1s reintroduction the campus can reconnect to the wooded area on the north s1de and prov1de res1dentral students and others wrth an urb@n campus hvrng environment that also offers a wooded retreat

Streetscape and pedestnan enhancements wrll be advanced w1th the removal of parkmg along key campus roadways Provrd1ng or wrdenrng Sidewalks 1n Important pedestnan and vehicular areas, such as west of Caldwell Hall, IS proposed The Introduction of pedestrian scale elements throughout campus, such as spec1al pavrng, furniture, lrghtrng and plantings wrll rernforce the pedestnan nature of the campus Examples of Improvements stnce the last Campus Plan rnclude pleasant, and popular settrngs 1n front of the current Unrvers1ty Center/Cardrnal Hall and Hannan Hall Proposed Improvements to promrnent campus bu1ldrngs and open spaces Include careful selecton and location of shade trees and other plantings Systems for onentatron opportunities through enhanced v1sual connections, consistent and coordinated 1dent1ficat1on of streets, places and bu1ld1ng names are proposed to enhance the campus v1s1tor expenence

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In all respects, the applrcatlon fully complies wrth 11 DCMR § 210 ~

A. The use IS a college or university that is an academic institution of higher learning. (Subsection 210.1)

As stated above, CUA was formally established as a center for graduate studies 1n theology at the Th1rd Plenary Council of Baltimore m 1884 On Apnl 21, 1887, the Umvers1ty was formally mcorporated under the laws of the D1stnct of Columbia, and 1n 1928, a spec1al act of the Congress expanded the Umvers1ty's authonty, extended rts serv1ces and Increased the membership of 1ts govemmg body, the Board of Trustees In 1964, the Umversrty elected to avall1tself of the non­ profit corporation prov1s1ons of the D1stnct of Columbia Code by filing a Statement of Election to Accept wrth the appropnate authontles of the D1stnct of Columbia Thus, CUA IS clearly an academic mstltutlon of higher leam1ng

B. 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 210.2)

The Umvers1ty has a umque location and low 1ntensrty of use As a result, CUA does not create objectionable conditions on ne1ghbonng properties Wh1le the Umversrty 1s located pnmanly Within residential zone d1stncts, 1t IS surrounded by many other mstltutlonal uses, rather than residential homes Add1tlonaJiy, the network of streets surrounding the campus act as a natural buffer between the ent1re campus and nearby property owners The current total student enrollment 1n Fall2004 1s 4,710 FTE, well below the cap of 7,500 FiE students set forth 1n the 1992 and 2002 Campus Plans Th1s number of students and faculty results m only a m1mmal 1mpact on the surrounding commumty Further, the report of the traffic engineer established that there are no adverse traffic Impacts associated wrth the Plan The acqu1s1t1on of the west campus has no Impact on traffic

C. The main campus IS located within the R·4, R-5-~ C-1 and CM-1 Districts. The west campus is unzoned. All development under the amended Campus Plan when added to all existing buildings and structures on the campus, does not exceed the gross floor area prescnbed for the R·5·B District. (Subsection 210.3)

For colleges and unNersrtJes located 1n a res1dent1al d1stnct, the max1mum bulk normally applicable In zomng d1stncts may be Increased, provided the total bulk shall not exceed that prescnbed for the R-5-B D1stnct (1 8 FAR) In the 1992 Campus Plan, an FAR of 0 49 was approved, far below the 1 8 FAR that the Zonmg Regulations perm1t Over the course of the 1992 Campus Plan, a

The Catholtc Umversity of Amenca Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia ApFil2002 Case No. 06-39 August2006 3 33 number of obsolete bu1ld1ngs were demolished, while a new Columbus School of Law, underground parkmg garage, storage and grounds facilities, addition to North Dmmg Hall, new residences, and a umvei'Sity center have been or are m the process of be1ng constructed. #With the addition of the West CamPus. if all of the currently approved bu1ld1ngs are constructed, the carripus would have an FAR of ~ far below the planned 0 49 FAR approved in the 1992 Campus Plan and the max1mum FAR allowed by the Zomng Regulations As discussed preVIously, the Umvers1ty seeks approval to construct 735,500 square feet of new bUIIdmgs and bulld1ng add1t1ons for the penod covered by Campus Plan 2002, and plans to demolish 165,846 square feet of ex1st1ng bu1ld1ng area Net mk1Rg iRte asseYRt *e west sa~p1:1s, eRse tf:lese aEIElitleRs aAEI Ele~elltleRs are se~plete, *e SaR!flY$ ....teYIEI t:ta•Je aR liAR 9f 0 44 I=IEI'Ne\'eF, tt:te aEIElitleR ef~*e 'Nest sa~pYs fyr#leF Elesreases tt.le FAR The three residential halls currently beina proPosed do not increase the square footage the University js seeking to construct. With the addition of the West Campus. the current EAR of the campus is .33; once all two of the three residence halls are constructed. the EAR will be .36. If all proposed construction is completed. the FAR would increase to .42.

