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Phasing and Implementation

A. Vision for the Future

The University of La Verne's vision for the future is to be known for its academic offerings and its attention to student life, as well as its state-of-theart facilities that enhance the educational experience. Over the next 20 years an ambitious three-phase plan will be implemented, to transform the campus and its relationship with the City of La Verne. Phase 1 is a five-year plan calling for increased parking, building a new Campus Center, new student housing, renovations to many existing facilities, new open spaces and pedestrian ways, and joint ULV/Developer/City of La Verne mixed-use developments. Phase 2, the next five years, calls for a new dining hall and adjoining campus quads, renovation to even more existing campus facilities, and continued parking improvements. Phase 3 takes advantage of opportunities presented by the completion of the planned Gold Line station.

A transit-oriented district (TOD.) is proposed adjacent to the new station as well as new academic buildings, mixed-use developments, and a parking structure along 1st Street. Implementing this vision is a viable step in the University's continued commitment to provide the quality facilities expected of a modern institution of higher learning. It will foster a sense of community that will in turn cultivate enduring loyalty to the University.

Phase 1: The Next 5 Years

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Site Phase 1, to be implemented in the first five years of the plan, calls for the completion of major improvements, including the transformation of the Super Tents into the Sports Science and Athletics Pavilion and building a new Campus Center. The Johnson Family Plaza will connect these new projects, creating a vital focal point and outdoor meeting place for the campus. In addition, the plan calls for new student housing along D Street and an adjacent campus green, renovations and improvements to several campus heritage buildings, significant improvements to campus parking and the building of joint City/ULV mixed-use developments along Bonita Avenue

Site SPORTS SCIENCE AND ATHLETICS PAVILION
With improvements to the Super Tents, this iconic structure will be transformed into the state-of-the-art Sports Science and Athletics Pavilion. Significant infrastructure improvements, circulation upgrades (including a new elevator), and increases in useable square footage will turn the tents into the new home for the academic Movement and Sports Science Department and the Athletics Department. New internal space will house academic offices, classrooms and department staff facilities as well as Athletics Department central offices.

Students will have the opportunity to take advantage of modern fitness facilities as well as attend athletic events, where spectator and competition space will not only have been enlarged but also aesthetically improved. Additional space will be provided for athletic training, locker rooms and coaches' offices.

THE FRANK & NADINE JOHNSON FAMILY PLAZA
The Johnson Family Plaza, connecting the Sports Science and Athletics Pavilion, the Dailey Theater, and the Campus Center will present a new type of campus outdoor space where students, faculty, staff, and visitors can enjoy outdoor dining (served from the cafe in the Campus Center building), participate in a special event, listen to live music, or just gather informally with fellow students or colleagues between classes.

Site THE SARA & MICHAEL ABRAHAM CAMPUS CENTER
The new Campus Center building, located at the terminus of C and 2nd streets, will be the centerpiece of the campus. It will serve as the University's signature facility-- the new "living room" of the University -- where students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors will gather to socialize, study, conduct campus club meetings, receive student orientation, host receptions, or have meals. With approximately 37,000 gross square feet, the three-story building will provide space for a cafe (offering indoor and outdoor dining), recreational facilities, quiet study lounges, classrooms, a career counseling center, student registration facilities, meetings rooms for clubs and student organizations and mail service facilities. A large multi-purpose room on the third floor will accommodate 300 people in a lecture-style configuration or approximately 200 people for banquets.With adjacent, smaller meeting rooms, the top floor of the building provides an excellent opportunity to host conferences as well as daily meetings. By also providing classrooms, the center will be fully integrated into the life of students, faculty and staff.

Completion of the new Campus Center will require the demolition of the Old Gym and Gym annex. The existing functions of these facilities will be relocated to the Sports Science and Athletics Pavilion.