D. The University herein submits its amended plan for developing the campus as a whole, shoWing the location, height, and bulk, where appropriate, of all present and proposed improvements, including but not limited to: a) buildings and parking and loading facilities, b) screening, signs, streets and public utility facilities, c) athletic and other recreational facilities and d) a description of all activities conducted or to be conducted on the campus of the capacity of all present and proposed campus development. (Subsection 210.4)

The Umversrty's plan for developmg the campus as a whole IS discussed throughout Campus Plan 2002 and the Amended Campus Plan 2002

E. Within a reasonable distance of the university campus, and subject to compliance with § 210.2, the Commission may permit the interim use of land or improved property with any use that it determines appropriate. (Subsection 210.5).

No mtenm use of land 1s proposed by CUA

F. When a major new building that has been proposed in a campus plan is instead moved off-campus, the previously designated site shall not be designated for or devoted to a different major new building until and unless the Commission has approved an amendment to the campus plan applicable to the site; provided that for this purpose a major new building

The Catholtc Umverstty of Amenca Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Apri120~ Case No. 06-39 Auaust2006 3 34 1s defined as one specifically identified in the campus plan. (Subsection 210.6)

No such change 1s contemplated 1n th1s Campus Plan

G. Compliance WJth the Pohc1es of the District Elements of the Comprehensive Plan. (Subsection 210.7)

CUA IS designated for 1nst1tut1onal use on the D1stnct of Columbia's Land Use Map College and Umvers1ty use IS cons1stent w1th thrs designation Campus Plan 2002 also cames out many Important pohc1es of the Comprehensive Plan perta1mng to architectural character, bUJidmg he1ght hm1tat1ons, physical and symbolic Imagery, streetscapes, Sidewalks and urban parks and places Add1t1onally, the contmued v1tahty and strength of CUA 1s an Important factor 1n furthenng the goal of stab1hty 1n Ward 5

H. The Proposed Buildings Are Within the Floor Area Limit for the Campus as a Whole. (Subsection 21 0.8)

As discussed above, the 1992 Campus Plan allowed for an FAR of 0 49, and the 2002 Campus Plan allowed for an FAR of 0 44 by 2012 However, the acqu1s1tron of the west campus ~caused the FAR to decrease SJgmficantly to 0 33 The addrtjon of three additional res1dence halls would add aooroxjmately 325.000 square feet of development to the campus. which would raise the FAR to .36

I. Referral to the District of Columbia Office of Planning and the Distrrct of Columbia Department of Public Works. (Subsection 21 0.9)

The Umvers1ty and 1ts representatrves are subm1ttrng th1s Amended 2002 Campus Plan to the Office of Planmng and the Department of Public Works for rev1ew

The Catholic Umversity of Amenca Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia Apri12002 Case No. 06-39 August 2006 3 35 6.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The development of Campus Plan 2002 for The Catholic Unrversrty of Amenca was a cooperative effort on the part of many mdiVJduals representing the Board of Trustees and University admimstrators, faculty and students as well as consultants from EDAW, Inc, E1nhorne Yaffee Prescott, and 0 R George Associates

COORDINATING GROUP FOR THE 2002 PLAN Howard J Leva, Director of Fac1htJes Plannrng and ConstructJon The Reverend Robert M Fnday, S T D., V1ce Prestdent for Student L1fe Craig W Parker, J D , Umvers1ty Counsel Gregory K Hunt, M Arch , FAIA, Dean of School of Architecture and Plannmg A J Boyd, Graduate Student Association Representative Matthew Hanka, ANC-5C12 CommiSsioner, Commumty Representative Stephen Schatz, Undergraduate Student Government Representative Mr James D Barry, Jr, Comm1ss1oner and Chairman of ANC 5C, Community Representative