NEW STUDENT HOUSING

CAMPUS GREEN

CAMPUS PEDESTRIAN CORE

Students wishing to reside on campus will enjoy much improved facilities in the new student housing along D Street.The new residence hall will provide approximately 300 beds, in a double bedroom/shared bath configuration, with potential kitchenettes. For security as well as programmatic reasons, a large portion of the ground floor will be dedicated to recreational space and common areas such as a multi-purpose room, computer lab, classrooms, and laundry facilities. Two faculty apartments may also be provided, allowing for increased adult presence in the building. The architecturally modulated facade and massing will step back on the upper floor to provide human scale to the street.

Site The new residence hall will accommodate demand for student housing. It will replace existing outmoded facilities, Brandt and Stu-Han halls. As part of the student housing design, the Education Management Building will have to be significantly reconfigured to integrate with the new housing, or be demolished. A parking lot will replace the demolished Stu-Han to address demand for student parking.

A large campus green will be developed to the west of the new student housing providing recreational open space for residents, students, and staff. The new student housing will include an integrated "gateway" to this area of campus, providing an extension of the pedestrian core established along 1st Street between The Oaks and the Arts and Communications Building. This pedestrian core will continue on between the new campus green and the new 1st Street parking lot and lead to the new Frank & Nadine Johnson Family Plaza, the "heart of the university."

Site RELOCATE REGIONAL CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION TO CENTRAL SERVICES BUILDING
The Regional Campus Administration (RCA) will relocate from leased office space in Upland to permanent facilities in the Central Services Building.

RENOVATE HANAWALT HOUSE
The historic Hanawalt House, damaged by fire, will be rehabilitated.

BRANDT HALL RENOVATION
With the addition of new student housing, Brandt Hall, an existing three-story co-ed dormitory facility, will be renovated and adapted for administrative and faculty office uses.

RELOCATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ATHLETIC FIELDS
To increase green space and parking and to provide room for student housing, the University proposes to relocate the baseball, tennis and soccer facilities to Campus West or another location away from the University main campus. The establishment of the proposed joint University/City Sports Complex and/or development of the Brown Property south of Arrow Highway would provide an opportunity to both expand and improve the University's sports venues.

FOUNDERS HALL AUDITORIUM RENOVATION
Later in the first phase will come the renovation, refurbishment and expansion of Founders Hall Auditorium. An addition to the south and east sides will provide much needed support facilities such as dressing rooms, green rooms, classrooms, offices, storage, and a rehearsal room. A new lobby and elevator will improve accessibility to and within the building. The auditorium itself will receive acoustical, seating and mechanical upgrades, providing for an airconditioned space while offering excellent acoustics that can be adjusted depending on the type of performance (speech or music).

2ND STREET PARKING

"C" STREET PARKING

1ST STREET PARKING

As part of the Master Plan Parking Element, the University will reconfigure existing university-designated parking and add additional spaces through several projects. Street parking and existing lots that are sub-optimal will be reconfigured, sealed and restriped. The existing 2nd Street surface parking lot will be enlarged and realigned to add new parking spaces. Parking will also be added south of the new Campus Center in place of the Old Gym. Stu-Han will be replaced with a new surface parking lot. Along with the site improvements associated with the new campus housing and campus green, a new surface parking lot will be built with access from 1st Street. It will be designed to easily accommodate the construction of a future parking structure. Additional parking will be provided as part of the mixed-use development north and south of Bonita Avenue.

MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
Working with a private developer and in cooperation with the City of La Verne, the University plans the development and partial ownership of a mixeduse facility north of Bonita Avenue, west of D Street. The proposed project will encompass approximately 85,000 square-feet of office-retail space and a related parking structure on the south side of Bonita Avenue with capacity for more than 500 cars. Realizing this project will help revitalize La Verne's ÒOld TownÓ and provide space to relieve critically overcrowded University facilities and allow the University to vacate and sell currently owned residences.

Phase 2: 5 to 10 Years

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With the completion of the first five-year phase, the Master Plan moves into the next five years with Phase 2 improvements. Additional parking spaces will be added to the 2nd Street parking lot. A new dining hall will be built in the Campus Green, transforming this green space into two campus quads. And renovations will be completed on a number of heritage campus structures.