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THE TIME OF THE PROCESSING OF THE 2002 PLAN Bishop Gregory M Aymond, Austm, TX Bishop Robert J Banks, Green Bay, WI Richard D Banz1ger, New York, NY Cardinal Anthony J Bevilacqua, Philadelphia, PA Nancy B1dwell, Phoemx, AZ Bertha Braddock, Alexandna, VA Monsignor Michael J Bransfield, Washington, DC Archbishop Damel M Buechle1n, 0 S B , Indianapolis, IN Archbishop Charles J Chaput, 0 F M , Cap , . Denver, CO Robert E Craves, Issaquah, WA Robert J Cnmmms, Huntington, NY Virgil C Dechant, . New Haven, CT Bishop Damel N D1Nardo, SIOUX City, lA The Rev J AugustJne D1No1a, 0 P , Washmgton, DC Dav1d A Donohoe, Esq , ...... Washmgton, DC Cardinal Edward M Egan, NewYork, NY Archbishop John C Favalora, M1am1 Shores, FL Fredenck R Favo, Oakmont, PA S1ster Margaret Mary F1tzpatnck, S C , Sparkill, NY Archbishop Harry J _Flynn, St Paul, MN Cardinal Franc1s E George, ...... Chicago, IL Mary Ann Glendon, Esq , Cambndge, MA Eugene I Kane, Baltimore, MD Cardinal Wilham H Keeler, Baltimore, MD Cardinal Bernard Law, Chairman, Boston, MA Bishop Wilham E Lon, Bndgeport, CT Cardmal Roger Mahony, Los Angeles, CA Cardmal Adam J Ma1da, Detroit, Ml The CatholiC Umvers1ty ofAmerica Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia ApFil2002 Case No. 06-39 August2006 3 36 Charles C Mary Jr , M D , New Orleans, LA T1mothy J May, Esq , Washington, DC Cardmal Theodore E McCamck, Chancellor, Washington, DC Sandra A. McMurtne, . . Bethesda, MD Bishop Robert E Mulvee, Providence, Rl B1shop Wilham F Murphy, Rockville Centre, NY Archbishop John J Myers, Newark, NJ The Very Rev Dav1d M O'Connell, C M, J C.D , President,. Washmgton, DC Helene O'Ne1l, . . Bethesda, MD Nell J Rauenhorst, Tampa, FL Archbishop Justin F R1gah, St Lou1s, MO Andrea Roane, ...... , . . . Washmgton, DC ArchbiShop FranciS B Schulte, New Orleans, LA Van P Smith, Vice Cha1rman, Munc1e, IN Bishop J Terry Ste1b, S V D , Memphis, TN Thomas F P Sullivan, . Ponte Verde Beach, FL Bishop Donald M Wuerl, Pittsburgh, PA Frank G Pers1co, Secretary of the Board, Washington, DC *CatholiC Unrvers1ty IS governed by a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees Members are listed as of Oct 1, 2001

OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AT THE TIME OF THE PROCESSING OF THE 2002 PLAN The Very Rev Dav1d M O'Connell C M,. J.C D , President C Joseph Nuesse, Ph D , Provost Ementus John J Convery, Ph D , Provost Ralph H Beaudom, M B A , V1ce President for Fmance and Treasurer Richard A. Collms, B S., Vice Pres1dent for Institutional Advancement Susan D Perv1, M A , Vice President for Admmistrabon The Rev Robert M Fnday, S T D , V1ce President for Student Life Frank G Pers1co, M.A , V1ce President and Chief of Staff Cra1g W Parker, J D , Umvers1ty Counsel The Rev Robert Schlageter, 0 F M Conv , S T L , University Chaplam/D1rector of Campus Mmtstry Peter C1mbohc, Ph D , V1ce Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies lngnd Merkel, Ph D , Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies James W Mayo, Ph D , Associate Provost for Sponsored Research Arthur M Cavanagh, M A , Reg1strar Dale Herold, B A , Dean of Enrollment Management Adele Chwalek, M S L S , Director of L1branes Margaret H19g1ns, M Ed , Dean of Students JessJCa Madngal, M S , D1rector, Summer Sess1ons V1ctor Nakas, M Phil , Executive D1rector, Pubhc Affairs James V Forney, B S , D1rector of Publtc Safety

The Catholic University of Amenca Campus Master Plan ZONING COMMISSION District of Columbia ApFIJ aooa Case No. 06-39 Augyst2006 3 37 The development of Amended 2002 Campus Plan 2002 has been facilitated by several1ndiv1duals representing the Board of Trustees and Umvers1ty admm1strators, as well as Leo A. Daly Architects

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Case No. 06-39 3 Summary of Proposed Facilities • 810,000 Square Feet or Now ConstNCUons or AcademiC and Adtnonltlnlwe Butldlngs • 400.000 SQuar. Feet or New ConsiNCIIOns or Student llle BYddongs • ~~.554 Squate F~t ol OemoloiiOnS (554.684 SF1 and f'haSIM)UI 1387 870 SF) ---.

• 400.000 Square Feet of Replacement Housing • t600 Replacement Beds

Proposed Major Building Demolition • Admin. Building (Micl11gon Ave.) • Zlmmermao Hall (5,600 SF) • St. John's Holt (6.200 SF) • Salve Roglno (1t.110 SF) Proposed Major Building ConstrU" TI"'n"·'"' • Cofumbus School ol Law (100,000 SF) • New Residences (McCormack Rd ) • Un1VIH'$IIy Center (Scheduled lor Construction on 2002) • Admon /Academic Bulldong • Flather Han Rencwallon

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Case No. 06-39 3 3S. Three relocated Material Storage Buildings from the Northeast campus Zone. 36. Student Housing Trailers (Scheduled to remain until2012).

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