2ND STREET PARKING EXPANSION
The Literacy Center Building at the corner of 2nd and E Streets will be demolished in order to expand the 2nd Street surface parking.

NEW DINING HALL

CAMPUS QUADS
A new dining hall will be built in the Campus Green adjacent to the new student housing. Students will have close access to dining from its centralized location near the Campus Center, new student housing and the campus pedestrian core. The facility will be sited amidst a lovely green open space. This will create a more intimate green quad for the new student housing as well as a quad west of the dining hall and adjacent to the new Campus Center.

RENOVATE DAVENPORT
With the construction of the new dining hall, the existing dining hallÑthe Davenport building along 3rd StreetÑwill be renovated. This facility will be transformed into a Special Events Center, providing much-needed conference space.

DAILEY THEATER IMPROVEMENTS
The final transformation of the Johnson Family Plaza/Pavilion/Campus Center campus core will be the renovation of the Dailey Theater. A vivid new lighted entrance will be added on the east side of the theater directly onto the Johnson Family Plaza. The addition of this new entrance will necessitate modifications to interior seating, accessibility, and projection booth realignment and design. Major improvements will also be made to the orchestra pit, stage and backstage facilities. State-of-the-art theatrical lighting and sound technologies will be integrated into the Johnson Family Plaza to facilitate exciting outdoor performances and events.

FOUNDER'S HALL RENOVATION
The work of Phase 1 auditorium renovations will continue with further improvements to Founders Hall classroom and office spaces. This will complete the renovation of this significant campus heritage structure.

Phase 3: 10 Years and Beyond

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The University's vision extends well into the next decade. Exciting opportunities are envisioned for building much-needed academic classroom and office facilities. A new parking structure along 1st Street will provide added parking for the new campus facilities. The University and City will expand upon their successful mixed-use developments with additional developments along E Street, harnessing the great potential of the future Gold Line Station. The new station, to be located at E Street and Arrow Highway will be the fulcrum for a new transit-oriented district (TOD) to replace University facilities along 1st Street. Developing this area will be the key to establishing a crucial link between the new transit station, the campus, and the Old Town, creating a synergistic and vital transit hub.

POTENTIAL PARKING STRUCTURE
As previously stated, the Phase 1 1st Street parking lot will be designed to accommodate a new parking structure. The lot sited near the new Campus Center and the new student housing has immediate access to the campus pedestrian core. The structure will act as a buffer to the train tracks and an identifiable edge for the campus.

POTENTIAL ACADEMIC BUILDINGS
Adjoining the new Dining Hall, a new building for academic offices and classrooms will be built opposite the new parking structure. This building will further define the pedestrian core and the quads adjacent to the Dining Hall. The existing chapel along Bonita Avenue will be demolished in order to build a state-of-the-art academic building. This building will reinforce the campus presence along the major artery of Bonita Avenue, and create a strong northern edge for the campus. Moreover, it will function as a strong focal point for the end of the campus pedestrian core opposite Founders Hall.

A proposed Academic Building will replace the surface parking lot on the south side of 2nd Street. This will emphasize the University's presence along this edge of campus, and act as a key link in the connection to the transitoriented district.

POTENTIAL MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS
The parking lot at 2nd and E Streets is an excellent location for another proposed University/City-owned mixed-use development. In addition,The Oaks Student Housing could be demolished to make way for a similar mixeduse development. Such developments will take advantage of opportunities arising from the new Gold Line Station.The 2nd and E development will help connect the Old Town with the Transit-Oriented District.The former Oaks site development will act as the campus gateway from the new Transit- Oriented District and the Gold Line Station.

POTENTIAL UNIVERSITY TRANSIT-ORIENTED DISTRICT (T.O.D.)
The Metro Gold line is proposed to be extended to Montclair with a stop in La Verne, giving students and staff easy access to these trains. The extension will provide a much-needed rapid transit connection to Pasadena, downtown Los Angeles, and points beyond. The platform is proposed to be located directly across the RR tracks from the existing Central Services Building. The plan envisions replacing these facilities with a University Transit-Oriented District. This district would have a mixture of retail, residential, and University facilities, an essential reflection of the connection between the University and the City.

B. Land Use Element

Intensification of land use on the main campus will result in growing upward instead of outward. This will keep the campus compact and prevent it from sprawling into adjacent neighborhoods. It will also provide a concentration of uses that will enhance the vitality of the University as well as the Old Town. The Campus Center and Johnson Family Plaza will serve as a focus for campus activities. There will continue to be a strong connection between the campus and the Old Town commercial area.

C. Circulation Element

Strong Pedestrian Core

The campus will have a strong pedestrian pathway extending from the Campus Quad on 3rd Street north of Founders Hall, through Johnson Family Plaza adjoining Dailey Theater, the Sports Science and Athletics Pavilion, and University Center and connecting to the new student housing and the Arts and Communications Building. This Pedestrian Core could eventually be anchored in a TOD related to the future Gold Line Station on E Street.

Along the pedestrian core, a series of nodes provides way-finding and resting points along the campus. The proposed mixed-use development at E Street and the transit-oriented district will be a new gateway into the campus. Heading west, the pedestrian street between the Arts and Communications and Barkley Buildings provides seating and close-up views of the Art Mezzanine. Crossing D Street, the new student housing acts as a secondary gateway into the campus core. Just west of this gateway, one will arrive at the green respite of the campus quads. The pedestrian core then reaches the Johnson Family Plaza, the ÒheartÓ of the university. Finally, it reaches 3rd Street and culminates in the final focal point of the potential academic building replacing the Chapel.

Service and Emergency Vehicle Access

The existing street infrastructure provides good access to the campus. A service road has been developed, in conjunction with the pedestrian core, to further enhance access for emergency vehicles as well as access for electric service vehicles used on campus. The University has taken into consideration the needs of the La Verne Fire Department to provide access necessary for fire trucks on campus.

■ Click here to see Emergency and Service Vehicle Access Map

Train, Bus, and Bike Access

A Metrolink Train Line connects San Bernardino to Union Station in Los Angeles. This train stops at frequent intervals at the North Pomona Station, less than two miles from campus. It is relatively easy to ride the bus or bicycle from the train station to campus. Eventually a Gold Line Station on E Street will serve a TOD and anchor the campus pedestrian core, making it even easier to commute to campus by train. The Gold Line will run from Montclair to Pasadena (terminating at Union Station) with numerous stops in-between.

Foothill Transit Bus Line 492 runs along Bonita Avenue and stops between C and D streets at a location within easy walking distance to campus. This bus, which runs east and west through the San Gabriel Valley, has the potential to bring many students, faculty, and staff to campus from nearby communities. The buses have bike racks, making it possible for people to ride to bus stops and then ride the bus to campus. Folding bikes are even easier to bring on the bus to campus. Combined bus-bike transit options facilitate bike use even on days of inclement weather or in darkness.

The Citrus Regional Bike Route is being developed as a Class II bikeway (a marked bike lane) along Bonita Avenue. This will extend from San Dimas to Claremont and connect to a Class I Regional Bike Trail (separated from automobile traffic) that goes through Montclair, Upland, Rancho Cucamonga, and Fontana. Implementing Class III bikeways (roads on which bikes and cars move slowly together) on the University of La Verne Campus and Old Town streets would improve safety for both commuter and recreational cyclists using this regional route to reach the campus and Old Town. Class III bikeways can also connect the campus to off-campus joint university and city recreation facilities at Campus West as well as regional recreation facilities at Bonelli Regional Park. The University can add bike racks and lockers on campus to encourage cycling to and around campus.

■ Click here to see Train, Bus, and Bike Access Map

Automobile Access

The University is well connected to major freeways (210, 57, and 10). A traffic study done for the University (see Crane & Assoc. study, Oct 2005) shows that, with minor modifications, the existing streets around the campus can handle the projected vehicular traffic generated by the University, even if automobiles continue to be the primary mode of access.

Maps

(click on links to see master plan maps)